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Philip Capelle
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2017 ACCU-STATS Make It Happen
1-Pocket Invitational
Sandcastle Billiards – Edison, NJ
Match #4
SHANE VAN BOENING 4 ALEX PAGULAYAN 2
Pagulayan won the lag, hit what looked like a fine break, but he left a hanger in front of Van Boening’s pocket. Shane ran three, then uncorked a 16 foot draw shot for position and went on to complete a run of 8 and out.
Pagulayan was in a bind, so he took an intentional foul. Van Boening answered with a long combo, a cut into half a pocket, another tough combo, and then a cluster break that failed to produce another shot. So he left the table leading 4 to -1. Pagulayan got back to 0 with a thin cut with the bridge. Van Boening hung a bank combo, Pagulayan missed a bank, and Van Boening ran three – and now led 7-0. A lengthy safety battle ensued before Pagulayan left a backcut bank, and Van Boening rolled it in to win, 8-0. He took a 2-0 lead in the match.
In game 3 Van Boening left the door slightly ajar, and Pagulayan made a soft 1-rail kick with an assist from a carom. He then methodically worked his way through the rack, running 8 and out to close the gap to 2 games to 1.
Van Boening fanned in a thin cut, went into the stack, but emerged without a shot. Pagulayan hung a combo and Van Boening made it. 1-1. Pagulayan made a bank and ran four more before jawing a jacked up shot. Van Boening ran three, then made Pagulayan’s hanger. The score was now 7-4 in Alex’s favor. After several safeties Pagulayan was left with a long rail crossover bank and he speared it in to win the game and to tie the match at 2-2.
Van Boening made a ball, the executed a super long distance cluster break (with a dose of luck) and ran three more. He then found a dead ball in the stack, made it and two more, completing yet another gamewinning run of 8 and out.
Pagulayan made a bank/carom, then in a subsequent inning made another one to lead 2-0. But on a safety he scratched, giving Van Boening ball-in-hand. He rolled in long shot, made a difficult combo jacked up, and pocketed a variety of shots in completing his match winning run of 8 and out.
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