Congratulation to Billy Incardona for his comeback last night!

[Lock N Load]

Thanks to TAR's stream of the 2012 US Open Onepocket tournament last night, we were all treated, for the final match of the night, with Mr. Billy Incardona and Danny Smith. Billy does not play in many tournaments, so it was very nice to see him in action again. Billy is 68 years old. Think about it.. 68 years old!!! Don't you wish you could be challenging young pro players in a major championship on the TV table, and winning at 68 years old!

Billy's had quite a few issues with his back over the years, and he recently had surgery to help him with those problems. He went thru a painful mending process and only recently has started to feel better and start hitting some balls.

Billy's opponent is a young gun (Danny Smith) that is no knockover, finishing 4th in the Derby's bank pool division this year. He didn't seem to be too concerned with Billy's reputation and was firing in shots from all over, and making them. Billy was a little tight and struggled early on and was down 2-0 pretty quick. Billy started to get his groove thang going though and reeled off 4 straight games to win 4-2! He made some nice shots and stayed cool, especially when he could have been down 3-0. Billy ground out a nice win over a good player and moves on today, to face another young player (hell, everyone's young, know what I'm saying:smile in Bernie Pettipiece from AZ who specializes in onepocket.

Go Billy!!!!

A few quick pics, to go along with the fine memories you gave us last night, Billy!

2012 Billy
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1994 Billy
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A cool picture during a frame transition
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Billy showing the Pinoy's aren't the only one's that can shoot behind the back, although he didn't pull the trigger on this one
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A birthday card I made him last year, nice picture of him in it.
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Wow! I watched this by Buffalo's Billiards, the worlds pool hall last night. It was a good match up. Congrats goes out to Billy. Danny is my friend too. I thought Danny would win.
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.

 

[Jason Koopman]

If I was betting (which I'm not), I'd say Billy is favored over Bernie (his next opponent).

Bernie did defeat Billy this morning.

 

[genomachino]

Huge just competing........

Bernie did defeat Billy this morning.

It hasn't been too long since Billy had back surgery. It takes a long time to get back to full speed after that with anything.

I had back surgery in 2000. I tried to play about 11 months later. It wasn't too much fun. Couldn't hardly walk for a week.

He's a tough cookie and a fierce competitor. I'm sure he still has plenty of pain, coming from someone that's been there.

Good Luck Billy C. To me, you just getting there is a victory...........

 

[Ktown D]

Congrats to Mr. Incardona, nice win.

I will admit it, I said BI had no shot to win that match. I know he is a great player but Danny is a big favorite. Cardone stepped up and handled his business and pulled out the victory.