Ernesto Bayaua
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Is that the Uwate from here on Azbilliards?
I know who Ernesto is, I was inquiring about his opponent. Thanks though...
Yes, he is on AZB!
Huge congrats to Ernesto who played great to win the 2011 US Amateurs Mens title...
He played smart and adapted to the situation being behind 1-6 in the finals to catch up and close out the match.
Very deserving player.
He played smart and adapted to the situation being behind 1-6 in the finals to catch up and close out the match.
Very deserving player.
It was a really entertaining match.
Ernesto is a solid player, really good guy.
Ernesto was down 6-1 in the nineball part of the match. They played 13 games of nineball and then switched to 8ball. By the time they switched to 8ball it was 7-6 Ernesto. He then played suffocating defensive 8ball and won 11-8. He is a very deserving champion, big congrats to him.
Can you provide a little color for the inquiring minds back home?
Ernesto Bayaua coming from the losers side to play the undefeated Ron Park, in the finals. Ron was the one to put Ernesto to the west side of the chart.
In the finals, they started by playing 13 games of 9 ball. Ernesto started slow and go behind 1-6, to Ron. Ron plays a loose shot/safe and Ernesto manages to win that game, plus 6 more, for 7 straight games, to finish the 9 ball portion.
They switch to 8 ball, where they trade games to bring it to 10-8 Ernesto. Ron is feeling the heat and a lil on tilt, at this point. The last game, won by Ron, was a game where he should have lost, but came wiht a bank, that hit the CB a second time, to carom in (legal shot). A lil fortunate, but that is how it goes. That brought it to 10-9 Ernesto.
In the final game, Ron breaks, spreads em good and make nuthin. The table is as open as western Texas, Ernesto looks, shoots and scores. 11-9 is your final score in a well played finals by both.
Eric
i forgot about that crazy last game that Park won. Park was pretty funny about it all. Ernesto had played him safe uptable where you break. Both of parks balls were downtable and hidden. He came to the table and said...oh boy now im in real trouble...then he shot rail first and made the first ball that was a diamond off the rail. Got left with nothing except a bank at a pocket that was blocked. He fires the bank, his ball hits the ball in front of the pocket and then here comes whitey to knock his ball in. It was very lucky but you gotta give him credit...he was swinging at a potential shot when most would have packed it in with some sellout safety. Me and Raymond Linares were sitting there debating what Park would do. We both agreed it was time to slam the living fek out of the last ball and hope for an APA moment. ha
Spot on recap.
I think it was a nice end with Ron's miracle out and then Ernesto's aggressive but perfect runout of Ron's dry break.
Ron said that he started getting tired and his blood-sugar was down. Note to all you tournament players and grinders: gotta have food in ya.
But, nice finish to an outstanding tournament held in a great part of the USA (Clearwater, FL area).
Freddie
That's so awesome, Ernesto!! Congrats, Buddy!!