Jan 23rd, $1500 Guaranteed First Place, GCBC, Greensboro, NC. Amateurs Only!

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Gate City Billiards Club in Greensboro, NC is hosting the first annual Central Carolina Classic!

Also sponsored by Southeast Tech Force!

$40 Entry Fee Only!
No Green Fees!
100% Payout!
Amateurs Only!
$1500 Guaranteed 1st Place, No matter size of field!​

January 23rd 2010.
Single Elimination.
Race to 9.
Race to 11 in the finals.
Max field at 64.
One day event.

Hope to see everyone come out and participate in this event. Please contact GCBC to see if you're eligible to be qualified as an amateur if your status is debatable, also if you have any other questions. The phone number is (336) 856-8800, and ask for Don.
 
Come out to support this event if you are able. This is truly a players tournament.

Not a dime is going into the hands of a Tournament Director, or a Bar Owner. $1,500 is being added and is also the guaranteed 1st place prize no matter the size of the field. Plus 100% of the entry fees go into the pot to pay 2nd place through....... If the field is large enough, we will also increase the 1st place money.

We all have seen tournaments that advertise money added, but then greens fees are taken out and sometimes a registration fee as well. By the end of it all, very little is actually added. THIS IS NOT THAT EVENT.

As the Bar Owner, I only profit from the added business of a packed house. And our main sponsor (Southeast Tech Force) profits from name recognition. That's it...the money all goes to you.

Come out and support this event, so more like this will be run. If you don't play in the tournament, come to watch it, there is sure to be some fantastic pool being played.

You and also watch some of the action on our webcam go to:

http://www.gatecitybilliards.com and click on Webcasting. You must use Internet Explorer to view.

See you Saturday
 
Results of the first Central Carolina 9 Ball Classic


We had a great turnout for the first ever Central Carolina 9 Ball Classic. 51 players entered the event, many local but many from out of state, all seeking the promised $1,500 minimum 1st prize. It drew a strong field of players including, BJ Ussery, Scott Lewis, Tony Morrison, Eddie Little, Derek Leonard, Jeff Pruitt, and many more.

This was a one day single elimination event with a race to 9 in all but the final which had a race to 11. The tournament started at 2:00 EST and ended just before midnight.

Eddie Little out lasted BJ Ussery in the finals to take home the 1st place prize, a total of $2,000 (purse plus auction). BJ walked away with $1,000 total prize money for 2nd place.

Below are the results:

In the quarter finals (Losers won $110 each):
• Adam Stanton defeated Paul Mullins 9 to 7
• Eddie Little defeated Scott Lewis 9 to 6
• Bob Strandburg defeated Sidney Champion 9 to 6
• BJ Ussery defeated Jason Hayward 9 to 8

In the semi finals (Losers won $500 total each):
• Eddie Little defeated Adam Stanton 9 to 8
• BJ Ussery defeated Bobby Strandburg 9 to 2

In the finals (BJ earned $1,000 total and Eddie won $2,000 total):
• Eddie Little defeated BJ Ussery 11 to 9

Sponsoring this event was:

• Southeast Tech Fore (Mike Orrell) $1,000 towards purse
• Gate City Billiards Club (Don Liebes) $500 towards purse
• Sign Language (Tommy Lyles) provided t-shirts for all of the participants
 
Great Event!!

I never really expected to win this event, however with luck on my side, I got there. It was a really great event (Not just cause I won), but well ran and I applaud those who added the money. I'm only sorry that I didn't get to personally thank Mike Orelle, as I didn't til later realize that he was one of the guys sitting next to the final table who congratulated me afterwards.

Don Liebes is one of those owners who really loves the game and does things to support the game by having tour events such as DMIRO, CSI qualifiers, Jacoby, and an upcoming GSBT event. He also caters to leagues, and has offered to carry some Yackley Custom Cues to help out an up and coming cue maker that made the cues I play with.

Thanks again, and I hope to play many more events at Gate City in the future!!

Eddie Little
 
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