THE LION’S ON FIRE!!!
By Mary Kenniston
This weekend, the tournament trail led to Cue Time Sports Bar and Grill in Spartanburg, SC. The $8,000 added Dixieland Classic II was presented by owner Chad Stark and One Pocket Hall of Famer Shannon Daulton.
The format was bar box 10-ball, $100 entry fee, double elimination, alternate break and rack your own with races to 9/7. Well-known names like Alex Pagulayan, Roberto Gomez, Sky Woodward, Brandon Shuff, Tony Chohan, Shannon Murphy, Devin Poteet, Stevie Moore, Keith Bennett and five time junior champ Shane Wolford joined the fray.
After Tournament Director Steve McDonald held the players meeting and draw, a player auction was held and then the action kicked off.
This weekend, it was all Alex all the time. He took top honors in the six-handed $500 entry banks ring game on Friday night and defeated Marty Free in the finals for the 32 player $50 entry 9-ball mini tournament on Saturday night.
Although Shannon Murphy claimed the hot seat after a hard-fought and well-played match, the finals were a different story. Needing to defeat Shannon twice for the title, Alex made short work of him in a 9-2 rout. He was a man on a mission as he leapt out to a 4-0 lead. After a safety battle in the fifth game, Murph finally got on the board – 4-1. Although it was a pretty even match from there - they each claimed three games - it was not enough as Alex added another title to his streak – 7-4. Roberto Gomez and Brandon Shuff rounded out the top four. Congratulations to all!
Thanks again to Shannon Daulton and Cue Time’s owner, Chad Stark, and his staff for a great event.
PoolActionTV.com would like to thank our fans and sponsors for another great event! Our sponsors include Steve Lomax of Lomax Custom Cues, Aramith, John Barton of JB Cases, James Hanshew of Hanshew Custom Cues, GoPlayPool.com, Mike Durbin of Durbin Custom Cues, Kamui, Simonis and Club Billiards of Wichita, KS.
Our next event is the $8,000 guaranteed added CR’s Sports Bar Upper Midwest Pro-Am. The dates are April 27th-29th at CR’s Sports Bar in Coon Rapids, MN. See you there!!!
