Hello Everyone,
First of all, I thank all of you for your interest in the event I had over the weekend at Stix Billiards. Second, let me thank all of those that participated in the tournament and all those that showed up to watch as fans. I want to give a special thanks to the family at Stix Billiards for letting me use their room and accommodating all the players. And to Mike P. (Tournament Director) and Joe Harto (Referee), thank you very much for all your hard work. Running any tournament of a larger size can be a little difficult at times, but running a Straight Pool Tournament at almost a full field in only 2 days, can be grueling. I truly believe that, those of you that stopped by to watch, witnessed something very special. The lost art of playing... 14.1 Straight Pool.
Back to the tournament...We had a field of 57 players. Some came from Wisconson, Washington, Arizona, Northern California and many from throughout Southern California. That just shows that Straight Pool is still alive and kicking.
Here are the official results:
1st - Calvin Coker
2nd - Jose Parica
3rd - Frank "The Barber" Almanza
4th - Oscar Dominguez
5th - Carl Wilson Jr.
6th - Ernesto Dominguez
7th - Aaron Aragon
8th - Danny Petralba
9th - John Plunkit
10th - Max Eberle
11th - Eric Harada
12th - Angelo Yap
13th - Jeff Heath
14th - Omar Vachhan
15th - Fred Jarvis
16th - Fach Garcia
High Run: Calvin Coker (91)
The Final was a Single race to 125 points and what a match it was. Calvin and Jose are going back and forth in points through out the match. Not a lot of high runs but implementing classic safeties and using the strategies needed to succeed in this game. The score reaches 104 Coker and Parica 100 and Parica is at the table. Parica gets on a run and gets to his 123rd ball and overcuts it into the rail. Calvin Coker steps up to the table and never lets Parica back...He ran 21 and out!
First of all, I thank all of you for your interest in the event I had over the weekend at Stix Billiards. Second, let me thank all of those that participated in the tournament and all those that showed up to watch as fans. I want to give a special thanks to the family at Stix Billiards for letting me use their room and accommodating all the players. And to Mike P. (Tournament Director) and Joe Harto (Referee), thank you very much for all your hard work. Running any tournament of a larger size can be a little difficult at times, but running a Straight Pool Tournament at almost a full field in only 2 days, can be grueling. I truly believe that, those of you that stopped by to watch, witnessed something very special. The lost art of playing... 14.1 Straight Pool.
Back to the tournament...We had a field of 57 players. Some came from Wisconson, Washington, Arizona, Northern California and many from throughout Southern California. That just shows that Straight Pool is still alive and kicking.
Here are the official results:
1st - Calvin Coker
2nd - Jose Parica
3rd - Frank "The Barber" Almanza
4th - Oscar Dominguez
5th - Carl Wilson Jr.
6th - Ernesto Dominguez
7th - Aaron Aragon
8th - Danny Petralba
9th - John Plunkit
10th - Max Eberle
11th - Eric Harada
12th - Angelo Yap
13th - Jeff Heath
14th - Omar Vachhan
15th - Fred Jarvis
16th - Fach Garcia
High Run: Calvin Coker (91)
The Final was a Single race to 125 points and what a match it was. Calvin and Jose are going back and forth in points through out the match. Not a lot of high runs but implementing classic safeties and using the strategies needed to succeed in this game. The score reaches 104 Coker and Parica 100 and Parica is at the table. Parica gets on a run and gets to his 123rd ball and overcuts it into the rail. Calvin Coker steps up to the table and never lets Parica back...He ran 21 and out!
