Turning Stone Classic XL – $25,000 ADDED – Verona, NY – Jan 9 to Jan 12, 2025

Dana Bufalo

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Happy New Year Everyone! Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour and Turning Stone Resort Casino are proud to present the $25,000 Added "Turning Stone Classic XL 9-Ball Open on Jan 9-12. The beautiful and spacious Event Center at Turning Stone is most definitely one of the best arenas in the world. There is not a bad seat in the house and multiple matches can be viewed comfortably from everywhere. The intimate layout in this world class arena allows you to mingle with your favorite players and lets you feel like you are a part of the action as well. Turning Stone Resort Casino is a full-service resort with everything needed for a relaxing, fun filled and enjoyable experience. Check them out at www.turningstone.com .

This 40th Turning Stone Classic will once again have a full roster of 128 players competing for the title. The field will include a wide range of talent from our regular tour players to some of the best in the game. Currently, Jayson Shaw (9x Champ), Mika Immonen (2x including inaugural champ) & Moritz Nuehausen (defending champ) are scheduled to compete. These are just a few to be in attendance along with many other notable and not so notable but great players nonetheless. This promises to be yet another memorable event in our long running Turning Stone Classic series. If you would like to know if your favorite player will be here, please contact me directly at 518-356-7163 (no text).

Once again at Turning Stone there will be a second chance tournament on Sunday January 12th at 10AM. This is an event for those Non-Pro level players (I will decide) eliminated from the main event. The event format will be as follows: $60 Entry Fee - 32 Player Max - same rules as main event - Single Elimination - Races to 4, best 2 of 3 sets, with the deciding set being a single game sudden death. This means that if each player wins a race to 4, there will be a lag for the break and a 1 game playoff to determine the match winner. Entries will be taken for this tournament as players are eliminated from the main event and will be treated as first paid - first in until the event is full.

The equipment for our world class event will once again be 16 Diamond Smart Tables covered with 860 Simonis ("The Cloth Of Champions") tournament blue cloth. We be using the Aramith Tournament balls. Once again only the best equipment in the world will be used at our event!

As always, fans coming to Turning Stone for our event will be treated to Free Admission, Free collectible posters (while supplies last) and some of the best pool you will ever see. All of this is brought to you courtesy of Turning Stone Resort Casino and the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour!

Included in the Event Center at Turning Stone is a full-service snack bar serving all of our favorite foods and adult beverages. There will be billiard product vendors and on-site cue repairs available for all your needs. Mike Burton will have a large selection of Joss Cues, cases and Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Shirts. Andrea Duvall of Utica Billiards on The Boulevard will have her extensive cue, case and billiard supplies display. Mark Rosner will be on hand doing expert on site cue repairs. Feng Zhao of www.lite-systems.com will be there with his custom LED billiard lighting and other billiard products.

Debbie and Stephen Janes of Joss Cues, have once again provided us with two gorgeous, custom engraved Joss cues for raffle. These cues are valued at $1,500 Each and will be raffled off on Saturday just before the 8 PM matches, and the second will go on Sunday immediately prior to the final match at approximately 7 PM. Tickets for these beautiful cues will be on sale throughout the event. Many thanks once again to the most generous Janes family!!

We invite everyone to come to Turning Stone Resort & Casino on January 9-12, 2025 for a great experience, and 4 full days of some of the best pool you will ever witness. If for some reason you are unable to make it, there will be free live scoring and a free live stream expertly provided by Alan Leon, aka Upstate Al, Mike Howerton at www.azbilliards.co , the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour and Turning Stone Resort Casino. Match times are as follows: Thursday at 4,6,8 & 10pm. Friday at 10am, noon, 2,4,6,8 & 10pm. Saturday at 10am, noon, 2,4,6,8 & 10pm. Sunday at 11am, 1,3,5 & the final match at 7pm. The second chance tournament on Sunday will begin at 10am and run continuously until completed.

I would like to ask all of you to please publicize our event through social media etc. so more people may be informed about this great and free event. And, as always, I remind all of you how important it is to please frequent your local billiard parlors and promote and utilize the fine products of our most generous sponsors listed below. They are the backbone of our sport!

I hope to see all of you next week at Turning Stone.

Mike Zuglan

The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Is Proudly Sponsored By;
Joss Cues - http://www.josscues.com
Turning Stone Resort Casino - http://www.turningstone.com
Simonis Cloth - http://www.simoniscloth.com
AzBilliards.com - http://www.azbilliards.com
Aramith - http://www.aramith.com
Billiards Press - http://www.billiardspress.com
 

Dana Bufalo

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Great venue.., great players.., free spectator admission.., free collectible posters...

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Past Winners
Turning Stone Classic I – Mika Immonen
Turning Stone Classic II – Francisco Bustamante
Turning Stone Classic III – Charlie Williams
Turning Stone Classic IV – Steve Tavernier
Turning Stone Classic V – Francisco Bustamante
Turning Stone Classic VI – Thorsten Hohmann
Turning Stone Classic VII – Johnny Archer
Turning Stone Classic VIII – Johnny Archer
Turning Stone Classic IX – Lee Van Corteza
Turning Stone Classic X – Johnny Archer
Turning Stone Classic XI – Johnny Archer
Turning Stone Classic XII – Ralf Souquet
Turning Stone Classic XIII – Oscar Dominguez
Turning Stone Classic XIV – Johnny Archer
Turning Stone Classic XV – Johnny Archer
Turning Stone Classic XVI – Corey Deuel
Turning Stone Classic XVII – Rodney Morris
Turning Stone Classic XVIII – Shane Van Boening
Turning Stone Classic XIX – Mike Dechaine
Turning Stone Classic XX – Shane Van Boening
Turning Stone Classic XXI – Earl Strickland
Turning Stone Classic XXII – Jayson Shaw
Turning Stone Classic XXIII – Jayson Shaw
Turning Stone Classic XXIV – Jayson Shaw
Turning Stone Classic XXV – Mika Immonen
Turning Stone Classic XXVI – Jayson Shaw
Turning Stone Classic XXVII – Jayson Shaw
Turning Stone Classic XXVIII – Shane Van Boening
Turning Stone Classic XXIX – Billy Thorpe
Turning Stone Classic XXX – Shane Van Boening
Turning Stone Classic XXXI – Jayson Shaw
Turning Stone Classic XXXII – Shane Van Boening
Turning Stone Classic XXXIII – Shane Van Boening
Turning Stone Classic XXXIV – Jayson Shaw
Turning Stone Classic XXXV – Jayson Shaw
Turning Stone Classic XXXVI – Jayson Shaw
Turning Stone Classic XXXVII – Fedor Gorst

Turning Stone Classic XXXVIII – Fedor Gorst
Turning Stone Classic XXXIX – Moritz Neuhausen
Turning Stone Classic XL – Lee Van Corteza
 
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Dana Bufalo

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
CORTEZA OVER NEUHAUSEN TO WIN TURNING STONE CLASSIC XL

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Moritz Neuhausen 2nd & Lee Van Corteza Champion

Everyone,

Here is the complete order of finish for Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's, "Turning Stone Classic XL 9-Ball Open", which was held on Jan. 9-12, 2025. The event was $25,000 added with a total prize fund of $47,000. There was a full field of 128 players. All players were paid in cash immediately upon their elimination from the event!

1st $10,000 Lee Van Corteza (Phil)
2nd $6,500 Moritz Neuhausen (Ger)
3rd $4,000 Christoph Neumayer
4th $2,700 Dan Hewitt (Can)
5/6th $2,000 each - Jesse Piercey (Can) & Erik Hjorleifson (Can)
7/8th $1,600 each - Jeremy Sossei & Mika Immonen
9/12th $1,200 each - Tyler Henninger, Steve Mack, Jayson Shaw & Aaron Greenwood
13/16th $950 each - Hunter Lombardo, Chris Szuter, Mhet Vergara & Kevin Clark

17/24th $599 each - Aro Majumder, Vince Beaurivage (Can), Jonathan Smith, Eric Cloutier (Can), Earl Herring, Caroline Pao, Matt Krah &
Frank Hernandez

25/32nd $400 each - Tom Cayer (Can), Ruslan Chinakhov (Rus), Dave Shlemperis, Bucky Souvanthong, Dave Pinkston, Josh Friedberg,
Barry Hetherington (Can), John Morra (Can)

33/48th - Rob Hart, Waleed Hashem (Can), Jake Jackson, Marco Kam, Mike Donnelly, Randy Labonte, Pat Fleming, Dan Sharlow, Henry Good,
Rohit Aggarwal, Chris Tiru, Brad Guthrie (Can), Brian Vu, Jim McManus, John Francisco & Dan Mulhollen

49/64th - Joey Cicero (Can), Brian Russell, Dave Callaghan, Troy Deocharran, Scott Brown, Pascal Dufresne, Holden Chin, Nick Coppola, Gregg McAndrews,
Marc Ciappa, Tom McGonagle, Alvin Thomas, Harold, Rousseau (Can), Mike Toohig, Chris Pringle, Jimmy Rivera

65/96th - Jim Prather, Dwight Dixon, Matt Harricharan, Jerome Rockwell, Jean Guy Belliveau (Can), Jude Rosenstock, Ed Culhane, Dave Mills,
Eddie Epperson, Lawrence Mitchell, Bob Cunningham, Joe Smith, Steve Motilal, Kyle Smith, Rachel Lang, Justin Muller, George Lashoff,
Martin Daigle (Can), Ranulf Tamba, Rebecca Teese, Martin Longmire, Denys Zbikowski (Can), Larry Phlegar, Jordan Turner, Glen Van Court,
Garrett Vaughan, Grayson Vaughan, Doug Brown (Can), Alan Gordon, Tom Walsh, Kevin West, Frank Wolak

97/128th - Kevin Scalzitti, Paul Dryden, Sean Martin, Julie Madlener, Jason Robichaud (Can), Steve Barrie, Ron Williams, Brandon Fletcher, Linda Cheung, Greg Spath, Andrea Duvall, Sean Santoro, John Dennis, Steven W. Smith, Jay Chiu, Bud Robideau, Dave Powis, Lee Mangos, Dave Fontaine, Dave Copperwheat, Pat Byrne, Steve Sutton, Derek Hart, Kent Wuethrich, Brian Namulik, Dave Fernandez, Norm Pomainville, Chris Crawford, Ron Casanzio, Doug Masiero, Jack Smith, Paul Rozonewski

Final Players List

Our Second Chance event had a field of 31 players with a total prize fund of $1,550.

1st $500 - Garrett Vaughan
2nd $300 - Grayson Vaughan
3/4th $175 each - Jordan Turner & Doug Masiero
5/8th $100 each - Frank Wolak, Mike Toohig, John Francisco & Dan Sharlow

$1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner, Eric Clarke
$1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner, Mike Horvath

I hope to see all of you at the next Turning Stone Classic event.

Mike Zuglan

The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Is Proudly Sponsored By;
Joss Cues - http://www.josscues.com
Turning Stone Resort Casino - http://www.turningstone.com
Simonis Cloth - http://www.simoniscloth.com
AzBilliards.com - http://www.azbilliards.com
Aramith - http://www.aramith.com
Billiards Press - http://www.billiardspress.com
 
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