Turning Stone Classic XVII - $25,000 ADDED - Verona, NY - September 8-11, 2011

Dana Bufalo

Dana Bufalo

AzB Silver Member
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Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour is proud to announce the $25,000 added Turning Stone Classic XVII 9-Ball Open.

This event will take place on Thursday, September 8th thru Sunday, September 11th, 2011 in the beautiful and spacious Event Center at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY .

The format will be race to 9, double elimination (finals one race to 13) and will be played on Diamond Smart Tables with Simonis Cloth.

The entry fee for this event will be $150 to any current 2010-2011 tour member and $200 to all others.

This $25,000 added event is limited to the first 128 paid entries, requires a pre-entry, and the previous sixteen Turning Stone events were filled to capacity with many players being shut out!

For more information you must contact Mike Zuglan at (518) 356-7163 or via email at mzjosstour@aol.com .

All ages are welcome in the Event Center at Turning Stone, spectator admission is FREE and you only need to be 18 to gamble on the casino floor.

The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour is sponsored by;

Joss Cues - http://www.josscues.com
Webb Custom Cues - http://www.webbcues.com
Cameron Custom Cues - http://www.cameroncues.com
Samsara Cues - http://www.samsaracues.com
Tiger Products - http://www.tigerproducts.com
The Billiard Press - http://www.billiardspress.com
Simonis Cloth - http://www.simoniscloth.com
World Class Cue Care - http://www.jnj-industries.com
TotalPool.info - http://www.totalpool.info
AzBilliards.com - http://www.azbilliards.com
Pool on the Net - http://www.poolonthenet.com
Turning Stone Casino - http://www.turning-stone.com
Owen-Bunnell, Inc - http://www.obcues.com
Unique Billiard Products by CUE-Z - http://www.cuezctc.com
Cue Shark - http://www.cueshark.com
BilliardCommunity.com - http://www.billiardcommunity.com

For more information about the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour please visit http://www.joss9balltour.com or contact Mike Zuglan at (518) 356-7163 - email mzjosstour@aol.com .
 
Turning Stone Classic XVII

This event will take place on Thursday, September 8th thru Sunday, September 11th, 2011 in the beautiful and spacious Event Center at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY.
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Photo courtesy of Mitch Heydt

All ages are welcome in the Event Center and spectator admission is FREE.
 
Dana, care to tease us with a preview of the confirmed pros playing in this event, or will we have to wait until the whole list is released?
 
Airport & Lodging Information

The Syracuse Hancock International Airport is about 35 miles from the Turning Stone Casino.

Hotels not far from Turning Stone include;

Fairfield Inn & Suites Verona
5280 Willow Place
Verona, New York 13478
Phone: (315) 363-8888
Fax: (315) 363-1828
Toll-free: (866) 580-6237

Microtel Inn & Suites
5118 NY State Route 365
Verona, NY 13478
Tel: (315) 363-1850
Fax: (315) 363-1845

Super 8 Motel Oneida/Verona Area
215 Genesse Street
I-90 Exits 33 and 34
Oneida, NY 13421-2701
Tel: (315) 363-5168
Fax: (315) 363-4628

The Hotel at Vernon Downs
4229 Stuhlman Road
Vernon, NY 13476-4516
Phone: (315) 829-3850

Hotels in nearby Rome, NY (about 12 miles from Turning Stone) include;

Quality Inn
200 S. James St.at Erie Blvd.
Rome, NY 13440
Phone: (315) 336-4300
Fax: (315) 336-4492

The Inn at The Beeches
7900 Turin Road, Route 26
Rome, NY 13440
(315) 336-1775 or (800) 765-7251

Other hotels in nearby Utica and Syracuse, NY (about 30 minutes from Turning Stone) include;

Red Roof Inn Utica
20 Weaver Street
I-90 at Genessee Street, Exit #31
Utica, NY, USA, 13502
Inn Phone: (315) 724-7128
Inn Fax: (315) 724-7158

Red Roof Inn Syracuse
6614 North Thompson Road
I-90 at Carrier Circle, Exit #35
Syracuse, NY, USA, 13206
Inn Phone: (315) 437-3309
Inn Fax: (315) 437-7865

Radisson Hotel-Utica Centre
200 Genesee Street, Utica New York 13502, US
Reservations: (800) 333-3333
Telephone: (315) 797-8010 Fax: (315) 797-1490

Super 8 - Utica
309 Genesee Street
Utica, NY, 13502 US
Phone: 315-797-0964

Hotel Utica
102 Lafayette Street
Utica, NY 13502
Phone: (315) 724-7829

Best Western Gateway Adirondack Inn
175 North Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502
Phone: (315) 732-4121
Fax: (315) 797-8265

For more info on Hotels located in Syracuse, NY go to;

http://www.syracusehotels.worldweb.com/index.html
 
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From the promotional poster, it looks like the following players are confirmed:
Johnny Archer
Karen Corr
Shane Van Boening
Jennifer Barretta
Dennis Hatch
 
Well here's the player list from December so im sure most of these guys will be playing or returning for the September event!!!


1 ANTONAKOS, GREG
2 ANTONE, ANTHONY
3 APPLETON, DARREN
4 ARCHER, JOHNNY
5 ASCOLESE, DAVE
6 AUIGBELLE, SPENCER
7 BABRAVICH, JOHN
8 BAILEY, CARL
9 BARRETTA, JENNIFER
10 BASAVICH, DAN
11 BAUCCIO, KEVIN
12 BEGEY, BOB
13 BLACKMORE, BOB
14 BOEMMELS, BRENT
15 BORDEN, RICH
16 BOYLE, ED
17 BREKKE, BRIAN
18 BROWN, DOUG
19 BRUCATO, NICK
20 BYRNE, PAT
21 CARROLL, BRUCE
22 CHAU, MANNY
23 CHIN, HOLDEN
24 CLOWERY, JARROD
25 CONTE, VICTOR
26 COOK, TEDDY
27 COOPERIDER, WAYNE
28 CORR, KAREN
29 CRAWFORD, MATT
30 CREAMER, MARK
31 CROWE, JERRY
32 CULHANE, ED
33 CUNNINGHAM, BOB
34 CUTLER, REDGIE
35 D'ALFONSO, TOM
36 DAVIS, MIKE
37 DECHAINE, MIKE
38 DEMET, JONATHAN
39 DENNIS, BOB
40 DESERIO, DAVE
41 DEUEL, COREY
42 DIBOUNO, PAT
43 DIXON, DWIGHT
44 DRYDEN, PAUL
45 DUNSMORE, BILL
46 EBERLE, MAX
47 ENGEL, JESSE
48 FERNANDEZ, DAVE
49 FIELDHAMMER, MIKE
50 GARIBELLO, YESID
51 GOULDING, STEVE
52 GRANNIS, RICK
53 GRAU, DAVE
54 HALL, CECIL
55 HATCH, DENNIS
56 HAZLETT, BEV
57 HEIDRICH, DAN
58 HERRING, EARL
59 HJORLEIFSON, ERIC
60 HOHMANN, THORSTEN
61 HOLMES, BRIAN
62 INNESS, ANGELO
63 JACKSON, PETER
64 JANOVSKY, JESSE :cool:
65 KAM, MARCO
66 KENNEDY, JEFF
67 KETZ, KEVIN
68 KIMMETT, DALE
69 KRAH, MATT
70 LABONTE, RANDY
71 LANE, ROCKY
72 LAPENA, AL
73 LaRUSSA, RICH
74 LEWIS, DAN
75 LILLIS, STEVE
76 LIPES, BRIAN
77 LOMBARDO, HUNTER
78 MALONEY, COLIN
79 McANDREWS, GREGG
80 McGONAGLE, TOM
81 McPARTLIN, CRAIG
82 MILLER, ROGER
83 MILLS, DAVE
84 MOORE, STEVIE
85 MORRA, MARIO
86 MORRIS, DUSTIN
87 MORRIS, RODNEY
88 MORROW, SHAYNE
89 MURPHY, SCOTT
90 ONEY, WILLIAM
91 OWEN, GABE
92 PANZARELLA, MIKE
93 PARISIAN, TIM
94 PENSGEN, PAUL
95 PETROV, IVAYLO
96 PHLEGAR, LARRY
97 PLONSKI, JAY
98 POGIRSKI, DEREK
99 PUTNAM, SHAWN
100 ROBICHAUD, JASON
101 ROCHA, CLEITON
102 ROCKWELL, JEROME
103 ROZONEWSKI, PAUL
104 RUNNINGEN, BEAU
105 SAN SOUCIE, ED
106 SCHUCK, CHRIS
107 SELIG, MIKE
108 SHUFF, BRANDON
109 SINCLAIR, JAMES
110 SMITH, JONATHAN
111 SMOLEN, JEFF
112 SOSSEI, JEREMY
113 SOUVANTHONG, BUCKY
114 STRICKLAND, EARL
115 SYDLOWSKI, WALTER
116 TANNER, ADAM
117 THOMAS, KEAN
118 TORRI, PAUL
119 VAN BOENING, SHANE
120 VIDAL, MARC
121 WALLACE, MIKE
122 WILKIE, SHAWN
123 WILLIAMS, CHARLIE
124 WINTERS, SHANE
125 WISEMAN, RON
126 WORDEN, ESBON
127 YOUNG, RICHARD
128 ZUGLAN, MIKE
 
pocketspeed said:
is there any change of an APB boycott of this event due to seeding issues?

brian
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I asked Shawn Putnam a week or so ago about the ABP members attending the Joss/Turning Stone tourney, since the ABP has a thing about seeding. Here is Shawn's reply to my inquiry: Shawn's Reply on 7/10/2011.

His reply to me was that they were, indeed, going to compete in the Joss/Turning Stone tournament this year even though Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour events are *not* seeded. ;)

I give Mike Zuglan a lot of credit for keeping the Joss Tour alive and well for, what, 15, 16, or 17 years now? I think it may actually be the longest running regional tour in existence, so Zuglan must be doing something right. :grin:

It's his tour, and Mike Zuglan has every right to have rules he deems best. He's the one that does all the work to keep pool alive and well for pool players of all caliber.

Of course, the ABP members are going to compete at the $25,000-added tournament, where everybody gets paid in CASH MONEY right on the spot. :cool:
 
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Last year when I spoke to Mike about the TS the whole seeding issue came up and guess what.... No one gets special treatment. About the money situation??? He flat out said.. "Every player gets paid their money on the spot!! No checks or IOU's.... CASH MONEY!!!"

Mike is a splended professional man and I wish I could attend more of his tour events. Im just lucky that the TS is close to my hometown so when I go home for the holidays I get to play. Don't like my odds but nothing feels better than locking horns with the best in the world :smile:
 
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pocketspeed said:
is there any change of an APB boycott of this event due to seeding issues?

brian
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Mike Zuglan and the Turning Stone Classic has never had any issue with paying the winners before they leave the casino. On Saturday and Sunday of the tournament, Mike announces on the overhead speaker system that the players who just got eliminated to see him at the directors booth so that he can pay them. Johnny Archer has won the event 6 times, he has been on the advertising poster for the last few years.

As for the seeding issue, this was brought up before sometime in 2010 shortly after the formation of the ABP, and there was paranoia about TS no longer being a BCA points event. The problem with seeding is that the Joss Tour is also a regional Tour (NorthEast). Since many of the ABP listed Pros only show up to the Turning Stone Event, if they were to be seeded based on the regional tour points system, they might be ranked lower than tour member players who play in more of the stops and thus would then be seeded higher. Because of that, it could be possible that two Pros would face each other in the first round, because they lacked enough points in the regional tour. Maybe this would encourage more of them to play in the local stops more often. But seeding the pros would also hinder the local players from playing on his tour.

As for the brackets, I heard someone ask him about how its drawn, and heard that the names are randomly drawn from a hat, not by him, but someone from BCA, that way hes not involved in case someone has a problem with it.

The ABP should not have an issue with it, a majority of the winners are on the ABP supported list, and they were all paid on the spot.
 
geocheren said:
Mike Zuglan and the Turning Stone Classic has never had any issue with paying the winners before they leave the casino. On Saturday and Sunday of the tournament, Mike announces on the overhead speaker system that the players who just got eliminated to see him at the directors booth so that he can pay them. Johnny Archer has won the event 6 times, he has been on the advertising poster for the last few years.

As for the seeding issue, this was brought up before sometime in 2010 shortly after the formation of the ABP, and there was paranoia about TS no longer being a BCA points event. The problem with seeding is that the Joss Tour is also a regional Tour (NorthEast). Since many of the ABP listed Pros only show up to the Turning Stone Event, if they were to be seeded based on the regional tour points system, they might be ranked lower than tour member players who play in more of the stops and thus would then be seeded higher. Because of that, it could be possible that two Pros would face each other in the first round, because they lacked enough points in the regional tour. Maybe this would encourage more of them to play in the local stops more often. But seeding the pros would also hinder the local players from playing on his tour.

As for the brackets, I heard someone ask him about how its drawn, and heard that the names are randomly drawn from a hat, not by him, but someone from BCA, that way hes not involved in case someone has a problem with it.

The ABP should not have an issue with it, a majority of the winners are on the ABP supported list, and they were all paid on the spot.
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yeah i get all that. i love TS and have been to a boatload of them. i know the players get paid right away. my only concern was that since seeding seems to be a plank of the ABP's platform that there might be an issue. i glad to hear that doesnt seem to be the case. on the other hand i am not sure how the ABP can pick and choose which planks they will insist on at which tourneys. lowers their credibility a little.

anyway the date change threw me a curve and now i am jumping through hoops of fire to rearrange things to get there in September. i am looking forward to another great Turning Stone Classic!

brian
 
I am considering coming out to the US i September, starting in NY, and this looks to be a good place to start. I am not of the requisite level to play but would definitely look to be playing in lower level tournies across the country. Is this a good introduction to the scene that side?
 
Turning Stone Classic XVII

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All ages are welcome in the Event Center at Turning Stone and spectator admission is FREE.
 
Diamond Table Specifications for Turning Stone

The event will be played on 9 foot Diamond Pro Am Tables. The cloth is Simonis 860 Tournament Blue. The Cushions are Artemis Intercontinental 66 The pocket openings are 4 1/2" with a 141 degree angle. The ball sets will be Super Aramith Pro with a Red Saluc logo cue ball.
 
Paul8ball said:
The event will be played on 9 foot Diamond Pro Am Tables. The cloth is Simonis 860 Tournament Blue. The Cushions are Artemis Intercontinental 66 The pocket openings are 4 1/2" with a 141 degree angle. The ball sets will be Super Aramith Pro with a Red Saluc logo cue ball.
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Paul,

Is Ed doing the event? If so, does he have a couple of small Pro/Am's on the truck? Camelot might be interested in adding another table or two to their new business. Hope to get them up Friday or Saturday. Beautiful new room. The four tables from the pro arena at SBE are in constant use.

Incidentally, the orange crush is still out there :p!

Lyn
 
Press Release: Joss Northeast Tour Set To Begin 15th Season

I am proud to announce the complete schedule for our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's 2011-2012 season. This will be the tour's 15th continuous season in operation. During that time we have produced over 300 events including 16, soon to be 17, of the very popular Turning Stone Classic events. Other previous major events on the tour were 2, $25,000 added season finales in Portland Maine and 2 $15,000 added finales in Chelmsford & New Bedford Ma. There were also hundreds of great events in some of the Northeast's (and beyond) finest billiard parlors. These are the backbone of our tour and the sport itself. Without these rooms generosity and support our sport would be non existent to say the least. They deserve our gratitude and thanks for allowing us the use of their fine rooms.

This coming season will consist of 15 regular season events and the $25,000 Added Turning Stone Classic XVIII (December 15-18, 2011). This season we welcome 3 new rooms to the tour. These new rooms include, Premium Billiards in Syracuse NY (stop # 1), Camelot Billiards in Rochester NY (stop # 4) and Fast Eddie's Billiards Cafe in New Milford Ct (stop # 8). The new season will also include 3 events at Snookers in Providence RI. Two events at Trick Shot Billiards And Sports Pub in Clifton Park (near Albany) NY. Two events at Raxx Pool Room & Grill in W. Hempstead NY. Single event rooms include TJ's Classic Billiards (Waterville Me), Hippos' House Of Billiards (Utica NY), Diamond Eight Billiards (Latham, near Albany NY), Salt City Billiards (Syracuse NY) & the Golden Cue Billiards (Albany NY). With the exception of our Turning Stone Classic XVIII and The 23rd Ocean State 9-Ball Championship at Snookers, all of our events will include an open Saturday and Sunday main event plus a $500 added Sunday only consolation event for non pro level players eliminated from the main event. For all info regarding any of our events including entry fees, added monies, formats, host locations, tour membership, results, etc., please visit us at www.joss9balltour.com or contact Mike Zuglan at mzjosstour@aol.com or call 518-356-7163.

This season we welcome a new sponsor to the tour. Dan Heidrich of Heidrich Custom Cues has joined our family of most generous sponsors. Not only is Dan fast becoming a great cue maker, he is also a great player and past winner on our tour. Below you will find a complete list, with contact info, of our new season sponsors. All of their donated products go to the host rooms to help offset their added money obligations. I urge you to support and recommend these generous companies whenever you can. A very special thanks goes out to Dan Janes of Joss Cues for all he has done since the beginning. FYI, Dan has donated one, sometimes two, $1,000 range custom, engraved cues to each and every stop since the beginning of the tour. That is over 300 cues! You do the math. Thanks again to Dan and all of our sponsors from all of us.

Just a reminder that the current season is not quite over yet. We still have our 25,000 Added Turning Stone Classic XVII 9-Ball Open, September 8-11, 2011. This event will once again feature 128 of some of the finest players in the game. It will be held in one of the best venues (The Event Center at Turning Stone) you will ever find, and spectator admission will once again be FREE!

I will see you all soon, and please remember to spread the word to frequent your local billiard rooms and utilize the great companies who continue to help keep our great sport alive!

Mike Zuglan

The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour is sponsored by;

Joss Cues - http://www.josscues.com
Turning Stone Casino - http://www.turning-stone.com
Simonis Cloth - http://www.simoniscloth.com
Pool on the Net - http://www.poolonthenet.com
AzBilliards.com - http://www.azbilliards.com
Cue Shark - http://www.cueshark.com
Tiger Products - http://www.tigerproducts.com
Cameron Custom Cues - http://www.cameroncues.com
Owen-Bunnell, Inc - http://www.obcues.com
Samsara Cues - http://www.samsaracues.com
The Billiard Press - http://www.billiardspress.com
Unique Billiard Products by CUE-Z - http://www.cuezctc.com
Heidrich Custom Cues - http://heidrichcues.com
World Class Cue Care - http://www.jnj-industries.com

By Press Release - 2011-08-08

http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?storynum=9052
 
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