on sat., feb. 7 and sun., feb. 8 carom cafe in flushing, queens hosted an "a" tournament as a prelude to the open, which begins on wed., feb.18. ten men participated in the event, which was conducted as a round-robin. when the dust had settled, current u.s. champion, miguel torres and former u.s. champion. sonny cho were tied at 8-1. this necessitated a 25 point playoff game, which went right down to the wire, with miguel prevailing. also participating were former u.s. open champion hugo patino, michael kang, min-jae pak, sang lee (same name as late, great champion), jim shovak, jim watson and two other gentlemen whose names excape me at the moment. high run was 12, recorded by miguel torres and hugo patino.
