Wiseman wins the Reno Open

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In a true double elimination tourney, Shawn Putnam needed to beat Ronnie Wiseman twice in order to win the tournament. Ronnie put Shawn on the one loss side last night beating Shawn 9-0. Tonight in the finals Ronnie beat Shawn the first match 9-3 thus ending the tournament. I was told that Ronnie kept making the wing ball on the break & running out. He made very few if any mistakes and Shawn never really got a chance to get in the game.

Congrats to Ronnie & Shawn for a great tournament! Special congrats to Ronnie for playing so well! ;)
 
Timberly said:
In a true double elimination tourney, Shawn Putnam needed to beat Ronnie Wiseman twice in order to win the tournament. Ronnie put Shawn on the one loss side last night beating Shawn 9-0. Tonight in the finals Ronnie beat Shawn the first match 9-3 thus ending the tournament. I was told that Ronnie kept making the wing ball on the break & running out. He made very few if any mistakes and Shawn never really got a chance to get in the game.

Congrats to Ronnie & Shawn for a great tournament! Special congrats to Ronnie for playing so well! ;)
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Hey Timberly,
Thanks for the update.
Have A Nice Day",
Lamar
 
That's a great win for Ronnie Wiseman, and I'm happy to see him capture this title, not to mention the dough; $12,500, if memory serves me right. :D

Here's one of my favorite Ronnie Wiseman pictures taken at the 2003 Carolinas Open, which holds a one-pocket and a 9-ball tournament. Ronnie has always reminded me of James Cagney (LOL).:p

Depicted on the left, Ronnie Wiseman who won the one-pocket, and depicted on the right, Alex Pagulayan who won the 9-ball, and in the middle is Keith. It was a very fun event. Ronnie Wiseman is a railbird's delight, always providing topnotch entertainment on a field of green.:)

JAM
 

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Thanks Timberly

JAM said:
That's a great win for Ronnie Wiseman, and I'm happy to see him capture this title, not to mention the dough; $12,500, if memory serves me right. :D

Here's one of my favorite Ronnie Wiseman pictures taken at the 2003 Carolinas Open, which holds a one-pocket and a 9-ball tournament. Ronnie has always reminded me of James Cagney (LOL).:p

Depicted on the left, Ronnie Wiseman who won the one-pocket, and depicted on the right, Alex Pagulayan who won the 9-ball, and in the middle is Keith. It was a very fun event. Ronnie Wiseman is a railbird's delight, always providing topnotch entertainment on a field of green.:)

JAM
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Jam, That's a great picture. Get those 3 together in a room, and somethings gonna happen.
 
satman said:
Jam, That's a great picture. Get those 3 together in a room, and somethings gonna happen.
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LOL!:D Actually, it did. Keith and Ronnie got to barking at each other at the 2003 Carolinas Open and came up with a set [race to 10] where each one of them would get to have a designated breaker, Keith thinking he had the lock with a friend named "Big Jerry." ;)

When they approached the table, Keith brings out Big Jerry who stands about foot and a half taller than Keith, arms like Paul Bunyan, and when he looked around the room to see who Ronnie was going to use as his designated breaker, there stood Alex Pagulayan, about a quarter of the size of Big Jerry.

Ronnie won the flip, Alex broke 'em beautifully, and this duo steamrolled their way to the finish line. Keith tried to settle out of court on seventh or eighth street, I think, but Ronnie and Alex were enjoying this moment to the fullest, laughing so much they could hardly shoot, and wouldn't think of it. Keith's breaker never got up off the stool, poor fellow, and he had half of Keith's action. :p

I am happy to see Ronnie win the Reno Open. :)

JAM
 
Two of the best.................

Two of the best breakers (in their days) were Nick Varner & Mike Segel. Both weighing about the same as my right leg.

TY & GL
 
The brackets havent been updated, can anyone tell me the top 5 or so? Or at least tell me were I can find some other information. Thanks!:)
 
KidRockGirl said:
The brackets havent been updated, can anyone tell me the top 5 or so? Or at least tell me were I can find some other information. Thanks!:)
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Ronnie Wisemen won the Reno Open, pocketing a nice chunk of change, $12,500.

Shawn Putnam came in as runner up, but I do not know the prize amount.

Marcus Chamat came in third, collecting $4,000 for his excellent performance.

I think Jose Parica came in the top five, but I do not know what order.

South Dakota Shane is up there at the top, too!

JAM
 
JAM said:
LOL!:D Actually, it did. Keith and Ronnie got to barking at each other at the 2003 Carolinas Open and came up with a set [race to 10] where each one of them would get to have a designated breaker, Keith thinking he had the lock with a friend named "Big Jerry." ;)

When they approached the table, Keith brings out Big Jerry who stands about foot and a half taller than Keith, arms like Paul Bunyan, and when he looked around the room to see who Ronnie was going to use as his designated breaker, there stood Alex Pagulayan, about a quarter of the size of Big Jerry.

Ronnie won the flip, Alex broke 'em beautifully, and this duo steamrolled their way to the finish line. Keith tried to settle out of court on seventh or eighth street, I think, but Ronnie and Alex were enjoying this moment to the fullest, laughing so much they could hardly shoot, and wouldn't think of it. Keith's breaker never got up off the stool, poor fellow, and he had half of Keith's action. :p

I am happy to see Ronnie win the Reno Open. :)

JAM
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Didn't Keith write an article about this for Inside Pool magazine? I seem to remember reading it before.
 
I never knew Wisemans first name untill today.......by the way, what were the other two Wisemans first names?
 
OldHasBeen said:
Two of the best breakers (in their days) were Nick Varner & Mike Segel. Both weighing about the same as my right leg.

TY & GL
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Really? I was told that the break was Sigel's biggest weakness. I've seen alot of tapes of him playing and often the commentators would mention that he didn't break as well as some of the other players. I don't think Nick had that strong of a break either. Did they break alot harder back in the 70's and 80's?
 
I used to hear Sigel was a pretty hard breaker. I think he is more famous for having his shaft bent like crazy against the cloth when he was following through. Earl and David Howard were the big breakers of the 80's and early 90's I thought.

When Bustament first played in Reno, he created quite a stir in the early 90's because of his break. A whole room of crack,crack,crack, when others broke and then you'd hear CRACK! when he broke. You could hear the difference across the room.

Mike Sigel walks by and says to him " I remember when I used to be able to break that hard". Busta just kind of gave him a crooked smile but I got the sense he didn't feel Mike ever hit em as hard as he could.
 
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