One stepped to the tables having recorded only one previous ‘cash’ finish on a regional tour; a win he chalked up on the Predator Tri-State Tour this past February. The other was looking for his first ‘cash’ finish of this year, having won two of the four events in which he cashed last year (on the Predator Tri-State and Garden State Pool tours), his best recorded earnings year of three, spread out over 18 years (’05, ’20, ’22).
They met three times; hot seat match and two sets of a double-elimination final. The $100-added event this past weekend (Sat. Oct. 7) drew a short field of 16 entrants to a stop on the Garden State Pool Tour, hosted by Players Billiards in Eatontown, NJ.
Ronnie Xu, the one looking for his second win this year, took the opening match of the three. Joe Valania, looking for his first cash finish and win this year (third overall in the past two years), won the opening set of the double-elimination final. Xu took the third match to claim the event title.
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They met three times; hot seat match and two sets of a double-elimination final. The $100-added event this past weekend (Sat. Oct. 7) drew a short field of 16 entrants to a stop on the Garden State Pool Tour, hosted by Players Billiards in Eatontown, NJ.
Ronnie Xu, the one looking for his second win this year, took the opening match of the three. Joe Valania, looking for his first cash finish and win this year (third overall in the past two years), won the opening set of the double-elimination final. Xu took the third match to claim the event title.
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