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Helena Dominates The 34th Annual 2014 Montana VNEA State Pool Tournament was a great success. From changing our format to a fully VNEA sanctioned 4 person team event and singles events brought a wide variety of new faces to the game and the tournament. In creating a new level in the Men’s division AA, we were able to better separate the levels fairly and have a more enjoyable tournament for all. With the singles event down a little from the year before, which we expected, our team event almost doubled. We had 14 teams last year and 25 teams this year. This also enabled us to create two divisions making it a more fairly played team event. With new leagues starting around the state we will begin to grow this tournament into a powerful event and keeping it VNEA sanctioned to ensure even divisions throughout. The next Montana VNEA State Pool Tournament that the Montana Coin Operators will be hosting will take place in Lewistown on April 23 – 26, 2015. Paul Gies, a member of the Montana Coin Operators for many years passed away this year. Paul was a huge advocate of leagues and hosted this pool tournament for years in Lewistown. Therefore the Montana Coin Operators have unanimously agreed to have the tournament in Lewistown in 2015. We greatly appreciate all of our players, sponsors, locations and The Break Pool Magazine for their continued support and supporting our change.

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SINGLES MEN’S AA 1st Dan Hamper Helena $1,400 2nd Frank Kincl Helena $900 3rd Dan Kissner Helena $400 4th Mike Schaff Bozeman $300 5–6 Jim Ward Lewistown $200 Calvin West Lewistown $200 7–8 Dave Custer Billings $100 Jim Winter Billings $100 MEN’S A 1st Jerry Churchill Helena $900 2nd Jason Phillips Helena $500 3rd David Willis Ashland $300 4th Dan Horn Malta $150 5–6 Dustin Juvan Livingston $75 Roger Schott Bozeman $75 7–8 John Reese Lewistown $50 Terry Wagner Helena $50 9–12 Mike Guzman Billings $25 Macy Cristadora Bozeman $25 John Todd Billings $25 Bruce Albright Billings $25 13–16 Mike Eyre Livingston $25 John Kaphammer Bozeman $25 Kurt Kubika Helena $25 Bill Pryor Malta $25

MEN’S B 1st Dustin Hamper Helena $600 2nd Mike Thompson Florance $350 3rd Paul Elser Livingston $150 4th Wade Woods Ashland $100 5–6 Leanord Johnson Florance $50 Les Hogan Ashland $50 7–8 Brandon Dell Billings $25 Greg Barnes Helena $25 WOMEN’S A 1st Linda Aselson Billings $800 2nd Misty Debates Bozeman $400 3rd Cat Hansen Bozeman $250 4th Erica Wise Bozeman $150 WOMEN’S B 1st Tonya Eldridge Helena $500 2nd Philinga Anderson Ashland $300 3rd Deb Danzer Lewistown $125 4th Amy Schaff Bozeman $75 5–6 Nellie Hogan Ashland $50 Page Rogers Lewistown $50 7–8 Brenda Rorick Livingston $25 Amber Bailey Bozeman $25

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TEAMS

2014 MCMOA State 8-Ball A DIVISION 1st JESTER’S (Helena) 1388 pts. $1,300 + Jackets Terry Wagner, Rich Little, Jason Phillips, Frank Kincl & Dan Kissner 2nd HULK SMASH (Helena) 1368 pts. $800 Dan Hamper, Dustin Hamper, George Price & Jerry Chruchill 3rd TEAM LODGE (Malta) 1316 pts. $400 Leon Lodge, Dan Horn, Willy Quisno & Billy Main 4th Molly Brown #3 (Bozeman) 1300 pts. 5th Rockin R (Bozeman) 1288 pts. 6th Shirey’s Pub(Helena) 1286 pts. 7th 8 Ball Posse (Billings) 1282 pts. 8th Cowboy Bar (Malta) 1237 pts. 9th Mears Music (Malta) 1194 pts. 10th Office Bar (Ashland) 1143 pts. 11th Lucky Bullet (Malta) 1135 pts. 12th Eagles 4 (Helena) 1126 pts. B DIVISION 1st 212 BAR & GRILL (Joliet) 1586 pts. $1,300 + Jackets Hal Ward, James Pettis, Luke Philigala & Keith Mainwaring 2nd WESTERN LOUNGE (Lewistown) 1582 pts. $800 Deb Danzer, Page Rogers, Calvin West & John Wright III 3rd EAGLES 8 (Helena) 1528 pts. $400 Denise Price, Tonya Eldridge, Janice Osborne, Louise Ross 4th Office Bar 1 (Ashland) 1491 pts. 5th GFY (Billings) 1462 pts. 6th Brat Pack (Laurel) 1460 pts. 7th Dragon Heart (Helena) 1456 pts. 8th Shirey & Snowylanes (Lewistown) 1438 pts. 9th Bearded Ladies (Billings) 1423 pts. 10th Lazy 8’s (Billings) 1422 pts. en’s B 2nd Place M 11th Wayne’s Witches (Ashland) 1382 pts. son Mike Thomp 12th Western (Lewistown) 1324 pts. 13th Diamonds In The Ruff 885 pts.

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had a bona-fide shot at the title from the onset. So, the outcome was that most of the matches were hotly contended and often quite dramatic. Finalists Ken Bower and Jose Aquino (Tacoma, WA) and SemiFinalists Greg Odal and Cody Clark (Everett, WA) combined 1st and 2nd Place monies and split 50-50. Then Greg and Cody combined their take with 3rd Place money and again split 50-50 with One-Loss Winners Jim Conway and Dave Jones (Everett, WA). The payouts were rounded out with Paul Purdy (Oak

We shifted this tournament forward two weeks, hoping to avoid scheduling conflicts and draw good participation. But this time, Bellingham league playoffs took place on this same weekend. While this took at least 4 partnerships away from our tournament, we JOSE AQUINO, KEN BOWER - TACOMA, WA wound up with 16 teams -- two more than we had last year! The players came mainly from Island, Skagit and Snohomish counties, with Harbor, WA) and Dane one team coming down from nearby Vancouver, B.C. Ireland (Mt. Vernon, WA) coming in at 4th Because of the small Place. field size, we were able to nearly finish this Our gratitude goes tournament in one to Chuck Hassler, day, instead of the full who organized the weekend we usually tournament, and use. At 12:30 AM, to the staff at the JIM CONWAY, DAVE JONES - EVERETT, WA we started the SemiAmerican Legion, most Final match, but a of whom were volunteers, for their wonderful support. And finally, our few minutes later, the sincerest gratitude goes out to all of the players who took the time out GREG ODAL, CODY CLARK - EVERETT, WA three teams still in the of otherwise busy lives to come and visit our fair rural village. tournament decided to do a 3-way split of the money and head home. Here is the prize breakdown: 1st Ken Bower/Jose Aquino $780.50 2nd Greg Odal/Cody Clark $613.25 Our tournament was played on 4 - 4x8 tables, all located at the 3rd Jim Conway/Dave Jones $613.25 American Legion Hall. The races were to 7 in both the no-loss and one4th Paul Purdy/Dane Ireland $223.00 loss brackets, with a single race to 9 for the championship. This small field consisted of 7 Masters, and at least 8 of the 16 teams

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CHALK TALK Sponsored by: Master Chalk BY: DON AKERLOW

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Courtesy .... a dying art

I want to state from the very beginning that I have been and on occasion still find myself discourteous at times. There are of course excuses, “I’m busy”, “I didn’t have time”, “There’s a lot on my plate”,, but in reality for the most part, but not always, I was simply discourteous. So I want to apologize for that. It got me thinking at the same time … are we all like that? Do we make excuses? Or do we care enough to make excuses? I may be becoming too philosophical.

company to include it in whatever they are doing, it may behoove you to find out what it is or not. I personally woudl prefer, if circumstances merit not being interested, to know that decision ... just a courtesy. Remember, be courteous. I know every time I’m not, those words appear in my mind, “Would your Mother be proud of you?” Just a thought. And as always message me your views on Facebook at www.facebook.com/onthebreaknews

Somebody once told me that if you do something or don’t do something, whether you should or shouldn’t, you have to ask, “Would your Mother be proud of you if you did or didn’t do it?” For example: holding a door for a lady or anyone and most importantly not expecting a reply, like “Thank you”. But I digress, yet again. Let me get to the real point. In the billiard industry, some say that it is a dying industry. I for one do not believe that. There are a lot of industry people or those who are connected to the industry that work very hard and put a lot of effort and money into it. Although courtesy, I think would help the industry a lot along the way. I had the owner of a national league tell me during a conversation that he could not stand the majority of the people in the industry. I asked him who did he mean, the players or who? He told me it was the business end … owners, managers and corporate types. They don’t return call, they don’t return emails. Even if you have been working out some deal or contract how hard is it to just return a courtesy call? In any given month we contact by phone and email hundreds of people in the industry. Even if you don’t know someone, see what they want. Sometimes it’s nothing but sometimes it’s worth answering the call or email. Or simply tell the person, “No”, “I’m not interested”, “It doesn’t work for me”. Don’t waste someone’s time because good business people will always think you are just too busy, so they will try again. I am not trying to be judgemental even if it may appear to be, just raising a concern that others may have experienced. Remember, if someone thinks enough of you or your

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Master Instructor, National Billiard Academy, “Beat People With a Stick!”

Tom Simpson

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On the first day of pool school, I point out that if you can’t deliver the cueball where you think it has to go, nothing else matters. All your strategy, knowledge, and experience won’t pocket a ball or win a game. Your fundamentals do that, and so they are first and foremost. At pool school, we focus hard on fundamentals of form, how best to arrange your body to facilitate an accurate, fluid, consistent, straight, repeatable stroke. We all have form flaws, departures from the ideal. And of course, exactly what constitutes the ideal is different for every player. There’s a lot to it, but we move the class along in a fairly systematic way. As the instructors circulate to help the individual players at their tables, we generally work on the biggest things first. As I watch a player, I’m looking for what sticks out to me the most. What’s the simplest thing we can change or improve to get the greatest immediate gain? Maybe their bridge is floppy or their head is moving or their stick is swerving or their stance is awkward or any of a hundred things. Whatever it is, we gradually work each player into something closer to ideal for them, something that gets them past the biggest issues they had, gets them more confidence and better results. Eventually, as players’ fundamentals are “roughed in,” they start to look like solid players. Things become more consistent, fluid, athletic, simple. It’s worthwhile to let players work on these changes for some time, perhaps a few months. The longer someone has played, the tougher it is to overcome old habits. At this point, though, our players are very clear on why they should make their changes, and so they are motivated to change and to be vigilant about it. For those who stick with it and are patient with themselves and their learning process, their new fundamentals begin to dominate their play and their game comes up. Here’s where we can begin to refine the finer aspects of form, and get even further down the path to excellence. But this is also where the changes become much more subtle. Instructors can point out some factors to consider, some ways to experiment, some ways to measure or compare results. One of these subtle areas is grip. Grip is what connects us to our instrument – the cue stick. This joining, and the motion of the grip with the stick, must function smoothly. In my opinion, your grip can evolve and improve throughout your entire pool life. We can give you general guidance, such as where your grip hand should be on the cue. We can give you important ideas, such as your grip should be very light. We can suggest experimenting with different numbers of grip fingers, different thumb

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placements, and small changes in your palm/stick angle. These are all worthwhile areas to explore, but aside from seeing whether a change allows the stick to stroke straighter, all you have is “How does it feel?” Does it feel smoother? Is it uncomfortable? Is it difficult to do consistently? Does it give you more confidence? It’s hard for an instructor to tell whether a change feels better to a player. That’s up to the player. We try to see whether the “quality” of their stroke improves and whether their pocketing and ball control improves. So while I can’t really tell you exactly how to improve your grip, I do have a few suggestions you’ll find worthy of your attention: No gripping: Don’t squeeze the stick. Don’t grab it. Just swing it. Gripping runs tension up into your arm and hobbles your fluidity. It’s actually okay to hold so lightly that the stick sometimes slides forward after the hit. Rule of thumb: No squeezing with the thumb either, for the same reason. The thumb makes some kind of soft loop that keeps the stick from falling off your hand – and that’s all. Our rule of thumb (ha ha) is “When the tip hits the ball, the thumb points to the floor.” Soft hand: Your grip hand should be as soft as possible. Tensions in your grip fingers can tighten up your wrist and affect your fluidity. How can you “hold” your fingers in place without tension? Don’t brace your hand shape. Fewer fingers: The more fingers the stick touches, the more ways there are for the stick to go crooked. Everyone’s hand is different, but it makes a certain amount of sense that as the weight of the stick passes from finger to finger during the stroke, things can go wrong. Also, micro-movements in your fingers can make you miss. So maybe fewer fingers would work better. Try a one-finger or two-finger grip. Find your angle: Most players stroke with the palm of their grip hand facing their body. Some players stroke with the palm rotated toward the back of the stick. I can’t tell you what’s right. Everyone’s joints work a little differently. What’s important is to find the palm angle that works best in your stroke. Note that changes in this angle affect where the stick rides in your fingers, so this experiment calls for you to really observe closely. It’s complicated. Feel the weight of the cue: This is a huge tip. Try to feel the weight of the cue hanging from your elbow point. Feel the weight in your fingers. What can you soften to feel the weight more clearly? You’ll find that when you feel the weight, everything is soft and you are fully connected to your instrument. Begin your backswing without effort and without gripping. Do less.

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An Interview by:

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An Interview with Young Player Billy Thorpe from Dayton, OH

Melissa Little

Melissa “The Viper” Little has been a WPBA Touring Professional for over 10-years, she has represented the USA in Four WPA World Championships and has over 20 top-10 WPBA career finishes. She teaches monthly clinics, gives private lessons, and has created a juniors program that promotes billiards education to the local youth. Recently, Melissa opened a new billiard supply store www.qzetta.com For more information about Melissa please visit: www.melissalittle.com Read more articles by Melissa Little at www.onthebreaknews.com

Viper: Where were you born? Billy: Dayton, Ohio Viper: What are your biggest accomplishments in the sport of billiards? Billy: Winning the VNEA and BCA Junior National Championships Viper: Do you have a nickname yet? Billy: The Bulldozer Viper: What are your short-term goals? Billy: Winning more tournaments then I have Viper: What do you do when you’re not competing? Billy: hunt, fishing and riding dirt bikes. Viper: Do you have siblings? Billy: I have one sister named Mariah and she’s 21years old. Viper: Who got you started in playing pool? Billy: My dad and mom they taught me everything I know about pool Viper: What do your parents think of your pool career? Billy: They both support me 100% on everything I do. I couldn’t ask for better parents. Viper: In your opinion, what parts of the world produce the best players? Billy: Philippines Viper: Who is/was your favorite pro player growing up? Billy: Shane VanBoening Viper: Do you currently have any sponsors? Billy: No, currently I have no sponsors yet. Viper: Did you ever play in a pool league? Billy: No I have never played in a pool league.

Viper: Are you good at any other sports? Billy: Growing up I played football, which was my favorite sport, but then I chose pool. Also I love to ride dirt bikes. Viper: Describe yourself in three words? Billy: confident, loyal, trust worthy Viper: If you had to live your life over again, what would one thing you change about yourself and/or your pool career? Billy: No, I would not change a thing at this point I love the life I’m living. Viper: How do you prepare for events? Billy: I try to practice as much as I can and work on things that I’m doing wrong. Viper: What was the best advice

you were ever given? Billy: Perfect practice makes perfect playing Viper: What is one thing that you enjoy most while playing pool? Billy: I enjoy meeting new people. I enjoy competing with people that are better than me so I can get better myself. Viper: If you could say one thing to a young up-coming player what would it be? Billy: Keep calm and fire it cross corner! Viper: What’s your Favorite game? Billy: Bank pool A special “Thank-you” to Billy for taking time out of his busy schedule to participate in my “Ask the Viper”. Till next month, you can find me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ melissalittleakatheviper

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The A2B Drill Part 2

Bob Jewett

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In my last article I discussed a position play drill I call A2B -- you chose two random spots, A and B, on the table and learn how to pocket an object C ball on spot A and take the cue ball to spot B. The idea was to use no cushions and to try to find the range of possible positions of the cue ball that would work when using a particular pocket as well as the easiest or most natural position for the cue ball for each target pocket. The next level of this drill is to use one cushion to get the cue ball to spot B. Now there are far HC more choices in how to play the shot since you can choose any pocket-cushion pair. Shown in the diagram are the same A and B spots we had last time and two choices of cushion for the same pocket. Both can be played from the cue ball position shown. For path X, the easiest way is to let the cue ball roll and maybe use a little right English to widen the angle on the cushion. Try placing the cue ball over a range of positions with more or less cut angle and see what spin is needed to make the H shot work. For example, you will find that if the shot is nearly straight in, you will have to use less follow and more side spin to get to B. You might say, well, if I want to go to B from a nearly straight shot, why do I use a cushion? Because sometimes you will have to use that path such as when another ball is in the no-cushion path. For path Y which uses pocket H and cushion CD, the action is nearly the same as you would use for the GH no-cushion play, but if you have too thin a cut you will need to go to the cushion to absorb some of the extra speed on the cue ball. Can you see how to use the remaining four cushion sections along with pocket H to get to B? Section DE is with simple straight-back draw and section FG is with nearly plain follow. For DE you still want to find the range of cue ball positions for which you can make the shot work. You will need a little English to one side or the G other as the cue ball comes off the perfect line to adjust the cue ball angle off the cushion. I think you’ll find that the range of workable cue ball locations is quite small for this pattern. For FG the cue ball will be about at Z and you can vary the amount of follow and side spin to adjust the cue ball’s path. I think you’ll find that if the cue ball is rolling smoothly on the cloth when it hits the object ball you will get the most consistent results. If you can use cushion sections GH or EF for the shot into H, you should be writing articles, not reading them. Sometimes you have to pass on a cushion-pocket pair. Now let’s move on to pocket C. Using HC, CD and

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DE to leave the cue ball at Bcan be done with simple follow shots and the right cue ball position. GH and EF are again out of consideration, but FG is possible with a pretty good draw stroke. It’s hard to imagine a situation where draw to FG would be the right solution so it would be fair to leave it out of the drill unless you want to practice your power draw. Work out the rest of the one-cushion possibilities on your own for each of the remaining pockets. I think GH and EF are never used for this choice of points A and B, but if you can find such a shot please send it in.

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TABLE TALK

BY: MICHAEL K GLASS

SWERVE, SQUIRT, AND PIVOT Straight facts about shooting straight

Michael K Glass

Michael Glass has been teaching pool for close to 10 years. He is a Recognized PBIA Billiards Instructor, taught by none other than Bob Jewett of the San Francisco Billiard Academy. Michael has been playing pool almost all of his life (except when he was in the Navy — it’s hard to install a pool table on a rocking ship!). He managed to stay away from the hustler life; he doesn’t believe in being dishonest in order to win money. He will, however, occasionally play for a beer or two at the local watering hole. Michael teaches all levels of pool players, from beginner to pro, and works on all aspects of the game, from fundamentals, to pattern play, to trick shots. He can be found playing in his home town of San Ramon, CA at Crown Billiards. Visit his website at mikekglass.com for pool tips or to schedule a lesson!

No, they aren’t Nascar racing terms. It is not the name of a law firm. And most likely, you will not be seeing this move on Dancing With the Stars. I am going to teach you how to pivot your cue stick to compensate for squirt, without inducing swerve. If you have no idea what this means, don’t worry. By the time you are done reading this article, it will all make perfect sense. If you already know this stuff, what’re you doing here? Go play! Here’s an exercise I would like you to try: Place the 1-ball on the foot spot. Place the cue-ball on the head line about 6 inches away from the head spot (typical break position). Now, using a center ball hit, shoot the cue ball into the 1-ball as hard as you can while maintaining accuracy. If you shoot it perfectly, the cue ball should stop without leaking to the right or left. Once you can do this fairly consistently, I’d like you to do the same shot, this time with extreme right-hand spin. Do not compensate in any way... simply shoot hard and straight at the 1-ball. Make sure you keep the cue as level as you possibly can. What happened? If you did everything correctly, most likely the cue-ball hit the 1-ball on the left side, or perhaps missed it altogether! This is a result of deflection, or “squirt.” If you are using a “low deflection” shaft, then the effect won’t be as pronounced. But, it will still happen. So how do we compensate for this? Logically, if you aimed the shot more to the right, the cue-ball will not go to the left so much. Makes sense, right? The question is, how much do you need to compensate so that with the extreme spin, the cue still stops when hitting the 1-ball?

The answer is... “it depends,” mostly on how much your shot deflects. Fortunately, we can do a little trial and error to figure it out. Get yourself a pad of Post-It® notes, and a sharpie. Try this: Set up for a shot on the 1-ball again, but bridge close to the ball (about 3 inches away). Now, without moving your bridge, pivot the cue stick with your back hand until you are aimed with extreme right spin on the cue ball, and note just how far to the right the 1-ball you are aimed. Now do it again, but this time use a ridiculously long bridge (like 2 feet). This time, when you pivot the stick (don’t move your bridge!) for extreme right spin, your aiming line doesn’t change much. Makes sense, right? The further back your bridge hand (and ultimately, the pivot point), the less you need to move your back hand to apply spin to the cue-ball. We are going to find the “sweet spot,” where pivoting the cue stick to apply spin will perfectly cancel out the squirt effect. Start with a 6-inch bridge. This means that the point the stick emerges from your fingers to the cue-ball is 6 inches. Aim through the center of the cue ball, at the center of the 1-ball. Now, pivot your cue-stick, without moving the bridge at all, by moving your back hand to the left. This will apply a lot of right-hand spin. Remember... DO NOT MOVE YOUR BRIDGE. You will be aimed to the right of the 1-ball. That’s OK. Note: You may have heard this referred to as “back hand english” because you move the back hand to apply the english. Shoot the same shot we did at the beginning of this exercise. Hard, with lots of right-hand spin. Observe where the cue ball hits the 1-ball. (continued on page 36)

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ARE YOUR SAFETIES GOOD ENOUGH? It was 1996, and I was attending Campbellsville University. As I was filling out my college course schedule for the upcoming term, one class in particular caught my eye. College Billiards was being offered as a physical education credit by a gentleman named Stan Shuffett. I decided to sign up for the course and to this day my enrollment was one of the best decisions I ever made. Stan exhibits all of the qualities of a great instructor and is also

Anthony Beeler is a 2013 BCA National 9-Ball team champion. He also finished 9th out of 1086 players in the 2013 BCA National 8-Ball Championships. He is a certified Level 3 instructor for the American CueSports Alliance and is the founder of Maximize Your Potential Billiards Academy located in Bradfordsville, Kentucky. Beeler is also a fully licensed Kentucky Educator having, received his bachelor’s degree at Campbellsville University and his master’s degree in Education Leadership at Eastern Kentucky University. Throughout his poolplaying career Anthony has won over 300 tournaments and has defeated numerous professional players in tournament competition.

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I set up the situation below and demonstrated how I normally played safe. Stan looked at my safety and said, “I see your problem. It’s not good enough to just hook your opponent. Think about how to cut off the side rail so there is no easy return kick. You must cut off the cushion.” Stan was referring to me leaving the cue ball at position “A”. Leaving the cue ball at this position allows my opponent to kick at the 6 ball from the side rail with force (the upper cushion in diagram 1). He then set up the same situation and demonstrated how I could make my safety better. The way he played the shot left very few options for his opponent. Stan shot the cue ball ½ of a tip below center with a medium speed. He hit the 6 slightly off center (to the left). Stan concentrated on freezing the cue ball to the 8-ball leaving it at cue ball position “B” as pictured in the diagram below. Freezing the cue ball to the 8-ball cuts off the side rail (the upper rail in diagram 2) forcing his opponent to kick at the 6 ball from the bottom cushion (rail on the right). His opponent would also have to shoot over top of a ball, further eliminating their accuracy. Execution of the safety requires both a delicate mixture of speed and spin so you will need to shoot the shot several times in order to develop the feel needed to control the shot.

a very accomplished player. In my opinion, he is one of the most knowledgeable individuals you could talk to about the game of pool. Stan was the first to show me that there was more to pool fundamentals than making a bridge, gripping a cue, and delivering a straight stroke. He taught me how to evaluate myself as a player and how that every part of your game needs to be both deliberate and calculated. In fact, I can recall one occasion where I mentioned to Stan that I had been having some bad luck in my past few tournaments. I informed him that my opponents were kicking balls in after I played safe. As I approached Stan about the topic, I will always remember the statement that he made. He said, “If they are kicking balls in, diagram 2 maybe your safeties aren’t This was a real eye opener to me. It took some time good enough.” for me to develop the touch needed to execute the shot I stopped for a reliably, but my time spent practicing the shot was well second thought worth it. Now, before shooting any type of defensive shot, about what he I always look at several options and try to think about said. I then what my opponent will like the least. replied with, Over the next few years I learned a lot from Stan, and “I am not sure to this day I consider him to be one of the nation’s top exactly what instructors. So the next time you are at the table getting you mean.” It ready to execute a defensive shot, don’t just shoot the first was clear I was thing that pops into your head. Ask yourself the question hooking my “Is my safety good enough?” and you will minimize your opponents, but I opponent’s ability to kick balls in from defensive position. was unsure what he meant by “good enough.”

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Black Diamond Billiards- Spokane, WA March 29th and 30th with a $50 entry (including green fees) with race to 7 both sides. 44 players showed up to compete for the $1000 1st place. Miguel Morfin navigated his way through the A side to capture the point. Brady Golan lost his first match to Sean Lewis and worked his way through the one lose side for the right to play Miguel. Brady stepped up his game to win the first set 7-0. The second set turned into a nail bitter as it went hill-hill. Brady caught a break when Miguel missed an 8-ball leaving an opening for Brady to seal the match with a 7-6 victory. We had 8 brave ladies show up to compete with Sheila Clark battling through the field securing a 5/6 finish passing the top lady monies to Julie Valdez and Jessica Orth. A big thank you to Black Diamond Billiards for hosting the tournament and to the staff for the great service and to all the players for their support. Also a big thank you to Will Wilson and Jeff Kvasnicka for the help running the tournament board. 1st Brady Golan $1000 2nd Miguel Morfin $700 3rd Eddie Mataya $400 4th Lawrence Sowell $250 5/6 Sheila Clark, Sean Lewis $120 7/8 Joe Gilliland, J.D. $60 TOP LADIES Julie Valdez, Jessica Orth $50

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Saturday, April 5 The Cue Ball hosted it’s monthly “Win Jim’s Money” Tournament. There were 43 players from throughout the valley to help make the tournament a success. In the tournament, Roger Goodman came out and dominated from the start, never losing a match. Shea Gates took 2nd and Randy Baker captured 3rd. Baker had knocked Gate’s out of the winners bracket in the 2nd round, but Gates got his revenge when he bounced Randy for the right to face Goodman. Goodman wasn’t taking any guff and finished the tourney quickly, winning 5-1 to end it. Roger Goodman won 1st Place and $ 250 for his efforts. Shea Gates won $150 for 2nd. Randy Baker took home $ 90 for 3rd, and Bobby Schindler, the 4th place winner got $ 50. There was 43 entrants with a total payout of $630. We want to thank all the entrants, especially those who came from Eugene. Our next tournament is scheduled for May 10. We hope to see you there!

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He hustled pool for a while and made a living, then turned pro and made a killing. Clearly, Dallas’ CJ Wiley is on the ball. By Michael P. Geffner NOTE: This article appeared in ‘Dallas Life’ February 14, 1993 (it no longer exists as an insert for the Dallas Morning News) It was written by Michael Geffner, but a few newspapers back in the early 90s reproduced it and you may want to at some point....according to many people it’s one of the best pool stories ever written and my someday be instrumental in a movie.....as a matter of fact that process is underway right now.

http://www.cjwiley.com Wiley remembers how easily the action flowed right after the release of 1986’s The Color of Money. Thanks to that film, Wiley clipped off an entire bar in Pittsburgh over the course of an evening. He began with the owner, a pigeon who knew the flick by heart. He led Wiley up to hid private pool table on the second floor, saying, “It’s just like the movie. You saw the movie, right?” The Owner couldn’t hit the floor with his hat. “After I beat him out of a few hundred, stalling to keep the games close, he quits and has me play everybody else in the building: the bartender, the cook, the dishwasher, five locals and finally the best player in town. By night’s end, I had the owner stuck around 65 hundred. ‘You know kid, you played a lot better at the end than you did at the beginning.’ He says to me. I looked him square in the eyes and said, ‘Well, you saw the movie right?’” Wiley was part of an elite underground group called “road players,” traveling pool assassins hiding below the radar y never showing their faces in tournaments. “There were only around 30 of us,” says Wiley, who’s run a dozen racks without missing and won as much as $20,000 in a single night. “I’m talking about the solid ones, the guys who consistently got the cash.” These players were known through the grapevine simply by their nicknames: Frisco Jack and One-Eyed Rd, Water-dog and Shaft Man, Big John and The Faceless Man. “We knew each other, and there was a camaraderie. We even worked together taking off scores, calling each other with steers into good games. “In the pool world, the road player is the most respected, way more than the tournament winners. We’re not just great players. We’re a special bread. We have nerves strong enough to hold up for the big money. We have something extra—a killer instinct, an ice-cold hearts.” He pauses, then, unflinchingly, adds: “I had both in abundance.”

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WAKE-UP CALL High-stakes pool hustling is a dangerous game. Hustlers get hurt. Wiley has been clocked with a pair of roundhouses, been slipped a Mickey at least three times and was robbed at gunpoint twice. “Both times was after I won a lot of money,” he says. “Both, I’m convinced, were setups.” It didn’t stop him, though. Wiley accepted those things as occupational hazards. “I was on an adventure, and I never saw a great adventure movie without the star being chased, shot at and running for his life.” The first time Wiley stared down the barrel of a gun while hustling, he was 18. It was 3 a.m. in a seedy section of Minneapolis, near Gentleman Jim’s, a 24-hour poolroom wellknown for its big money action. Wiley had scored around seven grand and was riding a rush of adrenaline. The gunman stuck his .45 so hard underneath Wiley’s chin it rose the Texan onto his toes. The mugger made off with only $400, speeding off in a car. “luckily,” Wiley says, “my partner was always the one who carried most of the money.” Wiley was shaken but not stirred. “It had no lasting effect,” he says. “it was just a wake-up call.” In fact, he was robber again a year later, in Albemarle, North Carolina, at some bootleg liquor joint with a backroom pool table by a guy with a shotgun who wore a nylon stocking over his head. He still felt bulletproof, though he finally learned to leave town in a hurry after big wins. RACK ‘EM Born and raised in Green City, Missouri, a desperately small, poor cattle town 136 miles from Kansas City, Wiley started shooting stick at seven, standing on a wooden soda case to reach the table. Four years later he was the best player in town; by 15 he was outgunning guys twice his age for $20 a game. He found his nirvana in his senior year in high school. During Christmas break, he and two experienced partners embarked on a road trip, working

spots all over Oklahoma and Kansas. The trio took in $16,000 in just 40 days. Wiley never sat though another class again. From ages 18 to 26 Wiley lived constantly on the move. His Sky-Pager would go off in the middle of the night, alerting him to action. In 1987, Wiley relocated to Dallas to be centrally located between both coasts. He’d plan trips on his motor home based on trips from an underground network of informants. “I would take a map, circle spots I wanted to hit and connect them as strategically as I would if I were running a rack of balls,” he says. All the inside info was compiled in a “spot book,” a hustler’s little black book containing addresses of action joints, names of gambling players, how well they played, what games they liked and how much they liked to bet. He assumed aliases: Mike from Indiana, Chris from Missouri or Butch from Tennessee. “I once went to a spot where the locals were talking about all three of my aliases and arguing which one was the best player.” He posed as a college student, a computer salesman, even a drug dealer. He used fake IDs and phony glasses. (“a guy with glasses can always get played.”) He blended with locals by mimicking their behavior, dress and accents, even occasionally stealing license plates. He did whatever it took to get the game. “There were only three guys in the country I wouldn’t play,” he says, “and I knew who those guys were.” He also had a favorite line that never failed to lure ‘em in. Wiley would simply smile and say, “I’m very good at pool—is anyone here as good as me?” He found it was better to be cocky than pretend to be a bad player and what could guys say when he beat them? He’d warned them he was good. Like most hustlers, Wiley traveled with a partner. This guy held most if the cash, watched his back and helped the scam. “Sometimes, I’d act like the stake-horse and my partner would be the player,” he says. “My partners could play, though not as well

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as I could. He’d beat a guy until he quit, then the guy would say to me, ‘I can’t beat him, but I’ll play you.’ They assumed that I couldn’t play since I was staking the money. They didn’t realize they’d stepped into a bigger trap.” EIGHT BALL IN THE CORNER POCKET Wiley didn’t just roll chumps. “My forte was beating players who were supposedly unbeatable on their home tables. Even if they played as well as I did, I’d simply outlast them.” He built a rep for intimidating opponents, slamming balls into pockets with a popping stroke, making long-range shots as if they were mere tap-ins and shooting so fast he ran racks in minutes. He accompanied this with a mean game face derived from biting the inside of his mouth until he bled. “With good players, I didn’t just want to beat them, I wanted to crush them,” he says. “I got off on seeing their knees buckle, seeing fear in their eyes.” Wiley’s reputation began to precede him, and the money dried up. He retired from hustling for good and went legit, joining the pros in 1991. Four years later, frustrated with the piddling prize money, he quit that, too, but not before being ranked as high as fourth in the world. “What I made in a year on the pro tour, I used to make in one night hustling.” Now 38 and more than a decade removed from his poolroom cons, Wiley is still hustling—but in the business world. Today, he owns a 24-hour poolroom and a $3.5 million sports bar. He lives in a threebedroom home in the swanky suburb of Lake Highlands, outside Dallas. Does he ever miss the pool-hustling life? “At the time, I loved everything about the life, especially the freedom and being able to travel around the country,” Wiley says. “When I look back on it now, it sickens me. I was a pure predator. I’d hate to ever go back to that, even though I was a winner.”

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by: Ray Poitra 23rd annual 4bears classic started Wednesday april 9th with a Viper Kids Pool Clinic for the local youth by Melissa little and sponsored by 4 Bears Casino and Lodge. All youth from ages 8 to 19 were invited and given a free pool cue and case. We had a great response for the 2nd year, all the kids had a good time and learned about the sport of billiards. Melissa Little, Mark Haddad do a great job with the kid. We would like to also thank Corey Deuel and Florian for helping during the clinic. Following the clinic Florian aka “Venom” preform a great show for the kids.

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Thursday at noon the 9ball event started where there was a full field of 64. Shane Van Boening went undefeated though out the 9ball event. 1st place $1,500.00 Shane Van Boening 2nd place $1,000.00 Dan Louie 3rd place $800.00 Corey Deuel 8ball started Friday at 4pm with opening ceremonies rules and also the committee honored long time supporters of the tournament Rory Hendrickson and Kenny Azure. The committee presented them with star quits. 147 men entered the 8-ball division.

say that they put on a great tournament would be an understatement. The members of the council that run the tournament made sure that you knew they appreciated the players being there. They made you feel welcome and like you had a second home. Each of the players that won their respective tournament were given a black ball cap with the Four Bears logo on it and 1st Place on the side In the point match Shane Van Boening won 6-0 over Corey Deuel. Corey came back to meet Shane again, in the finals, and that match went hill-hill. In the Women’s A Division, Melissa Little from Denver, CO was there waiting on the point. She has been to the Four Bears Tournament before and has placed 2nd and 3rd. She was determined that this year would be her year to win! In the finals she met Jing Liu from Seattle, WA who she had sent to the losers side earlier. The match went hill-hill and Melissa came away victorious. She did what she set out to do!

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WOMEN’S A Place Payout/Calcutta Name 1st $1200/$1620 Melissa Little (Denver, CO) 2nd $800/$1215 Jing Liu (Seattle, WA) 3rd $600/$810 Rhea Brooks (St Louis, MO) 4th $400/$405 Joan Jacobs (Devils Lake, ND) 5/6 $275 Bonita Zuck (Tioga, ND), Jen Black (Devils Lake, ND) 7/8 $225 Rachael Nadeau (Minot, ND), Shelly Reiter (Belcourt, ND) 9-12 $150 Sam Matuska (Fargo, ND), Jenniger Jenson (Fargo, ND) Karen Poitra (New Town, ND), Sheila Peltier (Belcourt, ND) 13-16 $100 Joanie Gustin (Bismark, ND), Holly Felix (White Shield, ND) Frannie Amundson (Sidney, MT), Tania Barnhardt (New Town, ND) WOMEN’S B 1st $250 Val Wilhemi 2nd $200 Burva Connor 3rd $150 Joelle Bearstail 4th $100 Tammy Haugen MEN’S 8-BALL 1st $5,000/$12,390 Shane Van Boening (Sioux Falls, SD) 2nd $3,000/$9292.50 Corey Deuel (Florida) 3rd $1,500/$6,195 Rory Hendrickson (Fargo, ND) 4th $1,000/$3097.50 Gene Albrecth (Altoona, WI) 5/6 $700 Mark Haddad (Denver, CO), John Enno (Williston, ND) 7/8 $550 Jason Kishaynew (Regina, Sask.), Steve Geller (Minot, ND) 9-12 $450 Dusty Geller (Minot, ND), Mike Page (Fargo, ND), Bart Goode (Grand Rapids, MI), Ray Carter (Onion Lake, Sask.) 13-16 $375 Marc Oleslager (Fargo, ND), Jeff Nadeau (Minot, ND), Wade Thompson (Great Falls, MT), Brent Donahue (Minot, ND) 17-24 $300 Zeb Crawford (Minot, ND), Frank Howe (Bismark, ND) Dan Louie (Mercer Island, WA), Mike Crooked Neck (Big River, Sask.) Jeff Clare (Toronto, Ont.), Jim Calderon (Pueblo, CO) Adam King (Federal Heights, CO), Stan Tourangeau (Mercer Island, WA) 25-32 $200 Rick Schroeder (Williston, ND), John Fazakas (Regina, Sask.) Robert Pulver (Bismark, ND), Steve Iron Road (Fort Yates, ND) Glenn Henrikson (Fargo, ND), Jason Geller (Minot, ND) B J Fox (Portage la Prairie, Man.), Dave Schwartz (New Town, ND) MEN’S B (2nd Chance for players out before the final 32) 1st $500 Dean Flanders 2nd $350 Ken Azure 3rd $250 Jesse Gassman 4th $150 Eric Hunting 5/6 $100 Tom Kaminski, Travis Mann MEN’S C (2nd Chance for players out early in the tournament) 1st $500 Jason Seeman 2nd $350 John Bearstail 3rd $250 Jim Winters 4th $150 Chris O’Conner 5/6 $100 Chad Harrison, Laron O’Watch

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CHIP DAVIS (THE CUE BALL), CARISSA BIGGS, KIM TOOPS AND FORD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 25, 2014 Carissa Biggs Wins 4th Annual Martha Hartsell Memorial On April 19-20, 2014, the NWPA’s second tour stop of 2014 was hosted by The Cue Ball in Salem, OR. The Cue Ball has supported our tour from the very beginning and we would like to thank Jim Lebold for all that he does for women’s pool. Martha Hartsell was a fierce competitor whose life was cut short by cancer in 2010. Many of the women on tour were good friends with Martha and in her honor, continue to play the game that she loved, making lifelong friends and rivals along the way. The NWPA would like to thank our sponsor Ozone Billiards for their support for the 2014 season. Please check out their website and show them your appreciation at www.ozonebilliards.com. The NWPA tour standings and 2014 schedule are available at www.nwpatour.wordpress.com and is sanctioned by the WPBA. All skill levels are welcome to play and players can accrue points towards their semiprofessional status

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while gaining experience playing some of the top women players in the northwest. Twenty-five ladies came out to compete Saturday morning, and with very few of the region’s top players in attendance (only four of the top twelve from the season opener), it really was an event where anyone could win. There were several new players to the tour including Patricia Tipton, Cassandra Bryant, Dyamelle Castilleja, and Sherri Denke. The tournament was run on 22 9-foot Brunswick Anniversary tables with Rail2Rail Productions providing a free live stream all weekend. The format was a race to 7, alternating break, 9 ball, with a race to 6 on the B side. There were several first round byes, but play sped right along. Tour players spent the remainder of their Saturday at Jake’s Bar, just down the road for ribeyes and bartable action, an annual tradition for this event. Sunday morning, only eight players remained. A side match ups included Rebecca Slyter vs. Kathy Stanley and Kim Toops vs. Suwanna Matarazzo. Rebecca and Kim both advanced through their morning matches, by the same score of 7-2, solidifying

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their top tour finishes to date by squaring off for the hot seat. The birthday girl, Kim, continued her stellar play in the hot seat match, defeating Rebecca 7-2 to earn her first final appearance in tour history. B side match ups included Carissa Biggs vs. tour veteran Julie Valdez and Jing Liu vs. Sheila Clark. Carissa and Jing both advanced through their morning matches by the score of 6-2 and 6-5. Momentum stayed with Carissa and Jing as they marched through their next round as well, by the same score of 6-2. Carissa then squared off against Jing. Carissa maintained a lead throughout the match and advanced by the score 6-3. Carissa then played Rebecca, who had been sitting for some time and defeated her handily, not allowing a single rack win (6-0). Kim Toops path to the final: Sarah M (2), Jing L (3), Julie V (4), Suwanna M (2), Rebecca S (2) Carissa Biggs path to the final: Bye, Sheila C (1), loss to Suwanna (3), Dyamelle C (2), Julie V (2), Kathy S (2), Jing L (3), Rebecca S (0) The final was one race to 9, alternating break. Throughout the entire final, Kim shot with the confidence she had possessed all weekend, capitalizing on Carissa’s mistakes as the match proceeded. Kim expanded her lead steadily throughout the match, allowing her opponent only three racks by the time she reached the hill. But Carissa Biggs had not an ounce of give up. She battled through each of the following games with such resolve; you could just sense a hill-hill match was in the making. Carissa did it; she fought hard and tied up the match at 8-8, one game for all the cheese. The Final Game- Kim broke and pocketed the 7 in the side pocket. She made a cut on the 1 ball leaving herself a 2-9 carom for the win. She missed the carom, but ended up banking the 2 ball in the opposite corner. She then pocketed the 3 ball and left herself a draw cut shot on the 4 to get back up table for the 5 ball. She missed the 4 ball entirely, but kicked it towards the opposite corner, where it rattled. Carissa was hooked by the 8 ball, so she attempted to jump. Unfortunately, Carissa couldn’t clear the 8 ball, but she did end up pocketing the 4. With ball in hand and only four balls on the table, it looked like Kim would spoil Carissa’s come back. Kim pocketed the 5 and 6, but then rattled the 8 ball. Carissa stepped to the table and pocketed the 8, but left herself shooting a cut on the 9 to the side pocket. With her cue ball just barely off the side rail, she ended up overcutting the 9 leaving a fairly manageable

cut for Kim. Kim then missed that 9 ball too, but left Carissa a bank shot. Carissa attempted the bank, but hit both points, and went to the center of the table, leaving Kim a back cut on the 9. Kim beared down on the ball, measured her line, and fired. The ball rattled and sat right in front of the pocket, with the cue ball about 4 inches from it in a straight line to the pocket. Kim’s disappointment was clear as she slapped her knee, knowing the opportunity to win was no longer hers. Carissa stepped to the table with bridge in hand and made the final 9 ball for the win. Both ladies shook hands as conclusion to the event. Later on, Carissa spoke to the memory of Martha “Winning this event here at The Cue Ball sponsored by Jim Lebold in memory of Martha Hartsell is very special to me. Martha was a great competitor and sportswoman whose life was cut way too short. Don’t take one moment for granted!” With Carissa’s win, she moved up to second in overall standings, while Kim moved up to 3rd. Great tournament ladies! The NWPA’s next event is at Ballad Town Billiards in Forest Grove, OR on May 3-4. MAIN EVENT RESULTS 1st $425 Carissa Biggs 2nd $275 Kim Toops 3rd $180 Rebecca Slyter 4th $140 Jing Liu 5/6th $84 Suwanna Matarazzo/Kathy Stanley 7/8th $64 Julie Valdez/Sheila Clark Seven ladies returned on Sunday for the $100 added Second Chance tournament. With a $10 entry, nearly all players received at least their entry fee back in the true double elimination tournament, race to 3 on the A side and race to 2 on the B side. Sarah Meyers-Mitchell ended up winning top prize, defeating Gretchen Szeibert in the final. Good work ladies, nice shooting. SECOND CHANCE RESULTS 1st $60 Sarah Meyers- Mitchell 2nd $40 Gretchen Szeibert 3rd $30 Joyce Robinson 4th $20 Kristen Cambas 5/6th $10 Cassandra Bryant/Sherrie Denke

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Redante Rakin Sr. by: Eleanor Callado photo by: Bob Beaulieu Redante Rakin Sr., or just “Dante” to most, was very involved in the billiard/pool world. He was an avid and skilled pool player, but mainly took the role of being a supportive father to his children growing and becoming more established in the sport. You often found him cheering his kids on, if he wasn’t playing in a tournament himself or trying to find some one pocket action! He passed suddenly on April 7th, but was surrounded by the people he loved the most in the world: his kids. The Rakin family planned a vacation after realizing it had been too long since their last one. After a full day of activities, they decided to get dressed, and end the evening dancing the night away. It was that evening when Dante departed from the earth and now rests in peace. His was laid to rest on April 22nd at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Colma, California. His children are Michelle Rakin Hernandez, Regina Rakin, Mary Rakin, and twins Redante Rakin Jr. and Daniel Rakin. The pool world will miss him dearly and our thoughts, prayers, and memories are with all those that share the loss of a great father, friend, and pool player. Dante, we all know you’re shooting lights out up there!

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Darren Appleton has notched a convincing win at the Accu-Stats All-Star Invitational event. Played April 15-20 at Sandcastle Billiards in Edison, NJ, the event showcased four of the very best players on the planet: Appleton, Dennis Orcollo, Shane Van Boening and Thorsten Hohmann. Each one played each of the others matches in four different disciplines: one pocket, 10 ball, 8 ball, and 14.1 (straight pool), and each played two matches per day over the 6-day tournament. The players were selected based on performance in previous Accu-Stats-produced tournaments. These are the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make-It-Happenâ&#x20AC;? series which pulls in help from the fans to create very special pool events in different games. Van Boening won the one pocket tourney, Hohmann won the straight pool, and Appleton finished second in the 8 ball event. (Alex Pagulayan, the winner at 8 ball, had a scheduling conflict.) The final player to fill out the field of four was selected by the fans and the overwhelming choice was Dennis Orcollo who has been in top form this year. Referee and Master of Ceremonies Ken Shuman could mention only a few of the many top finishes of each player during the introductions before each match. The format which was devised by Pat Fleming of Accu-Stats guaranteed perfect viewing for the fans at Sandcastle and those watching the stream. Each player

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played twice per day and each discipline was played once per day. There was $625 prize money on each match, so even if a player was doing poorly in his round-robin bracket, all his matches were important. There was no additional cash prize for overall winner. Pat did offer a $500 bonus for any run of 100 at 14.1 with a double bonus for 150, and triple for 200, but only Hohmann collected for a run of just over 100. Eight ball had races to 10. A 45-second shot clock was doubled for the shot after the break to allow a little more planning. The one pocket gave 60 seconds with races to 4, ten ball 40 seconds with races to 11 and straight pool 45 seconds to shoot and a match of 150 points. One extension was allowed per rack. It was a “relaxed” clock so it was good enough if the player was down on his shot when time expired. Play was in the Aramith/Simonis Arena at Sandcastle on a single Diamond table that was surrounded by VIP seating plus bleacher seating. The VIP seats got headsets to hear the commentators. Danny Diliberto and Billy Incardona provided excellent stories and insight and some matches had player commentators. The 2014 Accu-Stats All-Stars Lineup: Shane Van Boening, Ed Liddawi and his staff at Sandcastle made everyone feel welcome. The room is a little hard to find but once Darren Appleton, Thorsten Hohmann, Dennis Orcollo inside you know you’re in a pool players’ hall. fouls” and not “cue ball fouls only”. Eight ball had a required racking pattern. The results table mostly speaks for itself. The one surprise you might notice Shane has been practicing a new break at one pocket but didn’t use it. immediately is that Appleton lost all his straight pool matches. He holds the If you can ever attend one of the Make It Happen events, you must go. It’s a world record for a tournament run of 200 balls and is always a tough competitor great way to watch top players “up close and personal” and you’ll learn things at the game even though he came to it late in his career. In fact in his match about the game that you will not get any other way. The next best thing is to get against Orcollo he was on a run of 76 and had a good chance to both come from the stream or the DVDs which will be available soon, but in person spectating is behind against Orcollo and collect high-run bonus money. Instead he missed a best. medium-hard combination and out of frustration launched an object ball off the The Accu-Stats Staff and Crew table with his cue. This resulted in the match being forfeited which was Darren’s first loss of the tournament and put him at 7-1. Other quick notes: Jump cues were forbidden. A dry break at 8 ball almost always meant a loss. It was winner breaks at 10 ball and alternate at 8 ball and one pocket. Slop on a kick shot at 10 ball counted although it was call-shot otherwise. SVB kept his short extension on his cue most of the time. All but the 14.1 matches were rack-your-own. All games except one pocket were played “all

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Now you’re going to adjust your shot as follows: If the cue-ball goes to the right after hitting the 1-ball, you need to lengthen your bridge. If the cue-ball goes to the left after hitting the 1-ball, you need to shorten your bridge. Adjust in 1-inch increments If you can, mark your shaft with a small strip of a PostIt® note, so you know the exact position of each pivot point. If you do this correctly, you will find that spot where the cue hits the center of the one-ball even though you

are aimed to the right. What’s really cool about this is that you can use extreme english, or mild english, to the left or to the right, and you should get the same results! Remember that this works for shots that are the same speed, usually power strokes. Your pivot point will change if you shoot softer, because of the effects of swerve. It’s very important to note that because you are using side spin, you must keep the cue stick as level as you can. When you raise the butt of your cue, applying

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BOISE, ID - April 26-27, 2014 The 3rd annual Steiner classic 9-ball tournament was a huge success. The 2 day tournament drew 41 great players that came out not only for the competition, but also to honor Steiner himself. Mark Adams wore the character “Steiner” style fishing hat as a tribute. Josh “ Smitty” Smith took first for the third year in a row - but had his work cut out for him by trying to get past Jerry Kirk in two sets as Jerry was over heard saying “ I’m shooting my little heart out “ . Jason Melm shot consistent to take 3rd and Gary Crew made a great showing taking 4th. Top Womens shooter went to Janis Ogawa. Thank you ALL so much for TY” SMITH

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Kolby’s Open Scotch Doubles for the point while Matt Horner and Luke Thomas swing it out on the back side with Steve Lingelbach and Gary French for the opportunity to go on to meet the point winner. Really, you should have been there! Carlos and Ed took 5th/6th for $150 after being defeated 7-5 by Steve and Gary while Michael and Justin take 5th/6th for $150 losing to Matt and Luke 7-4. (Carlos said they “lost prettier and deserved 5th”), I don’t know... Well... this left Steve and Gary playing Luke and Matt for 4th place and $350 bucks! Great match almost a comeback tale by Luke and Matt, but Steve and Gary hold on to secure a 7-5 victory advancing to play Creigh and Eddie for 3rd and $550 Bucks and the chance to play the point holders Paul and Pete! Eddie and Creigh fall 7-3 to the steam rolling duo Steve and Gary and ... NOW it’s Paul Marques and Pete Gates & Steve Lingelbauch with Gary French in the finals! Wow! Fast up by Gary and Steve 4-0. Come back by Paul and Pete...5-2. Look out! Soon its Hill-Hill. Oh no, ... We’ll let them tell it... 1st place and $1300 bucks to the champions, Steve Lingelbauch and Gary French! 2nd place and $850 to Pete Gates and Paul Marques. Awesome play gentlemen, simply awesome! Congratulations! GARY FRENCH, MATT HORNER, STEVE LINGELBAUCH, LUKE THOMAS Awesome two day event at Kolby’s Restaurant Bar and Billiards in Keizer, Oregon this past April 26th & 27th! Game was 10 ball, Scotch, bring your own, open. $750 added! Race to 7 front and back with finals match running a single race to 11. All played on superb 7’ Diamond tables. No easy entry ya know! Ya gotta believe with a $60.00 a head entry and travel. 26 teams of some of the finest players around showed up to toss their hats into the ring for a chance to win a piece of $3350, (not including Calcutta)! Only gonna pay 6 places. RACK ‘Em! Went all day Saturday from 10am till 11pm with tons of game and excitement. Boiled down on Sunday to the cream! Those standing were Steve Lingelbauch, Gary French, Pete Gates and Paul Marques. Carlos ‘ on a mission’ Cadena, and the unshakeable Ed Hobbs! Grand Master Luke Thomas and Matt Horner, Gentleman Creigh Dumo and the one and only Eddie Carrido! Quietly sneaking in was Michael Jensen and Justin Lilje! (Nothing quiet about these boys!) Toward the end its Pete Gates with Paul Marques stacked against Creigh Dumo and Eddie Carrido battling

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Click on the MAP link online to get directions to each location DATE

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LOCATION

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