CR's Season KICKOFF $1,000 ADDED EVENT DRAWS 88 GREAT PLAYERS
PHOTOS AND ARTICLE COURTESY OF MPAPOOL.COM I would like to thank all the players who came to CR's Sports Bar on Saturday for the 2011-12 MPA Season Kickoff Tournament. This was a $1,000 Added event. There were four divisions of Singles 8-Ball going on all at the same time. Players of all different abilities participated and cashed in on some pretty attractive prize funds. There were 88 players total - Very impressive considering that it's only September and it was probably one of the last warm weekends of the year! I had a great time hanging out and chatting with so many pool players and friends. I'm looking forward to seeing you at Shooters Billiards in Burnsville for the 2nd stop on October 8th. For more information on the MPA and the upcoming tour stops, please check out our website: http://www.mpapool.com We also started a "break fund" challenge. Two participants were drawn (one at 3 p.m., the other at 6 p.m.) and they racked a 15-ball rack. They had to make a ball on the break and then the lowest numbered ball in order to qualify, and they were awarded $10 a ball for each ball they pocketed. Jim Schermer was our 3 p.m. winner, pocketing $30 after making three balls and then calling
A DIVISION - 18 PLAYERS 1st $300 Austen Warner 2nd $200 Tyler Steinhuas 3rd $140 Kurt Sneide 4th $80 Dave Coon
SEAN JOHNSON
Once again, thanks to CR's for hosting this first event. Thanks to our MPA sponsors this year - Jacoby Custom Cues, Championship Billiard Fabric, and Mueller Recreational Products. But most of all, THANKS to all you PLAYERS who came out and played in this first event! I hope to see you at Shooters in a couple of weeks.
Results
MASTERS/AA DIVISION 27 PLAYERS 1st $500 / $800 Jesse Engel 2nd $350 / $500 Sean Johnson 3rd $250 / $350 Scott Tollefson 4th $170 Jason K 5/6th $100 Lee Heuwagen & Mario Parayno 7/8th $50 Josh Raines & Michael Perron Jr
it quits. Al Berthiumme was our 6 p.m. participant, but he broke dry and left with $0 for the break fund challenge, but ended up winning the B division, so he took home some cash!!! This Break Fund will continue at all upcoming events, with the amount per ball increasing as the prize fund increases. This is something New & Exciting for all the MPA events this year, and we hope to have it built up to over $100 a ball by January.
TYLER STEINHUAS
B DIVISION - 27 PLAYERS 1st $250 Al Berthiumme 2nd $150 Tony Duda 3rd $100 Cory Schuh 4th $60 Roger Johnson 5/6th $40 Jeremy Christiansen & Josh Coyle 7/8th $30 Todd Castner & Mark Bailey
JESSE ENGEL
AUSTEN WARNER
C DIVISION - 16 PLAYERS 1st $220 Rick Gelle 2nd $150 Ed Gruber 3rd $70 Bud Fisher 4th $50 Ceil Howe
TONY DUDA
AL BERTHIUMME
ED GRUBER
RICK GELLE October 2011 - Rackem Magazine 11