Steve Mizerak C
Gerry Mayen, Donny Mills, Shane Van Boening, Danny Jumper, Pete Shabo, Hunter Lombardo Day 1
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The Steve Mizerak kicked off from Hammer Heads Billiard Lounge in Holiday, FL with a star-studded field of 58 players. The blind draw once again drew some great opening round matches for the spectators. The highlight of round 1 was "Iron" Mike Davis, Hammer Head's house pro, against "Rocket" Rodney Morris, Capone's Billiards house pro. Morris coming off a great victory at Turning Stone, seemed poised to make a run at hi second Mizerak Championship
At hill-hill, it was Davis who would pull out the victory and send Morris left. Morris would then face Paul Song on the oneloss side. Song would play "the best pool I've ever played on Tour," and eliminate Morris with a score of 9-2. Morris, clearly disappointed, recognized Song's strong play and would not be able to claim another Mizerak Championship to his list of accomplishments
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Day 2 picked up the excitement right
where it was left from day 1. There was a definite sense of anticipation and focus coming from all the players that stepped into the field of play today. The stakes are high and the players didn't want to make that one mistake that could send them packing. Hunter Lombardo was one of those players who refused to let the big stakes affect his play. He faced defending Mizerak Champion Earl Strickland on the first feature table match-up. Lombardo jumped to an early lead and wouldn't