TRI-STATE TOURNAMENTS Castaneros wins at Gotham City Billiards Ben Castaneros wins A/D 9 Ball TriState at Gotham City Billiards. His tournament trail of 9 wins and 1 loss, included wins over Tom McManamon 6 - 5; Kyle Bubet 6 - 4 ; Alan Chan 6 - 5 and Luis Jimenz 6 - 4, before suffering a loss to Raymond Lee, who was devastating all of his opponents, 6 - 1. Ben never gave up and fought his way back to the Finals. His comeback included wins over Mike Strassberg 7 - 4; Alex Osipov 6 - 4 and Bryan Jeziorski 7 - 4. Considering the event 3rd Place Bryan Jeziorski, 2nd Place Raymond Lee ; 1st Place Ben Cataneros was two days, the Finals could include two sets should Ben win the first. Ben proceed to take charge 1st $1,250 Ben Castaneros over Raymond and win 6 - 2. The second set went the same way with a 6 - 1 victory.....what a way to finish! Both 3rd 2nd $870 Raymond Lee place Bryan Jeziorski with an impressive 5/2 win/loss record 3rd $590 Bryan Jeziorski in spite of a tough draw and 4th place Alex Osipov deserve praise for their solid performance. Enough can not be said 4th $420 Alex Osipov about the beautiful conditions at Gotham City Billiards and 5th - 6th $270 Ron Gabia, Mike Strassberg the hospitality of owners Kevin and Isabell Buckley, who continually go out of their way to support the sport and 7th - 8th $190 Ed Culhane, Andrzej Kaldan its players. The next Tri-State event is a $500 Added A/D 9th - 12th $140 Robert Plaut, Arturo Reyes at Castle Billiards in East Rutherford, NJ on January 14, 2012. Please provide a thank you to Sterling-Gaming, Ozone Luis Jimenez, Alan Chan 13th - 16th $120 Billiards, Ron Tarr Cues, Kamui Tips, Phil Capelle, BlueBook Publishing, Human Kinetics for their sponsorship leading to this event.
RESULTS
Gabia and Culhane Go One Two It was Ron Gabia who went to the hotseat match after a hill/hill battle with Joe Palone only to send Cory Sohlman west, not letting him win a rack. Meanwhile, Ed Culhane, after losing his 1st match to Joe Palone, reeled off 9 victories to get to the finals. because of the late hour, Gabia and Culhane decided to split the prize and give Gabia 1st place since he had no losses.
RESULTS 1st 700 2nd 450 3rd 275 4th 150 5th - 6th 100 7th - 8th 75 9th - 12th
Gabia Culhane Sohlman Dacosta Palone, Osipovitch Flores, Shellhouse Jeziorski, Zimny, Jiminez, Vogelsang
February 2012 - Stroke Magazine 13