Seattl Uncle Jack’s Billiards Lynnwood, WA August 6-7, 2011
OPEN
BY SHARI ROSS
The 5th annual Seattle Open at Uncle Jack’s Billiards was held Aug.6-7 , chock full of the best players in the NW. With most of the usual suspects in attendance in the end it was probably the best known standing on his own...Glenn Atwell. Play got underway with 33 players competing for a share of the over $3000 prize pool. This number was made possible due to our sponsor Dave Jones Custom Cues. Dave made one of his beautiful cues to raffle off and as usual it was easy to sell all of the tickets. The envy of all who purchased some was winner Margie Avlon who bought 2 just to support the local players and business’. Dave Jones donated all the proceeds ($550) to the purse all of which was designated to first place. A special thanks to Dave for his role in making this a very successful tournament and adding to the prestige it already had.
Uncle Jacks owner and staff went the extra mile to make sure we had everything that was needed to have a smooth running tournament and happy entrants. Starting with getting the cloth replaced so its all the same now,table mechanic Randy Smith handled this part having the tables playing better than they have in years. Talya and myself made sure the tables and balls were clean and ready for play. Jacks is now serving breakfast at all its events. Anna and Angel were on hand early mornings to to all the cooking and serving the players. Katelyn, Candice and Annie tagged in for the second shift doing lunch and drinks for those waiting to play or drown the sorrows of those out. Jack’s has been doing things like paying high woman and keeping the race to 9 on both sides to entice those who may be on the fence to play. I believe their hard work paid off as a good time was had by all. Randy Camantigue (owner) has been working hard with his people to run some of the best tournaments in the Northwest. I hope they keep it up as all the players said they are on the right track and look forward to our events.
it would be Glenn. As the finals got underway it began to look like we were in for a long night as Mark and Glenn traded games in the first set with Glenn emerging victorous sending us in to a second set, double dip possibilty. To no surprise the second set followed suit with the push pull match you would hope for from two players of their caliber. Being the one who capitalized the most on the few mistakes that were made Glenn Atwell is this years Seattle Open CHAMP! Congrats Glenn on a tournament well played! Hope to see you all at our next event. Be on the look out for our new name, Paradise Billiards, coming soon. 1st $1175 2nd $500 3rd $350 4th $275 5-6 $200 7-8 $150 High Woman: $200
Cindy Sliva
Dave Jones Custom Cue Winner Margie Avlon
Saturday was a dash for the cash as everyone returning Sunday was getting paid leading to a few early round upsets putting players like defending champ Damian Pongpanik to the b-side. Meanwhile Mark Vidal and Glenn Atwell seemed to be very focused on the job at hand, 1st places $1175. They would find themselves match up for the point match Sunday afternoon only to have Mark emerge as the victor. Determined for a rematch Glenn dispatched Paul Poiter, who has just returned to the scene. Feeling good with his play and that this was a true double elimination event Mark waited to see who was going to be his last hurdle,
18 The Break - September 2011
Glenn Atwell Mark Vidal Paul Poiter Damian Pongpanik Randy Camantigue Kevin Fong Lance Mason Mitchell Henderson
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