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Bustamante had it in the bank at the 15th Derby CityClassic. The favorites coming into the tournament wereShane VanBoening who won almost everything at the

2012 Derby, only coming in second in Banks, John Morra thereigning 2012 Banks champion and Justin Hall the 2012Southern Classic Champion. VanBoening would pull up short going down in the opener

to Shannon Murphy 3 to 0 on the Accu-Stats table. Thenbeing bounced from the Banks in his second match againstJeremy Jones, winning only 1 game in two matches. JohnMorra would fare slightly better but was out in the 6th roundin 54th place.The talk about the Banks, with its starting field of 353 which

went 14 rounds, was buzzing by the middle rounds with fivenew favorites. First was Shannon Murphy showing his bankingmagic and no losses. Second was Young gun, 19 year old,Skyler Woodward moving through the field with one loss sincethe third round. Third was Joseph Gray who took second inthe 2012 One Pocket. Fourth was Justin Hall who had wonthe 2012 Banks, One Pocket and Master of the Table at theSouthern Classic, the new Diamond event. The fifth name onthe favorite list was BCA Hall of Famer Francisco Bustamante.Other players still in the mix were Thorsten Hohmann,Warren Kiamco, Dennis Orcollo and Carlo Biado in only hissecond US major event. By the eleventh round the field was down to five players.

Skyler was eliminated by Shannon Murphy, who was the only

player without a loss and stillholding a re-buy. Justin Hallwould eliminate Kiamco andBustamante would have a bye tothe twelfth round. The nextround would see Justin Hallgetting the bye and Bustamantefacing Murphy. Murphy was inthe driver seat going up 2 to 0.As Bustamante would later explain he decided to change hisplay to be more aggressive like the young players he was playing.This change saw him come back to take the match 3 to 2, andgive Murphy his first loss. Going into the thirteenth round theplaying field was level with the three remaining players on oneloss. The draw would see Murphy versus Hall and Bustamantegetting the bye with a spot in the final. In the race to three Hall would take the first game but

Murphy would take the second to tie the score. The third rackwould be a close game going to Hall 5-4. Hall now on the hillwould take the forth rack and a 3-1 win eliminating Murphy inthird and to move to the final. The final was a rematch of the ninth round which had Hall

giving Bustamante his one loss. The first two games would seeHall make surprising errors and Bustamante going on the hill 2-0. The third game Hall would get on the board 2-1. But Busta-mante would close it out in the fourth game to take his FirstBanks Champion and $10,000 pay day.

His strong finishes in One Pocket and 9-Ball alongwith the 9-Ball Bank title gives Bustamante

Master of The TableStory and Pictures contibuted by Ricky Bryant

The final main event, 9-Ball, got started onWednesday day six with a field of 278players. New in 2013 the 9-Ball event was

a BCA Point event and the race was extended to arace to 9 instead of the previous year’s race to 7 tocomply with the BCA. Getting to the winners circlewould require navigating through thirteen rounds ofplay. This event would not only decide the 9-BallChampion but also the Master of the Table. Thetwo main contenders for the Master of the Tablewere the two winners for the Banks and One Pocketevents, Francisco Bustamante and Corey Deuel.Corey Deuel was eliminated in the sixth round byShawn Putnam. Bustamante’s continued play in the9-Ball coupled with his win in Banks and secondplace finish locked up the Master of the table andanother $20,000 payday.Shawn Putnam was the last player with a re-buy. He used it

after his loss to Hall of Famer, John Brumback in round ten.The round eleven draw had Alex Pagulayan with the bye,Putnam facing Brumback again after his round ten loss toBrumback and Shane VanBoening the defending 2012 9-BallChampion playing Mike Dechaine. All players were on oneloss so this was the last round for two players. Dechaine madeeasy work of Shane eliminating him in 4/5 place with a lop-sided score of 9-2. The rematch between Putnam and Brum-back would fittingly come down to a Hill-Hill game withPutnam getting the win 9-8. Brumback was eliminated in 4/5place. The three remaining players going into the draw for thesemi-final round were Mike Dechaine, Alex Pagulayan andShawn Putnam. Some of the players that Putnam defeated onhis path to the final were, Max Eberle, Corey Deuel,Johnathan Pinegar, Alex Pagulayan, Justin Hall and JohnBrumback. Mike Dechaine got his first loss inthe sixth round to Joshua Oneal, but in his runto the finals he defeated Jesse Engel, JeremySossei, Thorsten Hohmann, Bader AlAwadhiand Shane VanBoening. Alex Pagulayan hadwins over Chip Compton, Rafael Martinez,Brandon Shuff, Ronato Alcano and NielsFeijen with his loss coming from ShawnPutnam to get to the semi-final. The draw forthe semi-final round would give ShawnPutnam the bye and pass to the final. Pagu-layan would face Dechaine to see who got theother spot in the finals.Early in the semi-final it looked like

Dechaine was going to take out Pagulayanwith ease as he had VanBoening taking anearly 4-0 lead in the race to 9. But

Alexshowed his true hart as both players continued to grid outthe match to hill-hill. The short safety battle on the hill wouldgive way to Pagulayan taking the win 9-8 to move to the final.In the final match Pagulayan took an early 2-0 lead then ex-

tended it to 4-2. But Putnam would win the next three gamesto go up 5-4. Alex takes the next two games to move backahead 6-5. In the twelfth rack Shawn attempted a behind theback shot making the ball but turned the cue ball loose toscratch in the side, with ball in hand Alex would extend hislead to 7-5. Shawn took the thirteenth game to shorten Alex’slead to one game. Game fourteen, Shawn attempts a jumpshot but the cue ball goes off the table giving Alex another ballin hand and he moves to the hill 8-6. Game fifteen Alex makestwo balls on the break but plays a good safe which results inShawn fowling. The resulting ball in hand allows Alex to runout and win the 2013 DCC 9-Ball Championship 9-6. Alex gota $16,000 payday for the win and Shawn got$8,000.

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14.1/Straight PoolThe Straight Pool Challenge high run qualifiers started on

Saturday the secondday of DCC. Playersreceived 12 chancesto set a high run for a$100 entry. Prizeswere paid for the topdaily high runwinners but the topeight high runs quali-fied for a single elimi-nation play off. Theeight high runwinners for the weekand their final position and winnings for 14.1 / Straight Pool:2013 DCC Straight Pool Challenge High RunMax Eberle 1st $2,500 71Dennis Orcollo 2nd $1,500 76Niles Feijen 3/4 $975 90Stuart Pettman 3/4 $975 117Darren Appleton 5/8 $700 70Ralph Eckert 5/8 $700 74Alex Pagulayan 5/8 $700 79Jayson Shaw 5/8 $700 68

The Semi-Final match between Max Eberle and Niles Feijenhad all of the drama of the straight pool matches in WillieMosconi’s era. The match would see Niles take a lead of 97-66in a race to 100. It appeared to be all over to everyone but Max.Using all of his shooting skill and drawing on his mental gamehe chipped away at the lead to eventually win 100-97. Maxwould defeat Dennis Orcollo in the finals 100-54 to becomethe 2013 Derby City 14.1 / Straight Pool Champion.

“Big Foot” 10-Ball ChallengeThe “Big Foot” 10-Ball Challenge was a 32 man field, single

elimination race to 11. Due to the larger the race was reducedfrom 15 as seen atthe 16 man field atthe SouthernClassic. The entrywas a $1000 andwith added moneythe payout was atotal of $50,000paid to the lasteight standing.The finals ands e m i - fi n a l s

One is the Magic Number

Sunday was the start of One Pocket event. The starstudded field of 280 players would work through 14rounds of play. As with the Banks the race is to three,

single elimination with one optional re-bye and redraw at thebeginning of each round. He would also face Joseph Gray, the2012 runner up, in rounds eight and eleven, winning both toeliminate Gray in 6th place. Round twelve would find Fran-cisco Bustamante with the bye and Corey facing Shane Van-Boening the 2011 and 2012 One Pocket Champion. The first game was a true up and down battle lasting almost

one and half hours with Shane taking the first game. Coreywould take the second game, capitalizing on a mistake byShane. Games three and four would go to Shane to win theround. Corey having the only remaining re-buy was not out.Since Corey was the only player that had not had a bye hewould get the round thirteen bye and the first spot in the final,round fourteen.The semi-final round was Bustamante versus VanBoening.

Playing the aggressive style we had seen in the final rounds ofthe Banks, Bustamante winning 3-0 eliminating Shane inthird place. Bustamante’s road to the final was highlighted

issuing first lossesto Brian Groce inround 5, LeeVanCorteza in round 6,Carlo Biado inround seven andEric Durbin inround four, DennisOrcollo in round nine, Danny Harriman in round eleven andShane VanBoening in the semi-final round. This was Bustamante’s second appearance in a 2013 final,

having won the Banks three. Bustamante was the favorite withhis win on the same table over Shane. But Corey takes a cau-tious approach and came back to win the first game. Coreyseemed to get momentum and confidence as the match pro-gressed. With his almost flawless play Corey took games twoand three to sweep Bustamante 3-0 and win the 2013 DCCOne Pocket Championship. This is the first Derby City Classicwin for Corey and well deserved $12,000 payday.

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Big and New and DCC 2013

The 2012 DCC had the announcement of the SouthernClassic in Tunica Mississippi. The event was a successin the first year. The biggest buzz from the Southern

Classis was the unveiling of the Diamond 10 foot tables. Thesetables were such a hit they were added to the 2013 Derby CityClassic. 10 Ball had been a side event at Derby over the yearsin different formats from mini-tournaments to challenges. The2012 format was a 16 man single elimination tournament with$1000 entry. These two ideas were rolled into 2013 Derby andthe field enlarged to 32 with money added. The tables werelarger, 10 foot, the field was bigger, 32 and the prize was bigger,$50,000, so was born the ‘’The Big Foot” 10 ball challenge. It

was also decided the Derby City Straight Pool Challengewould be played on the 10 foot tables. There were five 10 foottables at Derby, 2 on each of the upstairs balconies and oneavailable down stairs for the Accu-Stats arena. The otherevent that was played on the 10 foot tables was the 9-BallBanks Ring Game. The tables have the same four and half inchpockets as the Diamond 9 foot tables used at the tournament.There are two ways to spot the difference in the 9 and 10footers. First the 10 footers have three legs per-side and secondthe Diamond logo is painted Black instead of White so some-times referenced as the “Black Diamonds” or now “Big Foot”tables. If you want one for home they go for a $1000 per foot,yes a cool $10,000.

DCC RecapThe three main events in 2013 each had first time winners.

This was the first main event win for Bustamante and Deuel.The 9-Ball win for Alex was his first in that event but hewon the Banks in 2011. This was the second Master of theTable for Bustamante having won it in 2008. In the historyof the event no Player has won all three main events.1st Francisco Bustamante $38,000

$10,000 1st Banks $20,000 Master of the Table

$6,000 2nd 1 Pocket $2,000 6th in 9-Ball

2nd Dennis Orcullo $22,700 $20,000 1st 10-Ball

$1,500 2nd Straight Pool $850 10th 1 Pocket $800 10th Banks $350 44th 9-Ball

3rd Alex Pagulayan $21,950 $16,000 1st 9-Ball $2,500 7th 10-Ball

$2,000 3d Master of the Table$700 5/8 Straight Pool

$400 22nd Banks $350 26th 1 Pocket

4th Justin Hall - $16,150 ($6,000 Banks Ring Game

$5,000 2nd Banks$3,000 2nd Master of the Table

$1,300 11th 9-Ball, $850 14th 1 Pocket

5th Corey Deuel $12,750$12,000 1st 1 Pocket

$400 17th Banks $350 37th 9-Ball

streamed on the Accu-Stats table would also have a 40 secondshot clock with one extension per player per rack. The formatwas described as 10-Ball with 9-Ball rules in that there was nocall pocket allowing luck shots to count. One of the finalists wasDennis Orcollo having defeated John Morra, Jesse Engel, AlexPagulayan and Johnny Archer. The other finalist was NielsFeijen who defeated Alain Boutin, Jayson Shaw, Shane Van-Boening and Ronnie Alcano. Dennis, the current World 10-Ball Champion, would take the early lead 8-2. Niels and hiscompetitive spirit would battle back to within one game 10-9,with Dennis on the hill. But it was just not enough as Dennisfinished off the match 11-9 to take the First “Big Foot” 10-BallChampionship and the $20,000 payday. The payout for theevent was:

Dennis Orcolo 1st $20,000Niels Feijen 2nd $10,000Johnny Archer 3/4 $5,000Ronnie Alcano 3/4 $5,000Alex Pagulayan 5/8 $2,500Thorsten Hohmann 5/8 $2,500Shane VanBoening 5/8 $2,500Stuart Pettman 5/8 $2,500

Hall of Fame and Ring Game

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time, hit the cue ballslightly above centerand cut the object ballslightly to the left.Make sure to cut it only slightly so thereis still a double kiss between the twoballs. With a double kiss after a slightcut and relatively slow speed the ballswill move reliably into the positionsshown with the shaded object ball andthe dotted cue ball near the right, siderail. Employing the same technique asshot A and sending the cue ball acrossthe table to the left, side rail will alsowork to leave a difficult shot and wouldbe somewhat easier to execute. However,some situations may call for the trickier,yet more effective technique of doublekissing with a cut. With another ballnearby to leave the cue ball behind, thisshot would demand the tougher choice.Because shot B is considerably more sen-sitive it requires more practice to acquirea good feel for executing it.Usually when a shot presents a poten-

tial double kiss, that kiss will serve tocause a miss and we work to avoid it. So,it’s very instructive to see a situationwhere the double kiss can be exploitedfor a positive outcome as we see with thetwo shots presented here. It’s merely oneof the many hidden surprises from theworld of safety.

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by Tom RossContributing Writer

Kissing Safe

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On most pool shots we pocket aball and play position foranother one after assessing the

layout and determining exactly what todo. On other shots, when we cannotpocket a ball or when we cannot see acomplete run out, we typically answerwith a safety. And because we tend toemploy safety after concluding that thenormal, offensive preference is not anoption, the set of possible responses in asafety situation is widely variable. Some-times the problem calls for a solutionunique to that particular setup, whichmakes it impractical to attempt a com-plete discussion of all possible safetyshots. More commonly however weemploy safeties that repeat themselvesfrequently enough to merit memorizationand learning.

In the diagram we have two shots thatwe shall examine in a 9-ball context,neither of which offering an easy offen-sive option. Both shots are similar, dif-fering primarily in the rails on which theobject balls lie. And both shots willwind up with similar results through theapplication of slightly differing tech-niques.

Anyone who recognizes shot A andthe kiss-back technique for playing an ef-fective safety will also identify it as a rel-atively easy shot to execute. Here weface a shot with the striped ball on therail in a spot with no practical pocket forit. Ideally we would leave that striperight where it is and send the cue ball toa more difficult spot on the table, onesuggested by the dotted-outlined cue ballat the bottom of the page perhaps.Doing so requires a simple yet not soobvious technique. To execute the shot,hit the cue ball slightly below center andshoot straight at the stripe. The stripe

will hit the rail, rebound directly back-wards and knock the cue ball down table.Make sure to hit the object ball preciselystraight to keep it in place on the railand to send the cue ball backwards onthe line of the shot. As diagrammed theshot will not require much speed. If theobject ball is frozen to the cushion youmust be sure to hit it hard enough tomake the cue ball hit the bottom rail.Failing to do so with a frozen object ballwould be a foul.

This shot works best when the objectball is close to the rail (less than aninch) and the two balls are close to eachother. Answering with the same shotfrom the bottom rail is possible but ex-ceedingly more difficult.

In shot B, we have a similar setup but,because the solid ball is on the short rail,we will employ a slightly different tech-nique to leave a more difficult shot thana short-rail imitation of shot A. This

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Billiards superstar Jeanette Lee, knownthroughout the world as “The Black Widow,”was inducted into the Women’s Professional

Billiard Association (WPBA) Hall of Fame onWednesday, Feb. 6 prior to the start of the 2013WPBA Masters at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt.Pleasant, Michigan. Lee, who has won over 30 na-tional and international titles, is currently ranked asthe No. 3 billiards player in the world.

Taking the sport by storm, Lee captured the nation’s atten-tion in 1998 after being named “WPBA Sportsperson of theYear” and earning “Player of the Year” honors from both Bil-liards Digest and Pool & Billiard Magazine. In 2001, Lee wascrowned as the World Games Gold Medalist and continuedher success in 2003 by clenching the Tournament of Champi-ons title. As she accumulated tournament victories, Leequickly ascended to No. 1 in the world.

“Being inducted into the WPBA Hall of Fame is one of thegreatest honors a player can receive,” said Lee. “It’s a part ofhistory and to be voted on and recognized in this way by mypeers on the tour means so much to me. While I do feel I’vecontributed to this sport, I still want to continue to bring neweyes to the game and help it grow. Thank you to the WPBAand ESPN for giving me the platform to do so, and I thankGod, my family, friends, sponsors, past and present, and ofcourse, my fans, for being there through it all.”

As the most recognized face in billiards, Lee has been consis-tently ranked as one of the most powerful people in the sport

Jeanette Lee inductedinto WPBA Hall of Fame

by Billiards Digest. Lee is currently working to reclaim herrank as the No. 1 billiards player in the world while raising afamily of six with her doubles partner and husband, Georgenear Indianapolis, IN.

To follow Lee as she is inducted into the WPBA Hall ofFame, find her on Twitter: @JeanetteLeeTBW, Facebook: face-book.com/jeanetteleetheblackwidow, Instagram: Jeannet-teLeeTBW and www.BlackwidowBilliards.com .Jeanette Lee is a player representative for the American

Poolplayers Association, the world’s largest pool league.Among her mentors are the late Gene Nagy, pros Tony Robles,Bob Carman, Jerry Briesath, and Mark Wilson. Said Jeanette,“There are so many others that I have learned from, I wantthem all to know they were and are appreciated but thesenames are the ones that I have spent the most time with andreally molded my love of the game, in both knowledge, funda-mentals and winning attitude!”

“The Black Widow”

Billiards Star Earns Honor fromthe Women’s Professional Billiard Association

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What Would a Sucker Do? If you look around the room and don’t see any suckers….YOU are the sucker!by Jacqueline Karol • House Pro at DownLo Billiards Chico, Calif. LeagueOperator & Tournament Director • www.BilliardsBootCamp.com

You made all of your stripes and are now on the 8-ball. Youropponent has one solid left. What do you do?Idea #1: “Softly hit the right side of the 8-ball, leaving the cue

ball hidden safely behind it!”Idea #2: “Slow roll the cue ball into the 8-ball leaving them a

long shot on their solid!”Idea #3: “Bank the 8-ball in the side pocket!”Suckers…What’s wrong with these ideas?Idea #1: This is extremely difficult to execute successfully.Idea #2: This increases the likelihood of your opponent

running out and winning the game. Idea #3: The side pocket is less forgiving than the corner

pocket. If you miss, you may leave them an easy run out.Answer:Most of the time, attempting a bank shot is not the wisest

course of action. However, in this example it makes sense to gofor a “two-way” shot, which allows you to attempt the bankwhile also leaving your opponent with a difficult shot if you miss.To execute this shot like a pro, it is important that you bank itwith the proper speed to leave the cue ball in a safe place nearthe end rail and the 8 in front of the pocket in case you miss. Ifyou don’t win the game with this shot, your opponent is leftwith a tough long shot on his last ball and virtually no optionsto play safe. By choosing to approach this as a two-way shot, youwill greatly increase your odds of winning this game.

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The second principle to shot success isknowing that EVERY “straight” shotSHOULD BE a straight shot, and thatEVERY “crooked” shot IS a crooked shot. I am not referringhere to a “straight in shot” versus a “cut shot”, but rather the“straight swing” nature of the cue in that whatever plane thecue starts on, it should indeed finish on that same plane. Inother words, no dipping / diving and no twisting / turning ofthe natural rotor motions of the wrist / arm should exist whichmight cause a distorted cue movement through the cue ball.This principle holds true for level, jump, or masse plane shots.Remember to shoot the cue down a straight line and let thecue ball get in the way of the tip and let the object ball get inthe way of the cue ball. Focus on the concept of “straightalignment” and “straight stroke” in 100% focus mode and thecue stick will “flow straight” for consistent shot success!!

A final perception to work on is that EVERY long shot is a“short shot in disguise”. A dedicated time of “practice” walkingback from the table about 10 – 20 feet to view what you havealways thought of as a “long shot” will produce wonders foryour mental approach to shots of this type. I have discoveredthat taking this “long distance” approach often makes every“long” shot seem “short” and makes “short” shots even “shorter”. Practice the above mental and physical exercises and watch

your game go the next level and beyond. Enjoy the roll,always!!

corner pocket –useful when any cut on the 6-ball would lose position.

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Scoring and Positionby Robert ByrneFrom “Byrne’s Complete Book of Pool Shots” with permission

by Tom Rossman • drcue@artisticpool.orgContributing Writer

A Shot is a Shot… is a Shot!

The 8-Ball at the top isn’t quite straight in. The problem forthe player who wants to get position on the 9-Ball at the rightend rail is that the 8 can’t be cut to the left. The solu-tion is to cut if slightly to the right with topspin. Thecue ball will follow a curving path approximately asshown. The action is fairly easy to get at close quarters,but difficult if the 8-ball is more than an inch or twofrom the rail.At the bottom, the 7-ball is touching the cushion. If it

is not too far away from the point, it can be drivenstraight onto the pocket with a hard, full-in-the face hit-the rubber simply bends out of the way.At the lower left corner is the same idea applied to a

The perspective of how difficult a shot is and how aplayer approaches it often lies in prior episodes ofsuccess or failure to similar challenges. Some players

surrender to the shot and appear to “hit a ball hard and hope apocket gets in the way”, while others take a more technicalroute, providing a more tried and true remedy for victory. Overthe years I have heard numerous opposing views on specificshots; therefore, I would like to list a few “Dr. Cueisms” thatyou might keep in mind, which will ultimately help you attaingreater satisfaction for the shot objective in mind.

First and foremost, it is paramount to implant a very positiveaffirmation in one’s mind before any shot is taken. In 1985 Ireturned to the game after a one-year hiatus. The first thing Idid was to convince myself that “every shot in pool was my fa-vorite shot”, regardless of the analytical impression normallyperceived of some shots. I did this by mentally repeating tomyself before EVERY shot that “it was my favorite shot” andthat I would execute it with a positive attitude and convictionof heart. Every shot was just another shot with balls rollingand making a gentle and joyful click in the process. I havepracticed this “favorite shot” principle in my brain over andover again for over 25 years now, and to such an extent thatshots which would otherwise make no sense or suggest successhave become shots that I look forward to. Expecting a “joyfrom the shot” is a wonderful “key of success” for me.

He also did not havea solid pre shot routine. On some shotshe took three practice strokes, on othershe took five and on others he only tookone. I needed to help him develop a solidreliable pre shot routine. We spent morethan two hours on his Pre Shot Routine.Here is where my lessons are so power-

ful. By taking him through the fourstrokes of pool and cue ball speed, he wasdeveloping an awareness of the game,while he was working on his mechanicsand pre shot routine.I did not flood them with knowledge. I

helped them with skill development.

THE MASTERS program is designedaround your cognitive awareness. You ac-cumulate knowledge. THE ROAD PLAYERS is designed

around performance.

The three elements of great pocket billiards are…

Accumulate knowledgeKnowledge applied is skill developedPerform that which you know.

Do that and I will see you in the winners circle.

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by “The Monk” Contributing Writer • www.monkbilliardacademy.net

2013 is the Year of the Pool Player

At the Chicago World 9 BallChampionship back in the 90’sI asked Johnny Archer what he

was going to do after winning that event.He told me he would go home and prac-tice. Figuring I am going to learn a deep

dark closely guarded secret I ask himwhat are the things he is going to workon. He said, “I will work on the funda-mentals.This conversation took place almost

twenty years ago. Since then I havepreached fundamentals to all my students.The mechanics should not be rocketscience yet just about every teacher has anew approach to the subject.Since I have been here in the Philip-

pines I always go through the mechanicswith my students. I take them throughthe four strokes and cue ball speed.While we work on this skill developmentI am making some minor adjustments intheir stance. Here is where the fundamentals of the

mechanics come in to play. This is a crit-ical part of their training. The basics ofthe mechanics have everything to dowith the Pre Shot Routine.

Mechanics Think of yourself as one of those so-

phisticated robots standing at the table.

Your mechanical body consists of manyparts. When you lean in to your stance toland on the cue ball all the intricateparts must fall into place. If one smallpart is out of place you will not see thetarget therefore your brain will not beable to issue the command to execute.Without the 100% command you cannot commit to the shot. No commitment,no success.I had one student who did not line up

his feet. His right leg was out of line withthe shot. So he had one part of all thepieces out of line. I explained that hehad an eye in the center of his right foot.He needed to see the target with that eye.So he had to adjust and move his footmore to his right. With this adjustmentthe quality of hit began to improve. He had trouble with his landing.

When he came down to the cue ball hewas about two inches short. I had tomove him closer so he could drive hiscue tip through the cue ball.I also noticed that he really empha-

sized his follow through. This caused asteering effect on the cue tip contact. Iset up a mark about four inches ahead ofthe cue ball and had him follow throughto that mark over and over.Then I noticed that his grip was a little

tight. Our grip should be free and easy.Not real lose, but free so we are do notlose our instincts.

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by Steve MarkleContributing Writer • SteveMarklePool.com

The Eagle Wing Shot

For more information on Steve visit: SteveMarklePool.com,Facebook.com: Steve Markle Trick Shots , or contact him at:SteveMarklePool@aol.com Contact: 267-918-1284

This is a shot that I came up with and call “The EagleWing Shot”. I call it this because when the shot is exe-cuted your arms are fully spread out just like the wings

of an eagle. This shot has always been one of my favorites to shoot

during tournaments and exhibitions as well. Back in 2010during the APA Ultimate Trick Shot Tour in Las Vegas I usedthis shot to help me win my match and advance to the semifi-nals. This shot will require the use of 2 jump cues. The objectis to jump both cue balls at the same time out of the racks andpocket the object balls. You will be using both your right andleft hand.Start off by placing racks near the 2nd diamond on both

cushions 3 & 4. I suggested you adjust them to the spacing youfeel most comfortable with. Next place a cue ball inside bothracks. Finally place 2 object balls in the jaw of the cornerpockets just as shown. When attempting the shot focus on balancing your cues cor-

rectly and aiming straight towards both object balls. Before at-tempting I would suggest to practice jumping the cue ball onehanded. Also work on becoming stronger jumping with youropposite hand. Enjoy this great shot!

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DCC 2013 Bank and One Pocket Hall of Fame. by Ricky Bryant

Tuesday night at the DCC is a special night, with the Banks and One PocketHall of Fame induction dinner. Steve Booth the keeper of the Hall of Fameand www.OnePocket.org does a great job with his team of volunteers. The

2013 induction class was Shannon “The Cannon” Daulton and Larry Price. Larry Price was one of the great players lost in 2012. He was inducted into the

Banks HOF having won the DCC banks in 2002 and 2008. His award was acceptedfor his family by his friend Joe Blackburn of Blackburn cue repair, one of the best inthe business. Shannon “The Cannon” Daulton is the first person to be inducted into both the

Banks and One Pocket HOF on the same ballot. Shannon joins only four otherplayers in both Halls of Fame, Nick Varner, “Cornbread Red” Burge, Leonard “Bugs”Rucker and Eddie Taylor. Shannon born in 1972 has been a player from an

early age of around 8. He won his first Major OnePocket tournament, Grady’s Legends of One Pocket, atage nineteen. The win was against Hall of Famer SteveMizerak in a hill-hill match that came down to the lastball. In Shannon’s many titles he was the 2000 DCCBanks Champion. In the last decade Shannon has pro-moted pool with his fiancée, Marge. They operate theGreat Southern Billiards Tour which covers 7 statesand as many as 38 tour stops.

Also recognized at the dinner in memoriam were the fol-lowing players who passed in the last year: Grady “TheProfessor” Mathews (1943-2012), Danny Median (1951-2013), Riley “Jet” Johnson and “Monster John” Rouse.

Derby City Ring GameThe Ring Game is six players with $1000 buy in and 10 balls on the table.

Each player has 20 chips worth $50 each. In the first three racks each ball isworth $50, then increases in the next two racks to $100 and goes up $100every 2 racks until one player has all the chips. There is a draw for shootingorder at each increase. The six players for 2013 were, Shannon Daulton, John Brumback, Brian

Groce, Shannon Murphy, Justin Hall and John Morra. After six racks andthe ball value at $200 there were two players remaining. John Morra, 2012Derby City 9-Ball Banks Champion, playing Justin Hall, 2012 SouthernClassic 9-Ball Banks Champion. Going into the 8th rack the ball value in-creased to $300 and the players were close to even in chips. But after somegreat play by both players Justin Hall was holding all the chips and the$6000.

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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (March 3,2013) – The 20th US Bar Table Championships finaldivisions concluded Sunday, March 3rd at the Grand

Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. Jason Klatt(above) from Canada and Jessica Frideres(top right) fromIowa fended off their respective and highly competitivefields to be crowned the champions in the USBTC men’sand women’s 8-ball divisions.The 2013 USBTC proved to be all about diversity as no

one player dominated the entire week. Heading into thefinal three days and switching from 9-ball to 8-ball, thusfar the men had seenDennis Orcollo from thePhilippines take the men’s10-ball event and ShaneVan Boening from the USrip through to win the 9-ball event. In the women’sside, Canadian BrittanyBryant claimed first in the 10-ball and Rebecca Wagner fromthe US won the 9-ball event. In the hotly contested men’s 8-ball group which was a race to

5 and double elimination, every break, safety and roll counts.With 205 players vying for a chunk of that divisions $20,800prize fund and a board swarming with current and former na-tional and world champions, who would come out on the finalboard was anyone’s guess. Long time Canadian professional Jason Klatt was in dead

stoke during the men’s 8-ball event mowing down his oppo-

nents with relative ease. Second place finisher was well knownmultiple straight pool champion Thorsten Hohmann. There were 55 players in the Women’s 8-Ball Division – the

largest field to date since the separate women’s divisions wereadded in 2010. In thewomen’s finals match,Rebecca Wagner(lowerleft)came close to takingtwo titles this year, but wasthwarted by Frideres whocapitalized on key errorsmade by Wagner. Fridereswon 4-2.

In the week long bonus point and award competition thetop three men were: Dennis Orcollo ($3,000), Shane VanBoening ($1,000) and Rodney Morris ($500). The women’sbonus points were a tie between Rebecca Wagner andVivian Villarreal with the two women splitting the bonusesequally.

The 2013 USBTC was produced by CueSports International(CSI) and sponsored by the Grand Sierra Resorts and Casino. Livestreaming was provided by The Action Report with commentary byKen Schuman and tournament direction by Bad Boys Billiard Pro-ductions with CSI. To view the entire payouts for the 8-ball divi-sions and all the brackets for the 20th US Bar Table Championshipsvisit www.ctsondemand.com

Klatt & Frideres Crowned 2013 USBTC 8-Ball Champions

1st $6,000 Jason Klatt2nd $3,500 Thorsten Hohmann3rd $2,200 Francisco Bustamante4th $1,500 Ernesto Dominguez5th-6th $1,000 Christopher MacDonald

Rodney Morris7th-8th $650 Darren Appleton

Oscar Dominguez

1st $1,175 Jessica Frideres2nd $675 Rebecca Wagner3rd $450 Mary Rakin4th $500 Vivian Villarreal5th-6th $200 Leandrea Gaff

Brittany Bryant7th-8th $125 Leslie Bernardi

Jennifer Alexander

Payouts for the 9-Ball Divisions

tice strokes at thespeed you plan to hit.”Sounds sensible. Getyour arm ready to gothat speed. Well, OK, but have younoticed that your practice strokes areonly half-strokes, while your hit stroke isa full stroke? The practice stroke isslowing down, stopping, and reversing di-rection before it gets to the CB, whilethe hit stroke accelerates through theball. They’re not really the same type ofswing.Trying to follow this advice leads some

players into trying to match the speed ofthe backswing to the speed of the forwardswing. Seems reasonable, but considerthis: A quicker backswing makes it thatmuch harder to overcome that backwardswing speed and transition the cue nicelyforward for the hit stroke. The morequickly you pull the stick back, the morelikely you are to pull your stick off thataim line you’re so carefully trying toshoot down. It might be helpful to think about the

“practice strokes” portion of the shootingsetup as “confidence strokes.” We’re notpracticing. We’re stroking and feeling tohook everything up, check it, and buildour confidence. Confidence strokes feelgood. Take however many confidencestrokes you need (within reason), everyshot. If you’re not feeling confidentenough, get up, chalk up, and start over.Shoot when you’re good and ready.

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Confidence Strokesby Tom Simpson, Master Instructor • PoolClinics.com Contributing Writer

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Fidgety. That’s how we look to non-players. We’re down on our shot,and we’re fidgeting. We’re stroking,

aiming, adjusting our head and ourstance and our bridge and on and on.But the fidgeting most visible to specta-tors is what’s usually called “practicestrokes.”

What are we trying to accomplishwith these strokes? We’re down therestroking away, “warming up,” gettingready to shoot. Why bother with thispart of the routine? I see five big reasons:

Feeling the stick. Joining with your instrument, so the cue becomes an extension of your arm and your intention. Getting a “living connection” to the cue.

Feeling the speed you plan to hit. Players who do this are more likely to take their speed strokes in the air, prior to dropping into their shooting stance.

Checking for rust. Ensuring your stroke arm is moving smoothly.

Checking alignment. Confirming your stroke arm and stick are properly aligned to the shot.

Building confidence. As the pieces of your personal pre-shot routine click into place, your confidence grows.

Hopefully, your practice strokes worknicely, helping you arrive at a peak ofconfidence and take your best shot. Withconfidence, we stroke smoothly and

without hesitation. We’re in the presentmoment. Everyone can see when a playerhas confidence, or hits a shot confidently.Without confidence, we tend to interferewith our own athleticism. Our stroke de-velops hitches. A powerful downwardspiral can begin – as you lose confidence,you play worse, as you play worse, youlose confidence. To me, practice strokesare really about focusing and buildingconfidence. This portion of your pre-shotprocess tells you when you’re truly readyto hit. Let’s look at a couple of very popular

stroke tips. These “old school” ideasmade sense when you first heard them.However, I believe they may do moreharm than good, for most players. Someof my fellow instructors may disagreewith me here.Questionable Tip #1: “Count your

strokes. Always take the same number,for example, always take three strokesand then hit. Find your number and beconsistent.” Part of the reasoning here isthat it’s like a countdown. You will beready when you get to launch time.Excuse me. I don’t think we can counton having “all systems go,” on demand,right on schedule, all the time. We’rehumans, doing an impossibly precise task.We might get distracted by a sound, feela rough spot on our shaft, notice an itch,or have a second thought about the shotplan. There are a thousand ways wemight not be ready when we get to themagic number of strokes. If you are conditioned to shoot after a

certain number of strokes, you might notbe able to stop yourself if you’re not reallyready. I watched a famous pro player missa $25,000 hanger under TV pressure. Shealways takes two strokes and then hits.Sometimes she’s not ready.Questionable Tip #2: “Take your prac-

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Bar Box 8-BallBy: Marty Kaczmarowski, APA 7Contibuting Writer

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Here is another guideline for better bar table breaking. Pooltables are finicky creatures. They have precise characteristicsthat you have to learn and use in order to “break their code”.The code is ‘what it takes to make balls and not scratch’. Oneof the biggest keys: EXACT cue ball position matched to thetable and your break stroke. Moving a cue ball ½ an inch or ½a ball can be a huge difference during the break shot. Yourbreak stroke is unique and will have a best breaking spotmatched for you. Take the time to learn the absolute best cueball location for you. This is an art and hard work. Do it

BCA Seeks Candidates for2013/14 Board of DirectorsThe Billiard Congress of America (BCA) announces a call

for nominations for Board of Directors seats for the 2013-2014Board year. The 2013 Nominating Committee is currently ac-cepting nominations for a total of four (4) available Boardseats. Two seats are in Category 1 (Manufacturer/Distributor)category, one seat is in Category 2 (Billiard Retailer), and oneis in Category 3 (Pool Room/League Operator). All seats arefor a three year term in office.BCA members can nominate themselves or a colleague for

these positions. Candidates for the Board seats must becurrent members of the BCA, be designated as the representa-tive for the member company and qualify in the appropriatemember category. The following are the open positions avail-able on the BCA Board:

�Manufacturer/Distributor Seats - Candidates must qualifyas a manufacturer or distributor to apply for the Manufac-turer/Distributor Seats. This means the organization the can-didate represents is a licensed business entity with its principlebusiness in the manufacture or wholesale distribution of bil-liard equipment or accessories. These seats are for three-yearterms.� Billiard Retailer Seat - Candidates must qualify as a bil-

liard retailer to apply for the Billiard Retailer Seat. Thismeans the organization the candidate represents is a licensedbusiness entity with its principle business in the selling of bil-liard equipment or billiard accessories from an established,publicly known place of business.This seat is for a three-yearterm.�Pool Room/League Operator Seat - Candidates must

qualify as a Pool Room/League Operator to apply for the PoolRoom/League Operator Seat. This means the organization thecandidate represents is a licensed business entity with its prin-ciple business as operating one or more establishments wherebilliards are played, or a licensed business with its principlebusiness operating a billiards league or league system. Thisseat is for a three-year term.

The process the committee will use in making these ap-pointments is as follows:In order to select the best candidates, the decision will be

based on the needs of the organization and the informationprovided by potential candidates. Candidates interested in running or those wishing to nomi-

nate a candidate should contact Shane Tyree, BCA member-ship and communications manager, at shane@bca-pool.com.

Player Name Prize Money TotalsFrancisco Bustamante $43,450.00Dennis Orcollo $32,800.00Shane Van Boening $22,785.00Alex Pagulayan $21,450.00Corey Deuel $17,250.00Niels Feijen $13,720.00Thorsten Hohmann $12,925.00Johnny Archer $10,650.00Justin Hall $10,150.00Ronnie Alcano $10,125.00Ga-Young Kim $10,000.00Shawn Putnam $8,800.00Mike Dechaine $8,300.00Jayson Shaw $7,705.00Jason Klatt $7,275.00Warren Kiamco $7,050.00Rodney Morris $6,400.00Monica Webb $5,500.00Konstantin Stepanov $5,473.00Karen Corr $5,225.00

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USBA OfficersPresidentAndrew JanquittoRuxton, MD410-599-8177

Secretary/TreasurerJim ShovakEast Islip, NY 516-238-6193

Northeast DirectorsMazin Shooni2006 USA Champion Nashua, NH cell: 248-910-4466

Merrill Hughes Huntington Station, NY cell: 631-338-9698 home: 631-421-6814

Southeast DirectorVictor CuzziMiami, FL786-366-7293

Mid-America DirectorsSteve AndersenWyoming, MI 49519616-530-8665

Juan Elizalde SauzDallas, TX 214-908-2411

Felipe RazonCicero, IL 708-878-4197

Northwest DirectorTommy ThomsenMilton-Freewater, Oregon509-240-2027

Southwest DirectorsPedro PiedrabuenaSan Diego, CA213-458-3950

Raye RaskinLarkspur, CA415-497-8732

At-Large DirectorsDoug DeitelKaty, TX • 281-858-5948

Ricardo CarrancoLos Angeles, CA323-490-8075

February 7, 2013 twenty-four players eagerly assembled for what has truly become one ofthe most anticipated USBA Tournaments - the National Qualifier held at the historicPendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

Paul Frankel (aka Professor-Q-Ball) once again brought his love of the game and his tourna-ment management skills to Louisville where the play was sharp, the camaraderie warm and theresults gratifying for the combatants who emerged triumphant.The four winners (above) who qualified to move on to the National Championship event are

Jim Bishop, Brian Haff, Tom Rossman and George Theobald

The USBA has established official handicapsfor player levels to be used in handicap tour-naments.The handicaps have been established basedon the five official USBA player levels re-cently established and announced by theboard:A = .900 +B+ = .700-.899B= .550-.699C+ = .400-.549C = below .400In handicap tournaments, the followinglevels and points will apply:"A" players go to 30 points (100%)"B+" players go to 25 points (83.3%)

"B" players go to 21 points (70%)"C+" players go to 17 points (56.6%)"C" players go to 15 points (50%)New Official Player Levels for 2013The USBA has Adopted NEW OfficialPlayer Levels for Tournament PlayBeginning immediately all USBA tourna-ments will be able to restrict players based ontheir Official Player level as determined bytournament play and the USBA rankingscommittee. Here are the new player levels:.900 average and higher = A level.700-.899 average = B+ level.550-.699 average = B level.400-.549 average = C+ level.399 average and below = C level

USBA Qualifier at Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky

Official Handicaps Established for Tournament Play

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President’s DeskThe USBA national three-

cushion championship is a few

weeks away. The nationals are

always special. A time to meet

old friends and make new ones.

A time to

play and

watch and

learn. A

time to

trade

systems and stories and unusual

shots. A time to enjoy the mar-

velous game of three-cushion

billiards. This year, we are

honored to hold our most presti-

gious tournament as part of

Allen Hopkins’ Super Billiards

Expo in Edison, New Jersey,

from April 3 to 7. It seems like

only yesterday that we were in

Las Vegas watching Pedro

Piebrabuena storm back from a

big deficient to defeat Mazin

Shooni for his fifth title. Pedro

will be a heavy favorite to win

again. For 10 of the last 11 years,

he has finished first or second.

While not as impressive as Sang

Lee’s run of 12 consecutive titles

from 1990 to 2002, Pedro’s

streak isn’t bad, as they say.

Looking for revenge will be

Mazin Shooni, the 2006 cham-

pion who has finished second in

2007 and 2012, each time falling

to Pedro. Joining them as players

to beat are Hugo Patiño, Sonny

Cho, Miguel Torres, George

Ashby, Carlos Hallon and Jae

Hyung Cho, all former national

champions. But the field is much

deeper. Indeed, it just may be

the toughest field in a decade.

Hope to see you there! If you

can’t make it in person, go to

www.usba.net for information on

the live stream.

How it all Started for the Pendennis Club inLouisville, Kentucky!

In 2006 at the Derby City Classic in Louisville, KY at the Executive West, I held a USBARegional Qualifier with 24 players with the help of Diamond Billiard Products. It was such asuccess that in 2007 we held it again at the Derby City Classic. In 2008 Greg Sullivan

offered me the hotel across the street, which was called the Executive Inn, and asked me to doanother event. That’s when I started to think about bringing in, for the first time, the 2008Ladies and Men’s Nationals. The following year I did just that! It was the first time outside apoolroom that we held the USBA Nationals.It was a huge success and right after it was over we started to plan for the following year to

make it a yearly event. But as things turned out the hotel was demolished, and the land was sold.Which now brings me to the Pendennis club!There were a couple of players that were from the Pendennis Club that entered that the event

in 2008. They called me during the year, and asked if I was going to do another event alongsidethe Derby City in Louisville. I told them about the situation with the hotel. They asked me if Iwould like to do a Qualifier at the Pendennis Club. They told me they had three carom tables inthe venue, and it would be a nice location for it. I gave it some thought and called a couple ofweeks later. I spoke to someone at the club and asked them if they would like me to bring in aregional qualifier to their site.They said sorry, but the Pendennis Club is a private membership facility and not open to the

public. A few weeks went by and one of the members who plays 3-Cushion at the club calledme to see if they were going to hold the event next year at the club. When I mentioned theysaid no, he was very upset and told me he was on the board. He would see what he could doand call me back later in the week. Well, he called back and told me it was a go – the rest ishistory as 2013 was the 5th year for the event!! I never imagined that relationship would blossom into a perennial reunion now anticipated

by players from all over the country.”

The Pendennis Club Dining Room

Our combination “B” & “C” tournament was held at theMedford Elks Lodge in Medford, Oregon March 1 – 3, 2013.We had 14 players.There were 6 “B” players and 8 “C” players. Two flights of 7

players each were used with 3 “B” players and 4 “C” players ineach all playing a complete round-robin. The 2 top finishersfrom each flight went to a 4-man round-robin.In the Red flight Marc Smith and Joe Brisson were the

winners in the “B” division while Mark Williams and DaveEhlers were winners in the “C” division. In the Blue flightJesus Quinonez and Raye Raskin won the “B” division and J RGreenlee and Alfred Wenzl were the winners in the “C” divi-

sion.In the finals J R Greenlee won the

“C” division while Mark Williams was2nd, Dave Ehlers was 3rd and AlfredWenzl was 4th.In the “B” finals Jesus Quinonez was

1st, Raye Raskin 2nd, Joe Brisson 3rd,and Marc Smith 4th. Jesus Quinonezhad high run of 8 in the “B” divisionand Alfred Wenzl had the high run of 5 in the “C” division.A great thank you to the Elks Lodge and Mike Conte, ER.

Shot ContestBreakers Billiards, April 28, 2013Pittsburg, PA412-531-2250Contact: Paul Mottey

April 26-28, 2013Marshalltown, IAMike Kelley Memorial$110 Entry for current USBA MembersContact: John Jacobson @ 641-751-4696

May 16-19, 2013NW OPEN-Tacoma Elks

Tacoma Elks Lodge No. 174Contact: Tom Thomsen, 509-240-2027 or 541-938-6889

July 14-16, 2013-USBA Women’s TournamentJuly 17-21, 2013 Verhoven Open TournamentCarom Cafe - Flushing NYContact: Charles Brown 646 528 3238cbrown54@speakeasy.net

USBA Marti Tracy Memorial Medford Elks - Medford OR :: USBA TournamentsJuly 19-21, 2013“B/C” EventContact:Tom Thomsen, 509-240-2027 or 541-938-6889

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Upcoming USBA Tournaments

Results of Ken Higgins Memorial 3-Cushion Tournamentby Tommy Thomsen, USBA NW Director

USBA tournament at Las Delicias inRevere MA.On Friday March 1, eighteen players assembled for a handi-

cap tournament endorsed by the USBA. The handicappingsystem was established at the time the event was announced,so the levels were grandfathered in before the new OfficialUSBA Handicap levels were announced. Here are the levelsthat applied:

Handicaps:B+ Players (.700-.899 average) go to 25 ptsB Players (.500-.699 average) go to 20 ptsC Players: (below .500 average) go to 15 ptsAs it turns out, the handicapping enabled two B players to

finish ahead of the B+ players in what proved to be some ex-citing and well-fought play..1st Enrique Ramirez2nd Sergio Bedoya

Chris’s BilliardsThe last qualifier for the 2013 USBA nationals was held

over the weekend of March 2 and 3 at Chris’s Billiards inChicago. Three players qualified, George Ashby, Lupe Cruzand Thang Lé. Ashby is a former national champion, havingwon five BFUSA and three ABA titles in the 1970s and 1980s.

Lupe Cruz is a strong player with several USBA tour victoriesin his possession. Little is known of Thang Lé except that he isa strong player deserving of the honor of playing in the na-tionals. These three join 18 other qualifiers and at least 18other players who have announced their intention to partici-pate in the championship tournament.

Ken Higgins

Freeze the red & yellow balls on the cushionas shown.Set the cue ball perpendicular to yellowball, (give or take 2 or 3 inches), and hit the yellow ballwith cue ball using 10 o’clock English and a medium firmstroke. You should make this shot fairly easily and havesome fun doing so.tic billiard enthusiast,”

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Shots From A Master Playby Robert ByrneContributing Writer • from Byrne’s “Advanced Techniques in Pool & Billiards” with permission

Abeautiful kiss-back pattern, the balls arefrozen on the three end-rail diamonds.Shoot at the white with low left English,

angling the line of aim slightly into the cushion. The idea is to have the white bounce off theside rail and collide with the cueball at the posi-tion of the dashed ball, sending the cueballaround the table to score on the red. It’s easier, ofcourse, with the red big in the corner and thewhite closer to the other corner.

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Orcollo Rules - Jay SwansonMemorial 9-Ball Tournament.by CSI Press

The Western US Pool Season started full swing in stylewith the completion of the 17th Jay Swanson Memo-rial 9-Ball Tournament. The “Swanee” is produced by

CueSports International (CSI) and was held at Hard TimesBilliards in Bellflower, California. Live-Streaming was pro-vided by POV Pool (povpool.com). The full 192 field ushered into the pool room early Saturday

morning February 23rd to face one of the most regarded andgrueling two day 9-ball events in the country. With a totalpurse of $15,520 up for grabs and the strongest field in the“Swanee” 17 year history; it was tough action for the rail birds.With such names in the field as recent two time consecutivewinner Alex Pagulayan, Shane Van Boening - the undisputedtop US player for the past several years and multiple worldchampions such as Francisco Bustamante, Darren Appleton,Dennis Orcollo and making a re-appearance on US soilRonnie Alcano, the top spot could go to any player. However not to be ruled out were rock solid top California

players such as Sal Butera, Ernesto Dominguez and LouisUlrich to name a few who have the arsenal in their playingrepertoire to take on their international counterparts.

Winning the Swanee comes down to several factors, as allpremier tournaments do; skill, a strong mental game, persever-ance, a dash of occasional luck of the rolls and in this particu-lar event, stamina.When the dust settled it was Dennis Orcollo crowned cham-

pion late Sunday night and pocked the $3,000 first place prize.In addition to winning the 17th Jay Swanson Memorial, a fewadditional highlights of Orcollo’s professional 13 career in-cludes winning the 2012 US Open 10-Ball Championship –also produced by CSI, the 2011 Derby City Classic 9-Ball divi-sion, the 2011 WPA World 8-Ball Championship and the2010 World Pool Masters.

Ronnie ‘Fast Eddie’ Allen 74, Dies by Steve Booth Onepocket.org

One Pocket legend Ronnie Allen was originally from Oklahoma, and it was there he firstdeveloped the makings of a good player. In his teens Ronnie found his way to California,where he discovered the very active pool scenes in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He

won the very first tournament he ever entered, Cochran’s One Pocket tournament of 1962, whichincluded a who’s who of early One Pocket.As a tournament player, Ronnie won One Pocket events over three decades:Cochran’s One Pocket tournament in 1962, Johnston City One Pocket division in 1970, andRed’s Open One Pocket in1984As an after hours player, Ronnie was the dominant One Pocket player for nearly twenty years, from the mid 60’s to the mid

80’s. His flamboyant style at the table was as popular with the spectators as it was overwhelming to his opponents. During thoseyears, it took a rare player to face Ronnie even; nearly everyone could get a ball or two or more.Ronnie also developed a very strong one-handed technique. Many players who hesitated to step to the table with him in

normal fashion were enticed to take him on, their two hands to his one, only to find he shot nearly as well one-handed!Credited with inventing ‘power One Pocket’, Ronnie was famous for his creative shots that aggressively moved several balls

at once away from his opponent’s pocket and towards his own. His entertaining and exciting style of play came as quite a con-trast to the conservative style employed by most of the top One Pocket players when Ronnie first burst on to the One Pocketscene. His exciting style has inspired many of our younger generation of players, which has made the game itself more enter-taining for countless fans.Ronnie was elected into the One Pocket Hall of Fame in 2004.

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MISSISSIPPIGRENADAThe Sports Center662-226-1322893 Springhill Rd 7- Pool tables, 3 Bartables, Video’s, Beer/foodJACKSON“This Is It” Bar & Grill601 373-59663401 Rainey Rd9-Bar boxes,1 -9’Diamond, 6-DartBoards,10- Big screenT.V.’s, Beer Bar & Fullsnack barSOUTHAVENSouthaven Recreational662 342-0230987 Town & Country16- Big Tables. 5-BarTables,5-TV’s, Darts,Bumper Pool, Food/beer STARKVILLESouthern Billiards662 323-7665103 South Washington St6 -9’ Gandy’s, 2- 9’ Dia-monds,1-10’ Snooker, Poker Night on SundayVARDAMANRack-N-Roll Billiards662-414-6539105 Sweet Potato Ave2-8’ Antique Brunswick1-10’ Antique Snooker1- 4 ½ x 9’ Olhausen

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OREGONMEDFORD• The Medford Elks Club541 772-6247202N. Central Ave 8-New Elements, 3Cushion, Gabriel Tables

PENNSYLVANIANORRISTOWNMarkly Billiards610-278-15951713 Markly St9-Gold Crown 9’,4-Dia-monds 7’- Light menuPHILADELPHIA• Drexeline BilliardClub. 610 259-91445100 State Rd L-3002- New Cheviotte 3-cushion tables, 16- 4 1/2x9 Gold Crowns.4 - 4x8G.Crowns Full line ofcustom cues & acces-sories, Tournaments, Inst.,Sr.citizen rates

PITTSBURG• Breakers Billiards412-531-22501413 Potomac Ave2-3-Cushion heatedChevilotte,6 – 9’ GoldCrowns, 8 – 9’ Diamondpros,1- 7’ Bar tableDiamond, Full Bar

RHODE ISLANDNORTH PROVIDENCERhode Island Billiard Bar & Bistro401-232-13312020-2026 Smith St14-9’ tables,1-Snooker5x10 table1 bar table, 20 T.V’s2 Full bar & food, RetailPROVIDENCESnookers401 351-766553 Ashburton ST15- 9’ Gold Crowns40-HD T.V’sFull service restaurantwith 2 bars.,Home of theNew England Pool Hall ofFame

TENNESSEEMEMPHISBubba’s Ale House & Grille7041 HWY 64901-937-19112-Bar tables 2-DartboardsFull bar & FoodSeveral Flat Screens (HD)Smoking allowedHighPocket's 1599 Ols Summer Ave.901 761-158312-4 1/2 x9 Gold Crowns,1 Snooker table, 8- BarTables, Full menu & beer,8- TV’s, 1 big screen,VideosSharpshooters Billiards901 386-11886959 Stage18 Bar Tables 4-GoldCrowns, 6 Dart Boards,T.V’s,Jukebox,Videogames, food & Beer• The Rack901 369-95013622 Lamar Ave8-9 ‘ Pro Diamond1-3-Cushion Gabriel3-Dart boards, 10-tv’sFood & Beer

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With a gritty performance against Allison Fisher inthe event semifinals and a dominating performanceagainst Monica Webb in the finals, Ga Young Kim

laid claim to the third WPBA Masters title, joining JasminOuschan (2011) and Ewa Mataya Laurance (2012) in theevent archives. The semifinals and finals marked the first timein the 20-year history of the WPBA Classic Tour that thesematches had been broadcast live by ESPN3. The WPBAMasters commenced on Thursday, February 7, and drew 48 en-trants to the Soaring Eagle Resort and Casino in Mount Pleasant, MI. By virtue of two less matches, Allison Fisher ended up with

the highest winning percentage among the event’s four finalists(67%, 4-1). Kim ended up with the second highest winningpercentage (64%, 6-1), and had to come from the loss-side toget into the single elimination semifinals. She’d cruisedthrough her opening rounds, defeating Maureen Seto and JanaMontour, both 9-3, as well as Janet Atwell 9-5. Then, she raninto Karen Corr, who was fresh off a double hill win overJeanette Lee. Corr chalked up her second straight double hillwin, and Ga Young Kim was westbound. Kim picked upOuschan on the loss side, and downed her 9-6, which put heramong the final four. Webb, with the event’s third highest winning percentage

(56%), got by Kelly Cavanaugh, 9-3, survived a double hillmatch against Kim White-Newsome, and downed Ouschan 9-3,before running into Fisher, who sent her to the loss side 9-4.There, she ran into Lee, and with a 9-6 win that put Lee in thebroadcast booth with Mitch Laurance, instead of at the tablebattling to get into the finals, Webb was among the final four.Rearranged, the semifinal matchups could have been re-

matches; Kim versus Corr, Webb against Fisher, but the re-seeding scrambled that, pitting Kim against Fisher, in the firstof the broadcast matches, and later, Corr against Webb. Thefirst of the three matches proved to be the best of the bunch, asKim and Fisher battled to double hill in the newly-employedtournament format (used on the Tour of Champions) - tworaces to 4, with a sudden death game in the event of a tie.After they’d traded racks (alternate break) to a 3-3 tie, Fishertook the opening set. In the second set, Fisher was the first tochalk up two straight racks throughout the entire eight-gamesemifinal match (down 0-1, she won the second and thirdgame). Kim got back into it, and once again, they wereknotted at 3-3. An unforced error (with a bridge) by Fisher inthe last rack, gave Kim the opening she needed, and she tied

the match score at 1-1, forcing the sudden death game. Kimcame up dry on the break, but Fisher chalked up an unforcederror shooting at the 2-ball. Kim returned the favor, andstretching out just a little too far, she missed the 2-ball, as well.Some safety play ensued, including a ball-in-hand safety forKim. Both used up their quota of extensions on the 45-secondshot clock and the pressure was on. Kim hung in to sink thefinal 9-ball (only the second time that either of them had wontwo games in a row) and she advanced to the finals.The winner of the next two matches - the second semifinal,

and the final - did not give up a rack to her opponent. Webbopened up her semifinal match against Corr with her 6thbreak-and-run of the tournament, punctuating the start of thismatch with a bank on the 9-ball. She concluded the openingset, three racks later, with a 1-9 combination. Corr opened thesecond set proceedings by sinking four balls on the break, buthad absolutely nothing to shoot at. She made an unforcederror (typical of the entire match, during which Corr seemedoff-stride), and handed the first game to Webb. Webb brokeand took the second game. Though safety play was promi-nently featured in the next two games, Webb sunk all the balls,and she was into the finals against Kim.Two unforced errors by Webb in the opening two games of

the two-set finals gave Kim a quick 2-0 lead, which shepromptly turned into 3-0, with a 4-9 combination. Webbsnookered herself shooting at the 2-ball in the next rack, andKim finished things to take the opening set. In the openinggame of the second set, Webb committed another unforcederror, which effectively gave Kim the game. Kim followed it bybreaking and running the second rack for her second 2-0 lead.In the third rack, Kim chalked up an uncharacteristic unforcederror, but Webb returned the favor with one of her own, andKim finished to reach the championship hill. Kim finishedwith her eighth break-and-run of the tournament to claim theevent title.

Ga Young Kim is Third WPBA Masters Champion

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by Darrell Paul Martineau • www.3cushion.us/WBIA Head Master Instructor

DPM Universal Pocket and Carom Billiard SystemsArticle 66

More on this System segment in the next issue of Professor Cue Ball NewsYou may purchase caroms Articles and Graphs 25 through 62 online to be e-mailed to you for $25.00 If you have any questions youcan always e-mail me and I will answer you.

Darrell Paul Martineau,5916 Bar Harbour Ct.Elk Grove CA 95758For more information on this system and my books, tapes, DVDs

or lessons on Pool or Carom Billiards please call me at 916-684-4535 or e-mail dpmuniverse @ Comcast . net Web pagehttp://www.3cushion.us/

I am going to show you how to miss kisses! The first thing you need to know is Cue Ball / Object Ball 1

diamond angles.There are only 24 of them possible. You willprobably only use 16 of themin a full game. They are easy to learn. I have already shown

them to you in articles 25 thru 65. In case you do not havethese graphs I will give you a fulldescription in the next 6 ormore articles.A 12 angle is always straight up and down the table, from

end rail to end rail, no matter where that takes place.Graph 66 shows three shots all having a 12 angle between

the Cue Ball and Object Ball 1. The Inside System, articles 61thru 63 and graphs, is being used to calculate the shot. Angle12, OB2 at 6, subtract 6 from 12 = 6. make a 6 hit.The hit to miss kisses for a 12 angle is 3 or 7. The way

around the problem is to make a [ Half Hit ]. One half of 6 is 3.All you need do is cue at the lower cuing, see graph, and makea three hit [ one quarter ball ]. The graph shows exactly wherethe OB1 will go with the #3 hit. Place a piece of chalk on thatspot to make sure you made the correct hit. This is not a drawshot, just cue low and follow through as you would at theequator. Smooth stroke with a little more than make speed.The stroke would be more firm for shot #3.Missing kisses are ingroups of 4, Angles 9 and less take one awayAngles Hits Angles >10 add one to last 0 [-1] 3, 7, 111 0, 4, 8, 12 2 1, 5, 93 2, 6, 104 3, 7, 115 0, 4, 8, 126 1, 5, 97 2, 6, 108 3, 7, 119 4, 8, 1210 1. 5, 911 2, 6, 1012 3, 7, 1113 4, 8, 1214 5, 915 2, 6, 1016 3, 7, 11When the CB/OB1 angle is 9 or less and straight to the cornerjust use the angle! Example: Angle is 7 make a 7 or 3 hit !

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Professor’s National Tournament Directory

ATTENTIONROOM

OWNERSWhen you subscribe to

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Directory (See pages33 - 35) your event is

entitled to get listed inour Tournament Calen-

dar Guide.

APRIL 6 - 7Great Southern Billiard TourAmateur Stop 9Shore Thing Billiards Myrtle Beach SC843-712-1905

APRIL 6 – 7Midwest 9-Ball TourStop 5 Magoo’s BilliardsTulsa OK 918 663-3364

APRIL 13Tri State Tour Stop 31Castle BilliardsEast Rutherford, NJ201-933-6007

APRIL 13 – 14Action Pool Tour Stop 7First Break CafeSterling VA(703) 444-2551

APRIL 13 – 14Fast Eddie’s 9-Ball Tour Stop 4Fast Eddie’s Sports BarLubbock TX806 745-4268

APRIL 13Flamingo Billiards Tour Stop 3Cunningham Pool & DartsVero Beach FL772 562-1171

APRIL 13 - 14 Predator Pro-Am TourStop 6 Amateur DivisionSteinway BilliardsAstoria NY718-472-2124

APRIL 11 - 14Accu-Stats One-Pocket InvitationalYOU can “Make It Happen”Sandcastle Billiards in Edison, NJ Contact: Pat Fleming 800-828-0397

APRIL 20 – 21Joss North East 9-Ball TourStop 12 Amateur EventRaxx Pool Room, Sports BarWest Hempstead NY516-538-9896

APRIL 20Tri State Tour Stop 32CueBar BilliardsBayside NY(718) 631-2646

APRIL 27 – 28Joss NorthEast TourStop 13 Amateur EventFast Eddie’s Billiards CaféNew Milford CT860-350-8569

APRIL 27 – 28Action Pool TourVirginia State8-Ball ChampionshipQ-Master BilliardsVirginia Beach VA757-499-8900

APRIL 27 – 28Omega Billiard TourStop 3 JR PocketsDenton Texas(940) 383-3573

MAY 4Tri State Tour Stop 34Gotham City BilliardsBrooklyn NY718 714-1002

MAY 4 - 5Great Southern Billiard TourAmateur Stop 10Shore Thing Billiards Myrtle Beach SC843-712-1905

MAY 18Tri State Tour Stop 36Port Richmond Billiard ClubStaten Island, New York(718) 727-0800

MAY 18 – 19Arizona State

One Pocket ChampionshipKolby’s Corner PocketTempe AZ(480) 829-7344

MAY 18 - 19 NWPA Tour Stop 3Ballad Town BilliardsForest Grove OR503-357-1111

MAY 25 – 26Tri State Tour Stop 37Amsterdam Billiard ClubNew York NY212-995-0333

JUNE 1Tri State Tour Stop 38Castle BilliardsEast Rutherford NJ201-933-6007

JUNE 1 - 2 Joss NorthEast TourStop 14 Amateur EventSnookers Pool LoungeProvidence RI401 351-7665

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46 PQB April/May

by Josh Gilmore

This year’s Superbowl 9-ball open, the 30th of its kind,drew a slightly more diverse crowd than years past.With 78 players,

some might say this is attrib-uted to an overlap of dateswith the Derby City Classic,to which many of the higherlevel players attend, butothers might argue that itsdue to a stronger presence ofMemphis on the national map in the pool world. With localroom owners Jerry Ramey (The Rack) and Tracy Whitney(High Pockets) pushing to grow the sport in the Mid-South,or perhaps a solid combination of the two.Either way, the event’s participants drew better matches;

with slimmer gaps between the opponent’s playing abilities,players felt their chances of a top 16 or better placement wasmore within their reach.Friday evening, as usual, brought players in to test out the

equipment, but I noticed players showing up as early asTuesday. Once sign-ups were complete and entries paid, theplayer auction began and went rather smoothly, with a sizableand attentive crowd of players and buyers, but only bringing alittle over $5000 in the purse.The bracket was drawn and players dispersed, some to their

homes or hotel rooms and others to match up with otherplayers. Following the announcements, of the MidnightMadness tournament, a single elimination, race to 7 tourna-ment on Diamond 7ft tables, brought 8 players in with a $250entry, paying $1500 to first and $500 to 2nd. The finals camedown to Daryl Biggart and Kenny Loftis, who rather thanplaying further into the early morning, split the prize fund.The first round players arrived at 10am for their matches, for

the most part... Tournament director, Larry Aylor, is known forhis disqualifying no-show players, after placing them on a 15

minute clock, of course, and this year was no different.As with every year, players complained of the lengthywaits between matches, but with only 8 tables to play150+ matches in 2 days, waits are to be expected.

After a 18 hours of play, with a handful of matches lastingbeyond the original goal of midnight we were finally down tothe final 32, who would return Sunday morning for a 2nd playerauction, adding an additional $1000 to the prize fund. DarylBiggart, who has been showing for quite a few tournaments inthe Memphis area lately, was quite a favorite in this event, butwas sent to the one loss side in round 3 by Shannon Suttermuch earlier than anyone would have expected. Daryl, whowould barely miss the final 16, is defeated by Andy Craig.A well known name in Memphis pool, Blake Todd, makes his

way back to the table after 5 year. Taking a 2nd round loss tolocal player, Paul Dodge, Blake wouldn’t give up so easily, fight-ing his way back through the one loss side, until meeting yetanother local player, Kenny Loftis, who would go on to finish3rd, following his 2nd meeting with Carlos Carter (top left).Jason Evans, a local player who went for the most in the

auction, would find his first round defeat to fellow local player,Danny Key, who would continue to the final 8, but would besent to the one loss side by Tony Berrington (top right) . Tony,traveling from North Carolina to take the tournament by storm,would not see the one loss side, After a mutual agreementamongst the players and their respective auction buyers, Carterand Berrington split the 1st/2nd prize fund.

Thank you to all the players who attended and participated thisyear, we hope to see you at future events here in Memphis.

The Rack’s Superbowl 9-Ball Open