Day one at Baton Rouge
Al...@captura.com
They are only 49 players at this tournament. So some people got byes but here
is the results:
Wade Crane defeats Jimmy 'Flyboy' Spears
James Walden defeats Troy Jones
Ray Martin defeats CP Ownes
Cliff Joyner defeats CM Lee
Efren Reyes defeats Grady Mathews (see below)
Paul LaPlace defeats Otis Thumpson
Richie Richeson defeats Dusty Sommer
Mike LeBron defeats Gabe Owen
Jack Cooney defeats Dick Weaver
Tany Hoa defeats John Wilds
Tommy Martin defeats Al Bonife
Jemery Jones defeats CA Wells
John Hager defeats Mark Griffin
Victor Ignario defeats Tom Stathis
Buddy Hall defeats Leil Gay
Bob Schlades defeats Marcus Chamat
Scott Frost defeats Wade Crane
James Walden defeats Dwayne Watts
Ray Martin defeats Jim Layfield
Cliff Joyner defeats Rodolfo Luat
The Reyes/Mathews match was a joy to watch. Efren really is a great
one-pocket player and didn't have much trouble with Grady. The first game
with Efren breaking didn't take much time. He won it 8 to 1. The second game
was a lot closer. At one point Grady had 6 to 2 on Efren but Efren gets four
balls and the game is tied at 6 to 6. Grady gets unfortunate and scratches.
Worst yet Grady scratches 2 more times in the next few innings. Grady didn't
give up and got back to 6 to 6 before Efren finally beats him 8 to 6. The
third game was real close with Grady leading 7 to 6. Efren comes to the table
and has a ball just off the rail and up about 8" from his pocket. Grady
leaves him on the bottom rail with the other ball a little farther up table
from the ball by his pocket. He tries to make a 3 rail bank on it and comes
up a little short. Fortune was on his side though and as the ball is rolling
down table off the third rail it hits the ball next to his pocket and the
ball goes in. The other ball settles near his pocket and he quickly draws a
bead on it and pockets it to steal the game from Grady. You could tell that
Grady was real disappointed by the sudden turn of events. But to his credit
he finds the focus necessary to win the fourth game 8 to 2. It's now Efren 3
and Grady 1 in a race to 4. Grady's fortune turned for the worst in the fifth
game and Efren wins it and the match 8 to 0.
However the news of the tournament so far is about our own r.s.ber Joey
Aguzin. He gets matched up with Shannon 'the cannon' Daulton. Most of the
people in the room are betting he isn't even going to win a game. Well that
was quickly proven to be false because he wins the first game. Shannon wins
the next two and looks like he is going to easily handle our Joey. But when
all the dust settle Joey sents Shannon to the one lose side. He played great
and put in a respectable showing for us r.s.bers. More tomorrow.
Thanks - Alan
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Smorgass Bored
Thanks for the update from the one-pocket tournament and Congratulations
to Joey for winning his first match ( I KNEW you could do it). I didn't
see many other names of Louisiana players listed,what's up with that?
Was this an 'calcutta' and how much did Joey go for if it is?
Keep us posted......
Doug W.
~>*)))>< Big fish eat Little fish ><(((*<~
fred....@nypro.com
Al...@captura.com wrote:
<snip>
> Grady
> leaves him on the bottom rail with the other ball a little farther up table
> from the ball by his pocket. He tries to make a 3 rail bank on it and comes
> up a little short. Fortune was on his side though and as the ball is rolling
> down table off the third rail it hits the ball next to his pocket and the
> ball goes in. The other ball settles near his pocket and he quickly draws a
> bead on it and pockets it to steal the game from Grady.
Reads like he was playing this shot. If the ball doesn't "fortunately" go
down, where did Reyes leave the cue ball. Would Grady have been able to kick
or bank to sweep both of Reyes' balls out towards Grady's pocket. Again, it
reads like Reyes was playing this shot like a true one-pocket player would.
BTW, congrats to Joey. Shannon Daulton is an extremely strong all-around
player. He is a notorious one-pocket player.
--
Regards,
Fred Agnir
Al...@captura.com
of all of the Louisiana players but Joey did introduce me to Paul LaPlace who
won his first match easily over Otis Thumpson. Another r.s.b lurker and also
from New Orleans is John Wilds. Unfortunately, he drew Tang Hoa in his first
match. He did respectable but Tang was just too much fire power for him.
Thanks - Alan
Al...@captura.com
fred....@nypro.com wrote:
> In article <7198e5$675$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
> Al...@captura.com wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > Grady
> > leaves him on the bottom rail with the other ball a little farther up table
> > from the ball by his pocket. He tries to make a 3 rail bank on it and comes
> > up a little short. Fortune was on his side though and as the ball is rolling
> > down table off the third rail it hits the ball next to his pocket and the
> > ball goes in. The other ball settles near his pocket and he quickly draws a
> > bead on it and pockets it to steal the game from Grady.
>
> Reads like he was playing this shot. If the ball doesn't "fortunately" go
> down, where did Reyes leave the cue ball. Would Grady have been able to kick
> or bank to sweep both of Reyes' balls out towards Grady's pocket. Again, it
> reads like Reyes was playing this shot like a true one-pocket player would.
>
> BTW, congrats to Joey. Shannon Daulton is an extremely strong all-
around
> player. He is a notorious one-pocket player.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Fred Agnir
>
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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Efren is good but he was playing to pocket the 3 rail bank. He left Grady up
on the end rail on Grady's side of the table. Grady would have had to make a
real tough 1 rail bank to win and I think Grady won't have fired at it.
Because Efren gave out that great big grin of his whenever something
fortunate happens to him.
MW 9BALL
Great report. I wish we could get reports like these from other tournaments.
Thanks,
Mike
JEFFIRSW
going on..Keep up the good work.
Question? Where is Troy Jones from?
Jeff Wickham
Bakersfield, CA
Al...@captura.com
Darwin Clegg
Baton Rouge)
He was another local player to jump in. Unfourtunately James Walden played
flawlessly and was too much for Troy. Troy played pretty well but lost a
very close match against John Hager.
Troys wife is Tammy Wesley Jones. Tammy was the ladies McDermont 8-Ball
tour champion in 1996, and shoots a mean game of pool. Tammy was the only
lady in the One-pocket tournament last year. Troy and Tammy just had a baby
girl so Tammy wasn't able to compete in this years tourney! If you had a
husband wife scotch doubles tournament, I would definitely pick then in 2nd
place! Now can you figure who I'd pick for 1st place?
Later, Darwin
Al...@captura.com wrote in message <71cgbn$fqc$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
Al...@captura.com
Dawn and Allen Hopkins?
fred....@nypro.com
> In article <71g65k$lsh$1...@east43.supernews.com>,
> "Darwin Clegg" <dec...@eatel.net> wrote:
<snip> > Troy and Tammy just had a baby
> > girl so Tammy wasn't able to compete in this years tourney! If you had a
> > husband wife scotch doubles tournament, I would definitely pick then in 2nd
> > place! Now can you figure who I'd pick for 1st place?
> > Later, Darwin
> >
<snip 2>
And then
In article <71htol$ahg$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
Al...@captura.com wrote:
> Jeanette Lee - George Breedlove?
> Dawn and Allen Hopkins?
>
> Thanks - Alan
>
Loree Jon and Sammy Jones?
How about ex-spouses Ewa and Jim Mataya? ;-)
Fred and Sharon Agnir? No chance in hell.
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Regards,
Fred Agnir
Tom Bellhouse
>
> In article <7198e5$675$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
> Al...@captura.com wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > Grady
> > leaves him on the bottom rail with the other ball a little farther up table
> > from the ball by his pocket. He tries to make a 3 rail bank on it and comes
> > up a little short. Fortune was on his side though and as the ball is rolling
> > down table off the third rail it hits the ball next to his pocket and the
> > ball goes in. The other ball settles near his pocket and he quickly draws a
> > bead on it and pockets it to steal the game from Grady.
>
> Reads like he was playing this shot. If the ball doesn't "fortunately" go
> down, where did Reyes leave the cue ball. Would Grady have been able to kick
> or bank to sweep both of Reyes' balls out towards Grady's pocket. Again, it
> reads like Reyes was playing this shot like a true one-pocket player would.
>
Fred,
I was sitting on the side where Efren faced when he made that
shot. He laughed, covered his face, mugged at the Accustats
camera and stuck out his tongue like he was gagging. However, he
sure accepted the outcome of the shot, like any true one-pocket
player would!
Best,
Tom Bellhouse
Chad McDaniel
>
> In article <71g65k$lsh$1...@east43.supernews.com>,
> "Darwin Clegg" <dec...@eatel.net> wrote:
> > Baton Rouge)
> > He was another local player to jump in. Unfourtunately James Walden played
> > flawlessly and was too much for Troy. Troy played pretty well but lost a
> > very close match against John Hager.
> > Troys wife is Tammy Wesley Jones. Tammy was the ladies McDermont 8-Ball
> > tour champion in 1996, and shoots a mean game of pool. Tammy was the only
> > girl so Tammy wasn't able to compete in this years tourney! If you had a
> > husband wife scotch doubles tournament, I would definitely pick then in 2nd
> > place! Now can you figure who I'd pick for 1st place?
> > Later, Darwin
> >
> > >In article <19981029161317...@ng99.aol.com>,
> > > jeff...@aol.com (JEFFIRSW) wrote:
> > >> Thanks for the report. Reports like this make it better to visualize
> > whats
> > >> going on..Keep up the good work.
> > >>
> > >> Question? Where is Troy Jones from?
> > >>
> > >> Jeff Wickham
> > >> Bakersfield, CA
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >I don't know where Troy Jones is from.
> > >
> > >Thanks - Alan
> > >
> > >http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
> >
> >
> Dawn and Allen Hopkins?
>
number one.
My opinion of Allen Hopkins is simply one word...CHOKE.
Can anyone tell me if Earl Strickland is still married and if
his wife is still playing pool as well? I played with him during
an exhibition match back in '92 and was just curious.
Chad
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