by Lea Andrews

Those looking for Shannon “The Cannon” Daulton’s familiar face at the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships had disappointment coming their way, as he was busy running the show at his own Great Southern Billiard Tour stop, where he was witness to Larry Faulk’s undefeated run through the field. Faulk was one of the 40 competitors who arrived at Fast Freddy’s Billiards in Jacksonville, NC, for the $1,500-added A/B amateur event October 17-18.

AA-ranked Larry Faulk sailed 10-4 past A-ranked JR Poste, who was racing to 9, to reach the hot seat match. There, he met up fellow AA-player Ray McGinn, who’d gotten by another AA-player, Phillip Britt, 10-6. The battle of the talents that ensued was fierce, but it was Faulk who notched up the final rack to take the hot seat 10-9.

On the other side of the bracket, Glen Maready blew by Donald Arnold 7-1 to face Vernon Ringold, who’d moved past Calvin Roberts 7-5. Meanwhile, Don Strickland did the same to Vernon Rogers 9-4 to face Mickey Hucks, who’d made it past Greg Little 9-8. Maready and Strickland put their opponents in seventh 7-5 and 9-4, respectively, to welcome Poste and Britt to the west side. Both were a bit too welcoming, though—Maready landed in fifth 9-5 courtesy of Poste, while Strickland got there courtesy of Britt 10-6. In the quarterfinal match, Poste was looking to make his way to a rematch with Faulk in the finals, while Britt was looking for a semifinal rematch with McGinn on the way to the final match. It was Poste who prevailed 9-7 to fight it out with McGinn for the right to play the Faulk rematch. Both men fought hard, pushing the score to hill-hill in the weighted race before McGinn dropped the final 9 to move back over to Faulk 10-8.

Those looking for Daulton’s familiar face at the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships had disappointment coming their way, as he was busy running the show at his own Great Southern Billiard Tour stop, where he was witness to Larry Faulk’s undefeated run through the field.

Unfortunately for McGinn, the final match of the true double-elimination event was quite unlike the hot seat match, where he’d come up just one game short of victory. This time, it was all Faulk, who marked up game after game to earn first place with a very decisive 10-1 victory.

Results:
1st Larry Faulk $1,000
2nd Ray McGinn $500
3rd JR Poste $250
4th Phillip Britt $125
5th Glen Maready $85
Don Strickland
7th Vernon Ringold $50
Mickey Hucks

by InsidePOOL Staff

Larry Park was the best of the field at the April 4 stop on the Pechauer All-American Tour. The $500-added event was hosted by Koch Street Bar and Grill in Pekin, IL, and featured 21 players in a double-elimination 8-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes.

Park dominated the action on this day by skipping undefeated to the tournament finals, capped off with a winners’ bracket finals triumph over Mickey Meischner 5-0. In the winners’ bracket semifinals earlier, Park whitewashed Justin Scroggs 5-0, while Meischner edged Donnie Thompson 5-4. In the one-loss side Marco Jyawook and Justin Scroggs tied for fifth place at the hands of Donnie Thompson and Anthony Schultz, respectively, 4-3 and 4-0. Thompson then eliminated Schultz at fourth place by a 4-2 margin. In turn, Thompson completed his day at third place via another hill-hill loss to Meischner 4-3. In the finals, Meischner made a good showing, but Park was too strong and took down the first set 5-3 for the title.

arry Park was the best of the field at the April 4 stop on the Pechauer All-American Tour.

Results:
1st Larry Park $450
2nd Mickey Meischner $250
3rd Donnie Thompson $150
4th Anthony Schultz $75
5th Marco Jyawook $50
Justin Scroggs

Players from Nevada, California and Arizona demonstrated their 8-Ball skills December 20-21, 2008 at Mickey’s Cues and Brews in Henderson, Nevada in their pursuit of two qualifying spots for the NCS 8-Ball Championship.

Pro Player Max Eberle from Los Angeles and Las Vegas resident Joe Alvarez, after a day of close matches on tight 9’ foot Diamonds, won the two spots. Al Lawrence won the alternate position as the third place finisher.

Eberle and Alvarez have been added to the NCS player list.

The next set of qualifiers will be at the following locations: January 3-4, 2009 King Street Billiards in Fayetteville, NC and Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ. Accu-Stats will stream live from the qualifier at Comet Billiards. For the complete calendar of all NCS 8-Ball qualifiers please visit the CueSports Intl. (CSI) website www.playcsipool.com click the events tab. Please call 702-719-7665 or email Holly Ryan at holly@playcsipool.com for more information about the NCS.

by Skip Maloney

Jui-Lung Chan put in an impressive performance to take the title at Fast Eddie's in Houston, TX.

Jui-Lung Chen gave up only five racks in his final three matches at Fast Eddie’s Olhausen 9-Ball Tour stop the weekend of October 11-12. He bested Doug Young twice to capture the first-place prize of the $1,750-added event that drew 51 players to Fast Eddie’s in Houston, TX.

Among the winners’ side final four, Chen sent Andy Jethwa west with a 9-2 victory before meeting Young for the first time in the hot seat match. Young had sent Stoney Stone to the one-loss side with a 9-3 win. Chen sent Young to the semifinals, giving up only two racks in that match as well.

On the one-loss side, it was James Davis Sr. and Juan Taylor emerging from that bracket to tackle Jethwa and Stone. Two hill-hill matches ensued that put Davis and Stone into the quarterfinal match, won by Stone 7-5. By the same score, Young ended Stone’s tournament bid and moved back to face Chen for the last time.

Young won the opening game of the match, but it was the only game he won. Chen settled in to win nine in a row and bring home the $1,170 first-place prize.

Results:
1st Jui-Lung Chen $1,170
2nd Doug Young $740
3rd Stoney Stone $580
4th James Davis, Sr. $410
5/6th Andy Jethwa $260
5/6th Juan Taylor
7/8th David Henson $140
7/8th Rick Stanley
9/12th Rafael Martinez $100
9/12th Manuel Ayala
9/12th Marc Garza
9/12th Mickey Woinicki