Garden Grove Tournament
July 31-August 1, 2010

-Story by George Aronek

Forty one lovers of 3-cushion billiards came together in Garden Grove, California to participate in a USBA sanctioned tournament open to all entrants.

The entry was $155 which included the $5 sanction fee for the U.S.B.A. The owner, Paul Pham of Thanh Tam Billiards, together with the USBA Sponsors added $1200 to the prize fund.

The players were drawn into seven flights, six of six players and one of five. The handicaps were as follows:

Grand Masters: 35 points
Masters: 30 points
A players: 27 points
B players: 25 points
C players: 23 points

Pedro Piedrabuena and Mazin Shooni were the only two grand masters.

After the preliminaries (104 games) were played on Saturday, the semi-finals were played Sunday in two groups of seven. The final round consisted of the first place finishers in each semi-finals group playing for first and second place overall. The next two finsihers were playing for 3rd and 4th place, etc.

The order of finish was as follows:

1 PEDRO PIEDRABUENA
2 JOSE LIZARRAGA
3 VICKY PINEDA
4 JOHN LEE
5 GILBERT NAJM
6 SOON HONG
7 MAZIN SHOONI
8 EDUARDO GOMEZ
9 MARTIN MAGANA
10 LONG LE
11 SONG YOUNG CHUL
12 KEVIN NGUYEN
13 CARLOS ALVAREZ
14 CHARLIE SHIN

Click Here for Pictures and Charts

-----------------------------------------------------

BILLIARDS THANH TAM PRESENTS

USBA 3- CUSHION BILLIARDS 

INTERNATIONAL OPEN HANDICAPPED TOURNAMENT

July 31 to Aug 1 , 2010

Entry Fee:   $ 155 .00

First 32 paid players will be selected for the tournament

Time of Player's Meeting: 10:00 AM Sat July 31

Estimated Prizes:

1. $ 1,500.00

2. $ 1,000.00

3. $  900.00

4. $  700.00

5. $  500.00

6. $  400.00

7. $  300.00

8. $  200.00

Handicap Ranks:

1- Grand Master     1.300+ average            35 points   

2- Master              1.000-1.300 average     30 points

3- A levels            0.900-1.000 average     27 points

4- B levels            0.700-0.900 average     24 points

5- C levels            Below 0.700- average    21 points

Prelims :

32 Players- Random Draw preliminary round 4 groups of 8 players each  round robin  (handicap)

Top 2 of each fight advance to semi-finals = 8 players

Semi-final:  

2 groups of 4 players (round robin)

- 1st place of each semi-final group play for 1st and 2nd place

- 2nd place of each semi-final group play for 3rd and 4th place

Rules:  All official USBA tournament rules will be applied

$ 5.00 sanction fee per player already included in entry fee.

Added money = $1,050.00

10902 Westminster Ave
Garden Grove CA, 92843
Phone: 714-636-3078 or 714-823-1359
Contact: Paul Pham

Additional Hotel and Rental Car Discounts:

The USBA has a contract with Choice Hotels International. If you would like to receive at least a 15% discount at Choice Hotel locations, please refer to your Membership Package for details or you can access the USBA Forum "Members Only" area. To become a USBA Member, click "Join" at the top or the upper left side of this page and follow the instructions to pay by credit/debit card through PayPal. You do NOT need a PayPal account to use PayPal. You can also mail in membership dues by check.

USBA Members also receive between 5-10% discount from the following car rental companies, if they service the area: