Felipe Razon Dominates the Olhausen II
Brian Haff (2nd), Felipe Razon (1st), Dan Kolacz (3rd)
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Felipe Razon, in his last "B" tournament, demonstrated excellent billiards to his fellow "B" players. He lost just one game in the preliminaries and was undefeated in the finals, averaging .862, but was averaging almost .950 before the last match.
Brian Haff finished 2nd, averaging .711, but was averaging almost .900 before losing his final 3 matches against Bill Johnson, Jim Shovak and Felipe Razon.
Click the name of the flight to view PDF Results:
Flight A
Flight B
Flight C
Flight D
Finals Dan Kolacz finished 3rd, Bill Johnson came in 4th, Bassel Elsaar finished 5th, Jim Shovak came in 6th, Mercedes Gonzales finished 7th and Dave Mason came in 8th.
The equipment was 4 heated Olhausen 10 foot billiard tables with new Simonis 300 cloth. The tables were cleaned with the new Simonis X-1 table cleaner and also a damp microfiber cloth.
There were 28 players altogether. The high run money was shared by Felipe Razon, Bassel Elshaar and Jim Shovak for their runs of 6 in the finals.
Finalists: Jim Shovak, Dave Mason, Bill Johnson, Brian Haff,
Mercedes Gonzales, Felipe Razon, Dan Kolacz, Bassel Elshaar
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Matches were live streamed by Steve Elzinga and Mike Christenson. Special thanks to those wonderful two guys! DVD's of the recorded matches are available for purchase at a very low rate. Go to their website: http://live2ustreams.com/Mi_Billiards.html to view videos of the matches and click "Video Archives" or you can click "Contact" to purchase DVD's.
Bill Smith was gracious to donate his book and DVD, "The Concise Book of Position Play" which was won by Mercedes Gonzales. His website is: http://mr3cushion.com
Noel Mendoza of Schuler Cues also donated a beautiful Schuler Cue to the event which was won by a local patron. His website is: http://www.mendozacues.com
Sponsors:
-Iwan Simonis
-Aramith
-Schuler Cues by Noel Mendoza
2010 USBA Tour Financial Sponsors:
David Levine, Jim Shovak, Bob Jewett, Professor-Q-Ball (Paul Frankel), Creative Billiard Shirts, Marty Isserlis, Bruce Warner, Pedro Piedrabuena, Tommy Thomsen, Mike Walo,
Bob Watson, Tom Resk, Mark Van Liere, Alan Dukar, Tim King, George Allee, Ron Sakahara, Howard Kennedy, Julian Levy, Richard Lewis, John Constantine, Steve Andersen.
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LIVE STREAMING
FROM THE CAROM CLUB IN WYOMING, MICHIGAN
FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24-26
APPROXIMATE START TIME IS 9:00AM EACH DAY
2010 USBA TOUR - "B" TOURNAMENT
CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://live2ustreams.com/Mi_Billiards.html
LIST OF PLAYERS:
FELIPE RAZON
MIKE BENGELS
GILBERT NAJM
DAN KOLACZ
JIM SHOVAK
DAVID VAN LOKEREN
BRIAN HAFF
ROBERT BYRNE
MERCEDES GONZALES
BILL JOHNSON
GARY SCHARF
STEVE ANDERSEN
BASSEL ELSHAAR
DAVE MASON
MIKE DONNELLY JR
GARY EAKE
DALE SAUNDERS
AL WIER
JEREMY EDWARDS
DENNIS DOUBERTEEN
DON STAFFORD
ED WEDGE
GEORGE THEOBALD
DRU DANGELMAYER
BOB KELLER
ELLIS LAWRENCE
MIKE DONNELLY III
RUBEN DE LA ROSA
NOEL MENDOZA (ALTERNATE)
The 2010 USBA Olhausen “B” Tournament
(Less Then .800 Average)
September 24 - 26 (Fri-Sat-Sun)
4 Olhausen Billiard Tables
Simonis Rapide 300 cloth
At “The Carom Club” 4215 S. Division Avenue
Wyoming, Mi 49548
Contact Gary Scharf (616-805-0316) or email at garynmns@att.net
Entry Fee: $155
(Entry Fees by check must be received 2 weeks prior to the tournament or 1 wk with cash) Make checks out to “The Carom Club” Players Meeting: Sept 23rd, 7 pm (Thurs) Matches start on Friday Sept 24th at 10am
Tournament has now been opened up to 28 players Preliminary Format: 4 flights of 7 Players 20 pts (Round Robin) Top 2 From Each Flight Advance to 8 player 25pts (Round Robin)
Final Prize Fund ($4,650) (based on 24 players)
1st Place = $1,270
2nd Place = $970
3rd = $750
4th = $550
5th = $420
6th = $270
7th = $230
8th = $190
Rules: All official USBA tournament rules will apply. Other Requirements: Full tournament attire: tie, vest, black pants, black shoes. This is a USBA event. Must be or become a USBA Member. $ 5.00 sanction fee per player already included in entry fee.
Lodging can be found at Super 8, 727 44th ST SW, Wyoming, Mi 49509, 616-530-8588 Rooms are approximately $40 to $51 per night
Find out more Tournament Information at:
http://caromclub.wetpaint.com
Sponsors:
-Iwan Simonis
-Aramith
-Schuler Cues by Noel Mendoza
2010 USBA Tour Financial Sponsors:
David Levine, Jim Shovak, Bob Jewett, Professor-Q-Ball (Paul Frankel), Creative Billiard Shirts, Marty Isserlis, Bruce Warner, Pedro Piedrabuena, Tommy Thomsen, Mike Walo, Bob Watson, Tom Resk, Mark Van Liere, Alan Dukar, Tim King, George Allee, Ron Sakahara, Howard Kennedy, Julian Levy, Richard Lewis, John Constantine, Steve Andersen.
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