Luis Aveiga Wins At Chris's Billiards

Twenty-four players came to Chicago's legendary Chris's Billiards to compete in the 2010 USBA TOUR 3-Cushion Billiards Open, held September 10-12.

The players were divided into 3 groups with 8 players each, round robin to 25 points. One player from the "B" flight dropped out, so the "B" flight only had 7 players. The top 2 finishers of each flight would advance to the finals along with the 2 best 3rd-place finishers (wild cards). There was also one auction and one lottery spot, making it a total of 10 players in the finals.

The finalists were divided into 2 groups with 5 players each, round robin to 30 points. The top 2 finishers from each finals flight would advance to a 4-player single elimination to determine the champion.

Preliminaries:
(Click on the name of the flight to view PDF Chart)

Flight A: Hugo Patino (2003 & 2009 US Champion) wins the flight at 7-0 with a high run of 15. Luis Aveiga (Ecuador & PanAmerican Champion) finishes 2nd at 6-1. Local player David Camarena comes in 3rd at 5-2.

Flight B: Mexican and PanAmerican Champion Luis Miguel Avila wins the flight at 5-1 and local player Alejandro Cruz comes in 2nd, also at 5-1. Jae Hyung Cho (2010 US Champion) comes in 3rd at 4-2.

Flight C: Pedro Piedrabuena (2002, 2004 & 2007 US Champion) wins the flight at 7-0. Sonny Cho (2005 US Champion) comes in 2nd at 6-1. Adrian Viguera comes in 3rd at 5-2.

Adrian Viguera and David Camarena both finished with a 5-2 record. Viguera had more points scored, so he advanced to the finals. Camarena was 5-2 but Jae Hyung Cho was 4-2, having played one less game. In order to select the last wildcard, the two players played a 15 point match to determine who would go to the finals. Jae Hyung Cho won the match 15-9. Jim Shovak won the auction and Felipe Razon won the lottery to round out the group of finalists. The finalists were then seeded into 2 separate flights based on their performances in the preliminaries.

Finals:
(Click on the name of the flight to view PDF Chart)

Flight D: Hugo Patino finsihes 1st and Luis Aveiga finsihes 2nd. Patino had a run of 13.

Flight E: Pedro Piedrabuena finsihes first with a grand average of 1.644, a run of 12 and a best game of 30 points in just 8 innings (3.750 average). During that incredible 8 inning match against Adrian Viguera, Viguera ended up with 19 points in just 8 innings for an average of 2.375 and a run of 9. What a game! One of the most exciting matches of the tournament was the one between Luis Avila and Pedro. Avila was winning 27-20 and Pedro ran a 10-and-out to win the match. Adrain Viguera comes in 2nd in the group and also had a run of 10.

Single Elimination Matches:

Luis Aveiga vs. Pedro Piedrabuena: With Pedro winning 26-21, Luis Aveiga runs a 9-and-out to advance to the last round.

Hugo Patino vs. Adrian Viguera: Hugo wins 30-18 in just 19 innings.

Final Matches:
(Click here to view PDF Chart)

Luis Aveiga vs. Hugo Patino: With Jim Shovak as the referee and Ted Olshansky keeping the score, Luis Aveiga averaged over 1.500 winning the match 35-21 in just 23 innings to win the tournament.

Pedro Piedrabuena finishes 3rd, Adrian Viguera 4th, Jae Hyung Cho ran a 15 to finish in 5th, Luis Avila came in 6th, Sonny Cho in 7th, Felipe Razon in 8th, Alejandro Cruz in 9th and Jim Shovak in 10th.

Click here to view Final Rankings and Prize Money

Bill Smith was gracious to donate his book and DVD, "The Concise Book of Position Play" which was won by a local patron.

Noel Mendoza of Schuler Cues also donated a beautiful Schuler Cue to the event which was won by a local patron.

A special thank you to Mike Melloy and Kevin, who worked very hard cleaning the tables and the balls throughout as well as handling the entry fee money.

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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Chris's Billiards Presents:

The 2010 USBA Tour

USBA Open Tournament
Date: September 10-12 2010 (Fri-Sun)

Entry Fee: $255

Make checks out to: "Chris's Billiards" or pay cash.
No checks within 2 weeks of event

Players Meeting: Thursday Night, September 9th at 8:00pm

Estimated Prize Fund: $13,000+ based on 40 players, auction, lottery

Estimated Prizes:

1st Place= $3,000
2nd Place= $2,200
3rd = $1,800
4th = $1,300
5th = $1,000
6th = $800
7th = $700
8th = $500
9th = $450
10th = $400
11th = $350
12th = $300

Equipment: 5 Verhoevens & 2 Soren Sogaards.

Preliminary Format:
5 Groups of 8 Players (Round Robin to 25 points)
Top 2 From Each Flight Advance, Plus 1 Lottery + 1 Auction
(Places Based on W/L, Points and Head to Head)

Semi-Finals Format:
2 Groups of 6 Players (Round Robin to 30 points)
(Places Based on W/L then Average if we have scorekeepers)
Players will be Ranked 1st through 6th in Each Group

Final Matches: (35 points)
Top 2 finishers of each semi-final group play single-elimination for 1st through 4th place
3rd place finishers of each semi-final group play for 5th and 6th place
4th place finishers of each semi-final group play for 7th and 8th place, etc.

Rules: All official USBA tournament rules will apply.

Other Requirements: Dress Code for Prelims is casual/dress. Shoes, black pants, collared shirt. Semi-Finals has 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.

Chris's Billiards
4637 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago IL, 60630
Phone: 773-286-4714

Please contact Eric or Buddy at Chris's Billiards to pay entry fees or put your name on the waiting list or for further Hotel information.

Hotel Info:

Motel 6
9408 W. Lawrence Ave
Schiller Park, IL 60176
(in Schiller Park, on the northwest corner of Lawrence Ave. and River Rd, near O'Hare and a 5-10 minute drive from Chris'. There is a Denny's right next door.)
847-671-4282
Double Bed= $55.99/nt weekdays and 61.99/nt on weekends. Call for single-bed rate.

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