BCAPL Daily Vegas Briefing

By: Erik Hjorleifson

Sunday saw some major eliminations in the Open Men's 8 Ball Tournament with the field being narrowed down from 950 to the final 100 who will continue play today. The Grand Master 8 Ball got underway and played down to the winners side final. In the highest profile action of the day the first CSI invitational 10 ball champion was crowned.

In the Grand-Master 8-ball division, Canadian Jason Klatt looked to continue his strong week of play after a win in the 9 ball challenge and a 5th place finish in the 10 ball challenge. Klatt drew Darren Appleton in the first match and came away with a strong hill hill win. In the next match he defeated american pro Larry Nevel. In the final 8 on the winners side Klatt played Dennis Hatch, and this time was on the other end of a hill hill battle. Jason will wait for the losers to catch up and sits in the ninth place match on the losers side.

Other notable Canadian results from Sunday:

• Colin Maloney lost his second match in the open 8 ball division and has won his next six matches to be down to the last 100.

• Carlin Sanderson lost his first match in the open 8 ball and won his next 4 finishing tied for 125th.

• Shannon Keenatch from Saskatchewan has won her first 4 matches in the "Women's Leisure" singles division and will continue today starting in the final 8 on the winners side.

• Bev Ashton and Larry Wilson will continue play today, starting in the final 8 and final 16 on the winners side respectively. 

In the feature event of the day, the CSI invitational 10 ball championships crowned its first ever champion. Ko Pin Yi from Taiwan defeated his younger brother Ko Pin Chung 11-9. I'm sure that I'm missing someone but I think the only other brother combination that has ever made a mark on pool are Lou and Sal Butera, who are very accomplished. However the accomplishment that the Ko Pin brothers achieved this week is unprecedented.

 Interesting to note as well is Albin Ouschan, brother of Jasmin Ouschan, was runner up in the World Nine Ball Championships a few weeks back. If he was to win, it would be the only brother and sister duo with world titles. In the semi finals Chung defeated Jayson Shaw 9 to 7 and Ko Pin Yi defeated Dennis Orcollo 9-5. The CSI invitational events will resume on the 23rd with the 8 ball division up for grabs. For the next two days, CSI will be running two challenge matches.

Photo by Christopher Clark

July 21st Corey Deuel and Mike Dechaine vs. Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante
Race to 21, scotch doubles 8 ball, winner breaks

July 22nd Dennis Orcollo vs Chang Jun Lin

Both matches are available via P.P.V at playcsipool.com