Final Results From The Spokane Open

Rafael Martinez and Brady Gollan with tournament 
By Paul Potier 

Monday at the Spokane Open
It all started with 8 players left, six of them were Canadian. 
Rafael Martinez kept steamrolling as he dispatched Brady Gollan in the A side semi-finals 9-1 then did the same to Todd Marsh 9-2 to secure his place as point man in the finals. Whoever won their way to play him would have to beat him twice to capture the title of 2014 Spokane Open Champion. 

On the B side I was fortunate to play well when Miguel wasn't, so I won 9-6. Simon had it tough against Stan Tourangeau but prevailed to win 9-6. After losing to Todd in the A side semi finals Mike Robinson and I had to play against each other. The table wasn't as nice to Mike as it was to me. I won 9-4. While both Calgarians were battling it out and two 2 BC residents Brady and Simon went head to head to determine who would play the winner of our match. 
Paul Potier
Brady beat Simon 9-6. I started off good and had an early lead but suddenly I couldn't make a ball on the break and Brady took control of the match. He played great pool and was able to keep me in my seat for most of the rest of our match. Brady won 9-5. Although I was a little disappointed to be out of the tournament I felt good about how I played Sunday and Monday. I did the commentary on rail2rail.com live stream for the next match between Brady and Todd.

 Brady seemed to be connecting with the table perfectly as time went on and beat Todd 9-1. 
In the finals Brady took an early lead and thanks to great breaking he controlled the whole match to beat Rafael in set #1. Now he had to beat him again! Even though it is fair to say that Rafael has seemed unstoppable Brady was determined, confident, and focused. That and great pool playing helped Brady to continue his unrelenting control over the next match to once again prevail over the great Rafael Martinez. Brady Gollan is the 2014 Spokane Open Champion! 

I asked Brady how many Spokane Open Championship Titles he owned. He said he couldn't say for sure but more than 11 would definitely be correct. Maybe they should change the name to The Gollan Open, or how about putting a bounty on him next year??

1st Brady Gollan. Can $2,500

2nd Rafael Martinez. Mex $1,600

 3rd Todd Marsh. US $1,100 

4th Paul Potier. Can $700 

5/6 Mike Robinson. Can/Simon Pickering. Can 

$400
7/8 Stan Tourangeau. Can/Miguel Morfin. 

US $250
9-12th Damian, Michael Jensen, Smiley, John Plunkett. 

All US $185
13-16th Cindy Sliva, Eddie Carrido, Sean Lewis, Oliver Acosta.