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| from left to right, Josh Roberts, Tony Chohan, Alex Olinger. |
By Mary Kenniston
Thirty players made their way to Tracy Whitney’s High Pockets in Memphis, TN for the latest iteration of Tony Chohan’s Taom Tips Ten Ball Tour. After the players meeting and auction, the games began with Jonathan Frey and Alex Olinger claiming the two byes.
First round
action saw Josh Roberts and Jason Klatt duking it out with Josh
prevailing and last week’s Taom Tips Tour finalists Ramil Gallego and
Antonio Lining matching up with Antonio again taking it down.
Second round action saw Justin Hall unable to prevent Josh from moving on, Jeremy Jones over Shane McMinn and Shane Winters couldn’t keep Antonio back either.
Third round highlights saw Josh advancing over Ronnie Wiseman, Antonio beat Derek Garner, Alex defeated Danny Smith and Jeremy Jones took down Billy Thorpe.
By the fourth round, play had been whittled down to four players on the winners side. Josh defeated Antonio for one of the berths in the hot seat match while Alex secured the other sending Jeremy over to the west side.
Today’s action saw Alex go undefeated and secure his place in the finals sending Josh over to wait for someone to emerge from the pack. Jeremy defeated Shane McMinn while Shane Winters defeated Antonio – leaving them in a tie for 5-6th place. They each received $500 for their efforts. Winters beat Jones 8-6 – leaving him in fourth. Jeremy received $800 in prize money with an additional $1000 from the player auction.
That left Roberts and Winters to duke it out for the other seat in the finals. The young guns squared off and saw a determined Josh Roberts claim a rematch with Alex 8-3. Shane finished in third place receiving $1200 in prize money plus $1400 auction cash.
Since this was true double elimination, Josh would have to defeat Alex twice. Both players started strong battling to a 3-3 tie. Then, Josh pulled away & never looked back. He claimed the first set 8-5 and forced a final race to 8 for the title. Alex drew first blood again and play went back and forth for the first few games. Josh jumped out to a 5-2 lead and finally winning 8-3 for all the marbles.
Congratulations to “The Beast” for adding another title to his resume and first prize cash of $3000 plus an additional $3000 in auction money. Alex pocketed $2000 prize money plus another $2000 from the auction in a fine runner-up finish. Great job, Alex!
Everyone is looking forward to returning to The
Carom Room in Beloit, WI for the next stop on the Taom Tips Tour –
December 16-18. Mark it on your calendars and try to win some Christmas
cash!
Again, thanks to Tracy & his entire staff at High Pockets for pulling out all the stops for this event!
As always, PoolActionTV.com would like to thank our sponsors – Tony Chohans’ GameTight Apparel and Taom Tips 10 Ball Tour, Lomax Custom Cues, Andy Cloth, EnrivoAssessments.com, Aramith, Diveney Custom Cues, GoPlayPool.com, Durbin Custom Cues, Kamui, Hanshew Custom Cues and Club Billiards of Wichita, KS. And thanks to all the players and fans!
PoolActionTV’s heading back to Lafayette, Louisiana next weekend – November 18-20th. The destination: White Diamond Billiards with the Chris Miller Show handling the calcutta action. The game: nine ball on the bar box! See you there!!!
Second round action saw Justin Hall unable to prevent Josh from moving on, Jeremy Jones over Shane McMinn and Shane Winters couldn’t keep Antonio back either.
Third round highlights saw Josh advancing over Ronnie Wiseman, Antonio beat Derek Garner, Alex defeated Danny Smith and Jeremy Jones took down Billy Thorpe.
By the fourth round, play had been whittled down to four players on the winners side. Josh defeated Antonio for one of the berths in the hot seat match while Alex secured the other sending Jeremy over to the west side.
Today’s action saw Alex go undefeated and secure his place in the finals sending Josh over to wait for someone to emerge from the pack. Jeremy defeated Shane McMinn while Shane Winters defeated Antonio – leaving them in a tie for 5-6th place. They each received $500 for their efforts. Winters beat Jones 8-6 – leaving him in fourth. Jeremy received $800 in prize money with an additional $1000 from the player auction.
That left Roberts and Winters to duke it out for the other seat in the finals. The young guns squared off and saw a determined Josh Roberts claim a rematch with Alex 8-3. Shane finished in third place receiving $1200 in prize money plus $1400 auction cash.
Since this was true double elimination, Josh would have to defeat Alex twice. Both players started strong battling to a 3-3 tie. Then, Josh pulled away & never looked back. He claimed the first set 8-5 and forced a final race to 8 for the title. Alex drew first blood again and play went back and forth for the first few games. Josh jumped out to a 5-2 lead and finally winning 8-3 for all the marbles.
Congratulations to “The Beast” for adding another title to his resume and first prize cash of $3000 plus an additional $3000 in auction money. Alex pocketed $2000 prize money plus another $2000 from the auction in a fine runner-up finish. Great job, Alex!
Again, thanks to Tracy & his entire staff at High Pockets for pulling out all the stops for this event!
As always, PoolActionTV.com would like to thank our sponsors – Tony Chohans’ GameTight Apparel and Taom Tips 10 Ball Tour, Lomax Custom Cues, Andy Cloth, EnrivoAssessments.com, Aramith, Diveney Custom Cues, GoPlayPool.com, Durbin Custom Cues, Kamui, Hanshew Custom Cues and Club Billiards of Wichita, KS. And thanks to all the players and fans!
PoolActionTV’s heading back to Lafayette, Louisiana next weekend – November 18-20th. The destination: White Diamond Billiards with the Chris Miller Show handling the calcutta action. The game: nine ball on the bar box! See you there!!!
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