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Mike Zuglan with winner Lee Vann Corteza |
Corteza wins Joss Turning Stone IX |
Filipino Lee Vann Corteza is
the Turning Stone Classic IX Champion.
This event, held at Turning Stone Casino in Verona NY on August
16-19, boasted an all star field of players including Johnny
Archer, Thorsten Hohmann, Ralf Souquet, Karen Corr, Jasmin Ouschan,
Julie Kelly, Dennis Hatch, Mike Davis, Liz Ford, Stevie Moore,
Jose Parica, Dennis Orcollo, Mika Immonen, Shane Van Boening,
Tony Robles, Tony Crosby, Allen Hopkins, Ronnie Wiseman, Ronnie
Alcano, Niels Feijen. But in the end, it was Corteza who put
on a dominating performance to win the event.
Corteza had wins over Tony Chohan and Tony Robles on the winners
side, but fell to fellow Filipino Dennis Orcollo 9-6 on Sunday.
Orcollo then lost to Louie Ulrich 9-6 for the hot-seat. Ulrich
usually flies under the radar on the pro pool circuit, but that
was not the case in this event. Ulrich had wins over Jasmin
Ouschan, Allen Hopkins, Shane Van Boening, Stevie Moore and
Karen Corr on his way to the match against Orcollo for the hot-seat.
On the one loss side, Corteza bounced back with a 9-3 win over
Niels Feijen. That win was revenge for Feijen's win over Corteza
a little over a week ago in the finals of the International
Challenge of Champions. The win over Feijen was not enough to
satisfy Corteza though. He went on to score a 9-5 win over Ralf
Souquet, which set up a rematch with Orcollo. The rematch was
very short, as Corteza ripped through Orcollo 9-2 in all of
twenty two minutes.
In the final race to thirteen match, Corteza came out firing
and cruised to a 12-2 lead over Ulrich. A scratch on the break
by Corteza let Ulrich back to the table and he took full advantage
by winning running five straight racks to narrow the margin
to five games at 12-7. Then it was Ulrich whose break deserted
him as he came up dry. That was Ulrich's last shot as Corteza
ran the last rack for the 13-7 win.
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| Complete Results: |
1st Lee Vann Corteza $8,000.00
2nd Louis Ulrich $5,300.00
3rd Dennis Orcollo $3,800.00
4th Ralf Souquet $2,700.00
5th Karen Corr $2,000.00
5th Niels Feijen $2,000.00
7th Tony Robles $1,600.00
7th Mika Immonen $1,600.00
9th Ronnie Wiseman $1,200.00
9th Jimmy Jusman $1,200.00
9th Stevie Moore $1,200.00
9th Mike Davis $1,200.00
13th Thorsten Hohmann $800.00
13th Eddie Abraham $800.00
13th Tony Chohan $800.00
13th Shane Van Boening $800.00
17th Jay McCaughey $500.00
17th John Morra $500.00
17th Jose Parica $500.00
17th Ray MacNamara $500.00
17th Ignacio Chavez $500.00
17th Dave Grau $500.00
17th Mike Zuglan $500.00
17th Carmen Lombardo $500.00
25th Allen Hopkins $300.00
26th Ronnie Alcano $300.00
27th Dan Heidrich $300.00
28th Chris Biddle $300.00
29th Mike Dechaine $300.00
30th Brian Brekke $300.00
31st Johnny Archer $300.00
32nd Steve Goulding $300.00 |
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| Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour |
| Entry Fee: $100 |
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Tour Membership Fee: $40/yr
Non Member Fee: $15/event |
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Double Elimination
Races to 9
Finals 2 Races to 9
"When Needed" |
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Doors open at 9:30am
Matches begin at 1pm |
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Dress Code
No T-shirts, Sweats, Tanks or Shorts
Neat & Clean Appearance
At our discretion! |
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