Eklent Kaci pulled off a feat that not many players can
stake claim to these days. At the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop
at Snookers Billiards in Providence, RI on June 3rd - 4th,
Kaci defeated Jayson Shaw not once, but twice.
Shaw and Kaci looked to be the cream of the crop, in the
65 player field, and they didn’t disappoint as they
cruised through the winner’s side (with neither player
losing more than 4 racks in a match) to meet up in the semi-finals
on Sunday. That match went to Shaw 9-5.
Shaw then went on to take the hot-seat with a 9-3 win over
Nelson Oliveira, but Kaci wasn’t done with Shaw yet
on this day. On the left side of the board, Kaci eliminated
Bruce Nagle 9-3, Ron Casanzio 9-6 and Oliveira 9-4 to earn
a rematch with Shaw in the finals.
While most fans of the game know how rare it is to see Shaw
lose a match in the finals, Kaci did the unthinkable and
double dipped Shaw 9-7 in both sets of the finals.
“It was scary in the finals” Shaw said after
the matches. “Anything he did in the match turned
out perfect” he continued.
The 24 player second chance tournament on Sunday also saw
a double dip in the finals, as Kerry McAuliffe bounced back
from a 3-2 hot-seat loss to Brent Boemmels and scored back
to back wins in the double elimination finals for first
place.
The event at Snooker’s is the regular season finale
for the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour, and their final stop of the
season is the Turning Stone Classic XXVIII at the Turning
Stone Casino on August 31st - September 3rd. The Joss NE
9-Ball Tour will begin their 22nd season in September.
Main Event Payouts
1 ALB KACI Eklent 1,050
2 SCO SHAW Jayson 750
3 USA OLIVEIRA Nelson 600
4 USA CASANZIO Ron 450
5 USA MITCHELL Greg 350
5 USA NAGLE Bruce 350
7 USA MACK Steve 250
7 USA DARIGIS Joe 250
9 USA FORCIER Jamie 175
9 USA PETTIT Mike 175
9 USA CHEMALY James 175
9 USA DRYDEN Paul 175
13 USA JEVONS Darren 100
13 USA MADENJIAN Robert 100
13 USA BOEMMELS Brent 100
13 USA TRAYGIS Sam 100
Second Chance Payouts
1 USA MCAULIFFE Kerry 340
2 USA BOEMMELS Brent 230
3 USA GUREVICH Alex 170
4 USA GOULDING Steve 120
5 USA KEARNEY Jim 60
5 USA THOMAS Alvin 60
Story by AZB Staff |
