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                | Morris 
                  steamrolls Pagulayan in Turning Stone Final | L-R Mike Zuglan, Winner Rodney Morris, 
                  and runner-up Alex Pagulayan (photo by Bruce Clayton)
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                | Rodney Morris has won the Joss Tour Turning 
                  Stone Classic XVII and won it in style. The tournament featured 
                  Rodney Morris and Alex Pagulayan in the finals after Alex Pagulayan 
                  defeated Shawn Putnam 9-8 in the semis. That match was one of 
                  the strangest we have ever seen. Putnam went out to a 6-2 lead 
                  and then the wheels just fell off for him. He continued to play 
                  well but lady luck just spit on him at every turn. Twice Pagulayan 
                  should have scratched in the corner only to have the cue ball 
                  defy gravity and stay in the jaws, leaving Putnam nothing to 
                  do. 
                  
                  Pagulayan took advantage of every twist of fate, came back and 
                  won the match on the hill, 9-8. 
                  
                  In the finals Morris jumped out to a 4-1 lead over Pagulayan. 
                  Both men were playing at a very rapid pace and appeared comfortable 
                  at the table with no tension in view. Morris extended that margin 
                  as the score evolved to 7-2 in his favor. Both men were breaking 
                  well and clearing up racks easily. 
                  
                  In rack ten, Morris missed a bank shot on the two ball to bring 
                  Pagulayan to the table with an opportunity. He made the most 
                  of it to bring the score to 7-3. But Pagulayan badly missed 
                  a four ball in the next rack to put Morris back in and soon 
                  the score, with less than 30 minutes of playing time, stood 
                  at 8-3 in favor of Morris. He broke and ran the next to go to 
                  9-3 and Morris was clearly on a mission to win and win quickly. 
                  
                  Morris missed the two ball in the next rack and Pagulayan needed 
                  to start making things happen if he was to have a prayer. But 
                  Alex could not stay at the table. Trading racks would do him 
                  no good and that was what was happening. Soon the score was 
                  at 10-4. And Morris just kept making 9 balls. He made five balls 
                  on one break and soon the score, only one hour into the match, 
                  stood at 12-4 for Morris. Pagulayan clawed out three racks to 
                  come to 12-7 but then scratched on the one ball. Morris controlled 
                  the table and won the match 13-7 to take the title. 
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                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main 
                  Event Payouts 1st Rodney Morris $8,000
 2nd Alex Pagulayan $5,000
 3rd Shawn Putnam $3,600
 4th Johnny Archer $2,600
 5/6th Josh Ulrich $2,000
 5/6th Jose Parica $2,000
 7/8th Greg Antonakos $1,600
 7/8th Bucky Souvanthong $1,600
 9/12th Charlie Williams $1,200
 9/12th Jeremy Sossei $1,200
 9/12th Larry Nevel $1,200
 9/12th Chris Szuter $1,200
 13/16th Stevie Moore $850
 13/16th Yesid Garibello $850
 13/16th Bruce Nagle $850
 13/16th Gabe Owen $850
 17/24th Oscar Dominguez $550
 17/24th Hunter Lombardo $550
 17/24th Roger Miller $550
 17/24th George Mastermaker $550
 17/24th Jesse Engel $550
 17/24th Joe Dupuis $550
 17/24th Bob Lewis $550
 17/24th Ray McNamara $550
 25/32nd Alex Olinger $300
 25/32nd Mike Davis $300
 25/32nd Josh Newman $300
 25/32nd Earl Herring $300
 25/32nd Jerry Crowe $300
 25/32nd Jennifer Barretta $300
 25/32nd Holden Chin $300
 25/32nd Randy Labonte $300
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                | Mike Zuglan's Joss 
                  Northeast 9-Ball Tour Turning Stone Classic XVII September 8th-11th Players List
 (Updated 8/27/11 - Subject to change)
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                        | 1 | ANTONAKOS, 
                          GREG |  |   
                        | 2 | ANTONE, 
                          TONY |  |   
                        | 3 | ARCHER, 
                          JOHNNY |  |   
                        | 4 | ARIAS, 
                          TRAVIS |  |   
                        | 5 | ASCOLESE, 
                          DAVE |  |   
                        | 6 | AUIGBELLE, 
                          SPENCER |  |   
                        | 7 | BADSTUEBNER, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 8 | BAILEY, 
                          CARL |  |   
                        | 9 | BAKER, 
                          BOB |  |   
                        | 10 | BARRETTA, 
                          JENNIFER |  |   
                        | 11 | BATEMAN, 
                          CHRIS |  |   
                        | 12 | BIASIN, 
                          BILL |  |   
                        | 13 | BOEMMELS, 
                          BRENT |  |   
                        | 14 | BONILLA, 
                          OSCAR |  |   
                        | 15 | BORJA, 
                          ALVIN |  |   
                        | 16 | CASANZIO, 
                          RON |  |   
                        | 17 | CHIN, 
                          HOLDEN |  |   
                        | 18 | CLOWERY, 
                          JARROD |  |   
                        | 19 | CONTE, 
                          VICTOR |  |   
                        | 20 | CREAMER, 
                          MARK |  |   
                        | 21 | CROWE, 
                          JERRY |  |   
                        | 22 | CUNNINGHAM, 
                          BOB |  |   
                        | 23 | CUTLER, 
                          REDGIE |  |   
                        | 24 | DAVIS, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 25 | DECUIRE, 
                          KENNY |  |   
                        | 26 | DIBUONO, 
                          PAT |  |   
                        | 27 | DIXON, 
                          DWIGHT |  |   
                        | 28 | DOMINGUEZ, 
                          ERNESTO |  |   
                        | 29 | DOMINGUEZ, 
                          OSCAR |  |   
                        | 30 | DONATO, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 31 | DROST, 
                          HENDRIK |  |   
                        | 32 | DUNSMORE, 
                          BILL |  |   
                        | 33 | DUPUIS, 
                          JOE |  |   
                        | 34 | ENGEL, 
                          JESSE |  |   
                        | 35 | FERNANDEZ, 
                          DAVE |  |   
                        | 36 | FORD, 
                          LIZ |  |   
                        | 37 | GALLAGHER, 
                          WILLIAM |  |   
                        | 38 | GARIBELLO, 
                          YESID |  |   
                        | 39 | GOKEY, 
                          FRED |  |   
                        | 40 | GOULDING, 
                          STEVE |  |   
                        | 41 | GRANNIS, 
                          RICK |  |   
                        | 42 | GRAY, 
                          CASEY |  |   
                        | 43 | HARRINGTON, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 44 | HATCH, 
                          DENNIS |  |   
                        | 45 | HEIDRICH, 
                          DAN |  |   
                        | 46 | HERRING, 
                          EARL |  |   
                        | 47 | HOLMES, 
                          BRIAN |  |   
                        | 48 | INNESS, 
                          ANGELO |  |   
                        | 49 | JACKSON, 
                          ROGER |  |   
                        | 50 | JECEN, 
                          JED |  |   
                        | 51 | KAM, 
                          MARCO |  |   
                        | 52 | KENNEDY, 
                          JEFF |  |   
                        | 53 | KHAM, 
                          CHON |  |   
                        | 54 | KIMMETT, 
                          DALE |  |   
                        | 55 | KRAH, 
                          MATT |  |   
                        | 56 | LABONTE, 
                          RANDY |  |   
                        | 57 | LARUSSA, 
                          RICH |  |   
                        | 58 | LEE, 
                          RAYMOND |  |   
                        | 59 | LEWIS, 
                          ROBERT |  |   
                        | 60 | LILLIS, 
                          STEVE |  |   
                        | 61 | LIPES, 
                          BRIAN |  |   
                        | 62 | LOMBARDO, 
                          HUNTER |  |   
                        | 63 | MASTERMAKER, 
                          DANNY |  |   
                        | 64 | MATARAZZO, 
                          RICK |  |   
                        | 65 | McANDREWS, 
                          GREGG |  |   
                        | 66 | McNAMARA, 
                          RAY |  |   
                        | 67 | MILLER, 
                          ROGER |  |   
                        | 68 | MILLS, 
                          DAVID |  |   
                        | 69 | MOORE, 
                          STEVIE |  |   
                        | 70 | MORRIS, 
                          RODNEY |  |   
                        | 71 | NAGLE, 
                          BRUCE |  |   
                        | 72 | NEVEL, 
                          LARRY |  |   
                        | 73 | NEWMAN, 
                          JOSHUA |  |   
                        | 74 | NGUYEN, 
                          DANY |  |   
                        | 75 | NORMANDIN, 
                          DAN |  |   
                        | 76 | NORTHRUP. 
                          MARK |  |   
                        | 77 | OLINGER, 
                          ALEX |  |   
                        | 78 | ORME, 
                          CHRIS |  |   
                        | 79 | OTT, 
                          DEREK |  |   
                        | 80 | OWEN, 
                          GABE |  |   
                        | 81 | PAGLIA, 
                          ANGELINA |  |   
                        | 82 | PAGULAYAN, 
                          ALEX |  |   
                        | 83 | PALEY, 
                          JIM |  |   
                        | 84 | PARICA, 
                          JOSE |  |   
                        | 85 | PARISIAN, 
                          TIM |  |   
                        | 86 | PENSGEN, 
                          PAUL |  |   
                        | 87 | PERHACH, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 88 | PETROV, 
                          IVAYLO |  |   
                        | 89 | PHILP, 
                          RUSS |  |   
                        | 90 | PINKSTON, 
                          DAVE |  |   
                        | 91 | PROVOST, 
                          DEMIAN |  |   
                        | 92 | PUTNAM, 
                          SHAWN |  |   
                        | 93 | REESE, 
                          JASON |  |   
                        | 94 | ROCHA, 
                          CLEITON |  |   
                        | 95 | ROCKWELL, 
                          JEROME |  |   
                        | 96 | ROZONEWSKI, 
                          PAUL |  |   
                        | 97 | RUSSELL, 
                          RANDY |  |   
                        | 98 | SAN 
                          SOUCIE, ED |  |   
                        | 99 | SCHROETER, 
                          BOB |  |   
                        | 100 | SELIG, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 101 | SHLEMPERIS, 
                          DAVID |  |   
                        | 102 | SHUFF, 
                          BRANDON |  |   
                        | 103 | SINCLAIR, 
                          JAMES |  |   
                        | 104 | SMITH, 
                          JACK |  |   
                        | 105 | SOBERS, 
                          DAMON |  |   
                        | 106 | SOSSEI, 
                          JEREMY |  |   
                        | 107 | SOUVANTHONG, 
                          BUCKY |  |   
                        | 108 | STEVER, 
                          PETE |  |   
                        | 109 | STRAUSS, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 110 | SZUTER, 
                          CHRIS |  |   
                        | 111 | TETREAULT, 
                          MATT |  |   
                        | 112 | TONEY, 
                          DUANE |  |   
                        | 113 | TOOHIG, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 114 | TORRI, 
                          PAUL |  |   
                        | 115 | TURK, 
                          CHRIS |  |   
                        | 116 | VACCARO, 
                          PETER |  |   
                        | 117 | VAN 
                          BOENING, SHANE |  |   
                        | 118 | WALLACE, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 119 | WAY, 
                          STEVE |  |   
                        | 120 | WEIMER, 
                          NELSON |  |   
                        | 121 | WHITEHEAD, 
                          RANDY |  |   
                        | 122 | WILKIE, 
                          SHAUN |  |   
                        | 123 | WILLIAMS, 
                          CHARLIE |  |   
                        | 124 | WISHWANICK, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 125 | YEDNAK, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 126 | ZIMMER, 
                          BEN |  |   
                        | 127 | ZIPPLER, 
                          THOMAS |  |   
                        | 128 | ZUGLAN, 
                          MIKE |  |   
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                | Mike Dechaine | Dechaine wins RI Joss Tour Stop |   
                | "The Fireball" Mike 
                  Dechaine scorched his way through a field of fifty five players 
                  at the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop at Snookers Billiards in Providence, 
                  RI over the weekend of June 11-12. 
                  
                  Dechaine took the aptly named hot-seat with a 9-5 win over Nelson 
                  Oliviera and after Oliviera dispatched tour points leader Bucky 
                  Souvanthong in the semi-finals, Dechaine scored another 9-5 
                  win over Oliviera to close out the event undefeated. 
                  
                  Dechaine earned $1200 in prize money, while Oliviera settled 
                  for $900 in second place money. 
                  
                  Sunday's second chance event saw Phil Davis go undefeated including 
                  wins over Dave Wright for the hot-seat and again in the finals. 
                  
                  Davis pocketed $320, while Wright took home $220 for second. 
                  
                  The Joss NE 9-Ball tour now takes a break until the Turning 
                  Stone Classic XVII on September 8-11 at the Turning Stone Casino 
                  in Verona, NY. There are still a handful of open spots left 
                  for this event, but interested players are urged to contact 
                  Mike Zuglan quickly as those spots will fill up. 
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                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event 
                  Payouts 1st Mike Dechaine $1,200.00
 2nd Nelson Oliviera $900.00
 3rd Bucky Souvanthong $650.00
 4th Matt Tetreault $450.00
 5th Ray MacNamara $350.00
 5th Tim Perry $350.00
 7th Joe Dupuis $200.00
 7th Tim Parisian $200.00
 9th Tom D'Alfonso $100.00
 9th John Smith $100.00
 9th Jarrod Clowery $100.00
 9th Pete Ziemak $100.00
 Second 
                  Chance Payouts
 1st Phil Davis $320.00
 2nd Dave Wright $220.00
 3rd Bill Roberg $140.00
 4th Rick Matarazzo $80.00
 5th Paul Dryden $40.00
 5th Brent Boemmels $40.00
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                | Antonakos 
                  Dominates Joss Tour Stop | Greg Antonakos (photo by Bruce Clayton)
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                | Fans of the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour are used to 
                  seeing dominating performances at various tour stops, and the 
                  fans in attendance over the weekend of April 16-17th at the 
                  Golden Cue in Albany, NY saw another one ... maybe just not 
                  the player they expected to be doing the domination. This time, 
                  it was Greg Antonakos who was laying down the law and the field 
                  of 49 other players could do nothing by watch. 
                  
                  While Antonakos was tested Sunday afternoon by Dave Pinkston, 
                  that hill-hill match was the last time a player would come anywhere 
                  near beating Greg at this event. Chance Chin fell to Antonakos 
                  9-4 for the hot-seat and then Chin dropped a 9-3 decision to 
                  Dave Grau on the one loss side. This set up the final double 
                  elimination matchup between Grau and Antonakos, but all of the 
                  suspense in this matchup was gone in a hurry as Antonakos crushed 
                  Grau 9-1 in the first set. 
                  
                  Antonakos pocketed $1100 for the weekend, while Grau settled 
                  for $800 in second place prize money. 
                  
                  The second chance tournament on Sunday drew 23 players who took 
                  their shot at the $960 in prize money. This event was won by 
                  Angelo Hilton who went undefeated and scored a hill-hill win 
                  over John Kruythoss in the finals. 
                  
                  Zuglan is still taking entries for the Turning Stone Classic 
                  XVII, which takes place September 8 - 11 at the Turning Stone 
                  Casino in Verona, NY. 
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                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main 
                  Event Payouts 1st Greg Antonakos $1,100.00
 2nd Dave Grau $800.00
 3rd Chance Chin $600.00
 4th Dave Pinkston $450.00
 5th Bucky Souvanthong $350.00
 5th John Rich $350.00
 7th Jim Yonge $200.00
 7th Yesid Garibello $200.00
 9th Mike Zuglan $75.00
 9th Dan Heidrich $75.00
 9th Ron Piontkowski $75.00
 9th Ron Cosanzio $75.00
 Second 
                  Chance Payouts
 1st Angelo Hilton $350.00
 2nd John Kruythoss $250.00
 3rd Doug Wells $160.00
 4th Pete Mitchell $100.00
 5th Mark Stewart $50.00
 5th Fred Fake $50.00
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                | Blackmore 
                  and Bonilla hold off late charges for Joss Tour wins |   
                | The Joss NE 
                    9-Ball Tour drew a field of 39 players to Raxx Pool Room in 
                    West Hempstead, NY over the weekend of April 2 - 3, to compete 
                    for the $3650 available in total prize money. 
                     
                    With both Tour Points leader Bucky Souvanthong and tour terror 
                    Dennis Hatch skipping this event, the field was wide open 
                    for almost anyone to take home first place in this one. 
                     
                    Bobby Blackmore made his case for that prize with a 9-5 win 
                    over Chris Lynch for the hot-seat. Prior to the match with 
                    Blackmore, Lynch had beaten Joey Korsiak 9-8 to send Korsiak 
                    to the left side of the board; and Korsiak was waiting for 
                    him when Lynch made the trip west. In the Lynch/Korsiak rematch, 
                    the score was the same with a different winner as Korsiak 
                    scored a 9-8 win to send Lynch to the rail in third place. 
                     
                    The true double elimination final saw Korsiak win the first 
                    set 9-4, but the second set saw Blackmore come back and win 
                    an "eventful match" 9-5. 
                     
                    The second chance tournament on Sunday saw Oscar Bonilla take 
                    the hot-seat with a 3-0 win over Phil Davis and then fight 
                    off a charge from Yesid Garibello in the finals. Garibello 
                    won the first set of the finals 3-0, but Bonilla recovered 
                    and won the second set 3-1 for the tournament win. 
                     
                    Bob Talbot was the winner of the random drawing for the $1200 
                    custom engraved collectible Joss cue. 
                     
                    The tour will be off next week so that tour director Mike 
                    Zuglan can attend the wedding of his niece, but he will back 
                    in two weeks at the Golden Cue in Albany, NY. 
                     
                    Zuglan is still taking entries for the Turning Stone Classic 
                    XVII, which takes place September 8 - 11 at the Turning Stone 
                    Casino in Verona, NY.
                     
                    - by AzB staff
                    AZBilliards.com |   
                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event Payouts 1st Bobby Blackmore $1,000.00
 2nd Joey Korsiak $750.00
 3rd Chris Lynch $600.00
 4th Jeremy Sossei $450.00
 5th Sean Morgan $300.00
 5th Jorge Rodriguez $300.00
 7th Joey Kong $125.00
 7th Brian Hunter $125.00
 Second Chance Payouts
 1st Oscar Bonilla $280.00
 2nd Yesid Garibello $180.00
 3rd Phil Davis $120.00
 4th Dave Shlemperis $80.00
 5th Scott Murphy $40.00
 5th Chris Lazaravitch $40.00
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                | Dennis Hatch | Hatch over Delvillano for Joss Tour 
                  Win |   
                | It had been a couple years since 
                  Seth Delvillano had competed on the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour. Dennis 
                  Hatch took no time at all in explaining the new pecking order 
                  on the tour to Delvillano at the March 26-27 tour stop at Salt 
                  City Billiards in Syracuse, NY. 
                  
                  Both Delvillano and Hatch went undefeated for the weekend until 
                  they met up to compete for the hot-seat on Sunday. Hatch quickly 
                  won that match 9-3. 
                  
                  Delvillano found Dave Grau waiting on the one loss side and 
                  Grau was a little more accommodating to Delvillano as Delvillano 
                  won that match 9-5 to earn another shot at Hatch in the true 
                  double elimination finals. 
                  
                  Delvillano showed that he wasn't all that impressed with Hatch's 
                  new standing as the favorite at any Joss Tour stop he enters. 
                  The two players kept it close early and were tied at 2-2 before 
                  Hatch took control and held a 7-4 lead. Delvillano fought back 
                  and tied the score at 7-7, but dropped the next game as Hatch 
                  got to the hill at 8-7. The next rack would center around a 
                  safety battle and Hatch won that battle as well as the game, 
                  match and tournament 9-7. 
                  
                  Hatch earned $1000, while Delvillano pocketed $700 for second. 
                  
                  The second chance tournament on Sunday saw thirteen players 
                  toss their entries into the pot to compete for the $760 in prize 
                  money. 
                  
                  This event would see Brian Lipes go through the field undefeated 
                  and end the tournament in style with a 3-0 win over Joe Wysocki 
                  in the finals. 
                  
                  Lipes won $300, while Wysocki settled for $200 in prize money. 
                  
                  The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Raxx Billiards in West Hempstead, 
                  NY next weekend for their next event. 
                  
                  Tour director Mike Zuglan is still taking entries for the Turning 
                  Stone Classic XVII, which takes place September 8 - 11 at the 
                  Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. |   
                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event 
                  Payouts 1st Dennis Hatch $1,000.00
 2nd Seth Delvillano $700.00
 3rd Dave Grau $550.00
 4th Ron Casanzio $400.00
 5th Bucky Souvanthong $250.00
 5th Bruce Nagle $250.00
 7th Bruce Carroll $125.00
 7th Randy Fawcett $125.00
 Second 
                  Chance Payouts
 1st Brian Lipes $300.00
 2nd Joe Wysocki $200.00
 3rd Jerry Crowe $140.00
 4th Hendrik Drost $80.00
 5th Brian Holmes $40.00
 5th Jim Yonge $40.00
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                | Crevier 
                  wins Joss Tour Debut; Acciavatti almost perfect in second chance 
                  event | Francis Crevier, Room Owner Tim Berlin 
                  and Karen Corr 
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                | The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour was in action over the 
                  weekend of March 19th and 20th with a field of forty one players 
                  in an event that saw the return of Karen Corr to the Joss Tour, 
                  another appearance by perennial tour front-runner Dennis Hatch, 
                  and a first time appearance by Canadian hotshot Francis Crevier. 
                  As it turned out, the appearance by Quebec's Crevier was the 
                  biggest story of the weekend. 
                  
                  Most followers of the Joss Tour know that Dennis Hatch's entry 
                  in a tournament means that he is immediately the man to beat 
                  for the weekend. Crevier rose to meet that challenge on Saturday 
                  as he handed Hatch his first loss of the weekend 9-5. Hatch's 
                  tournament would end on Sunday with a one-sided 9-3 loss to 
                  WPBA star Karen Corr. 
                  
                  Crevier's eventual opponent for the hot-seat on Sunday was tour 
                  points leader Bucky Souvanthong, who sent Corr to the one loss 
                  side 9-4 earlier Sunday. Crevier would win the match with Souvanthong 
                  9-4. 
                  
                  On the one loss side Souvanthong found that Corr didn't forget 
                  that earlier loss and was waiting for the chance to avenge that 
                  loss. Corr would do that fairly quickly with a 9-3 win. 
                  
                  The first set of the double elimination finals went Corr's way 
                  9-5. Crevier came out strong to start the second set and took 
                  an early 7-2 lead. Corr would get on a run of her own and win 
                  five of the next six games to get back to within one game at 
                  8-7, but Crevier closed out the set with a win in the next rack 
                  and celebrated the 9-7 win for first place in the main event. 
                  
                  The win was worth $1100 for Crevier, while Corr settled for 
                  $800. Souvanthong's third place finish was more than enough 
                  for him to stay comfortably atop the tour points list. 
                  
                  Sunday also saw the second chance tournament take place with 
                  19 players competing for $880 in prize money. In that tournament, 
                  Tom Acciavatti came within one rack of tournament perfection. 
                  Acciavatti won his first three matches with 3-0 scores and it 
                  wasn't until his match that Acciavatti would see an opponent, 
                  Keith Owen, win a game. Acciavatti bounced back from that game 
                  and won the match with Owen 3-1 and that was the last time Acciavatti 
                  would suffer losing a rack as he closed out the tournament with 
                  back to back 3-0 wins over Bruce Carroll for the hot-seat and 
                  again in the finals. All told, Acciavatti held an 18-1 games 
                  score for the event. That was worth $340 in prize money for 
                  Acciavatti. 
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                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main 
                  Event Payouts 1st Francis Crevier $1,100.00
 2nd Karen Corr $800.00
 3rd Bucky Souvanthong $600.00
 4th Ron Cosanzio $450.00
 5th Jeff Smolen $300.00
 5th Dennis Hatch $300.00
 7th Tim Parisian $150.00
 7th Martin Daigle $150.00
 Second 
                  Chance Payouts
 1st Tom Acciavatti $340.00
 2nd Bruce Carroll $230.00
 3rd Julie Kelly $150.00
 4th Pete Mitchell $80.00
 5th Keith Owen $40.00
 5th Paul Picard $40.00
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                | Attention 
                  Joss Tour Players and Fans: Turning Stone Classic XVII Rescheduled |   
                | Please be advised 
                    that our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Season Finale, the $25,000 
                    Added Turning Stone Classic XVII 9-Ball Open has been rescheduled 
                    to September 8-11, 2011. We are rescheduling to accommodate 
                    an upcoming major poker tournament which will be taking place 
                    during our original time period. All billiard publications, 
                    media & web sites should please make the necessary changes 
                    immediately to avoid any possible confusion. All players that 
                    have already entered the event will be given the option of 
                    a full refund or remaining in the rescheduled event. The Joss 
                    Northeast 9-Ball Tour would like to apologize for any inconvenience 
                    we have caused anyone with regard to this change. If anyone 
                    has any questions or concerns, please contact Mike Zuglan 
                    immediately at 518-356-7163. 
                     
                    Thank You, Mike Zuglan
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                | Dennis Hatch | Hatch gets serious to take second 
                  set of true double final and win Joss Northeast stop |   
                | One day shy of a year ago, on 
                  February 21, Dennis Hatch won a stop on the Joss Northeast 9-Ball 
                  Tour at Main St. Billiards in Amsterdam, NY. On February 20, 
                  2011, he did it again, at the same location, holding off a double 
                  elimination final challenge by Bucky Souvanthong to finish undefeated. 
                  The $1,500-added event, the third in 2011, with a $3,100 total 
                  purse, drew 48 entrants. 
                  
                  Hatch and Souvanthong squared off three times; the first, among 
                  the winners’ side final four, when Hatch sent Souvanthong 
                  west 9-5. They would meet again in the finals. Joining Hatch 
                  in the battle for the hot seat was Dan Hewitt, winner of the 
                  last Joss NE stop in January, who had just sent Ron Casanzio 
                  to join Souvanthong with a 9-7 victory. Hatch defeated Hewitt 
                  9-3 and waited for what turned out to be Souvanthong’s 
                  return. 
                  
                  Souvanthong’s three-match return to the finals opened 
                  with a match against Spencer Auigbelle, who’d defeated 
                  Tom Acciavatti and tour director Mike Zuglan, both 9-5, to reach 
                  him. Casanzio drew Bruce Nagle, who’d gotten by Kevin 
                  Ketz and Greg Antonakos, both 9-7. It was Souvanthong and Casanzio 
                  advancing to the quarterfinals; Souvanthong with a 9-6 victory 
                  over Auigbelle, Casanzio defeating Nagle 9-3. Souvanthong got 
                  into the semifinals versus Hewitt, after a 9-2 win over Casanzio. 
                  
                  Souvanthong then dropped Hewitt into third place 9-5 and with 
                  a degree of momentum on his side, took the opening set of the 
                  true double elimination final against Hatch 9-2. At that point, 
                  noted Zuglan, Hatch “got serious,” turning the tables 
                  on Souvanthong and winning the deciding match by the same 9-2 
                  score. 
                  
                  A 20-entrant, $500-added, Second Chance Tournament was won by 
                  Marco Kam, who defeated Mark Stewart in a double hill final 
                  match. Bruce Carroll finished third, with Noah Wells in fourth 
                  place. Keith Owen and Gary Poulton finished in a tie for fifth 
                  place. 
                  
                  At the conclusion of the tournament, Zuglan made note of the 
                  fact that he is still accepting entries for the $25,000-added, 
                  season finale, Turning Stone XVII, set for August 11-14. At 
                  this point in time, said Zuglan, the field is already half full. 
                  Interested competitors should contact Zuglan at 518-356-7163. 
                  The next stop on the Joss NE Tour is set for March 19-20 at 
                  Trick Shot Billiards in Clifton Park, NY. 
 |   
                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event 
                  Payouts 1st Dennis Hatch $1030
 2nd Bucky Souvanthong $760
 3rd Dan Hewitt $550
 4th Ron Casanzio $450
 5th/6th Spencer Auigbelle $300
 5th/6th Bruce Nagle $300
 7th/8th Greg Antonakos $200
 7th/8th Mike Zuglan $200
 9th/12th Kevin Ketz $90
 9th/12th Tim Parisian $90
 9th/12th Dave Fernandez $90
 9th/12th Tom Acciavatti $90
 Second 
                  Chance Payouts
 1th Marco Kam $320
 2th Mark Stewart $220
 3th Bruce Carroll $160
 4th Noah Wells $100
 5th/6th Keith Owen $50
 5th/6th Gary Poulton $50
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                | Attention 
                  Joss Tour Players and Fans |   
                | Please be advised 
                    that our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, 2010-2011 season, points 
                    list has now been updated and is current as of our last event! 
                    Mike Howerton of www.azbilliards.com has generously provided 
                    us a page on his site and will keep the list current in a 
                    timely manner after each individual event. Thanks go out once 
                    again to Mike for taking on this task for us!! 
                     
                    All media, web sites, magazines etc. have our permission to 
                    publish the list as you see fit. Players and fans can also 
                    follow their point accumulations as the season progresses. 
                    To access the points list, simply go to www.joss9balltour.com 
                    and click on the "points list" link in the toolbar 
                    at the top. 
                     
                    Any questions can be answered by calling me at 518-356-7163. 
                     
                    Thank You, Mike Zuglan
                     |  
               
                | Hewitt 
                  and Phil Davis earn Joss Tour Wins |   
                | While almost 
                    every top action player in the country was in Indiana for 
                    the Derby City Classic, that didn't keep the East Coast players 
                    from making their way to Diamond Eight Billiards in Latham, 
                    NY for the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour Stop. A field of 56 players 
                    came out to compete for the $1500 in added prize money. 
                     
                    Danny Hewitt took the hot-seat in this one with a dominating 
                    9-2 win over Jarrod Clowery. As if that loss wasn't bad enough 
                    for Clowery, he then found himself on the wrong end of a 9-3 
                    match with Bucky Souvanthong. Souvanthong had lost to tour 
                    director Mike Zuglan on Saturday and rode the left side of 
                    the board to the finals. 
                     
                    Souvanthong came out of the gate strong and held an early 
                    3-1 lead before Hewitt won six straight games to take control 
                    at 7-3. Souvanthong won the next three to claw back within 
                    one at 7-6, but that was the closest he would get as Hewitt 
                    won three of the next four games for the 9-7 win and first 
                    place. 
                     
                    The second chance tournament on Sunday drew 19 players and 
                    Redgie Cutler looked unbeatable in this one. Unbeatable only 
                    until the finals though, as Phil Davis scored back to back 
                    3-1 wins to capture first place and $330 in prize money. 
                     
                    Another winner on Sunday was spectator Carmella Runza who 
                    won the $1200 Joss Cue raffle. 
                     
                    The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Main Street Billiards in 
                    Amsterdam, NY in three weeks for their next tour stop on Feb 
                    19-20. 
                     
                    Mike Zuglan is already accepting entries for Turning Stone 
                    XVII, which will take place August 11-14. Interested players 
                    are urged to call Zuglan at 518-356-7163.
                     
                    - by AzB staff
                    AZBilliards.com |   
                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event Payouts 1st Danny Hewitt $1,200.00
 2nd Bucky Souvanthong $850.00
 3rd Jarrod Clowery $600.00
 4th Greg Antonakos $450.00
 5th Bruce Carroll $350.00
 5th Mike Zuglan $350.00
 7th Jeff Smolen $200.00
 7th Bruce Nagle $200.00
 9th Dave Varano $100.00
 9th Dave Fernandez $100.00
 9th Paul Rozonewski $100.00
 9th Spencer Auigbelle $100.00
 Second Chance Payouts
 1st Phil Davis $330.00
 2nd Redgie Cutler $200.00
 3rd Brent Boemmels $150.00
 4th Cleiton Rocha $100.00
 5th Steven Way $50.00
 5th Mark Stewart $50.00
 |  
               
                | Chau wins 
                  first Joss Tour stop of New Year |   
                | Manny Chau 
                    went undefeated to win the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop at Cue 
                    Nine in Levittown, NY over the weekend of January 8th and 
                    9th. 
                     
                    Chau's journey through the brackets on Sunday included a 9-8 
                    win over tour director Mike Zuglan and then a 9-6 win over 
                    Jeremy Sossei for the hotseat. 
                     
                    Sossei went to the left side of the board where Zuglan had 
                    bounced back from his loss to Chau and was looking to earn 
                    another shot at Chau in the finals. The Sossei/Zuglan match 
                    was short though, as Sossei scored a lopsided 9-3 win. 
                     
                    Sossei knew he would have to defeat Chau twice in the finals 
                    to earn first place, but that was not to happen as Chau duplicated 
                    his earlier 9-6 win over Sossei to finish the final match 
                    in one set. 
                     
                    Chau earned $900 for first, while Sossei settled for $650 
                    in second place prize money. 
                     
                    The next Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop will be January 29-30 at 
                    Diamond Eight Billiards in Latham (Albany), NY. 
                     
                    Mike Zuglan is already accepting entries for Turning Stone 
                    XVII, which will take place August 11-14. Interested players 
                    are urged to call Zuglan at 518-356-7163.
                     
                    - by AzB staff
                    AZBilliards.com |   
                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event Payouts 1st Manual Chau $900.00
 2nd Jeremy Sossei $650.00
 3rd Mike Zuglan $450.00
 4th Lenny Favata $300.00
 5th Angelo Innes $125.00
 5th Mike Fingers $125.00
 |  
               
                | Corey 
                  Deuel Takes Win at Turning Stone XVI | Mike Zuglan and Turning Stone XLV winner 
                  Corey Deuel |   
                | Corey Deuel has defeated Stevie Moore to claim 
                  the champions spot at the Turning Stone Classic XVI in Verona, 
                  NY. 
                  
                  This week featured some of the most memorable matches of the 
                  year with Johnny Archer coming from behind to narrowly escape 
                  Karen Corr 9-8 and Dennis Hatch and Earl Strickland shooting 
                  at lightning speed in a match that found Hatch emerging the 
                  winner. Many of the weeks matches went double-hill, with three 
                  of these coming in a row on the AZBilliards/Accu-Stats free 
                  live stream. 
                  
                  Our two finalists took a long road on Sunday to reach their 
                  final showdown. The day began with four matches on tap. On the 
                  one-loss side Hunter Lombardo came on strong to defeat a resurgent 
                  Earl Strickland 9-8 while Gabe Owen controlled Tom D'Alfonso 
                  9-3 to progress. On the winner's side Corey Deuel defeated perennial 
                  Turning Stone favorite Dennis Hatch 9-7 and Stevie Moore destroyed 
                  Mike Dechaine 9-1. 
                  
                  This set up the next pair of match-ups on the one-loss side 
                  of the brackets. Here Mike Dechaine took down Hunter Lombardo 
                  9-5 and Dennis Hatch stayed alive by besting Gabe Owen 9-2. 
                  Hatch and Dechaine then paired off and Dechaine never gave Hatch 
                  much air as he dominated the big man to win 9-4. Meanwhile, 
                  the hot seat match between Corey Deuel and Stevie Moore turned 
                  into an endurance-testing 2.5 hour marathon that finally resulted 
                  in Deuel claiming the chair 9-7 after Moore was up 7-6 and running 
                  out when he committed a clothing foul that sent him to his chair 
                  for the rest of the match as Deuel took control and ran the 
                  rest of the racks to grab the win. This meant that Moore had 
                  to return to battle immediately against Dechaine and prevailed 
                  9-5 there to earn both a bit of revenge and his honors into 
                  the finals rematch against Deuel. 
                  
                  Deuel took control early in the final race to 13 games as he 
                  deposited the first three 9 balls. In rack four Stevie played 
                  a safety on the two ball that could have allowed Deuel to continue 
                  his winning ways as he left a narrow window to the 2 ball open 
                  with the 9 ball sitting nearby in the jaws of the corner packet. 
                  But the combination attempt went awry and Moore returned to 
                  the table to lay waste to the rest of the rack to score his 
                  first bead at 3-1. 
                  
                  Our combatants traded blows the next three racks to find the 
                  score at 4-3 in favor of Deuel at the end of the first hour 
                  of play. In rack number eight Deuel played a nifty carom off 
                  of the 1 ball to pocket the 9 in the corner and stretch his 
                  lead a bit to 5-3. Deuel continued to slowly pull out and after 
                  three more racks led Moore 7-4 in our race to 13. At the two-hour 
                  mark the score saw Deuel leading 9 games to 5 and our holiday 
                  crowd was entertaining dreams of sugar plums and shot clocks. 
                  
                  In rack #13 Deuel was on his way through the rack when he scratched 
                  on the 7 ball and left Moore an easy two-ball out to move within 
                  two games at 10-8. Moore then began to claw his way back into 
                  contention and, taking advantage of a couple of missed steps 
                  by Deuel, tied us first at 10 games and then took the lead at 
                  11-10 before Deuel captured another rack to tie us again at 
                  11. Our race to 13 was now a race to 2 games for the win. In 
                  his attempt to gain the hill first Stevie Moore landed to straight 
                  on the 8 ball and had to settle for a long cut on the 9 ball. 
                  He jawed that in the corner, gifting the hill position to Deuel. 
                  Deuel then made a ball on the snap and had a shot on the 1. 
                  He made that and then made a long shot on the 2 ball. THe 3 
                  went into the foot corner and he played three-rail shape on 
                  the 4. The 4 dropped obediently into the side pocket and the 
                  rest of the rack lay out before him in a simple pattern. When 
                  he put the 8 into the corner the cue ball rebounded off of the 
                  rail into the 9 and drove it into the opposite corner for the 
                  win. 
                  
                  Our thanks go out to Mike Zuglan and the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour 
                  for hosting a marvelous week of pool. The sponsors of this event 
                  include the Turning Stone Casino, Simonis Cloth, Joss Cues, 
                  Webb Custom Cues, Cameron Custom Cues, Samsara Cues, World CLass 
                  Cue Care, Billiards Press, Totalpool.info, Tiger Billiard Products, 
                  OB Cues, Poolonthenet.com, Cue-Z Products, Cue Shark, Billiard 
                  Community.com, and AZBilliards.com. 
 |   
                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main 
                  Event Payouts Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's "Turning Stone Classic XVI 
                  9-Ball Open", order of finish and payouts. ($41,400 total 
                  prize fund) Dec 16-19, 2010 
                  
                  1st Corey Deuel $8,000
 2nd Stevie Moore $5,000
 3rd Mike Dechaine $3,600
 4th Dennis Hatch $2,600
 5/6th Hunter Lombardo $2,000
 5/6th Gabe Owen $2,000
 7/8th Earl Strickland $1,600
 7/8th Tom D'Alfonso $1,600
 9/12th Shane Van Boening $1,200
 9/12th Raj Hundal $1,200
 9/12th Shawn Putnam $1,200
 9/12th Johnny Archer $1,200
 13/16th Beau Runningen $850
 13/16th Brian Brekke $850
 13/16th Shaun Wilkie $850
 13/16th Mike Zuglan $850
 17/24th Gary Lutman $550
 17/24th Rodney Morris $550
 17/24th Karen Corr $550
 17/24th Jarrod Clowery $550
 17/24th Mike Davis $550
 17/24th Charlie Williams $550
 17/24th Justin Bergman $550
 17/24th Max Eberle $550
 25/32nd Manny Chau $300
 25/32nd Jesse Engel $300
 25/32nd Earl Herring $300
 25/32nd Jonathan Demet $300
 25/32nd Tim Parisian $300
 25/32nd Thorsten Hohmann $300
 25/32nd Mark Ritter $300
 25/32nd Cleiton Rocha $300
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                | Turning Stone Classic 
                  XVI December 16th-19th Players List (Updated 12/3/10 - Subject to change)
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                        | 1 | ANTONAKOS, 
                          GREG |  |   
                        | 2 | ANTONE, 
                          ANTHONY |  |   
                        | 3 | APPLETON, 
                          DARREN |  |   
                        | 4 | ARCHER, 
                          JOHNNY |  |   
                        | 5 | ASCOLESE, 
                          DAVE |  |   
                        | 6 | AUIGBELLE, 
                          SPENCER |  |   
                        | 7 | BABRAVICH, 
                          JOHN |  |   
                        | 8 | BAILEY, 
                          CARL |  |   
                        | 9 | BARRETTA, 
                          JENNIFER |  |   
                        | 10 | BASAVICH, 
                          DAN |  |   
                        | 11 | BAUCCIO, 
                          KEVIN |  |   
                        | 12 | BEGEY, 
                          BOB |  |   
                        | 13 | BLACKMORE, 
                          BOB |  |   
                        | 14 | BOEMMELS, 
                          BRENT |  |   
                        | 15 | BORDEN, 
                          RICH |  |   
                        | 16 | BOYLE, 
                          ED |  |   
                        | 17 | BREKKE, 
                          BRIAN |  |   
                        | 18 | BROWN, 
                          DOUG |  |   
                        | 19 | BRUCATO, 
                          NICK |  |   
                        | 20 | BYRNE, 
                          PAT |  |   
                        | 21 | CARROLL, 
                          BRUCE |  |   
                        | 22 | CHAU, 
                          MANNY |  |   
                        | 23 | CHIN, 
                          HOLDEN |  |   
                        | 24 | CLOWERY, 
                          JARROD |  |   
                        | 25 | CONTE, 
                          VICTOR |  |   
                        | 26 | COOK, 
                          TEDDY |  |   
                        | 27 | COOPERIDER, 
                          WAYNE |  |   
                        | 28 | CORR, 
                          KAREN |  |   
                        | 29 | CRAWFORD, 
                          MATT |  |   
                        | 30 | CREAMER, 
                          MARK |  |   
                        | 31 | CROWE, 
                          JERRY |  |   
                        | 32 | CULHANE, 
                          ED |  |   
                        | 33 | CUNNINGHAM, 
                          BOB |  |   
                        | 34 | CUTLER, 
                          REDGIE |  |   
                        | 35 | D'ALFONSO, 
                          TOM |  |   
                        | 36 | DAVIS, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 37 | DECHAINE, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 38 | DEMET, 
                          JONATHAN |  |   
                        | 39 | DENNIS, 
                          BOB |  |   
                        | 40 | DESERIO, 
                          DAVE |  |   
                        | 41 | DEUEL, 
                          COREY |  |   
                        | 42 | DIBOUNO, 
                          PAT |  |   
                        | 43 | DIXON, 
                          DWIGHT |  |   
                        | 44 | DRYDEN, 
                          PAUL |  |   
                        | 45 | DUNSMORE, 
                          BILL |  |   
                        | 46 | EBERLE, 
                          MAX |  |   
                        | 47 | ENGEL, 
                          JESSE |  |   
                        | 48 | FERNANDEZ, 
                          DAVE |  |   
                        | 49 | FIELDHAMMER, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 50 | GARIBELLO, 
                          YESID |  |   
                        | 51 | GOULDING, 
                          STEVE |  |   
                        | 52 | GRANNIS, 
                          RICK |  |   
                        | 53 | GRAU, 
                          DAVE |  |   
                        | 54 | HALL, 
                          CECIL |  |   
                        | 55 | HATCH, 
                          DENNIS |  |   
                        | 56 | HAZLETT, 
                          BEV |  |   
                        | 57 | HEIDRICH, 
                          DAN |  |   
                        | 58 | HERRING, 
                          EARL |  |   
                        | 59 | HJORLEIFSON, 
                          ERIC |  |   
                        | 60 | HOHMANN, 
                          THORSTEN |  |   
                        | 61 | HOLMES, 
                          BRIAN |  |   
                        | 62 | INNESS, 
                          ANGELO |  |   
                        | 63 | JACKSON, 
                          PETER |  |   
                        | 64 | JANOVSKY, 
                          JESSE |  |   
                        | 65 | KAM, 
                          MARCO |  |   
                        | 66 | KENNEDY, 
                          JEFF |  |   
                        | 67 | KETZ, 
                          KEVIN |  |   
                        | 68 | KIMMETT, 
                          DALE |  |   
                        | 69 | KRAH, 
                          MATT |  |   
                        | 70 | LABONTE, 
                          RANDY |  |   
                        | 71 | LANE, 
                          ROCKY |  |   
                        | 72 | LAPENA, 
                          AL |  |   
                        | 73 | LaRUSSA, 
                          RICH |  |   
                        | 74 | LEWIS, 
                          DAN |  |   
                        | 75 | LILLIS, 
                          STEVE |  |   
                        | 76 | LIPES, 
                          BRIAN |  |   
                        | 77 | LOMBARDO, 
                          HUNTER |  |   
                        | 78 | MALONEY, 
                          COLIN |  |   
                        | 79 | McANDREWS, 
                          GREGG |  |   
                        | 80 | McGONAGLE, 
                          TOM |  |   
                        | 81 | McPARTLIN, 
                          CRAIG |  |   
                        | 82 | MILLER, 
                          ROGER |  |   
                        | 83 | MILLS, 
                          DAVE |  |   
                        | 84 | MOORE, 
                          STEVIE |  |   
                        | 85 | MORRA, 
                          MARIO |  |   
                        | 86 | MORRIS, 
                          DUSTIN |  |   
                        | 87 | MORRIS, 
                          RODNEY |  |   
                        | 88 | MORROW, 
                          SHAYNE |  |   
                        | 89 | MURPHY, 
                          SCOTT |  |   
                        | 90 | ONEY, 
                          WILLIAM |  |   
                        | 91 | OWEN, 
                          GABE |  |   
                        | 92 | PANZARELLA, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 93 | PARISIAN, 
                          TIM |  |   
                        | 94 | PENSGEN, 
                          PAUL |  |   
                        | 95 | PETROV, 
                          IVAYLO |  |   
                        | 96 | PHLEGAR, 
                          LARRY |  |   
                        | 97 | PLONSKI, 
                          JAY |  |   
                        | 98 | POGIRSKI, 
                          DEREK |  |   
                        | 99 | PUTNAM, 
                          SHAWN |  |   
                        | 100 | ROBICHAUD, 
                          JASON |  |   
                        | 101 | ROCHA, 
                          CLEITON |  |   
                        | 102 | ROCKWELL, 
                          JEROME |  |   
                        | 103 | ROZONEWSKI, 
                          PAUL |  |   
                        | 104 | RUNNINGEN, 
                          BEAU |  |   
                        | 105 | SAN 
                          SOUCIE, ED |  |   
                        | 106 | SCHUCK, 
                          CHRIS |  |   
                        | 107 | SELIG, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 108 | SHUFF, 
                          BRANDON |  |   
                        | 109 | SINCLAIR, 
                          JAMES |  |   
                        | 110 | SMITH, 
                          JONATHAN |  |   
                        | 111 | SMOLEN, 
                          JEFF |  |   
                        | 112 | SOSSEI, 
                          JEREMY |  |   
                        | 113 | SOUVANTHONG, 
                          BUCKY |  |   
                        | 114 | STRICKLAND, 
                          EARL |  |   
                        | 115 | SYDLOWSKI, 
                          WALTER |  |   
                        | 116 | TANNER, 
                          ADAM |  |   
                        | 117 | THOMAS, 
                          KEAN |  |   
                        | 118 | TORRI, 
                          PAUL |  |   
                        | 119 | VAN 
                          BOENING, SHANE |  |   
                        | 120 | VIDAL, 
                          MARC |  |   
                        | 121 | WALLACE, 
                          MIKE |  |   
                        | 122 | WILKIE, 
                          SHAWN |  |   
                        | 123 | WILLIAMS, 
                          CHARLIE |  |   
                        | 124 | WINTERS, 
                          SHANE |  |   
                        | 125 | WISEMAN, 
                          RON |  |   
                        | 126 | WORDEN, 
                          ESBON |  |   
                        | 127 | YOUNG, 
                          RICHARD |  |   
                        | 128 | ZUGLAN, 
                          MIKE |  |   
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                | Bucky Souvanthong | Souvanthong over Hatch twice for 
                  Joss Tour win |   
                | The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop 
                  at Bison Billiards in Williamsville, NY on November 20 - 21 
                  saw one competitor turn in a dominating performance to take 
                  the hot-seat and then win a close match against the same opponent 
                  again in the finals. It just wasn't the player that was expected 
                  in that situation. 
                  
                  As the field of 38 players made their way down to the final 
                  matches on Sunday, things were going as expected by most in 
                  the crowd as Dennis Hatch took advantage of playing in his home 
                  room and was sending opponents to the one loss side in quick 
                  fashion. 
                  
                  The match for the hot-seat was a 9-1 beating, but to the crowds 
                  surprise it was Hatch making the trip to the one loss side and 
                  Bucky Souvanthong laying down the beating this time. 
                  
                  Hatch sent Dean McNaughton home in 3rd place with a 9-6 score 
                  line, and got ready for what he hoped would be two matches in 
                  the true double elimination finals against Souvanthong. 
                  
                  The first match of the finals was a close one with neither player 
                  able to grab more than a one rack lead, but in the end it was 
                  Souvanthong eking out the 9-8 win to send Hatch home in second 
                  place; a position he is not familiar with. 
                  
                  In the Sunday second chance tournament, Willie Oney took the 
                  hotseat from Spencer Auigbelle 3-2 and then watched as Dan Kolacz 
                  eliminated Auigbelle on the one loss side. Kolacz had lost his 
                  first match of the day (to Mike Patrikios) and Auigbelle had 
                  been Kolacz's fifth victim of the day on the one loss side. 
                  
                  Kolacz continued his hot play by defeating Oney 3-0 in the first 
                  set of the double elimination finals. The second set went to 
                  hill-hill before Oney could pull out the win. 
                  
                  The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will not be back in action until the 
                  Turning Stone Classic XVI on December 16-19 at the Turning Stone 
                  Casino in Verona, Ny. Inquiries regarding this event should 
                  be directed to Mike Zuglan at 518-356-7163. 
 |   
                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event 
                  Payouts 1st Bucky Souvanthong $1,100.00
 2nd Dennis Hatch $800.00
 3rd Dean McNaughton $600.00
 4th Randy Fawcett $400.00
 5th Dan Heidrich $250.00
 5th Mike Patrowicz $250.00
 7th Ron Casanzio $150.00
 7th Ron Kingley $150.00
 Second Chance Payouts
 1st Willie Oney $300.00
 2nd Dan Kolacz $200.00
 3rd Spencer Auigbelle $120.00
 4th Esbon Worden $80.00
 5th Hendrik Drost $40.00
 5th Santo Merlo $40.00
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                | Immonen 
                  over Dechaine for Ocean State Title | Jarrod Clowery, Mike Dechaine and Mika 
                  Immonen |   
                | Mika Immonen came out on top of a field of 79 
                  players to win the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's 22nd Annual Ocean State 
                  9-Ball Championship on November 13-14, but it wasn't as easy 
                  as it originally looked like it might be for Immonen. 
                  
                  From the beginning of the event, it was pretty obvious that 
                  both Immonen and Mike Dechaine would be the players to beat 
                  in this event. As the brackets came together, the two would 
                  have to face off in the final eight on the winners side. 
                  
                  Heading up to the match with Dechaine, Immonen had been relatively 
                  untested as we had not allowed an opponent more than 4 games 
                  in a match. The match with Dechaine was no different as Mika 
                  ran away with a 9-3 win. 
                  
                  Immonen just kept cruising through the event and ran over Jarrod 
                  Clowery 9-4 to take the hot-seat and await an opponent in the 
                  finals. 
                  
                  On the one loss side, Dechaine has dusted himself off and dispatched 
                  five straight opponents to earn another shot at Immonen in the 
                  true double elimination finals. 
                  
                  The first set of the finals was a completely different story 
                  than the earlier meeting between these two. This time, Dechaine 
                  was able to stay with Immonen game for game and with the score 
                  tied at 7-7, Dechaine took charge and ran back to back racks 
                  for a 9-7 win. 
                  
                  With both players having losses, one final race to nine was 
                  required to crown a champion. Immonen came out strong in the 
                  final set and raced to a 5-2 lead, but Dechaine wasn't done 
                  yet. Dechaine came back to win five of the next six games to 
                  take the lead at 7-6. Immonen won the next game and the players 
                  found themselves at 7-7 again. This time, it was Immonen who 
                  took control, winning the final two games for the 9-7 win and 
                  first place. 
                  
                  Immonen earned $2500 for the win, while Dechaine consoled himself 
                  with $1700 in prize money. 
                  
                  Next up for the Joss Tour is a $2000 added event at Bison Billiards 
                  in Buffalo, NY next weekend. That will be the last event before 
                  the Turning Stone Classic XVI at the Turning Stone Casino in 
                  Verona, NY on December 16-19. Inquiries regarding the Turning 
                  Stone event should be directed to Mike Zuglan at 518-356-7163. 
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                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main 
                  Event Payouts 1st Mika Immonen $2,500.00
 2nd Mike Dechaine $1,700.00
 3rd Jarrod Clowery $1,300.00
 4th Dave Grau $1,000.00
 5th Tom D'Alfonso $800.00
 5th John Ricciardelli $800.00
 7th Al Lapena $600.00
 7th Jeff Kennedy $600.00
 9th John Ortiz $400.00
 9th Billy Lanna $400.00
 9th Mike Minichello $400.00
 9th Tom McGonagle $400.00
 13th Mike Bradford $250.00
 13th Greg Nice $250.00
 13th Jeremy Sossei $250.00
 13th Shayne Cote $250.00
 17th Steve Goulding $125.00
 17th Phil Davis $125.00
 17th Robert Madenjian $125.00
 17th Dave Fernandez $125.00
 17th Shane Winters $125.00
 17th Jay Plonski $125.00
 17th Dave Wright $125.00
 17th Joe Tucker $125.00
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                | Winters 
                  wins Al Conte Memorial |   
                | The Joss NE 
                    9-Ball Tour was at Hippos House of Billiards in Yorkville, 
                    NY over the weekend of November 6-7 for the 2nd Annual Al 
                    Conte Memorial. Shane Winters went through the field of 39 
                    players undefeated for the tournament win. 
                     
                    If close matches were what the fans were there for, then they 
                    certainly got their money's worth. Winters took the hot-seat 
                    with a 9-7 win over Dave Grau and the matches just got closer 
                    from there. 
                     
                    Spencer Auigbelle won on the one loss side, hoping for another 
                    shot at Winters after losing in the semi-finals. He would 
                    get that chance with a 9-8 win over Grau, sending Grau to 
                    the bleachers in third place. 
                     
                    It was another close one in the first set of the finals as 
                    Winters was taken to hill-hill by Auigbelle before winning 
                    the case game for the win. 
                     
                    Winters pocketed $1100 for first, while Auigbelle took home 
                    $800. 
                     
                    In the Sunday second chance tournament, Dwight Dixon went 
                    home one game shy of a great comeback. Dixon lost his first 
                    match of the event and came back through the one loss side 
                    with six straight wins, including a 3-1 win over hot-seat 
                    occupant Mike Donnelly in the first set of the finals. Unfortunately 
                    for Dixon, the finals were true double elimination and he 
                    fell short with a 3-2 loss to Donnelly in the second set of 
                    the finals. 
                     
                    Donnelly earned $300 for first, while Dixon won $200 for second. 
                     
                    Next week is the 22nd Annual Ocean State 9-Ball Championship 
                    at Snookers Billiards in Providence, RI. The event will feature 
                    $5000 in added prize money. 
                     
                    Players are still urged to get their entries in for the Turning 
                    Stone Classic XVI on December 16 - 19. The field is limited 
                    to 128 players and only a handful of entries are still open 
                    for this event.
                     
                    - by AzB staff
                    AZBilliards.com |   
                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event Payouts 1st Shane Winters $1,100.00
 2nd Spencer Auigbelle $800.00
 3rd Dave Grau $600.00
 4th Tom D'Alfonso $400.00
 5th Chris Testa $250.00
 5th Jerry Crowe $250.00
 7th Chance Chin $150.00
 7th Willie Oney $150.00
 Second Chance 
                  Payouts
 1st Mike Donnely $300.00
 2nd Dwight Dixon $200.00
 3rd Kean Thomas $150.00
 4th Victor Conte Jr. $100.00
 5th Walter Szydlowski $35.00
 5th Brian Lipes $35.00
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                | Zion Zvi | Zvi and Blackmore take Joss Tour 
                  Wins |   
                | Zion Zvi held off Tom D'Alfonso 
                  to win the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop at Raxx Pool Room and Grill 
                  in West Hempstead NY over the weekend of October 30 - 31. 
                  
                  With a total of 32 players competing for the $3500 in prize 
                  money, smart money would have been on Mika Immonen as the favorite 
                  in this event, but Tom D'Alfonso sent tremors through the tournament 
                  chart on Saturday with is 9-7 victory over Immonen. D'Alfonso 
                  rode the momentum of that win all the way to the hot-seat match 
                  on Sunday, but ran out of steam as Zion Zvi scored a lopsided 
                  9-1 win for the hot-seat. 
                  
                  On the one loss side, D'Alfonso found Immonen waiting for a 
                  rematch but that suited D'Alfonso just fine as he burned The 
                  Iceman yet again; this time by the score of 9-5. 
                  
                  D'Alfonso won the first match in the true double elimination 
                  finals 9-4, but Zvi recovered from that loss and defeated D'Alfonso 
                  9-6 in the second set for the tournament win. 
                  
                  Zvi pocketed $1100 for first, while D'Alfonso took home $750 
                  for second. 
                  
                  In the Sunday Second Chance Event, Bobby Blackmore bounced back 
                  from a first round loss to Mike Tanzarella to win six matches 
                  in a row to take first place. Mhet Vergara took the hot-seat 
                  in the event with a win over Brent Boemmels, but Blackmore cruised 
                  through both Boemmels and Vergara in his way to the win. 
                  
                  Blackmore earned $320, while Vergara settled for $200. 
                  
                  The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Hippo's House of Billiards 
                  in Yorkville, NY next weekend for the 2nd Annual Al Conte Memorial. 
                  Players who are interested in competing in the Turning Stone 
                  Classic XVI need to get their entries in asap. The event is 
                  limited to 128 players and is filling fast. 
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                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event 
                  Payouts 1st Zion Zvi $1,100.00
 2nd Tom D'Alfonso $750.00
 3rd Mika Immonen $550.00
 4th Jeremy Sossei $400.00
 5th Mike Fingers $250.00
 5th Manual Chau $250.00
 7th Phil Davis $100.00
 7th Mike Zuglan $100.00
 Second Chance 
                  Payouts
 1st Bobby Blackmore $320.00
 2nd Mhet Vergara $200.00
 3rd Brent Boemmels $100.00
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                | Hatch 
                  wins in Clifton Park; Ketz begins his own dynasty | Dennis Hatch |   
                | It only took two events, but the Dennis Hatch 
                  dominance at the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour is back in swing. Hatch 
                  waded through a field of 31 other players on October 9th - 10 
                  at Trick Shot Billiards in Clifton Park, NY for his first win 
                  of the new season. 
                  
                  Hatch took the hot seat with a one sided 9-1 win over Chance 
                  Chin and waited for his opponent in the double elimination finals. 
                  
                  Chin found Jeff Smolen waiting on the one loss side with revenge 
                  on his mind. Smolen had taken the trip to the left side of the 
                  board at the hands of Chin 9-7. Smolen would get his revenge 
                  and an appointment with Hatch in the finals. 
                  
                  Smolen came out strong in the finals and took the first set 
                  9-6. When the second set of the finals began, Smolen discovered 
                  that double dipping Hatch in a Joss Tour event is pretty hard 
                  to do. Hatch came out of the gate with a run of five racks to 
                  take what would prove to be an insurmountable lead. Hatch would 
                  ride that lead to a 9-2 win and yet another Joss NE 9-Ball Tour 
                  win. 
                  
                  In the second chance Sunday event, a new Joss Tour dynasty could 
                  be starting. Kevin Ketz dropped his first match and then won 
                  eight straight matches to win his second event in a row. Ketz 
                  defeated Angelo Hilton 3-0 and 3-1 in the finals. 
                  
                  The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Raxx Billiards in West Hempstead, 
                  NY on October 30 - 31, for their next event. 
                  
                  Don't forget the Turning Stone Classic XVI taking place December 
                  16th - 19th at The Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. The event 
                  is filling fast. 
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                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main 
                  Event Payouts 1st Dennis Hatch $1,000.00
 2nd Jeff Smolen $750.00
 3rd Chance Chin $550.00
 4th Dave Grau $400.00
 5th Willie Oney $250.00
 5th Bucky Souvanthong $250.00
 7th Ron Cosanzio $100.00
 7th Mike Zuglan $100.00
 Second 
                  Chance Payouts
 1st Kevin Ketz $320.00
 2nd Angelo Hilton $220.00
 3rd Bob Cunnningham $160.00
 4th Frank Sorriento $100.00
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                | Dave Fernandez | Fernandez wins first career Joss 
                  Tour Event |   
                | Dave Fernandez fought off thirty 
                  six other players and a comeback bid from Ivaylo Petrov to win 
                  the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's Maine Event IV at TJ's Classic Billiards 
                  in Waterville, Me. 
                  
                  Fernandez and Petrov's first meeting at this event was for the 
                  hot-seat, where Fernandez won by the narrowest of 9-8 margins. 
                  
                  Petrov had another tough match on the one loss side where he 
                  eliminated Jeff Kennedy 9-7. 
                  
                  The final double elimination match saw Petrov get the first 
                  match with a 9-7 score to force a final race to 9 in order to 
                  determine the final winner. 
                  
                  Fernandez came out strong in the final set and raced to an 8-2 
                  lead, but Petrov refused to quit and win the next five games 
                  to pull back within one at 8-7. A dry break from Petrov in rack 
                  sixteen was the end of the comeback bid as Fernandez ran out 
                  the rack for his first Joss NE 9-Ball Tour win. 
                  
                  Fernandez earned $1100 for first place, while Petrov pocketed 
                  $800 for second. 
                  
                  Sunday saw the $500 added Second Chance Non Pro Event where 
                  seventeen players put up $20 each for another shot at a tournament 
                  payday. This event was won by Joe Dupuis, with Doug Brown taking 
                  second. Dupuis won $300 and Brown settled for $200. Six played 
                  cashed in the second chance event. 
                  
                  TJ's owner, Steve Reynolds, expressed special thanks to John 
                  Lekas from Total Amusements for helping to sponsor the event. 
                  
                  The Joss NE 9-Ball tour will be at Trick Shot Billiards in Clifton 
                  Park, NY next weekend for their next tour stop. And don't forget 
                  the Turning Stone Classic XVI taking place December 16th - 19th 
                  at The Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. The event is filling 
                  fast. 
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                | Complete Results: |   
                | Main Event 
                  Payouts 1st Dave Fernandez $1,100.00
 2nd Ivaylo Petrov $800.00
 3rd Jeff Kennedy $600.00
 4th Cody Francis $400.00
 5th TJ LaFlamme $250.00
 5th Gareth Steele $250.00
 7th Ashley Nowlan $100.00
 7th Colin Maloney $100.00
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