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Jayson Shaw
Shaw Wins Turning Stone Classic Undefeated
He looked unstoppable all week, and in the end he was unstoppable. Jayson Shaw cruised to his fourth (in 5 attempts) Turning Stone Classic title at the Turning Stone Classic XXVI in Verona, NY on August 25th - 28th.
Shaw's path to the hot-seat started with three dominating wins over Korean Champion Lee Kang, Bucky Souvanthong and Ivaylo Petrov. After three matches, Shaw's combined win/loss record was 27 racks won and 4 racks lost. Next up for Shaw was veteran Ernesto Dominguez. Dominguez would win six racks before Shaw got to nine, but Shaw was back to his dominating ways in his next match as he defeated Danny Hewitt 9-3. Shaw's winning streak looked to be in danger in his next match, a true battle with Earl Strickland. Strickland led the match early, but he seemed to lose his focus mid-match and Shaw regained control to cruise to a 9-6 win. The hot-seat match saw Shaw in full "break and run mode", as he defeated Karen Corr 9-2.
While the presence of Corr in the late rounds of a tournament is no real surprise, her bid for the hot-seat here was her best finish at a Turning Stone event. Corr had early wins over Sean Morgan, Dawn Fox, Zion Zvi and Alain Parent. Aside from a hill-hill match with Morgan, Corr was almost as dominating as Shaw with her next three matches won with a combined 27-7 scoreline. Just like Shaw in his match with Strickland, Corr looked to be on her way to the one loss side in her match with 17 year old Russian sensation Maksim Dudanets. Dudanets led the match 8-5, before Corr won four straight racks for the 9-8 win. She capped off her comeback with a 9-ball break at hill-hill to send the Russian youth to the one loss side. Corr then survived another hill-hill match, this time with Donny Mills, to earn her place in the hot-seat match.
After the loss to Shaw in the hot-seat match, she found Earl Strickland waiting on the one loss side. In her long career, Corr had never defeated Strickland in a tournament. She was more than up to the challenge on this day though, as she fought neck and neck with an unusually subdued Strickland. Corr and Strickland went to hill-hill, a place that Corr was becoming comfortable with at this event. and it was Corr that navigated a tough rack to earn the win. "I'm over the moon" Corr said after the match. "Earl is such a genius at the table, and how many times are you going to have the chance to play him?" she continued.
The extended race to 13 final started out close, as Shaw couldn't seem to distance himself from the tenacious Corr. She was within one rack at 5-4, when Shaw found a groove with his break and quickly took control of the match. After multiple table runs by Shaw, he had scored a 13-5 win for his fourth Turning Stone title. When asked after the tournament as to what he attributed his Turning Stone success to, Shaw credited the beautiful arena in Verona. "I just feel really comfortable. There are a lot of people watching, which is good. I feel as if I can play good anywhere, but it’s nice to have a crowd watching. You know what it is like sometimes. Some places you go you don’t have many spectators. I like the fact that it’s open to anyone. I feel really at home here".
Shaw's win earned him $8000 in prize money, while Corr settled for $5000 for second place.
- by AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1st $8,000 Jayson Shaw (Scot)
2nd $5,000 Karen Corr
3rd $3,600 Earl Strickland
4th $2,600 Donny Mills
5/6th $2,000 each - Mike Dechaine & Ernesto Dominguez
7/8th $1,600 each - Danny Hewitt (Can) & Maxsim Dudanets (Rus)
9/12th $1,200 each - Joey Cicero (Can), Brandon Shuff, Shaun Wilkie & Samoth Sam
13/16th $850 each - Hunter Lombardo, Nelson Oliveira, Kevin Guimond & Dan Heidrich
17/24th $550 each - Alain Parent (Can), Jeremy Sossei, Jarrod Clowery, Rick Scarlato, Cleiton Rocha, Redgie Cutler, Rodney Morris & Sourith Thammavong
25/32nd $300 each - Sean Morgan, Bruce Nagle, Norm Pomainville, Ivaylo Petrov, Dave Fernandez, Erik Hjorleifson, Tom D'alfonso & John Moody
33/48 - Bruce Barthelette, Jerry Crowe, Jerome Rockwell, Luc Salvas (Can), Martin Daigle (Can), Ed Abraham, Kevin Ketz, Caroline Pao, Ron Casanzio,
Dave Shlemperis, Jennifer Barretta, Zion Zvi, Mike Yednak, Ed Saur, Dan Milligan, Gregg McAndrews
49/64 - Earl Herring, Jorge Rodriguez, Shawn Jackson, Nicole Fleming, Kyle Pepin, Greg Antonakos, Ed Culhane, Nick Antonakos,
Joe Dupuis, Brian Holmes, Jean Therriault (Can), Tom Zippler, Dawn Fox, Mike Toohig, Jason Michas, Marco Kam
65/96 - Matt Tetreault, Charley Lamarche (Can), Holden Chin, Kang Lee (S. Kor), Richard Miller, Robert Ferry, Frank Gaetani, Jed Jecen,
Kevin Piccinin, Greg Bombard, John Abraham, Tony Antone, Xavier Libby, Rick Matarazzo, Nick Coppola, Tom Gildea,
Mike Wallace, Raphael Balverde (Can), Ray Lee, Paul Rozonewski, Richard Andrews, Rohit Aggarwal, Nick Brucato, Hendrik Drost,
Gary Lloyd, Willie Oney, John Babravich, Bucky Souvanthong, Matt Krah, Dave Mills, Larry Phlegar, Brent Boemmels
97/128 - Stephen Motilal, Josh Harding, Joe Sinicropi, Mike Perhach, Mike Andrews, Tom Peterson, Jerry Markland, Rick Grannis,
Steven W Smith, Patrick Meyer, Paul Pensgen, Steve Lillis, Fred Gokey, Linas Veselka, Ray Buthe, Travis Arias,
Chuck Sampson, Charlie Matarazzo, Frank Delconte, Joe Ziegler, Ira Lee, Cory Payne, Phil Harju, Dave Ricci,
Jim Romanowski, Gene Hunt, Roarke Dickson, Bob Cunningham, Steve Fleming, Spencer Auigbelle, Chris Braiman, Don Reigel
Second Chance Payouts
1st $500 Jean Therriault
2nd $300 Kevin Ketz
3/4th $200 Mike Toohig & Tom Zippler
5/8th $100 Stephen Motilal, Nick Coppola, Steve Fleming & Dave Shlemperis
Press Release 8/5/2016: Turning Stone Classic XXVI - August 25-28, 2016
Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, www.joss9balltour.com and Turning Stone Resort Casino are proud to present our 2015-2016 Season Finale, The $25,000 Added, "Turning Stone Classic XXVI 9-Ball Open". This event will take place in Turning Stone's beautiful & spacious Event Center which is known worldwide as one of the best venues ever. There are no bad seats, and the layout allows you to mingle with all of your favorite players and friends, giving you the feeling of being part of the action yourself. There is an aura of intimacy that seems to surround you at these events. If you have never been to Turning Stone, located in Verona NY, you simply don't know what you are missing. Check them out at www.turningstone.com
For an unprecedented 26th time, we will have a full field of players with no shortage of past, present and future Champions. Jayson Shaw, Rodney Morris, Karen Corr, Jennifer Barretta, Immonen, Dechaine, Hohmann, & Sossei are just a few competing in this world class event. Don't think for a minute that any of these players are a "lock" to win. Joss Tour regulars like Souvanthong, Casanzio & Dupuis just might have something to say about that. Then there are the many others that have a legitimate chance of making history, and even more that are very capable of a high finish. So look for anything to happen when the smoke clears on Sunday night. I am pleased to also announce that this event, in addition to being a BCA event, will be a Level Two, Grade One, Mosconi Cup ranking event for 2016! The complete player list (subject to change) can be found below.
There will once again be a "Second Chance" tournament on Sunday August 28 at 10AM running continuously and concurrently with the main event until completed. This is an event for those Non Pro level players (I will decide) eliminated from the main event. The event format will be as follows: $60 Entry Fee - 32 Player Max - same rules as main event - Single Elimination - Races to 4, best 2 of 3 sets, with the deciding set a single game sudden death. This means that if each player wins a race to 4, there will be a lag for the break and a 1 game playoff to determine the match winner. Entries will be taken for this tournament as players are eliminated from the main event and will be treated as first paid - first in until the event is full.
The equipment for our world class event will once again be 16, 9 foot Diamond Pro tables covered with 860 Simonis ("The Cloth Of Champions") tournament blue cloth. We will be using the new Aramith Tournament TV Pro Cup balls. Thanks again to Ivan Lee for providing us with the World's best cloth and the World's best balls! All of these items will be for sale in tournament used condition, and only seriously interested parties are urged to contact Mike Zuglan immediately at 518-356-7163 for info and pricing.
Being a spectator at Turning Stone is an experience you won't find anywhere else. We always offer fans, Free Admission, Free collectible posters (while supplies last) and once again Turning Stone will be giving away a $10 free play to all players and fans. So you get Free admission, Free posters and Free bets!! No one else does it like Turning Stone and the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour! Included in the Event Center at Turning Stone is a full service snack bar serving all of our favorite foods and adult beverages. There will be billiard product vendors and on site cue repairs available for all your needs. We will also be raffling off 2 gorgeous, custom, engraved Joss Cues on Saturday at 8pm and Sunday immediately prior to the final match and you Do Not have to be present to win. These cues have a retail value of $1,700 each and are generously provided by Danny Janes of Joss Cues Ltd. Thanks again to Danny, Debbie & Stephen Janes for all they do for us!! We will also choose a winning ticket to receive the Pro Cup cue ball used in the final match autugraphed by the winner.
So come to Turning Stone Resort Casino August 25-28 for a great experience and 4 full days of some of the best pool you will ever witness. If for some reason you are unable to make it, there will be a Free live stream and live scoring expertly provided by Mike Howerton & Jerry Forsythe( www.azbilliards.com ), Upstate Al Leon, The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour and Turning Stone Resort Casino. Match times are Thursday 4, 6, 8, & 10 pm. Friday 10 am, noon, 2, 4, 6, 8, & 10 pm. Saturday 10 am, noon, 2, 4, 6, 8, & 10 pm. Sunday 11 am, 1, 3, 5, and the final match at 7 pm.
As a reminder, our new 2106-2017 season will begin on Sept 17 & 18, 2016 with a first ever "Joss Junior 9-Ball Championship". Also be advised that our next Turning Stone Classic event is scheduled for January 5-8, 2017. I will begin taking entries for that event at this event in August.
Mike Zuglan
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Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour
Turning Stone Classic XXVI August 25th-28th, 2016
Final Player List
   
1
Abraham, Ed
2
Abraham, John
3
Aggarwal, Rohit
4
Andrews, Mike
5
Andrews, Richard
6
Antonakos, Greg
7
Antonakos, Nick
8
Antone, Tony
9
Arias, Travis
10
Auigbelle, Spencer
11
Babravich, John
12
Balverde, Raphael
13
Barretta, Jennifer
14
Barthelette, Bruce
15
Boemmels, Brent
16
Bombard, Greg
17
Braiman, Chris
18
Brucato, Nick
19
Buthe, Ray
20
Casanzio, Ron
21
Chin, Holden
22
Cicero, Joey
23
Clowery, Jarrod
24
Coppola, Nick
25
Corr, Karen
26
Crowe, Jerry
27
Culhane, Ed
28
Cunningham, Bob
29
Cutler, Redgie
30
Daigle, Martin
31
D'alfonso, Tom
32
Dechaine, Mike
33
Delconte, Frank
34
Dickson, Roarke
35
Dominguez, Ernesto
36
Drost, Hendrik
37
Dudanets, Maksim
38
Dupuis, Joe
39
Fernandez, Dave
40
Ferry, Robert
41
Fleming, Nicole
42
Fleming, Steve
43
Fox, Dawn
44
Gaetani, Frank
45
Gildea, Tom
46
Gokey, Fred
47
Grannis, Rick
48
Guimond, Kevin
49
Harding, Joshua
50
Harju, Phil
51
Heidrich, Dan
52
Herring, Earl
53
Hewitt, Dan
54
Hjorleifson, Eric
55
Holmes, Brian
56
Hunt, Gene
57
Jackson, Shawn
58
Jecen, Jed
59
Kam, Marco
60
Ketz, Kevin
61
Krah, Matt
62
Lamarche, Charley
63
Lee, Ira
64
Lee, Kang
65
Lee, Ray
66
Libby, Xavier
67
Lillis, Steve
68
Lloyd, Gary
69
Lombardo, Hunter
70
Markland, Jerry
71
Matarazzo, Charlie
72
Matarazzo, Rick
73
McAndrews, Gregg
74
Meyer, Patrick
75
Michas, Jason
76
Miller, Richard
77
Milligan, Dan
78
Mills, Dave
79
Mills, Donny
80
Moody, John
81
Morgan, Sean
82
Morris, Rodney
83
Motilal, Stephen
84
Nagle, Bruce
85
Oliveira, Nelson
86
Oney, Willie
87
Pao, Caroline
88
Parent, Alain
89
Payne, Cory
90
Pensgen, Paul
91
Pepin, Kyle
92
Perhach, Mike
93
Peterson, Tom
94
Petrov, Ivaylo
95
Phlegar, Larry
96
Piccinin, Kevin
97
Pomainville, Norm
98
Reigel, Don
99
Ricci, Dave
100
Rocha, Cleiton
101
Rockwell, Jerome
102
Rodriguez, Jorge
103
Romanowski, Jim
104
Rozonewski, Paul
105
Salvas, Luc
106
Sam, Samoth
107
Sampson, Chuck
108
Saur, Ed
109
Scarlato Jr, Rick
110
Shaw, Jayson
111
Shlemperis, Dave
112
Shuff, Brandon
113
Sinicropi Jr. Joe
114
Smith, Steven W.
115
Sossei, Jeremy
116
Souvanthong, Bucky
117
Strickland, Earl
118
Tetreault, Matt
119
Thammavong, Sourith
120
Therriault, Jean
121
Toohig, Mike
122
Veselka, Linas
123
Wallace, Mike
124
Wilkie, Shaun
125
Yednak, Mike
126
Ziegler, Joe
127
Zippler, Tom
128
Zvi, Zion

Dechaine undefeated for Joss Tour Stop 15 Win
L-R Mike Zuglan, Ron Casanzio and Mike Dechaine
Mike Dechaine completed another undefeated run to capture the final regular season tour stop on the Joss NE 9-Ball's 2015/2016 season at Snookers Pool Lounge in Providence, RI on June 4th - 5th..

Dechaine cruised through a field of 64 players to capture the hot-seat with a dominating 9-4 win over Ron Casanzio.

Casanzio wasn't done though, as he defeated Jorge Rodriguez 9-6 to earn another shot at Dechaine in the finals. Dechaine came out on fire in the finals, and raced to a 7-0 lead. Then it was Casanzio's turn, as he won four straight racks to get back to within three at 7-4. A miss in the next rack was all the opportunity that Dechaine needed as he cleaned up that rack and the next, for the 9-4 win.

The second chance tournament saw 21 players come back to do battle on Sunday, with Mike Salerno coming back from the one loss side for the win. Salerno lost to James Chemaly 3-1 for the hot-seat, but bounced back with a 3-2 win over Joe Darigis to earn his place in the finals. Salerno then defeated Chemaly 3-0 and 3-2 for first place.

As always, the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour raffled off a beautiful $1600 custom engraved Joss Cue at this event, and the lucky winner this time was local player Bob Young.

The next stop on tour will be the Turning Stone Classic XXVI on August 25th - 28th at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. The 2016 - 2017 season will get underway at Sharpshooters Billiards in Amsterdam NY on Sept. 17th - 18th.
- by AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA DECHAINE Mike 1,000
2 USA CASANZIO Ron 750
3 USA RODRIGUEZ Jorge 600
4 USA OLIVEIRA Nelson 450
5 USA TETREAULT Matt 350
5 USA PEPIN Kyle 350
7 USA PERRY Tim 250
7 USA DUPUIS Joe 250
9 USA CLATT Keith 175
9 USA SAM Samoth 175
9 LINEHAM Ryan 175
9 USA POLE Robert 175
13 USA MADENJIAN Robert 100
13 USA CLOWERY Jarrod 100
13 USA SALERNO Mike 100
13 USA DIOGUARDI Joe 100
Second Chance Payouts
1 USA SALERNO Mike 320
2 USA CHEMALY James 240
3 USA DARIGIS Joe 160
4 USA DEMARCO Mike 100
5 USA TAMBA Ranulf 50
5 USA BELLIVEAU Everett 50
L-R Derrick Beckwith, room owner Frank Delconte, Danny Hewitt, Bucky Souvanthong and Jolie Delconte
Souvanthong over Hewitt in Joss Tour Finals
It took him two sets, but Bucky Souvanthong held off Danny Hewitt to win his first Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop of the season.

Souvanthong raced through the winner's side on Saturday with impressive wins over Martin Daigle, Hendrik Drost and Geoff Montgomery. A sunday morning win over Spencer Auigbelle set Souvanthong up in the hot-seat match against Travis Salvetti. Salvetti had ended Saturday with a 9-6 win over Danny Hewitt, and then started Sunday with a tough 9-7 win over Aaron Greenwood. It would be another close match for the hot-seat, with Souvanthong winning 9-7.

After the loss to Salvetti, Hewitt eliminated Jamie Garrett 9-2 late on Saturday night. Sunday saw Hewitt defeat Ron Casanzio 9-5, Auigbelle 9-4, Daigle 9-7 and then Salvetti 9-7.

Hewitt rode his momentum into the double elimination finals, and scored a 9-4 win over Souvanthong in the first of two sets. The second set was a mirror of the first set though, with Souvanthong taking the match 9-4 for first place.

The second chance event on Sunday saw Jose Mendez defeat Dave Ricci twice in the finals to take first place. Mendez lost to Ricci 3-1 for the hot-seat, but came back to score a 3-1 and then a 3-0 win over Ricci in the finals.

Derrick Beckwith was the lucky winner of the $1700 custom engraved Joss cue at this event.

Players are reminded that the tournament scheduled on April 23rd and 24th at Raxx in West Hempstead had been postponed. The next Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop will be June 4th - 5th at Snookers in Providence, RI.
- by Skip Maloney AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA SOUVANTHONG Bucky 1,000
2 CAN HEWITT Danny 700
3 USA SALVETTI Travis 500
4 CAN DAIGLE Martin 400
5 CAN AUIGBELLE Spencer 300
5 USA GREENWOOD Aaron 300
7 USA CASANZIO Ron 200
7 USA MONTGOMERY Geoff 200
9 USA CREAMER Mark 100
9 USA GARRETT Jamie 100
9 USA CAPPOTTO Dick 100
9 USA NAGLE Bruce 100
Second Chance Payouts
1 USA MENDEZ Jose 330
2 USA RICCI Dave 220
3 USA CREAMER Mark 150
4 USA ENSLIN Paul 100
5 USA COPPOLA Nick 50
5 USA MILLS Dave 50
Sossei Claims Third Joss NE Win for 2016
Jeremy Sossei
Back in January, Bucky Souvanthong was defeated in the second round of the Joss Northeast Tour Stop #9 and won nine on the loss side to face Jeremy Sossei in the finals. Though Souvanthong would win the first set of a double elimination final, Sossei prevailed to chalk up that win. On the weekend of March 12-13, at the $1,500-added, Joss NE Tour Stop #12, Sossei and Souvanthong met again in the finals, and again, Souvanthong came from deep on the loss side to challenge him (seven loss-side wins this time). Sossei opted out of the two-set road to victory this time, defeating Souvanthong in a single set and chalking up his sixth victory on the 2105-2016 tour, dating back to October.

With Souvanthong once again at work on the loss side, Sossei advanced to a winners' side semifinal versus Hendrik Drost. Norm Pomainville squared off against Tom Acciavatti in the other. Sossei sent Drost packing 9-2, and in the hot seat match, faced Pomainville, who'd defeated Acciavatti 9-7. Sossei claimed the hot seat 9-7 over Pomainville and waited, once again, on Souvanthong.

It was Drost who picked up Souvanthong on the loss side. Souvanthong had chalked up loss-side wins #3 and #4 against Joe Ziegler (9-3) and Dave Varano (9-4) to reach him. Acciavatti drew Bruce Carroll, who'd gotten by John Babravitch 9-7, and Angelo Hilton 9-4 (Hilton had upset any plans Souvanthong may have been entertaining about a re-match against Dwight Dixon, who'd sent him to the loss side, by defeating Dixon 9-4). Souvanthong eliminated Drost 9-3 and in the quarterfinals, faced Carroll, who'd downed Acciavatti 9-4.

Souvanthong defeated Carroll in the quarterfinals 9-7, and then eliminated Pomainville in the semifinals 9-6. With visions of the last time in his head, Souvanthong chalked up for the first set of the double elimination final. Sossei took control early and often, defeating Souvanthong 9-2 in the only set necessary.

John Babravich, who finished in the tie for ninth place in the main event, won the $500-added Second Chance tournament that drew 14 entrants. He went undefeated, downing Mike Hurley in the finals. Bob Cunningham finished third, with James Chemaly finishing fourth. Doug Wells and Frank Delconte shared the tie for fifth place.

The next stop on the Joss Northeast Tour, scheduled for April 9-10, will be a $1,500-added ($500-added for Second Chance), hosted by Salt City Billiards in Syracuse, NY.
- by AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1st Jeremy Sossei $1,000
2nd Bucky Souvanthong $650
3rd Norm Pomainville $500
4th Bruce Carroll $400
5th Tom Acciavatti $250
Hendrik Drost
7th Angelo Hilton $150
Dave Varano
Second Chance Payouts
1st John Babravich $300
2nd Mike Hurley $200
3rd Bob Cunningham $120
4th James Chemaly $80
5th Doug Wells $40
Frank Delconte
L-R Winner Jayson Shaw, owner Steve Goulding, and runner-up Shaun Wilkie
Shaw double dips Wilkie to win 7th Annual New England Hall of Fame 9-Ball Open
Jayson Shaw has opened 2016 with a string of victories that have already earned him half of his 2015 earnings. After finishing seventh at Turning Stone XXV in January, he went on, two weeks later, to win the Derby City Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge (defeating Shane Van Boening in the finals). He finished second in that multi-tournament 9-Ball Banks event, fourth in the One Pocket and 45th in 9-Ball. He added $1,750 to his mounting total by winning the 7th Annual Ray Desell Memorial 9-Ball Tournament, held on the weekend of March 4-6. Also known as the New England Pool & Billiard Hall of Fame 9-Ball Open, the $2,500-added event, held under the auspices of the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, drew 88 entrants to Snookers in Providence, RI.

The event was preceded, on Friday night, by the annual New England Hall of Fame awards ceremony, which inducted eight players into the region's Hall of Fame; Mike Dechaine, Joe Dupuis, Tommy D'Alfonso, Tommy Seminaro, Bobby Hilton, Sal Bevilacqua, Larry Gendler, and Becky Ellsworth-Tucker. Dechaine was inducted into the Hall as a two-time winner of the tournament, and its defending champion. Dupuis had won the event in 2014, defeating Dechaine in the finals.

Dechaine and last year's runner-up, Jorge Rodriguez, ended up meeting in the quarterfinals; Rodriguez, at the time, had lost his opening match and won nine loss-side matches. They'd both survived double hill matches in the battles for 5th/6th to get to those quarterfinals.

It was Shaw and Shaun Wilkie who ended up battling twice to crown a winner. Shaw had sent Ivaylo Petrov to the loss side in a winners' side semifinal 9-5, as Wilkie was sending Jeremy Sossei over 9-6. In what was surely a surprise to Shaw, Wilkie claimed the hot seat 9-4 and waited on Shaw's return.

On the loss side, Petrov and Sossei ran into Dechaine and Rodriguez. Dechaine had picked up a forfeit from Nelson Oliveira, and defeated Kevin Bauccio 9-4 to reach Petrov. Rodriguez had chalked up loss-side wins #7 & #8, downing Ron Casanzio 9-3 and Kyle Pepin 9-1 to draw Sossei. Two double hill wins sent Dechaine and Rodriguez to the quarterfinals, where Dechaine prevailed 9-4 for a shot at Shaw.

Another double hill battle ensued, and the defending champion, Dechaine, finished in third place. Shaw, not pleased to have had to play that extra match against Dechaine, won the opening set of the true double elimination final against Wilkie 9-3. He punctuated his displeasure with a 9-2 second set win that gave him the title.

A $500-added Second Chance Tournament that drew 17 entrants saw Justin Muller defeat Joe Darigis in the finals. Mario Argentino finished third, and Dennis Levesque finished fourth. Mark Creamer and Bob Begey finished in the tie for fifth place. A custom, engraved Joss Cue, valued at $1,700 was raffled off at the event, and won by Joe Duperry.

The next stop on the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour, scheduled for March 12-13, will be a $1,500-added event, hosted by Trickshot Billiards and Sports Pub in Clifton Park, NY. Tour director Mike Zuglan noted that the roster for Turning Stone XXVI, scheduled for August 25-28, is two-thirds full. Anyone wishing to sign up should contact Zuglan immediately at 518-356-7163.
- by Skip Maloney AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 GBR SHAW Jayson 1,750
2 USA WILKIE Shaun 1,200
3 USA DECHAINE Mike 900
4 USA RODRIGUEZ Jorge 700
5 USA PETROV Ivaylo 500
5 USA SOSSEI Jeremy 500
7 USA PEPIN Kyle 350
7 USA BAUCCIO Kevin 350
9 USA OLIVEIRA Nelson 225
9 USA D'ALFONSO Tom 225
9 USA CASANZIO Ron 225
9 USA POLE Robert 225
13 USA GAVRICH Dave 100
13 USA LEAL Chris 100
13 USA SALERNO Mike 100
13 USA GIURLEO Mike 100
Second Chance Payouts
1 USA MULLER Justin 300
2 USA DARIGIS Joe 210
3 USA ARGENTINO Mario 150
4 USA LEVESQUE Dennis 100
5 USA CREAMER Mark 40
5 USA BEGEY Bob 40
Sossei undefeated for Sharpshooters Joss Tour Win
L-R Ron Casanzio, Julie Berlin (owner), Jeremy Sossei and Mike Zuglan
Jeremy Sossei displayed his top form again, with yet another Joss NE 9-Ball Tour win at Sharpshooters Billiards & Sports Pub in Amsterdam, NY on February 20-21.
Sossei took the winners side hot-seat, with a 9-6 win over Earl Herring.
Herring moved to the one loss side, with intentions to earn a rematch with Sossei in the finals. Those intentions would be derailed by Ron Casanzio. Casanzio had lost to Bucky Souvanthong in his first match of the weekend, but put together a nine match winning streak (including a 9-4 win over Herring) to earn his place in the finals.
The final match looked to be going to a second set, with Casanzio holding a 6-3 lead in the first set. Five games later, the score was tied at 7-7 and Sossei kept on that hot-seat, winning the next two games for the 9-7 win.
In Sunday's second chance tournament, Bruce Carroll went undefeated with back to back wins over James Garrett in the hot-seat match and again in the finals.
Joe Giuliani was the weekend's winner of the $1,700 custom engraved Joss Cue.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be back in action on March 5th and 6th for the N.E. Pool and Billiard Hall of Fame 9-Ball Open at Snookers in Providence, RI.
Mike Zuglan is already taking sign-ups for the Turning Stone Classic XXVI on August 25th - 28th. This will be a Mosconi Cup point event and the field will be limited to 128 players.
- by AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA SOSSEI Jeremy 1,100
2 USA CASANZIO Ron 750
3 USA HERRING Earl 550
4 USA NAGLE Bruce 450
5 USA SOUVANTHONG Bucky 350
5 USA RICCI Dave 350
7 USA ZIMMERMAN Jarred 225
7 USA FERNANDEZ Dave 225
9 USA GRAU Dave 100
9 USA DARIGIS Joe 100
9 USA KETZ Kevin 100
9 USA ENSLIN Paul 100
Second Chance Payouts
1 USA CARROLL Bruce 330
2 USA GARRETT Jamie 220
3 USA DROST Hendrik 150
4 CREAMER Mark 100
5 BRUCATO Nick 50
5 BABAVICH John 50
L-R Frank Delconte, Jennifer Delconte, Bucky Souvanthong, Jeremy Sossei and Mike Delconte
Sossei comes back to win Syracuse Joss Tour Stop
The adage is that the two hardest games to win in a set are the first and last. Bucky Souvanthong found that out the hard way at the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop at Salt City Billiards in Syracuse, NY on January 16th - 17th.
Fans in attendance would have been hard pressed to pick Souvanthong to be challenging for first place in the event, after a hill-hill loss to Jamie Garrett in his second match of the day on Saturday, but after nine straight wins he was ready to challenge for the win.
Bucky would have to get by Jeremy Sossei, which no one had managed to do over two days. Sossei cruised to the hot-seat match, where he defeated Ron Casanzio 9-7.
After a 9-8 win over Casanzio in the semi-finals, Souvanthong took complete control of the first set of the finals with an 8-3 lead. Then Sossei turned the tide. Sossei came back from a five rack deficit to win six in a row and take first place by the narrowest of margins at 9-8.
The second chance tournament on Sunday drew fifteen players, and it was Dave Ricci beating Marco Kam two out of three sets for first place. Ricci won the hot-seat match over Kam 3-2, lost the first set of the finals 3-1 and then won the second set 3-0 for first place.
Karen Clark was the lucky winner of the $1700 custom engraved Joss pool cue raffle drawing at this event.
Mike Zuglan is already taking sign-ups for the Turning Stone Classic XXVI on August 25th - 28th. This will be a Mosconi Cup point event and the field will be limited to 128 players.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Sharpshooters Billiards in Amsterdam NY for their next event on February 20th - 21st.
- by Skip Maloney AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA SOSSEI Jeremy 1,000
2 USA SOUVANTHONG Bucky 750
3 USA CASANZIO Ron 550
4 CAN AUIGBELLE Spencer 400
5 USA CREAMER Mark 275
5 USA LIPES Brian 275
7 USA KELLOGG Lance 175
7 USA TEXIERA George 175
Second Chance Payouts
1 USA RICCI Dave 300
2 USA KAM Marco 200
3 USA NAGLE Bruce 130
4 USA BRUCATO Nick 90
5 WELLS Doug 40
5 USA SAUR Ed 40
The Iceman Cometh (Again) - Immonen takes Turning Stone XXV
L-R 3rd Ron Casanzio, 2nd Jeremy Sossei, winner Jayson Shaw and Tour Owner Mike Zuglan
He won the first Turning Stone event, 15 years ago. On the weekend of January 7-10, The Iceman (Mika Immonen) came back from the semifinals to defeat hot seat occupant Erik Hjorleifson at Turning Stone XXV. The $25,000-added event drew 128 entrants to the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, NY.
Though his draw through the bracket would allow Immonen to avoid competitors like (among others) Jayson Shaw (looking to chalk up his fourth straight Turning Stone title), Rodney Morris (looking for his second, overall), Johnny Archer (looking for his seventh overall title) and Mike Dechaine (looking for his second) Immonen did have to get by Brandon Shuff, and in a winners' side semifinal, Shaun Wilkie. Hjorleifson, in the meantime, was having his own problems (all solved), including our Player of the Year, Pin-Yi Ko, Mike Davis, Mario Morra (double hill), and in the other winners' side semifinal, Oscar Dominguez, who (looking for his second Turning Stone title since Turning Stone XIII), along the way, had sent (among others) Jeremy Sossei, Jennifer Baretta, Shaw, and Hunter Lombardo to the loss side.
Immonen sent Wilkie to the loss side 9-4, and in the hot seat match, faced Hjorleifson, who'd sent Dominguez over by the same score. Hjorleifson took the first of two against Immonen, also 9-4, and sat in the hot seat, awaiting Immonen's return.
On the loss side, Wilkie ran into Morris, fresh off a sixth, loss-side win that had included the elimination of Jennifer Baretta, Archer, and Hunter Lombardo. Dominguez drew Yu Hsuan Cheng, who'd just finished eliminating Dennis Hatch 9-7 and Shaw, 9-3. Dominguez ended Cheng's weekend, as Morris ended Wilkie's. Dominguez then defeated Morris 9-2 in the quarterfinals, before his own short-lived visit to the loss side came to a 9-5 end in the semifinals versus Immonen.
Immonen, having earned his shot at the re-match versus Hjorleifson, took full advantage. He completed his search for a second Turning Stone title since he'd won the first one by defeating Hjorleifson handily 13-2.
- by AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1st $8,000 Mika Immonen (Fin)
2nd $5,000 Erik Hjorleifson (Can)
3rd $3,600 Oscar Dominguez
4th $2,600 Rodney Morris
5/6th $2,000 each - Cheng, Yu Hsuan (Taiwan), Shaun Wilkie
7/8th $1,600 each - Hunter Lombardo, Jayson Shaw (Scot)
9/12th $1,200 each - Dennis Hatch, Mike Dechaine, Mario Morra (Can), Joey Cicero (Can)
13/16th $850 each - Danny Hewitt (Can), Ko, Pin Yi (Taiwan), Johnny Archer, Luc Salvas (Can)
17/24th $550 each - Ko, Pin Chung (Taiwan), Sylvain Grenier (Can), James Adams, Tom D'alfonso, Brandon Shuff, Mark Creamer, Bucky Souvanthong,
Ernesto Dominguez
25/32nd $300 each - Jeremy Sossei, Karen Corr, Alain Parent (Can), Hendrik Drost, Jean Therriault (Can), Kyle Pepin, Jennifer Barretta, Ron Casanzio
33/48th - Matt Krah, Barry Hetherington, Cleiton Rocha, Tom Zippler, Steve Mack, Tyler Van Wulven
Tony Antone, Brent Boemmels, Dave Mills, Kevin Clark, Angelo Hilton, Yesid Garibello,
Joe Dupuis, Paul Dryden, Sam Hamad, Rob Hart
49/64 - Norm Pomainville, Matt Tetreault, Jason Michas, Kang Lee, Earl Herring, Victor Dabu,
Willie Oney, Tom McGonagle, Kevin Ketz, Caroline Pao, Mike Davis, Sean Morgan,
Steven Winter, Greg Bombard, Marc Dionne, Dave Fernandez
65/96 - Tom Acciavatti, Bruce Carroll, Paul Pensgen, Lee Brett, Jarrod Clowery, Eric Cloutier,
John Babravich, Jamie Garrett, Dave Ricci, Chad Bowling, Mike Giurleo, Redgie Cutler,
Nelson Oliveira, Ira Lee, Ivaylo Petrov, Tom Gildea, Mike Toohig, Ed Saur, Ed Culhane,
Dan Milligan, Mike Donnelly, Rick Matarazzo, Jerry Crowe, Tony Tennant, Mike Yednak,
Brooke Meyer, Phil Davis, James Davis Jr, Devin Buttle, Larry Phlegar, Jed Jecen,
Marco Kam
97/128 - Gerry Sharp, Joe Sinicropi, Steven W Smith, Jerome Rockwell, Mike Andrews, Russ Philp,
Nick Brucato, Frank Gaetani, Clyde Matta, Randy Labonte, Scott Scheur, Joe Dioguardi,
Francisco Cabral, Nick Antonakos, Holden Chin, Rich Connors, Bob Cunningham,
Gregg McAndrews, Eric Kwon, Rick Grannis, Mark Kulungian, Nick Coppola
Dave Shlemperis, Bruce Nagle, Dwight Dixon, Jim Romanowski, Christian Isabelle,
Mark Patten, Fred Gokey, Donald Reigel, Greg Antonakos, Linas Veselka
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Press Release 12/27/2015: Turning Stone Classic XXV - January 7-10, 2016
Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour and Turning Stone Casino Resort are proud to present The $25,000 Added "Turning Stone Classic XXV 9-Ball Open". Turning Stone has once again most generously invited us to compete in their beautiful and spacious Event Center which is one of the best arenas in the world. There is not a bad seat in the house and multiple matches can be viewed comfortably from everywhere. The intimate layout in this world class arena allows you to mingle with your favorite players and lets you feel like you are a part of the action as well. Turning Stone Resort & Casino is a full service resort with everything needed for a relaxing, fun filled and enjoyable experience. Check them out at www.turningstone.com
Here is a little history of our great events at Turning Stone. To date we have held, in order of added money, one $15,000 added 96 player event, two $20,400 added 32 player Invitationals, twenty-one $25,000 added 128 player and one $50,000 added 128 player events. All fields were filled to capacity with a waiting list. Now for the 25th time, there will again be a full roster of 128 players competing for the title. As always, the field includes a wide range of talent from our regular tour players to some of the best in the game. The complete current list (subject to change) is now available on our site www.joss9balltour.com . There you will also find our current 2015-2016 season schedule, results and all other pertinent tour information. Our next regular season event will be stop # 9 at Salt City Billiards in Syracuse NY immediately following XXV on January 16-17, 2016, and our regular season will continue on from there until June. Our $25,000 added "Turning Stone Classic XXVI 9-Ball Open", Season Finale, will be August 25-28, 2016. I will begin taking entries for that event at this event in January and not before. FYI, there is every reason to believe that the August 2016 Season Finale will fill to capacity many month prior to the event, so seriously interested players need to pay their entry fee to avoid most definitely being shut out.
Once again at Turning Stone there will be a "second chance" tournament on Sunday January 10th at 10AM. This is an event for those Non Pro level players (I will decide) eliminated from the main event. The event format will be as follows: $60 Entry Fee - 32 Player Max - same rules as main event - Single Elimination - Races to 4, best 2 of 3 sets, with the deciding set being a single game sudden death. This means that if each player wins a race to 4, there will be a lag for the break and a 1 game playoff to determine the match winner. Entries will be taken for this tournament as players are eliminated from the main event and will be treated as first paid - first in until the event is full.
The equipment for our world class event will once again be 16 Diamond Pro tables covered with 860 Simonis ("The Cloth Of Champions") tournament blue cloth. We will again be using the new Aramith Tournament balls with Pro Cup cue balls. And you can thank Aramith and specifically Ivan Lee for stepping in to most generously provide us with the best balls on the planet! All items are for sale in tournament used condition, and only seriously interested parties are urged to contact Mike Zuglan immediately at 518-356-7163 for info and pricing.
As always, fans coming to Turning Stone for our event will be treated to Free Admission, Free collectible posters, which have all the previous winners listed (while supplies last & can be viewed above and on Face Book at Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour page), $10 casino Free Plays to players and fans, and some of the best pool you will ever see. All of this is brought to you courtesy of Turning Stone Resort & Casino and the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour!
Included in the Event Center at Turning Stone is a full service snack bar serving all of our favorite foods and adult beverages. There will be billiard product vendors and on site cue repairs available for all your needs. CJ and Peggi Wilkinson of www.baltimorecitycues.com will be here with their extensive cue, case and supplies display, Dan Dishaw, www.dishawcues.com will be on hand with his cues and expert on site cue repairs, and Ira Lee of www.molinaribilliards.com with his line of Molinari products. There is still time and room for new vendor or two at a mere fraction of what you would pay elsewhere. Interested parties should contact me at 518-356-7163 immediately.
Dan, Debbie and Stephen Janes of Joss Cues, have once again upped the ante and provided us with two gorgeous, custom engraved cues for raffle. The cues are valued at $1,700 each and will be raffled off on Saturday just before the 8 PM matches, and the second will go on Sunday immediately prior to the final match at approximately 7 PM. These beautiful cues can be viewed here:
https://josscues.com/cues/custom/joss-custom-26/
In addition to the cues, I will once again give away the Aramith Pro Cup cue ball used in the final match, autographed by the winner, to some lucky fan by combining all of the Saturday and Sunday raffle tickets and picking the winner from them.
So, we invite everyone to come to Turning Stone Resort & Casino January 7-10, 2016 for a great experience and 4 full days of some of the best pool you will ever witness. If for some reason you are unable to make it, there will be a free live stream expertly provided by Alan Leon, aka Upstate Al, www.azbilliards.com (Mike Howerton & Jerry Forsythe), The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour and Turning Stone Resort & Casino. Unfortunately because Mike and Jerry are unable to make it this time, there will be no live scoring this time. Match times are as follows: Thursday at 4,6,8 & 10pm. Friday at 10am, noon, 2,4,6,8 & 10pm. Saturday at 10am, noon, 2,4,6,8 & 10pm. Sunday at 11am, 1,3,5 & the final match at 7pm. The second chance tournament on Sunday will begin at 10am and run continuously until completed.
I would like to ask all of you to please publicize our event through social media etc. so more people may be informed about this great and free event. And, as always, I remind all of you how important it is to please frequent your local billiard parlors and promote and utilize the fine products of our most generous sponsors listed below. They are the backbone of our sport!
I hope to see all of you at Turning Stone
Mike Zuglan
The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour is sponsored by:
Joss Cues - http://www.josscues.com
Turning Stone Casino - http://www.turningstone.com
Simonis Cloth - http://www.simoniscloth.com
Aramith - http://www.aramith.com
Pool on the Net - http://www.poolonthenet.com
AzBilliards.com - http://www.azbilliards.com
OB Cues - http://www.obcues.com
Billiards Press - http://www.billiardspress.com
Heidrich Custom Cues - http://heidrichcustomcues.com
World Class Cue Care - http://www.jnj-industries.com
Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour
Turning Stone Classic XXV January 7-10, 2016
Final Player List
1
Acciavatti, Tom
2
Adams, James
3
Andrews, Mike
4
Antonakos, Greg
5
Antonakos, Nick
6
Antone, Tony
7
Archer, Johnny
8
Babravich, John
9
Barretta, Jennifer
10
Boemmels, Brent
11
Bombard, Greg
12
Bowling, Chad
13
Brett, Lee
14
Brucato, Nick
15
Buttle, Devin
16
Cabral, Francisco
17
Carroll, Bruce
18
Casanzio, Ron
19
Cheng, Yu Hsuan
20
Chin, Holden
21
Cicero, Joey
22
Clark, Kevin
23
Cloutier, Eric
24
Clowery, Jarrod
25
Connors, Rich
26
Coppola, Nick
27
Corr, Karen
28
Creamer, Mark
29
Crowe, Gerald
30
Culhane, Ed
31
Cunningham, Bob
32
Cutler, Redgie
33
Dabu, Victor
34
D'Alfonso, Tom
35
Davis Jr, James
36
Davis, Mike
37
Davis, Phil
38
Dechaine, Mike
39
Dioguardi, Joe
40
Dionne, Marc
41
Dixon, Dwight
42
Dominguez, Ernesto
43
Dominguez, Oscar
44
Donnelly, Mike
45
Drost, Hendrik
46
Dryden, Paul
47
Dupuis, Joe
48
Fernandez, Dave
49
Gaetani, Frank
50
Garibello, Yesid
51
Garrett, Jamie
52
Gildea, Tom
53
Giurleo, Mike
54
Gokey, Fred
55
Grannis, Rick
56
Grenier, Sylvain
57
Hamad, Sam
58
Hart, Rob  
59
Hatch, Dennis
60
Herring, Earl
61
Hetherington, Barry
62
Hewitt, Danny
63
Hilton, Angelo
64
Hjorleifson, Erik
65
Immonen, Mika
66
Isabelle, Christian
67
Jecen, Jed
68
Kam, Marco
69
Ketz, Kevin
70
Ko, Pin Chung
71
Ko, Pin Yi
72
Krah, Matt
73
Kulungian, Mark
74
Kwon, Eric
75
Labonte, Randy
76
Lee, Ira  
77
Lee, Kang
78
Lombardo, Hunter
79
Mack, Steve
80
Matarazzo, Rick
81
Matta, Clyde
82
McAndrews, Gregg
83
McGonagle, Tom
84
Meyer, Brooke
85
Michas, Jason
86
Milligan, Dan
87
Mills, Dave
88
Morgan, Sean
89
Morra, Mario
90
Morris, Rodney
91
Nagle, Bruce
92
Oliveira, Nelson
93
Oney, Willie
94
Pao, Caroline
95
Parent, Alain
96
Patten, Mark
97
Pensgen, Paul
98
Pepin, Kyle
99
Petrov, Ivaylo
100
Philp, Russ
101
Phlegar, Larry
102
Pomainville, Norm
103
Reigel, Donald
104
Ricci, Dave
105
Rocha, Cleiton
106
Rockwell, Jerome
107
Romanowski, Jim
108
Salvas, Luc
109
Saur, Ed  
110
Scheur, Scott
111
Sharp, Gerry
112
Shaw, Jayson
113
Shlemperis, Dave
114
Shuff, Brandon
115
Sinicropi, Joe
116
Smith, Steven W
117
Sossei, Jeremy
118
Souvanthong, Bucky
119
Tennant, Tony
120
Tetreault, Matt
121
Therriault, Jean
122
Toohig, Mike
123
Van Wulven, Tyler
124
Veselka, Linas
125
Wilkie, Shaun
126
Winter, Steven
127
Yednak, Mike
128
Zippler, Tom
L-R Dave Grau, Room Operator Andrea Duvall and Jeremy Sossei
Jeremy Sossei wins Al Conte Memorial
He may have taken the long route, but Jeremy Sossei still ended up in the winner's circle at the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's Al Conte Memorial at Hippo's House of Billiards in Utica NY on December 5th and 6th.
Sossei took a much earlier trip to the one loss side than anyone expected, after losing a hill-hill match to Lyn Wechsler in the second round on Saturday. Sossei made himself comfortable on the left side of the board and started the long trek to the finals.
Back on the winner's side, Dave Grau and Bucky Souvanthong both remained unbeaten and met up for the hot-seat on Sunday. That match would go to Grau 9-7.
Sossei was still mowing them down on the left side of the board, with six straight wins before facing Souvanthong in the semi-finals. Bucky would quickly become win #7 for Sossei, with a 9-5 scoreline.
The finals would go both sets with Sossei easily winning the first set 9-1, and then winning a tougher second set 9-4 for nine straight wins and first place.
Sunday's second chance tournament saw Kevin Ketz taken to the second set of the finals before notching another Joss second chance tournament. It was smooth sailing for the hot-seat, as Ketz defeated Doug Wells 3-0. Wells then dropped another 3-0 match to Dick Cappotto in the semi-finals. The first set of the finals went to Cappotto 3-2, but Ketz came back to take the second set by the same 3-2 scoreline.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour now takes a break until the Turning Stone Classic XXV 9-Ball Open on January 7th - 10th.
- by Skip Maloney AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA SOSSEI Jeremy 1,000
2 USA GRAU Dave 750
3 USA SOUVANTHONG Bucky 550
4 USA DIXON Dwight 400
5 USA CARROLL Bruce 250
5 USA ONEY Willie 250
7 USA CASANZIO Ron 150
7 CAN AUIGBELLE Spencer 150
Second Chance Payouts
1. Kevin Ketz $280
2. Dick Cappotto $180
3. Doug Wells $120
4. Jamie Garrett $80
5/6. Hendrik Drost & Lyn Wechsler $40 each
Jayson Shaw wins Ocean State Title
L-R 3rd Ron Casanzio, 2nd Jeremy Sossei, winner Jayson Shaw and Tour Owner Mike Zuglan
Jayson Shaw added another title to his already impressive resume with a hard earned undefeated run at the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's 27th Annual Ocean State 9-Ball Championship at Snookers in Providence, RI on November 21st - 22nd.
While Shaw went through the field undefeated, it was no cake-walk. In the final four on the winner's side, Shaw had to get by three time defending champion Mike Dechaine. After that win, Shaw sent Ron Casanzio to the left side 9-5 for the hot-seat.
Prior to the loss to Shaw, Casanzio had sent another former winner, Jeremy Sossei, to the one loss side. Sossei was waiting on the one loss side, and he duplicated Shaw's 9-5 win over Casanzio to send Casanzio home in third place.
The final match looked to be an easy one for Shaw, as he raced to the hill at 8-2 in the first set of the double elimination finals. Then Sossei won a game. And then another. And then another. Before Shaw knew what hit him, Sossei had won six straight games to tie the score at 8-8 with Sossei breaking. Sossei made a ball on the break, but couldn't get out in the final rack. A short safety battle ensued, which looked to be won by Sossei, but he missed a tricky 5-ball and Shaw quickly ran out the last five balls for the 9-8 win.
Shaw earned $2700 for the win, while Sossei settled for $2000 in second place prize money.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Hippos House of Billiards in Utica, NY on December 5th - 6th for their next stop, The Al Conte Memorial. This event was originally scheduled for November 7th - 8th, but was rescheduled for the first weekend in December.
- by AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 GBR SHAW Jayson 2,700
2 USA SOSSEI Jeremy 2,000
3 USA CASANZIO Ron 1,600
4 USA DECHAINE Mike 1,200
5 USA OLIVEIRA Nelson 900
5 USA RODRIGUEZ Jorge 900
7 USA FERNANDEZ Dave 600
7 USA ROCHA Cleiton 600
9 USA DEMALIA Jared 400
9 USA PERRY Tim 400
9 USA HELLMER Mike 400
9 USA MADENJIAN Robert 400
13 USA CUTLER Reggie 250
13 USA BAUCCIO Kevin 250
13 USA MACK Steve 250
13 USA PAYER Corey 250
17 USA D'ALFONSO Tom 125
17 USA CLOWERY Jarrod 125
17 USA MICHAS Jason 125
17 USA BERTRAND Tom 125
17 USA LEAL Chris 125
17 USA TETREAULT Matt 125
17 USA MCGONAGLE Tom 125
17 USA TRAYGIS Sam 125
Mike Dechaine
Dechaine and Desjardins Undefeated at Union Station Joss Stop
Mike Dechaine turned in an undefeated run through a field of 52 players to win the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's stop at Union Station Billiards (formerly Spot Shot Billiards) in Portland, Me on November 14th and 15th.
Dechaine cruised relatively unchallenge through the winner's side, and took the hot-seat with a 9-4 win over Canadian Martin Daigle. Daigle found a red-hot Nelson Oliveira waiting for him on the one loss side. Oliveira had lost his 2nd match of the event, and put together a seven match winning streak to get to the semi-final match. That streak would come to an end though, as Daigle scored a 9-8 win to send Oliveira home in 3rd place.
The final re-match between Dechaine and Daigle would go one set, as Dechaine scored another 9-4 win to capture first place.
Twenty one players came back to Union Station on Sunday, to compete in the $500 added second chance tournament. This event saw Canadian Mark Desjardins score his first tour win, with an undefeated run. He defeated Bruce Nagel for the hot-seat and then defeated Ashley Nowlin in the finals.
Next week, the Joss NE 9-Ball tour returns to Snookers in Providence, RI for the 28th Ocean State 9-Ball Championship. Players are also reminded that the Al Conte Memorial, at Hippos House of Billiards in Utica, NY, has been rescheduled to December 5th and 6th.
Any players interested in competing in the Turning Stone Classic XXV, on January 7th - 10th, are urged to get their entries in now. There are very few spots remaining.
- by Skip Maloney AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA DECHAINE Mike 1,050
2 CAN DAIGLE Martin 800
3 USA OLIVEIRA Nelson 600
4 USA FRANCIS Cody 450
5 USA PETROV Ivaylo 350
5 CAN HENDERSON Mike 350
7 USA HALL Dave 200
7 USA PEPIN Kyle 200
9 USA LABBE Jordan 100
9 USA LEVESQUE Dennis 100
9 USA RUPARD Josh 100
9 USA SOSSEI Jeremy 100
Second Chance Payouts
1 $320 Mark Desjardins
2 $220 Ashley Nowlan
3 $160 Bruce Nagle
4 $100 Jim Hayden
5/6 $60 each Jerry Okeefe & Josh Lerner
Nelson Oliveira Captures Joss Event At Raxx
Holden Chin, Nelson Oliveira and Mike Zuglan
Nelson Oliveira of New Bedford Ma. went undefeated to win stop # 5 of the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour at Raxx Pool Room Sports Bar & Grill in West Hempstead NY. Nelson was never really threatened throughout the entire event having bested Hendrik Drost 9-3 for the hot seat and dusting off Raxx owner Holden Chin 9-1 in the final match. Holden Chin lost an early round to Hendrik Drost 9-8 but after 4 wins on the one loss side, got his revenge by a score of 9-3 to reach the finals. Once there though, it was all Nelson Oliveira who was chalking up his first Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour since a couple of years ago. Oliveira picked a cool $1,000 for the win, Holden Chin $650 for 2nd, Hendrik Drost $400 for 3rd and Kevin Ketz $150 for 4th.
Congratulations also to Kevin Ketz who was the winner (his second this season) of Raxx $1,700 custom, engraved Joss Cue raffle.
Our $25,000 Added Turning Stone Classic XXV 9-Ball Open scheduled for January 7-10, 2016 is fast approaching and filling fast as well! Serious players are urged to contact Mike Zuglan at 518-356-7163 immediately to pay your entry fee and assure yourself a spot. The field is limited to the first 128 paid entries and is currently about 3/4 full.
- by AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA OLIVEIRA Nelson 1,000
2 USA CHIN Holden 650
3 USA DROST Hendrik 400
4 USA KETZ Kevin 150
L-R Premium Billiards manager Mark Ruzekowicz, Bucky Souvanthong and Danny Hewitt
Hewitt and Ketz win Syracuse Joss Tour Stop
Danny Hewitt and Kevin Ketz were the big winners when the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour found itself at Premium Billiards in Syracuse, NY on the weekend of October 17th - 18th.
Hewitt took the main event with an undefeated run through a field of 48 players. His place in the hot-seat was no gimme though, as he narrowly defeated Marco Kam 9-8 in that match. On the one loss side, the story was Bucky Souvanthong. After losing his second match, Souvanthong had been mowing down opponents on the one loss side. Souvanthong eliminated Kam 9-5 for his spot in the finals. It was Souvanthong's second appearance in the finals in as many weeks, and he took early command with a 3-0 lead in the first set. Souvanthing led the match 5-2, when Hewitt took control and won seven straight games for the 9-5 win and first place. In addition to the $1000 first place prize, Hewitt was also the lucky raffle winner of the $1,700 custom engraved Joss cue for this stop.
Sunday's second chance tournament saw Keviin Ketz return to the winner's circle in a field of 19 players. Ketz defeated Jamie Garrett 3-0 for the hot-seat, and then defeated Dave Mils 3-1 in the finals.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Raxx Pool Room, Sports Bar and Grill this weekend (October 24th - 25th), for another $1500/$500 added event. With most of the big guns on the east coast in Virginia for the US Open, the timing is perfect for a newcomer to earn a win on the tour.
Tour director Mike Zuglan said that the upcoming Turning Stone Classic XXV is over 2/3 full, and players are urged to contact him at 518-356-7163 to get their entry fees in.
- by Skip Maloney AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 CAN HEWITT Danny 1,000
2 USA SOUVANTHONG Bucky 700
3 USA KAM Marco 550
4 USA CASANZIO Ron 450
5 USA BRUCATO Nick 300
5 USA MARTOCCIA Dominick 300
7 USA RICCI Dave 200
7 USA MONTGOMERY Geoff 200
9 USA NAGLE Bruce 100
9 USA CLARKE Marko 100
9 USA ONEY Willie 100
9 USA CROWE Jerry 100
Second Chance Payouts
1 USA KETZ Kevin 310
2 USA MILLS Dave 200
3 USA GARRETT Jamie 150
4 USA CREAMER Mark 100
5 USA PAYNE Corey 60
5 USA MARSHALL Nate 60
Sossei repeats and Brucato Earns First Joss Tour wins at Sharpshooters
Jeremy Sossei, Sharpshooters Owner Julie Berlin and Bucky Souvanthong
Jeremy Sossei turned in his second straight Joss NE 9-Ball Tour victory on October 10th - 11th at Sharpshooters Billiards and Sports Pub in Amsterdam, NY.
It was Sossei's second hot-seat in a row, as he once again took the winner's side with a dominating performance. This week, it was Bucky Souvanthong who had no answer for Sossei in a 9-4 match. Souvanthong would be back in the finals though, after he defeated Ron Casanzio in the semi-final match. The final match went one set with Sossei reaching the hill first with a comfortable 8-4 lead. Souvanthong fought back and won two games to cut Sossei's lead in half at 8-6, but that would be as close as he would get, as Sossei won the match 9-6 for his second consecutive tour stop win. It was also his third straight appearance in the finals, including his second place finish two weeks ago at TJ's Classic Billiards in Waterville, Maine.
Although Sossei is a familar face in the winner's circle, Nick Brucato is not as familar in that position. He earned his first Joss Tour second chance win on Sunday, with a come-from-behind win over Lyn Wechsler in the finals.
Once again, the $1700 custom engraved Joss Cue raffle was won by a player in the event. This time it was Kevin Ketz taking home this beautiful cue.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Premium Billiards next week, for their next stop, another $1500/$500 added event.
Tour director Mike Zuglan indicated that the upcoming Turning Stone Classic XXV is now 2/3 full. Players are urged to contact Zuglan at 518-356-7163 to get their entry fees in.
- by AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA SOSSEI Jeremy 1,000
2 USA SOUVANTHONG Bucky 700
3 USA CASANZIO Ron 550
4 USA BOEMMELS Brent 400
5 USA NAGLE Bruce 300
5 USA KAM Marco 300
7 USA CARROLL Bruce 200
7 USA DROST Hendrik 200
Second Chance Payouts
1 Nick Brucato $300
2 Lyn Wechsler $200
3 James Chemaly $150
4 Mark Creamer $90
5/6 John Babravich & Joey Darigis $40 each
L-R Bruce Nagle and Jeremy Sossei
Sossei & Wysocki Notch Joss Tour Wins
Jeremy Sossei improved on his second place finish last week, and turned in an undefeated run through a field of 48 players to win the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's second stop of the 2015/2016 season Salt City Billiards in Syracuse, NY.
Sossei cruised through the winners side and took the hot-seat with a 9-2 win over Ed Saur. Saur would end up settling for second place, after a hill-hill loss to Bruce Nagle in the semi-final match. Nagle had lost to Sossei earlier in the day on Sunday, and was looking good in his bid to revenge in the finals. Nagle stayed close to Sossei until the 6-6 mark, when Sossei took control and rattled off three straight racks for the 9-6 win.
The second chance tournament on Sunday saw Joe Wysocki hold off Kevin Ketz in the finals. Wysocki had the hot-seat, after a 3-2 win over Jamie Garrett. Garrett would then drop another 3-2 match; this time to Ketz. Ketz took the first set of the finals 3-1, but Wysocki righted his ship and scored a 3-0 win in the second set, for first place.
The winner of this stop's $1700 custom engraved Joss cue was Jamie Garrett.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Sharpshooters in Amsterdam, NY next week for their next event; another $1500/$500 added event.
Tour director Mike Zuglan urged all players interested in competing in January's Turning Stone Classic XXV to reach him as soon as possible. The field is half full and will definitely fill up for January. Mike can be reached at 518-356-7163.
- by Skip Maloney AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA SOSSEI Jeremy 1,000
2 USA NAGLE Bruce 750
3 USA SAUR Ed 550
4 USA CROWE Jerry 400
5 CAN AUIGBELLE Spencer 300
5 USA SALVETTI Travis 300
7 USA ENSLIN Paul 200
7 USA CASANZIO Ron 200
9 USA KAM Marco 100
9 USA JOHNSON David 100
9 USA GHOSTINE Peter 100
9 USA DREIDEL Dave 100
Second Chance Payouts
1 WYSOCKI Joe 260
2 USA KETZ Kevin 180
3 USA GARRETT Jamie 120
4 USA KELLOGG Lance 80
5 USA GREENWOOD Aaron 40
5 USA LLOYD Gary 40
Mike Dechaine / Ross Webster kick off new Joss Tour Season with Win
Jeremy Sossei, Mike Zuglan and Mike Dechaine
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour kicked off their 19th season the same way they have kicked off their last four seasons; with a "Maine Event" stop at TJ's Classic Billiards in Waterville, Maine. And just like the last four years, Mike Dechaine was crowned the event winner.
This year's event, "The Maine Event IX", saw a field of fifty seven players in the main event. Dechaine and last season's point winner Jeremy Sossei were the players to beat all weekend as they navigated their halves of the bracket to meet up for the hot-seat. That match would be close, but would eventually go to Dechaine 9-7.
The two players would find themselves meeting again in the finals, after Sossei eliminated Kyle Pepin 9-4 in the semi-final match.
The final match would go one set. Sossei took the hill first at 8-7, but Dechaine quickly joined him at 8-8 and then won the case game for the hill-hill win.
The second chance tournament, on Sunday, drew twenty six players back to compete for their share of over $1000 in prize money. Ross Webster would lose the hot-seat to Dan Couture 3-1, but would come back to defeat Jamie Garrett in the semi-finals, and then double dip Couture 3-0 and 3-1 in the finals.
In addition to his seventh place finish, Colin Maloney was also the lucky winner of the $1700 Joss Custom Cue.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Salt City Billiards next weekend for another $1500/$500 added weekend.
January's Turning Stone Classic XXV is filling fast. This event will be the first Mosconi Cup points event of 2016 and players looking to get an early jump on those Mosconi Cup points are urged to contact Mike Zuglan as soon as possible at 518-356-7163 to get their name on the players list.
- by AzB staff
AZBilliards.com
Complete Results:
Main Event Payouts
1 USA DECHAINE Mike 1,050
2 USA SOSSEI Jeremy 800
3 USA PEPIN Kyle 650
4 USA FERNANDEZ Dave 500
5 USA LABBE Jordan 350
5 USA PAYER Corey 350
7 USA MALONEY Colin 225
7 USA WEBSTER Travis 225
9 USA MURRAY Greg 100
9 USA OLIVEIRA Nelson 100
9 USA COTE Bill 100
9 CAN DUBOIS Paul 100
Second Chance Payouts
1st USA WEBSTER Ross $360
2nd USA COUTURE Dan $240
3rd USA GARRETT Jamie $180
4th USA DENNIS Bob $120
5th USA GREENWOOD Aaron $60
6th USA BERRIERE Roger $60
 
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