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August/September 2010 www.USBA.net USBA Officers President Jae Hyung Cho Wins College Billiards Open Bruce Warner Santa Monica, CA 310-738-5429 ach year, College Billiards has an Open Tournament that at - Secretary/Treasurer Etracts the best players in the Jim Shovak 58 Hawthorne Avenue United States as well as the Champi - East Islip, NY 11730 516-238-6193 ons from South America and Mexico. [email protected] In effect, it is very much like the Pan Northeast Directors American Championship Tournament Mazin Shooni because of the high caliber of players 2006 USA Champion and this year was no different. 135 Broad St-Unit#3A5 Hudson, MA 01749 Some of the best players did not cell: 248-910-4466 make the semi-finals. Among them work: 603-623-5330 Merrill Hughes were Javier Teran from Ecuador, Jae Huntington Station, NY Hyung Cho from Colorado who is cell: 631-338-9698 the current United States Champion, l-r, Ramon Rodriguez 3rd, Jae Hyung Cho 1st, home: 631-421-6814 Guillermo Sosa and Alain Hernandez Luis Miguel Avila 2nd. Southeast Director Henry Ugartechea from Mexico, Vicky Pineda and Salvador Preliminary Rounds 1132 SW 44th Terrace Diaz from Los Angeles and Michael Kang Flight A: Hugo Patino, the 2003 and 2009 US Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 from New York. That’s how strong the field 561-929-8100 Champion, went 7-0. Peter Banyai from Califor - was. nia went 6-1. Guillermo Sosa, a Mexican and Mid-America Directors Forty-one players participated in all. There Steve Andersen PanAmerican Champion and Vicky Pineda from 3861 Byron Center Ave. SW were 4 groups with 8 players each and a fifth Los Angeles each went 4-3, just missing the cut. Wyoming, MI 49519 group that had 9 players. That’s all there was 616-530-8665 Guillermo Sosa opened up the tournament with Juan Elizalde Sauz time for. Each night ended late, especially a bang. He ran an 18 off the break and finished in 7212 Hardwood Trail Saturday night which didn’t finish up until just 6 innings for a 4.167 average!!! Dallas, TX 75249 2:00am. The top 2 finishers of each group 214-908-2411 Flight B: This group was incredibly strong and Felipe Razon (Groups A through E) in the Preliminary only 2 players could advance. The group con - 2218 S 59 Ct Rounds would advance to the semi-finals. Cicero, IL 60804 sisted of Michael Kang who is the owner of 708-878-4197 Along with those 10 players advancing, Carom Café Billiards in New York, Ramon Ro - there was one lottery and one auction spot. Northwest Director driguez, a Peruvian and PanAmerican Champion, Darrel Stutesman A local patron won the lottery and he pro - Rodolfo Covarrubias, a Mexican and Pan Ameri - 7709 Zircon Dr SW ceeded to allow Guillermo Sosa into the can Champion, Salvador Diaz from Los Angeles, Lakewood, WA 98498 finals. The auction was won by Jae Hyung 253-584-3994 Javier Teran, an Ecuadorian Champion and Team Cho, who paid $1,100.00 for a spot in the Pan American Champion, Carlos Elias, Salvador Southwest Directors finals. That turned out to be a great invest - Raye Raskin Carranza and Don Schall. Rodolfo Covarrubias 641 Larkspur Plaza Dr ment for him. All monies from the lottery finished 7-0 and Ramon Rodriguez finished 5-2 to Larkspur, CA 94939 and auction were put into the player’s prize 415-497-8732 advance. Javier Teran just missed the cut by 4 [email protected] fund. The preliminary rounds were 25 point points. Gilbert Najm matches and the semi-final rounds were 30 Flight C : Roberto Rojas, a World Artistic Bil - 4335 Vineland Ave # 213 point matches. Studio City, CA 91602 liards Champion and Team Pan American 818-761-0484 Continues on page 28 August/September PQB 27 from page 27 Champion finished first and Carlos Palafox finished 2nd. Both 4-1 to finish 2nd and averaged 1.571. Carlos Palafox finshed players were 6-1. Jae Hyung Cho finished 5-2, just missing the 4th but had a personal-best average of 1.244. The average of cut. He had an unexpected loss to Jim Shovak, 25-23. A great the ENTIRE GROUP was 1.224, again a very high group game was Roberto Rojas against Jae Hyung Cho. Rojas ran a 13 average. but Cho won 25-23. Flight D : Luis Aveiga, many time Ecuadorian Champion and Final Matches Pan American Champion finished 7-0 and Sonny Cho, 2005 The winner of Flight F played one 35 point match against US Champion finished 6-1. Alain Hernandez from Mexico fin - the winner of Flight G to determine 1st and 2nd place overall ished 5-2, just missing the cut. for the tournament. The two 2nd place finishers of each group Flight E : There were 9 players in this flight. Pedro Piedrabuena, played each other for 3rd and 4th, etc, etc. College Billiards owner, 3-time US Champion and the current Peter Banyai (11th place) defeated Sonny Cho (12th place) Pan American Champion finished 8-0. Luis Avila, a Mexican 35-30. and PanAmerican Champion finished 6-2, just narrowly edging Roberto Rojas (9th place) defeated Luis Aveiga (10th place) Ricardo Carranco from Los Angeles who defeated Avila 25-16 35-29. and also finished 6-2. Hugo Patino (7th place) defeated Carlos Palafox (8th place) Semi-Finals : The players were ranked 1-12 based on their per - 35-34. formance in the Preliminary Rounds. The order was deter - Pedro Piedrabuena (5th place) defeated Rodlofo Covarrubias mined by 1) Wins/Losses, 2) Total Points Scored, 3) (6th place) 35-26. Head-to-Head and 4) Points-Against. Ramon Rodriguez (3rd place) defeated Guillermo Sosa (4th The players were then divided into 2 groups to balance the place) 35-17. power of each group as evenly as possible. Jae Hyung Cho (1st place) defeated Luis Avila (2nd place) 35- Flight F : Pedro Piedrabuena, Hugo Patino, Roberto Rojas, 27. Sonny Cho, Luis Miguel Avila and Guillermo Sosa. Avila had a run of 12 but Jae Hyung Cho went out in just 15 Flight G : Luis Aveiga, Rodolfo Covarrubias, Peter Banyai, innings for a game average of 2.333!! Carlos Francisco Palafox, Ramon Rodriguez and Jae Hyung We would like to thank the following: Cho. Pedro Piedrabuena and Timoteo Moreno, owners of College Billiards for their warm hospitality and contributions to the Brief Highlights of Semi-Final Rounds tournament. Luis Castro for working day and night in running Flight F : Luis Miguel Avila wins the flight going 5-0 with a the event with very little sleep. All those that helped out in high run of 12 and a 2.000 average game. Guillermo Sosa fin - little ways such as scorekeeping or cleaning a table or two ishes 2nd going 4-1. Pedro Piedrabuena finished 3-2 which was Two donated Genesis cues and one $875 Schuler Cue by tough luck because he played unbelievably. He had one game Noel Mendoza were raffled off at the end of the event. Also, where he defeated Hugo Patino 30-1. The game was over in Roberto Rojas gave an hour-long Artistic Billiards Exhibition just 6 innings for an astounding 5.000 average!! The very next that made everyone’s eyes bug out. game he went out in just 9 innings!! He scored 60 points in If you weren’t there, it was an absolutely incredible tourna - just 15 innings for the two games. He also had a high run of 12 ment that you shouldn’t have missed. Lots of billiards, late and finished the semi-finals with an unbelievable average of nights, little sleep, lots of high runs, high averages, occasional 2.154!!! That may very well be a record for a United States upsets, lots of fun and laughter, good food and always an audi - player. The average of the ENTIRE GROUP was 1.279, which ence. I can hardly wait until next year! may also be a record for a Pan American event. To see charts and pictures, go to www.USBA.net and click Flight G : Jae Hyung Cho wins the group going 4-1 and averag - “Tournaments-Calendar”. ing 1.621, a personal-best average. Ramon Rodriguez also goes 28 PQB August/September President’s Desk I am honored and privi - leged to be the new USBA President, particularly because I succeed Dennis Dieckman who has demon - strated his remarkable vigor and long dedication to carom billiards. I hope each USBA member and others interested in the carom game will communicate to me his or her carom questions or ideas or if he or she believes something I am doing (or the USBA) should be l-r, Room Owner Michael Kang, John Kim 4th, Kwang Ok 3rd, Sun Shin,2nd & changed. My door is always Song Lim 1st. open for calls (310-738- 5429) or e-mail through the Song Lim Wins the “B+” Tournament at Carom Cafe USBA website at 2010 USBA Tour Financial Sponsors: usba.net/contactus.asp David Levine, Jim Shovak, Bob Jewett, Professor-Q-Ball (Paul Frankel), Creative Billiard Shirts, As President I want revi - Marty Isserlis, Bruce Warner, Pedro Piedrabuena, Tommy Thomsen, Mike Walo, Bob Watson, Tom talization and expansion of Resk, Mark Van Liere, Alan Dukar, Tim King, George Allee, Ron Sakahara, Howard Kennedy, the carom game in the U.S. Julian Levy, Richard Lewis, John Constantine, Steve Andersen. to be top priority. This re - quires that we not just preach to the choir of exist - 2010 USBA TOUR Official Sponsors: Iwan Simonis, Aramith, Schuler Cues by ing players, but make this Noel Mendoza fascinating and pleasurable game accessible, interesting and appealable to others.
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