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A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS of 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS (201)838-7089 Sep.13-Oct.18, 1985 Vol A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS (201)838-7089 Sep.13-Oct.18, 1985 Vol. 1, No. 7 Buddy Hall Storms Virginia Beach • • VIRGINIA BEACH- "The Rifleman" Buddy Hall opened fire on the 46 player field at the 1st Annual Gibbs Billiards 9-Ball Shootout and laid claim to the $7,000 grand prize. In a manner befitting a champion, he posted a 6-0 record and this year's high TPA tournament average of .899. In races to eleven, Hall outdueled Brienza (9), White (4), Parica (3), Harris (1), Strickland (8), and Mathews (6). r. GIBBS BILLIARDS 9-BALL SHOOTOUT ^\ VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA October 1-6,1985 FINAL STANDINGS NAME AVG. PRIZE NAME AVG. 1st Buddy Hall (.899) $7 ,000 25th-32nd 2nd Grady Mathews (.872) 3 ,500 Tom Ruocco ( 824) 3rd Earl Strickland (.877) 2 ,200 Bob Williams ( 816) 4th Mike Sigel ( .878) 1 ,500 Louie Roberts ( 794) 5th-6th Paul Brienza ( 777) Jimmy Reid (.851) 1 ,000 Mike Wallace ( 772) Jr. Harris (.810) 1 ,000 Rick Marcos ( 763) 7th-8th Joe Root ( 670) Keith McCready (.861) 750 Bob Williamson ( 603) Steve Mizerak (.852) 750 33rd-45th 9th-12th Mike Gulyassy ( 836) Allen Hopkins (.837) 500 Mike LeBron ( 828) Larry Hubbart (.824) 500 Mike Massey 807) Bob Hunter ( .815) 500 Efren Reyes 796) Jose Parica (.790) 500 Jack Stenner ( 772) 13th-16th Luther Lassiter ( 771) Terry Bell (.849) 350 Mike Cone ( 758) Rudolfo Luat ( .847) 350 John Brinkley ( 739) Howard Vickery ( .830) 350 Gene Catron 739) Richie Ambrose (.790) 350 Joe DiPietro ( 727) 17th-24th Bob Opsahl 725) Wade Crane (.845) 200 Woody Woodhouse i 685) David Howard ( .842) 200 Shirley Cloyd t 630) Kim Davenport (.813) 200 46th Larry Lisciotti (.790) 200 Robby Riehs (.712) Dave Bollman (.781) 200 Edgar White (.763) 200 Danny Jones (.758) 200 Jim Faircloth (.741) 200 Mathews Charge Checked by Hall ' Superb Event Mathews Strings Nine Forty-six players arrived in Virginia Beach from all Grady Mathews lost his first match and lost his last • parts of the country to compete in the 1st Annual match, but strung nine victories in between! He Gibbs Billiards 9-Ball Shootout and share in the defeated LeBron, Williams, Davenport, Vickery, $22,700 purse. Denton Gibbs, Jr. produced, Parica, Mizerak, Reid, Sigel, and Strickland. It sponsored, and hosted the major event and provided looked like he was ready to take it all but it took every amenity possible for both the players and a Buddy Hall to stop the fueled charge. This was spectators. Gibbs Billiards sweetened the pot by Hall's first major win of '85 after finishing second $7,425 and stayed open 24 hours. in both Ohio and Atlantic City earlier this year. His .899 TPA is this year's highest recorded The event charged a $325 entry fee, paid twenty-four tournament average. places and provided excellent conditions. The tournament arena featured four Gold Crowns with Finals bleachers running parallel. A restaurant was on the After winning the lag, Mathews scratched on the premises serving food and drink. (continued on page 13) Vi JA OPEN 9 BALL HOTEL CASING TOURNAMENT REN© December 3-7, 1985 November 30-December 2. 1985 $20,000.00 ADDED $2,000.00 ADDED OPEN DIVISION USPPA PRO-AM DIVISION For Professionals and USPPA Rated Players Only $300 Entry $50 Entry 128 Player Limit 64 Player Limit Min $10,000.00 to Ist - Pays Min. 32 Places "First Paid — First Draw" "First Paid - First Draw" Min. $1,000.00 to Ist - Pays Min. 32 Places Draw December 2, 7:30 p.m. Draw November 30, 4:00 p.m. TO ENTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION: TO ENTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION: Barbara Woodward Gene Stary THE SANDS REGENT HOTEL/CASINO , GREAT AMERICAN Arlington at Third T 5536 Garfield Avenue -*- Sacramento. Ca 95841 + Reno. NV 89501 916-334-1776 800-648-3553 or 702-348-2247 ROOM RESERVATIONS • 800-648-3553 • ASK FOR POOL TOURNAMENT RATES Presented by The Great American Tour and Keystone Cue and Cushion NOTABLE MATCHES Once again, as with each major tournament, we review the exciting matches worthy of note, The number in parentheses is the player's TPA for that session. Grady Mathews (.727) got off to a good start for Edgar White (.812) upended Steve Mizerak (.866) in after winning the lag, he broke and ran out the an 11-10 photo finish. As White made his charge first two racks. David Howard (.908) then kept while behind 7-10, Mizerak missed one combination Mathews busy by serving up balls that Grady was and one bank, but it was just enough. forced to kick at. He defeated Mathews 11-3 and Paul Brienza (.820) won his first "wire" match of held him to pocketing just four more balls for the the year over formidable Efren Reyes (.796), rest of the session. Note: Mathews proceeded to Brienza had previously lost all five of his win the next nine sessions in a row! sessions that were decided by one game. While trailing 9-10, Mike LeBron (.841) made the Although he defeated Woody Woodhouse (.814) by an nine ball on the break, but scratched. LeBron 11-5 margin, Bob Williaas (.861) had the dubious still won that rack and at 10-10, he made the nine distinction of scratching on the break four times ball on the break again, and scratched again! Jr. in a row. Harris (.802) won 11-10. (continued on page 13) PAUL MOTTEY "Everything for the Pool Player" TOWNE BILLIARD MOTTEY CUSTOM CUES 264 E. Blackwell Street 2852 Broadway Avenue Dover, N.J. 07801 Pittsburgh, Pa. 15216 (412)531-3500 Billiard Supply Store Call or write 201-366-9829 for consumer brochure S. j fr: ^ Scores & Accu-Stats Averages Virginia Beach Name Score Avg. f_ Name Score Avg. Name Score Avg. 1) R. Marcos 11 (.744) 12) A. Hopkins 11 (.838) 23) K. McCready 11 (.888) M. Massey 10 (.734) M. Gulyassy 10 (.808) B. Williamson 1 (.500) 2) L. Lisciotti 11 (.819) 13) E. White 11 (.785) 24) B. Hunter 11 (.786) R. Riehs 9 (.699) B. Opsahl 6 (.613) J. Brinkley 9 (.729) 3) T. Bell 11 (.895) 14) M. Massey 11 (.846) 25) J. Harris 11 (.802) M. Cone 5 (.758) R. Riehs 6 (.726) M. LeBron 10 (.841) 4) T. Ruocco 11 (.882) 15) J. Reid 11 (.867) 26) J. Faircloth 11 (.777) J. DiPietro 7 (.765) W. Crane 6 (.835) B. Williams 9 (.832) 5) L. Hubbart 11 (.867) 16) L. Lisciotti 11 (.865) 27) A. Hopkins 11 (.896) W. Goodhouse 4 (.569) R. Marcos 6 (.730) L. Roberts 8 (.843) 6) D. Howard 11 f.9oa) 17) M. Sigel 11 (.947; 28) E. White 11 (.812) G. Mathews 3 (.727) T. Bell 3 (.778) S. Mizerak 10 (.866) 7) E. Strickland 11 t 895) 18) K. Davenport 11 (.806) 29) B. Hall 11 (.857) H. Vickery 4 ( 855) T. Ruocco 5 (.733) P. Brienza 9 (.764) 8) J. Brinkley 11 ( 731) 19) L. Hubbart 11 (.838) 30) P. Brienza 11 (.820) L. Lassiter 9 I 740) M. Wallace 6 (.764) E. Reyes 10 (.796) 9) M. LeBron 11 ( 837) 20) D. Bollman 11 (.813) 31) S. Mizerak 11 (.890) J. Stenner 6 ( 696) D. Howard 9 (.790) M. Massey 6 (.844) 10) B. Williams 11 ( 787) 21) E. Strickland 11 (.857) 32) R. Luat 11 (.841) G. Catron 7 ( 723) R. Ambrose 7 (.815) J. DiPietro 7 (.685) 11) R. Luat 11 (.846) 22) D. Jones 11 (.798) 33) B. Williams 11 (.861) S. Cloyd 3 (.636) J. Root 7 (.667) W. Woodhouse 5 (.814) 9-BALL HANDICAP TOURNAMENTS Tuesdays & Thursdays 8=00 PM 7=30 PM Open Field C Class Double Elimination Single Elimination entry:$25 entry:$15 25 Westfield Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07208 201-352-4019 ^ J fr ^ Gibbs Shootout Scores & Accu-Stats Averages Name Score flvg Name Score Avg. Name Score Avg. 34) G. Mathews 11 (.819) 45) H. Vickery 11 (.793) 56) J. Parica 11 (.805) M. LeBron 6 (.794) B. Williamson 6 (.637) A. Hopkins 7 (.662) 35) H. Vickery 11 (.826) 46) R. Ambrose 11 (.725) 57) B. Hall li (.917; J. Brinkley 7 (.759) J. Root 8 (.673) E. White 4 (.681) 36) R. Ambrose 11 (.840) 47) D. Howard 11 (.822) 58) S. Mizerak 11 (.813) L. Lassiter 8 (.802) M. Wallace 5 (.660) D. Jones 9 (.736) 37) D. Howard 11 (.866) 48) T. Bell 11 (.866) 59) R. Luat 11 (.863) J. Stenner 10 (.837) T. Ruocco 9 (.828) D. Bollman 10 (.800) 38) H. Wallace 11 (.840) 49) W. Crane 11 (.869) 60) G. Mathews 11 (.953; G. Catron 5 (.761) R. Marcos 8 (.792) K. Davenport 6 (.776) 39) T. Ruocco 11 (.859) 50) J. Reid 11 (.901; 61) H. Vickery 11 (.832) S. Cloyd 2 (.625) L. Lisciotti 4 (.732) L. Lisciotti 6 (.696) 40) T. Bell 11 (.859) 51) M. Sigel 11 (.853) 62) R. Ambrose 11 (.800) M. Gulyassy 10 (.866) K. Davenport 10 (.843) E. White 7 (.732) 41) R. Marcos 11 (.802) 52) L. Hubbart 11 (.811) 63) A. Hopkins 11 (.891) B. Opsahl 9 (.807) D. Bollman 6 (.703) D. Howard 7 (.828) 42) S. Mizerak 11 (.909; 53) E. Strickland 11 (.907; 64) T. Bell 11 (.852) P. Brienza 3 (.684) D. Jones 4 (.702) J. Faircloth 5 (.817) 43) R. Luat U (.912J 54) B. Hunter 11 (.826) 65) K. McCready 11 (.873) L. Roberts 3 (.676) K. McCready 7 (.840) W. Crane 10 (.824) 44 J G. Mathews 11 (.856) 55) J.
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