A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS (201)838-7089 Aug. 6-Sep-12, 1985 Vol. 1, No. 6 Cops Coors en ROCKY MOUNT- Filipino Efren Reyes emerged victorious at The 2nd Annual Coors Tar Heel Open posting a 10-1 record and an .886 TPA. After suffering an early round loss to Mike Cone, 8-11, Reyes won the next nine sessions for the $4,650 first prize. In races to eleven Reyes displayed his prowess by defeating Hopkins (8), Crane (5), Pergerson (2), Root (3), Williams (5), Davenport (4), Mathews (5), Sigel (9), and Strickland twice (9) and (9). fr. -? COORS TAR HEEL OPEN ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA August 20-24, 1985 FINAL STANDINGS NAME AVG. PRIZE NAME AVG. 1st Efren Reyes (.888) $4,650 17th-24th 2nd Earl Strickland (.885) 2,325 Wade Crane (.859) 3rd Mike Sigel (.888) 1,400 David Howard (.846) 4th Grady Mathews (.866) 885 Howard Vickery (.817) 5th-6th Jimmy Reid (.807) Allen Hopkins (.887) 560 Charlie Brinson (.806) Kim Davenport (.836) 560 Pat Fleming (.801) 7th-8th Tommy Cooke (.789) Dave Bollman (.863) 5X0 Pedro Conklin (.651) Bob Williams (.862) 510 25th-28th 9th-12th Scott Kitto (.868) Buddy Hall (.856) 395 Jack Stenner t.775) Mike Cone (.856) 395 Roy Trivett (.763) Tony Davis (.816) 395 Brian Ezzell (.739) Joe Root (.771) 395 13th-16th Denny Searcy (.870) 255 Bob Johnson ( .804) 255 Johnny Dew ( .789) 255 Clay Pergerson ( .744) 255 Efren Scales Rocky Mount Efren Reyes, the twenty-eight year old Philippine 9-Ball Open with Coors Beer as a major sponsor. phenom, won his second major 9-ball tournament of $6,300 was added to the entrance fees for a total the year as pooldom's finest succumbed to a foreign purse of $14,000. Grady Mathews manned the style. Without question, Reyes' talent is at least microphone throughout the event while Tony Davis equal to America's finest pocket billiard stars and directed and "Mutt" Faulkner played host. may even be better. The race to eleven, double elimination event used After a second round loss to local talent Mike Cone, rules very similar to the PBA with the exception of 8-11, Reyes held his next six opponents to five call shot. Times of the matches were posted well in games or less, winning a total of nine sessions in a advance so players and spectators knew who was row for a 10-1 record. playing when. His talents were surly tested as he displayed As last year, seating was limited and many sessions extraordinary shot making, position, kick, and were sold out. Standing room only was the rule not safety skills while defeating Hopkins, Crane, Sigel, only in the tournament room but also in the open and Strickland twice. In fact, the only thing that pool area, bar, and snack area. he did not display was emotion. A Spot Shot contest composed of local dignitaries and professional players preceded the main event. It •Hutt" boats 2nd Event Dot's Cue Club hosted The 2nd Annual Coors Tar Heel (continued on page 13) V JA \ Y Notable Matches w The following "Notable Matches" are from the Coors Tar Heel 9-Ball Open. The number in parentheses is the player's TPA for that sess ion. After taking the lead 10-6, Charlie Brinson (.770) After missing the combination, it didn't take long failed to close the door on Howard Vickery (.811). for reality to set in. Three unsuccessful opportunities later, Brinson Dave Bollman (.889) ran out from the break six fell victim to Vickery 10-11. times en route to his 11-6 win over Bobby Johnson Scott Kitto (.876) continues to play excellent (•815). pool but something always seems to happen. While In response to the 11-3 thrashing he received from leading Wade Crane (.897) 9-7, Kitto missed. Good Efren Reyes (.952), Joe Root (.787) said, "If he's night! Crane ran out that rack, then broke and ran making balls, you know he's out!" Reyes' .952 was out the next three to win 11-9. the highest single TPA of the tournament. Local talent Hike Cone (.855) surprised a few pool Bob Williaas (.942) wasted no time in his 11-1 detectives by upsetting Efren Reyes (.867) 11-8. victory over Tony Davie (.739). The match was the After jumping to a 6-1 lead, Cone fell behind 6-7. fastest of the tournament. Cone continued to play tough and garnered the fruits of his labor. In the best played match by both players, Allen Hopkins (.941) broke and ran out six of the first Buddy Hall (.909) overwhelmed Tony Davis (.738) seven racks! Dave Boll»an (.897) won the next rack 11-2 with an exemplary finish by breaking and and then broke and ran out the next four racks! running out the last three racks. Hopkins finally won 11-7. Joe Root (.793) upset David Howard (.782) 11-9 as Earl Strickland (.899) edged Grady Mathews (.873) both players displayed sub-par talent. 11-10 in a well played match. Strickland came back Bobby Johnson (.885) and Howard Vickery (.848) from a 7-10 deficit to force a photo finish. At were the combatants in the tournament's most 10-10, Strickland failed to pocket a ball on the exciting "wire" match. At 10-10, with only the break and Mathews proceeded to run out - almost. nine ball on the table and apparently no place to After running seven balls, the cue ball stopped go, Johnson shot the cue ball rail firat behind just close enough to the eight bell for Mathews to the nine pocketing it in the opposite side pocket worry about a double kiss. That worry cost him the for the win. shot and match. Strickland won 11-10. Just when you thought it was all over, David In the race to eleven match, Efren Reyes (.903) Howard (.856) leading 10-9, miscued on the seven outpointed Kin Davenport (.775) by the score of ball! Dave Bollman (.868) won 11-10. 9-4! With the score 7-4, Davenport's poor position resulted in a missed bank shot snd a new score, Efren Reyes (.871) defeated Wade Crane (.810) 11-5 8-4. The next rack, Davenport missed a shot badly by making the nine ball on the break to win the and decided he had had enough. He raked in the set. Crane didn't notice what happened, approached balls conceding that rack, then shook Reyes' hand the table and proceeded to shoot the one ball. to concede the rest of the session. ACCU-FACT ROCKY MOUNT: OF THE 54 SESSIONS, 8 WERE DECIDED BY ONE GAME, THERE WERE NO SHUTOUTS, AND THERE WERE 16 .900'S. ® "Everything for the Pool Player »* BENSON CUES TOWNE BILLIARD 8805 RICHARDSON RD. PASCO. WASHINGTON 99302 264 E. 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Witchduck Road Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462 Phone: 804-497-5248 r \ Scares & Accu-Stats Averages Name Score Avg. Name Score Avg. Name Score Avg. 1) T. Cooke 11 (.817) 11) E. Strickland 11 (.869) 21) B. Williams 11 (.901; P. Conklin 3 (.574) R. Trivett 2 (.643) D. Searcy 10 (.864) 2) M. Cone 11 (.874) 12) D. Howard 11 (.890) 22) G. Mathews 11 (.903J J. Stenner 6 (.833) P. Fleming 6 (.791) J. Reid 8 (.825) 3) E. Reyes 11 (.855) 13) A. Hopkins 11 (.909; 23) E. Strickland 11 (.885) A. Hopkins 8 (.776) J. Stenner 5 (.704) H. Vickery 3 (.744) 4) K. Davenport 11 (.758) 14) B. Johnson 11 (.851) 24) J. Root 11 (.793) B. Ezzell 8 (.707) B. Ezzell 6 (.772) D. Howard 9 (.782) 5) J. Dew 11 (.768) 15) W. Crane 11 (.897) 25) D. Searcy 11 (.833) B. Johnson 7 (.674) S. Kitto 9 (.876) P. Conklin 8 (.706) 6) B. Hall 11 (.835) 16) C. Brinson 11 (.835) 26) A. Hopkins 11 f.90ai D. Bollman 8 (.785) R. Trivett 9 (.807) J. Reid 4 (.738) 7) D. Searcy 11 (.919; 17) M. Sigel 11 (.899) 27) B. Johnson 11 (.885) C. Pergerson 5 (.625) T. Cooke 5 (.764) H. Vickery 10 (.848) 8) J. Reid 11 (.825) 18) M. Cone 11 (.855) 28) D. Bollman 11 (.868) 5. Kitto 10 (.858) E. Reyes 8 (.867) D. Howard 10 (.856) 9) G. Mathews 11 (.898) 19) K. Davenport 11 (.905; 29) C. Pergerson 11 (.824) W. Crane 9 (.853) J. Dew J (.745) T. Cooke 7 (.765) 10) H. Vickery 11 (.811) 20) B. Hall 11 (.909; 30) E. Reyes 11 (.871) C. Brinson 10 (.770) J. Davis 2 (.758) W.