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LIMITED EDITIONS Volume 36 - Number 08 - August 2019 DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY: Alex Pagulayan will be the next 6 Editor’s Desk 24 Box Scores Greatest Player to be inducted into 8 Pooltown Insider 28 Tour Guide the BCA Hall of Fame Photo by Dale Shank 22 P&B Mall 30 Cool Pool Calendar INSTRUCTION 10 Play Your Best Pool: On Reading Phil Capelle 11 Striking Viking: Critical Cross Banks Ewa Laurance 12 Hill-Hill: Build Your Mental Game Tommy/TJ Hill 14 Drill Instructor: Carom Shots, Part 2 Dominic Esposito 16 Quick Tricks: How Good is Your Stroke? Nick Nikolaidis FEATURES 18 APA Crowns Junior Champions Jason Bowman SNEAK PEEK: SEPTEMBER 2019 20 New Hall of Fame Elected Members USBMA/BCA BCA Expo: Las Vegas Confidential, and BCA 26 Ko Wins Thriler over Filler Keith Paradise Junior Nationals results 4 P&B August 2019 www.poolmag.com The most advanced carbon fiber shaft ever. tradition. deflection. vibration. from McDermott. 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Thomas and then with the BCA Expo and BCA Junior COLUMNISTS Nationals. Results of the Anthony Beeler Predator World 10-Ball Championships are in this Phil Capelle issue -- for all the rest of Dominic Esposito the results, as well as all we Mark Finkelstein found to brag on from the Loree Jon Hasson Expo, join us next month. Ewa Mataya Laurance For this issue, you can Donny Lutz enjoy more instruction Nick Nikolaidis from our ace instructors, Charlie Williams results of the APA Junior Championships from St. CONTRIBUTORS Louis, Missouri, and a look at the worthy candidates Sean Chaffin who'll be inducted Ashi Fachler into the BCA Hall of Jerry Forsyth Fame later this year! Above, newly crowned Predator World 10- Tony Fox Alex Pagulayan will Tina Hardt be inducted into the Ball champion Ping Chung Ko. Below, newly Karin Kaltofen Greatest Player category eledted BCA Greatest Player Alex Pagulayan. Sally Lee (defeating Kelly Fisher in Ted Lerner a tie-breaker for votes). In the meritorious service John Lewis category, innovator and Jojo Lirio, Jr. promoter Greg Sullivan Lawrence Lustig will be honored, along Luke Riches with the legendary Jansco Tom Rossman Brothers, promoters of the Dale Shank Johnston City tournaments Dave Thomson from which so many legends (and legendary Pool & Billiard Magazine stories!) were created. is published by: Sit back, enjoy the rest Sports Publications Ltd. 115 S. Main St. Summerville, SC 29483 of your summer, stay Telephone (843) 875-5115 Fax (843) 875-5171 cool in your local pool Web Site: www.poolmag.com room, and we'll be back in e-mail: [email protected] September to get all of you Contents © 2019 and ready for fall pool season! cannot be reproduced without express written permission of this publication. Til then - Shoot Straight! 6 P&B August 2019 www.poolmag.com POOLTOWN 2019 Junior Atlantic Challenge Cup in Italy! illiards has become EPBF youth sports director sure of their place on the captains will be announced a popular pastime and team captain over the team, not even the captain." in the coming weeks along Bin the world of last few years said, "Although "The ACC has provided with the entire match schedule mobile gaming, giving the Europe have dominated in a great opportunity for our and the streaming details. sport an extra shot in the this event, we take nothing junior players to get a taste of Launched by the European arm among the public who intense international Pocket Billiard Federation may not be regulars down competition in a and the Billiard Congress of at the local poolroom. challenging format, a America in 2015, the Atlantic The fifth annual Atlantic chance to learn to work Challenge Cup pits the best Challenge Cup will be held together as Team USA of youth from Europe and in Treviso, Italy 28-30th and a great reward for America in a Mosconi Cup November, 2019. The BHR their hard work and style event in a race to 11 with Best Western Premier hotel in dedication," said BCA a possible 21 matches in total. Treviso, not far from Venice, will for granted and we know that Chairman Brian Igielski. "This Six players on each team, four be host to this prestigious event. the Americans can hurt us if prestigious event has also boys and two girls, will battle The location will provide visitors we're not ready. Europe has brought many of our industry's it out to see who will have the and athletes a memorable a strong field again and I am companies and individuals bragging rights across the time in Italy. Specific match quietly confident that we can together to support our junior Atlantic. Europe has captured times and a full schedule will achieve our goal this year, too." players in ways not previously the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 be announced at a later date. Asked about the captaincy seen and we look forward titles and will be going for their This annual event between Brikmanis replied, "We'll wait to our opportunity to again fifth straight win when the ACC two continents is once again and see what happens." With compete against Europe in hits Treviso, Italy this November. in Europe after last year's visit a laugh, he then finished the 2019 ACC. The players will More information can be to Las Vegas where Europe his comments stating, "I'm have a great experience at a found at AtlanticChallengeCup. won by a commanding 11-0 on a winning streak with my spectacular location in Italy." com or visit the official Atlantic score-line. Tomas Brikmanis, teams so far but nobody's Both teams and team Challenge Cup Facebook page. BCA Hall of Fame China Open he Billiard Congress Pagulayan, 41, earned he World Location: Shanghai, China. of America Hall of election in a run-off against Pool Billiard The men's division will compete TFame will welcome England’s Kelly Fisher, after TAssociation (WPA) at the Pudong Tandzhen Culture a lion, an innovator and a pair the two had tied on the has announced details for & Sports Center Billiards Club of pioneering brothers to the initial ballot. He will enter this year's China Open! The women's division will class of 2019. The United States the Greatest Players wing of The 2019 China Open compete in the Pudong Sanlin Billiard Media Association the BCA Hall of Fame, while will feature both men's Sports Center Billiards Club has made it official: Filipino- Sullivan, 70, and the late Jansco and women's divisions, Hosting players and fans will Canadian Alex “The Lion” brothers will be honored in the (64 men and 32 women) be the Ramada Shanghai East Pagulayan, promoter Greg Meritorious Service category. playing at separate sites. Purses are still to be Sullivan and Johnston City All will be formally inducted The format is 9-Ball, with determined. TV coverage will Hustlers Jamboree promoters during ceremonies on Friday, World-Standardized Rules. be provided by CCTV-5 Channel George and Paulie Jansco November 1, at the Norfolk The events take place and the Great Sports Channel have earned induction into the Sheraton Waterside in Norfolk, September 1 - 8, 2019 (Stage Visit www. wpapool. sport’s most prestigious club! VA (see story p. 20 this issue). 2 begins September 5th) com for further details . 8 P&B August 2019 www.poolmag.com P&B August 2019 9 Play Your Best Pool grew up in a family of five. My mom, dad, leading to much improvement. I know this is and my two older sisters were all avid true for virtually every player below the A- level, I readers, so it was no accident that I grew and especially for those who have plateaued up reading books and, beginning at age 12, because I can, in about 60 seconds of watching every issue of the two leading golf magazines. these players, find several flaws in their My family made weekly trips to downtown techniques. Furthermore, I can easily identify La Jolla, a community in San Diego. My parents several mistakes with their shot selection and would leave me off at Warwicks bookstore execution (areas of deficiency that they can while they ran errands.