09-27-2010
Co-Champions Briana Miller & Gina Kim-Lipsky
The Mezz Women’s Tour hit the road to Main Line Billiards in Frazer, PA on Saturday, September 18th, where a small but strong field came out to play in the 3rd stop of the season. The tour would like to give special thanks to Mike Nardo, owner of Main Line Billiards, for hosting the event.
Leading the top half of the bracket was Yomaylin Feliz, who took wins over Grace Trump 7-2, and Samantha Miskevich 7-2. Meanwhile, tearing up the bottom half of the bracket was Briana Miller, who was celebrating her 15th birthday on that day, with wins over Linda Cheung 7-4 and Caroline Pao 7-3.
Yomaylin and Briana faced off in the hot seat match, which would be a great hill-hill battle, when it was all said and done it was the birthday girl Briana Miller winning 7-6, sending Yomaylin Feliz to the one-loss side.
Grinding back on the one-loss side was Gina Kim-Lipsky, with wins over Linda Cheung 7-3, Samantha Miskevich 7-2, and Caroline Pao 7-5. Then she ran into Yomaylin Feliz, and this too was a great match that went hill-hill, with Gina winning 7-6.
In the finals it was to be Briana Miller vs Gina Kim… but this match did not take place, so no one got dominated nor just edged out a win, both players agreed to be co-champions for the points. Congratulations to both Briana and Gina for their great performance in this event!
The Mezz Tour would like to thank all the the players who came out to compete, along with all of their sponsors.
The fourth tour stop of the season was scheduled for September 25, but has been canceled due to a schedule conflict with another regional women’s tour. Visit www.mezztour.com/schedule.htm for more information.
Final Results:
1st: Briana Miller – $250
2nd: Gina Kim – $125
3rd: Yomaylin Feliz – $50
09-20-2010
Matt Krah (2nd), Main Line Billiards owner Mike Nardo, Josh Brothers (1st)
The Mezz Pro-Am Tour made its way to Main Line Billiards on September 12, 2010. Thanks go out to Mike Nardo, owner of Main Line Billiards, for hosting the event. In this event, the 21st stop on the tour, the tough field included players such as Josh Brothers, Matt Krah, Manny Chau, Bruce Nagle, Rob Hart, Scott Freeman, and Joe DiPietro.
Leading the top half of the bracket was Josh Brothers, with wins over Adbellatif Chamseddine 7-3, Derek Schwager 7-2, Shaun Dobson 7-3 and Manny Chau 7-2. Leading the bottom half of the bracket was Matt Krah, who claimed wins over Mark Steward 7-4, Samantha Miskevich 7-0, Don Steele 7-2, and Scott Freeman 7-3.
Playing for the hot seat, Matt Krah matched up with Josh Brothers, which this was a one-sided match with Josh Brothers winning easily 7-1, sending Matt Krah to the one-loss side. Waiting for Matt Krah on the one-loss side was Manny Chau. These two top players would have a great match that went hill-hill, but when is was all said and done, Matt Krah walked away the winner at 7-6 to get a shot in the finals.
In the finals, Matt Krah faced off against undefeated Josh Brothers, and Matt Krah would have to beat Josh Brothers in two sets to win the event. The first set was hard-fought, where Josh Brothers would pull off a 7-5 win to take the event.
Mezz Tour director Jose Burgos would like to thank all the sponsors of the tour, as well as all the players who came out to compete at Main Line Billiards.
The next stop on the Mezz Tour will be held on Sunday, September 19th at Drexeline Billiards in Drexel Hill, PA.
Final Results:
1st: Josh Brothers – $690
2nd: Matt Krah – $400
3rd: Manny Chau – $255
4th: Rob Hart – $150
5th/6th: Al Tonelli / Scott Freeman – $100
Top C/D: Bob Burt – ½ entry at next event
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09-03-2010
Champion Stevie Moore with Room Proprietor Sammy Wu and Runner Up Tony Robles
The Mezz Pro-Am 9-Ball Tour took the F train to Skyline Billiards, NY, which hosted the 5th Annual NYC 9-Ball Championships. The $3,000-added two-day event took place on August 28-29 at the popular Brooklyn pool room, owned by players Rob Pole & Sammy Wu. A field of 43 players including many of the top names came out to capture the coveted NY title. Click here to check out the photos from this event.
Top players included Tony Robles, Mike Davis, Mike Dechaine, “Ginky” George Sansouci, Eddie Abraham, Ronnie Wiseman, Brett Stottlemyer, Zion Zvi, Jeremy Sossei, Mike Fingers, Mike Miller, Manny Chau, and defending 2009 champion Stevie Moore.
Reigning champion Stevie Moore went through the field undefeated with wins over Eddie Vasquez 9-1, Michael Wong 9-6, Manny Chau 9-6, and Brett Stottlemeyer 9-1, setting up the feature match. Meeting Moore in the match for the hot seat, Tony Robles had impressive wins over Rob Merklein 9-0, Ginky Sansouci 9-3 and Mike Davis 9-4.
In the match for the hot seat, Stevie Moore played determined to repeat as champion, with an dominant 9-4 win over Tony Robles, earning an undefeated spot in the finals.
Rising star pro Mike Dechaine was also strong in the winner’s bracket, with wins over Jerry Tarantola 9-5, Marc Vidal 9-7, and Jorge Rodriguez 9-5, before losing to Stevie Moore 9-3 and Mike Davis 9-7. Although Mike wasn’t on the top of his game, he played well enough to be a contender in this event.
On the one-loss side there were several strong players still fighting to grind back to the finals including Mike Davis, Mike Dechaine, Brett Stottlemeyer, Barry Banks, and Ginky. Meanwhile, Tony was waiting in the wings for a chance for a rematch with Stevie.
Top Detroit player Ronnie Wiseman was also impressive fighting through the one-loss side with wins over Sammy Wu 9-3, Gregg McAndrews 9-3, Sean Morgan 9-4, and Mike Fingers 9-7 before getting knocked out by Brett Stottlemyer 9-2.
Ginky was playing strong enough to win the event, but was edged out at hill-hill by Brett Stottlemyer, who put on a gritty performance. However, Brett was eventually ousted from the tournament hill-hill by Josh Brothers, leaving him with a strong 5th place finish.
However, the standout player on the one-loss side was emerging phenom Josh Brothers, who took wins over Ed Culhane 9-7, Eddie Abraham 9-7, Sean Morgan 9-8, Jeremy Sossei 9-6, and Mike Davis 9-8, which lined up a semi-final match with Tony Robles. Tony knocked Josh over to the one-oss side earlier in the event, and Josh was looking forward to the rematch.
Josh Brothers was poised to win after keeping Tony in his seat for the first three games, leading 3-0 and continuing to lead the whole set. However, Tony showed a lot of grit was able to come from behind to win the set in hill-hill nail-biter. Tony’s win over Josh set up a rematch in the finals between Tony Robles and Stevie Moore. In this true double-elimination final, Tony would have to win two sets against Stevie to claim the win.
Ray Hansen “Big Truck” and Mike Fingers
PoolActionTV.com was at the event to stream the feature matches throughout the tournament. Ray Hansen, along with other contributors, helped out to provide live streaming and commentary to the fans following the event.
In the first set, Stevie Moore held the lead throughout, but at 7-6 Tony was able to grind back to and win the next three games to take the set 9-6. They then moved into the second set, but Stevie remained dominant and closed out a 9-4 win to defend his title as NYC 9-ball Champion. Congratulations to Stevie Moore on achieving this notable feat… NYC pool fans will surely be watching in 2011 to see if anyone can steal away this title.
Tony watching on as Stevie Moore takes the lead
Final Results:
1st: Stevie Moore – $2,300
2nd: Tony Robles – $1,400
3rd: Josh Brothers – $800
4th: Mike Davis – $600
5th/6th: Mike Dechaine, Brett Stottlemyer $400
7th/8th: Barry Banks, George Sansouci – $300
9th-12th: Marc Vidal, Jeremy Sossei, Ronnie Wiseman, Jorge Rodriguez – $200
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