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4/17/2010
9-BALL
Ultimate Billiards
4112 Okeechobee Rd.
Fort Pierce, Florida 34947
772-464-7665
Saturday $1000 Added Amateur
Sunday $1000 Added Open |
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Ultimate Billiards in Ft Pierce was the latest venue to host the KF Cue
Tour with over 100 players competing over the two days. Saturday would see 59
Amateurs show up for the $1000 Added Amateur event. The day kicked off with
young guns Anthony Meglino 21 and 15 year old Danny Satinoff proving why they
are considered to be two of the best young players in the country. Danny
Satinoff would make his way to the hotseat match with strong wins over Michael
Pardon 7-6, Jeannie Seaver 7-2, Christina Terrizi 7-1, Ben Diaz 7-2, and
Johnny Aguilar 7-6 to put himself in the winner side final to play Anthony
Meglino. Meglino’s route to the finals would see him take down Kevin Tennery
7-4, Lincoln Seifert 7-3, Richard Knight 7-5, Pierre Palmieri 7-4 and then a
win over Prescot Buckwold 7-3 to set up a young guns hotseat match.
Anthony Meglino and Danny Satinoff
The Hotseat match would be a tense affair with both players showcasing
great skill and determination, to bring it right down to the last game tied at
6-6. The final game would see Meglino hook Satinoff on the one ball. Satinoff
would kick two rails make the one and finish with the 2-9 combo set up to take
the match and the hotseat.
Another player looking strong on the day was Kira Brown. Brown was one of 5
ladies taking advantage of the $20 entry fee and went on to have strong wins
over Wesley White 7-3 and Cassidy Mulligan 7-6 before taking a 7-4 loss to Ben
Diaz. She would come back with a 5-4 win over Jay Zink before taking a 5-1
loss to Floyd Reasons to finish in 13th positon and top female on the day.
While all this was going on Jim (patrone) Sandaler went on a rampage after
taking a 2nd round loss to Johnny Aguilar 7-4. He would go on to win 8
straight matches on the one loss side before taking a 2nd loss to Anthony
Meglino 5-4 to finish a respectable 3rd. Meglino would now have his rematch
with Satinoff and this was another nail biter with players trading racks with
Meglino eventually coming out a 9-7 winner to take his 2nd Kf Amateur title.
Amateur Payouts
1st, Anthony Meglino $600
2nd, Danny Satinoff $400
3rd, Jimmy Sandaler $300
4th, Johnny Aguilar $250
5th-6th, Pierre Palmieri, Prescott Buckwold $140
7TH-8TH, Jerry Troy, Floyd Reasons $100
9th-12th, Richard Knight, Matt Holland, Carl Johnson, Ben Diaz $75
13th-16th, Eddie Wheat, Kira Brown, Jeff Mabry, Allen Auman $60.
Mike Davis, Gary Gilsinan, Tommy Kennedy
Sundays $1000 Added Open drew 48 players with 29 Amateurs from Saturdays
event taking advantage of their discounted entry fee. The Open always brings
out some of the best players in Florida and this was no different with the
likes of Tommy Kennedy, Mike Davis, Rob Saez, and Hunter Lombardo, to mention
a few. Tommy Kennedy and Mike Davis have been playing strong all year on tour
and this event was no different, with both players making their way to the
winners side final. Kennedy’s route to the finals would see him take down
Tony Crosby 7-6, Jerry Calderone 7-4, Julio Aquino 7-3 and then a strong win
over Johnny Aguilar, who finished 4th in the Amateur event 7-2. Davis made his
way to the finals with wins over Jerry Troy 7-4, Anthony Meglino 7-2, Hunter
Lombardo and then a strong 7-5 win over Rob Saez to set up a hotseat match
with Tommy Kennedy.
The one loss side would see Han Berber taking names. After a 2nd round loss
to Jerry Calderone Berber would go on to record wins over Glen Miller 6-1,
Tony Crosby 6-4, John Foster 6-2, Anthony Meglino 6-5, Bill Dunsmore 6-4, and
Van Nguyen 6-1 before running into Rob Saez and taking his 2nd loss to finish
5th on the day. Saez would go onto defeat Lombardo in another close match 6-5
and would then have to face Mike Davis in the semi Final. Saez would win the
1st rack, and just when he looked like going 2-0 up, he scratched on the 8
ball and Mike would not look back from there as he would win 6 games straight
to take the match 6-1 and leave Saez in 3rd position.
The final was another great event with both players giving there all, but
this was another match that had plenty of drama and would eventually go all
the way to the wire. Tied at 8-8 the final rack would see Davis break the
balls and then miss a tricky cut on the one ball. Kennedy would take advantage
making the one ball and three to set up an easy 4-9 combination, which he
fired in to win this match and take down a very strong field.
The KF Cue tour would like to thank Ultimate Billiards for hosting another
very successful event and all our sponsors that can be viewed at
www.kfcuetour.com we hope to see you all at are next event this week at
Hammerheads Billiards lounge in Holiday, Florida on April 24th-25th.
Open payouts
1st, Tommy Kennedy $600
2nd, Mike Davis $400
3rd, Rob Saez $300
4th, Hunter Lombardo $200
5th-6th, Han Berber, Johnny Aguilar $140
7th-8th, Van Nguyen, Francisco Taylor $80
9th-12th, Julio Aquino, Bill Dunsmore, John Ditoro, Adam Wheeler $60
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