Jayson Shaw, looking to add to his already substantial winnings in 2013, signed on for the $500-added Open event at Stop # 16 on the Predator Tour, held on the weekend of October 5-6. Amidst a short field of 15 entrants at The Cue Bar in Bayside, Queens, Shaw went undefeated to claim his third 2013 Predator title, which had included the Empire State 10-Ball Championships in February. He had to get by Mike Yednak twice; once, in the hot seat and again, in the finals. Yednak, who won the Amateur division of Labor Day weekend's George "Ginky" Sansouci Memorial tournament has just recently been elevated to Open/Pro status, and in addition to advancing to the winners' side final, managed to down Robb Saez in the semifinals for second shot at Shaw.
In the $500-added Amateur event, which drew 44 entrants to the same location, Bogie Uzdejczyk came from the loss side and avenged an earlier loss by defeating hot seat occupant, Tommy Hagan to claim the event title. Sent west by Hagan in one of the winners' side semifinals, Uzdejczyk won three on the loss side for a second shot at Hagan, and then, took full advantage to win it.
In the Open event, Shaw faced Robb Saez in one of the winners' side semifinals as Yednak squared off against Ray Lee in the other. Shaw and Yednak advanced to the hot seat match with identical 7-5 victories over Saez and Lee. Shaw gave up only a single rack in the hot seat match, and waited on Yednak's return.
Saez, in the meantime, working on the loss side met up with Juan Guzman, who'd downed Emily Duddy 7-3 and Tony Liang 7-4. Lee had the misfortune of running into Mhet Vergara, who'd defeated Darren Defilippis 7-4 and then, completely shut out Jerry Tarantola. Vergara chalked up his second straight shutout, eliminating Lee, while Saez was busy surviving a double hill battle over Guzman.
Saez ended Guzman's two-match shutout streak 7-3 in the quarterfinals and turned to the final obstacle on his way to a re-match against Shaw - Yednak, in the semifinals. Yednak, though, was just as determined for a re-match and downed Saez 7-5 to earn the opportunity. Shaw ended Yednak's bid 9-4 in the finals to claim the title.
Uzdejczyk takes Amateur event
In the Amateur event, Tommy Hagan advanced to the hot seat match by first, defeating Bogie Uzdejczyk in a winners' side semifinal 7-4, and then, by a score of 7-5 in the hot seat match, defeating Marco Dy, who'd sent John Hacsi to the loss side 7-5. Hagan sat in the hot seat, waiting on Uzdejczyk.
Uzdejczyk began his three-match loss-side campaign against Stuart Warnock, who'd gotten by Billy Santiago 7-3 and survived a double hill match against Scott Murphy. Hasci met up with Dinko Busanich, who'd defeated Tony Liang 7-4 and Keith Adamik 7-5.
Uzdejczyk ended Warnock's day 7-5 and in the quarterfinals, faced Hasci, who'd prevailed in a double hill match against Busanich. Uzdejczyk went on to defeat Hasci 7-5, and then, earn himself a re-match against Hagan with a 7-5 victory over Dy in the semifinals. He completed his comeback with a 9-7 win over Hagan to claim the event title.
