Lombardo wins Viking 8-Ball event

Lombardo wins Viking 8-Ball event

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour was back in action this weekend at Cornfed Red's Billiard Café in Columbus Ohio for a $1000 added 8-ball event.

Hunter Lombardo stunned the crowd by cruising through the winners side, including a 7-2 victory over Eric Durbin for the hot-seat.

Durbin took the trip to the one-loss side where he then lost to Butch Poe in the semi-finals. This set up a final match between Lombardo and Poe.

Poe won a hard fought first match 7-5 to force a final race to five for the tournament win. Lombardo won the final match 5-3 for the victory.

Lombardo won $820 for first place, while Poe settled for $580 in second place prize money. Durbin and Roy Thomas filled out the top four spots.

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour will be Fiddlestix Billiard Cafe in Canton, OH next weekend for another $1000 added 8-ball event.

Complete Payouts:
1st Hunter Lombardo $820
2nd Butch Poe $580
3rd Eric Durbin $390
4th Roy Thomas $240
5th/6th Troy Jones, Chris Knoth $100
7th/8th Howard Vickery, Gary Huggins $50