April 12-16, 2000

U.S. OPEN 14.1 Straight-Pool POCKET BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP


 
Tony Robles notches new high run.

Tony Robles set the new high mark for balls ran.
After Oliver Ortmann ran 129 to set the new high run mark, Tony Robles shattered it with a run of 148. Tony stepped to the table in his match against Johnny Archer trailing by the score of -2 to -1 and the next time he sat down, he was leading 146 to -1. The crowd gave Tony a rousing applause for his feat which was just a bit louder than their applause for Johnny when he stepped to the table next and made a ball.

The margin proved to be too wide for Johnny who lost 150-24 and was eliminated from the event. Tony will move on to play Oliver Ortmann this afternoon.

Other matches saw The G-Force Gerda Hofstatter beat Jennifer Chen 100-65 and also Karen Corr defeat Monica Webb 100-25.