Kim Sanders and Jennifer Kraber
Skinny Bob's Billiards in Austin, Texas drew 52 entries at the latest Lone Star extravaganza held November 6th-7th. The $1,350 added stop featured Open 9-Ball, Ladies 9-Ball, and One Pocket events all sponsored by Poison Billiards, Delta-13 Rack, Leagueshirts.com, Poolwebsites.com, and Barnett Ranching. The new white delta-13 rack with rack-n-ball carrying case made its Lone Star Tour debut complete with personalized leather inserts. It was a huge hit!
Saturday's main event produced few upsets and pitted David Henson v. Casey Crews and James Davis Sr. v. Jason Hunt on the winners' side for Sunday. On the one-loss side, Doug Young faced off with John Neumann and Brian Sanders met Drew McCoy. From the winners' side emerged Henson v. Davis and Hunt v. Sanders on the one-loss side. Davis lost the hot seat 9-6 to Henson while Hunt fell prey to Sanders 7-4. Sanders ousted Davis 7-5 for a shot at Henson. Both men played a speedy final where Henson jumped to a 3-1 lead, then 5-2 over Sanders. The final score favored an undefeated Henson, 9-7.
The ladies event drew 17 players along with Jennifer Kraber, Nicole McDaniel, Kim Sanders, and Loretta Lindgren, who all made it to the final four winners' side. Kraber defeated McDaniel and Sanders bested Lindgren for a Kraber v. Sanders hot seat match. On the west side, it was Rapp over Bartz 5-4 while Sanders sent Kraber west 7-4. Kraber advanced to meet Sanders in the final. It was 6-3 Sanders when Kraber came alive and made it hill hill. In the final game, Kraber missed a crucial 7-ball which ultimately cost her the set 7-6. Congratulations to Kim Sanders and David Henson who won their first Open event titles and James Davis Sr. who captured the One Pocket event.
Open Payouts:
1st David Henson $680
2nd James Davis Sr. $480
3rd Jason Hunt $290
4th Brian Sanders $190
5th-6th Doug Young, Casey Crews $100
7th-8th David Neumann, Drew McCoy $45
Ladies Payouts:
1st Kim Sanders $260
2nd Jennifer Kraber $180
3rd Julia Rapp $110
4th Jasmine Bartz $55
One Pocket:
1st James Davis Sr. $260
