Chinook Winds Casino Resort is adding $17,000 to the 8-Ball Open Event March 11-13, 2016. $12,000 will be added to the Men’s division with guaranteed $10,000 for 1st place based on 96 entries. $5,000 will be added to the Women’s division based on 32 entries. Entry fee $150 and $25 green fee. It will be a race to 7 for Men’s division and race to 5 for Women’s division, double elimination, CSI/BCAPL rules. Tournament will start after Calcutta (cash only) on Friday at 4 PM and a brief player’s meeting. Finals will be on Sunday evening. The Chinook Winds Open Is Partnered with Mosconi Cup and players will be earning points towards that event.
A WarmUp 8-ball tournament will commence on Thursday, March 10th at 6 PM, $25 entry $5 green fee, race to 4, double elimination, Women’s division 32 max and Men’s Division 64 max. This tournament will be open to all players. Ring games may be offered if there is enough interest. As always, sportsmanship is mandatory.
Tournaments will be played on 7-foot Diamond bar tables with Cyclop balls provided by Bad Boys Billiards Production. “Fast” Lenny Marshall of “On The Rail TV.com” will provide the high definition, quality streaming with many videos to view. Co-tournament directors are Andrew Monstis and Mike Jensen with WBCA staff helping out. Certified referees will be in attendance.
They say it’s better at the beach and they are right! Chinook Winds Casino Resort is a full service facility. It is an exceptional place for a tournament venue. Having this event tucked in at the beach in Lincoln City, Oregon creates an atmosphere you can’t find anywhere else. The Chinooks Winds Open 8-Ball Tournament precedes Western BCA’s 21st annual regional 8-Ball Championships. Western BCA (WBCA) and Chinook Winds are jointly producing this event
The 8-Ball Tournament is sponsored by Chinook Winds Casino Resort, a grant from the Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau (www.oregoncoast.org) and Anheuser-Busch. Bud Light is the official beer of the event and sponsor of Warm-up Tournament.
Special thanks to Mike Howerton, AzBilliards; Lenny Marshall, On The Rail TV; Ozzie Reynolds, Cuesports International; Ric and Bonnie Jones – Bad Boys Productions; Jay Helfert Author of “Pool Wars”
Entry Forms and more entry information can be obtained at westernbca.org.
Corey Deuel drives a run-out pace and ran through the loser’s bracket, beating Canadian Champion John Morra in finals. John Morra chopped through a star studded bracket to get to the point and showed he was in total command until coming up against Corey who held John to only 6 combined in games in both the finals matches on his way to the $10,000 1st place prize.
Vivian Villarreal came out of the loser’s bracket, where she was sent packing by Cindy Sliva who waited on the point. Vivian got through tough competitor Kim Jones, to return to Cindy again. The finals match featured a lot of great play from both women. They both played like champions and Vivian had to struggle to capture the $4000 1st place check. Cindy once again showed why she is one of the Northwest's finest, keeping up with seasoned professional, Vivian Villarreal.
Chinook Winds added $21,000 to the 8-Ball Open events, $17,000 to Men’s division with guaranteed $10,000 for 1st and $5,000 to the Women’s division with $4000 guaranteed for 1st place. Western BCA added an additional $4000 to the events. The Men’s division raced to 7 and the Women's raced to 5. 128 men and 38 women entered, trying to get into the money.
A $1000 added Warm up 8-ball tournament took place Thursday before main event. League players and those entered in Main event were welcome to play. 83 men entered the $25 entry, race to 3, Double elimination event. The short race can be an equalizer with top players. It was a smash event. There was over $3000 in prize money. Rafael Martinez took 1st, Jason Shaw 2nd, Josh Roberts 3rd, Stan Tourangeau 4th, Ace Brown and Corey Deuel 5th/6th, Steve Lingelbach and Marc Vidal 7th/8th.
The Calcutta went off well. Auctioning through both fields took some time but it was well worth it. There was a net $25,280 in the men’s and $6425 in the women's. Paul “Kez Dog” Marquez and Carissa Biggs helped out calling on bidders. It was a fun and exciting event.
It took a lot of hard work producing the Chinook Winds Open event. Co-coordinators/directors Andrew Monstis and Mike Jensen worked 100’s of volunteer hours to make this event successful as it was. It was about pool. It was very rewarding to hear the praise coming from both participants and spectators. The top players all said it was the best event they have ever been too. First timers to the event said they had never seen such a great event. Others said this was the biggest event in the Northwest since “Ocean Shores” event in the early eighties.
Special thanks to Mike Howerton, “Azbilliards”, Lenny Marshall “On The Rail TV”, Ozzy Reynolds of “Cuesports International” Ric and Bonnie Jones of Bad Boys Production and Chinook Winds & WBCA staff for their considerable help.
They say it’s better at the beach and they are right! Chinook Winds Casino Resort is a full service facility and is an exceptional place for a tournament venue. Having this event tucked in at the beach in Lincoln City, Oregon creates an atmosphere you can’t find anywhere else.
The huge gallery of spectators did watch many excellent matches as the Tournament unfolded. People were able to watch and learn what great pool playing is about. The crowds were in awe of top players like Vivian Villarreal, Stacy Allsup, Rebecca Wagner, Kathy MacDonald, Shane Van Boening, Scott Frost, Rodney Morris, Joshua Roberts, Danny Olson, Ace Brown and Jayson Shaw. They were equally dazzled by top local players like Cindy Sliva, Kim Jones, Carissa Biggs, Liz Cole, Danny Louie, Rafael Martinez, Stan Tourangeau, Matt Horner and Randy Baker. These great pool players showed their talent. Mike Massey Shared with the crowd some of his patented trick shots, What fun!
Chinook Winds Casino Resort is adding $17,000 to the 8 Ball Open Event March 5th 8th. $12,000 added to men’s division based on 96 with guaranteed $10,000 for 1st place and $5,000 added to women’s division based on 32. Entry fee $125 and $25 green fee. It will be a race to 7 for Men’s division and race to 5 for women’s division, double elimination, BCAPL rules. Tournament will starts after Calcutta on Friday 5PM and brief players meeting that follows, Finals on Sunday eve.
A Warm up 8 ball tournament will commence on Thursday 5th 6PM cost $25 entry race to 4 double elimination. Open division and women’s division. Ring game will be offered as well. No green fee. $1000 added. It is open to all players. Open to Western-BCA members and open event players. Sportsmanship is mandatory.
Friday will be the CWO Calcutta. It will held before the Tournament at 5pm, bring cash to get you favorite players. We expect it will be a good one Tell all Calcutta bidders to come.
Tournament played on 7 foot Diamond bar tables with Cyclops balls provided by Bad Boys Billiards Production. “Fast” Lenny Marshall of “On The Rail TV.com” will provides the high definition quality streaming with many videos to view. The Co-tournament directors are Andrew Monstis and Mike Jensen. Certified referees in attendance. WBCA staff helping out.
They say it’s better at the beach and they are right! Chinook Winds Casino Resort is a full service facility. It is an exceptional place to have a tournament venue. Having this event tucked in at the beach in Lincoln City, Oregon created an atmosphere you can’t find anywhere else. The Chinooks Winds Open 8-Ball Tournament preceded the Western BCA's regional. This is the 20th Annual Western Regional 8-Ball Championships held each March and 9Ball regional are held in October. Western BCA (WBCA) and Chinook Winds jointly produced this event. It will be after the US Bar table Championships.
Western BCA, Chinook Winds Casino and Resort and the Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau are proud to sponsor the Chinook Winds Open 10-Ball Championships, a bar table pool tournament, to be held in Lincoln City, Oregon at Chinook Winds Resort and Casino. Big time pool is coming to the Pacific Northwest. This 10-ball event will be held October 10-12, 2014 in conjunction with the Western BCA regional 9-Ball tournament and welcomes players of all skill levels.
Chinook Winds is adding $15,000, with $10,000 going to the Men's Division (based on 64 entries) and $5,000 going to the Women's Division (based on 32 entries). Entry fees are $100 + $25 green fees. An additional $30 for any players who are not currently BCAPL/WBCA members will be assessed. Deadline is October 3 and late entries will be subject to an additional charge ($25). Format will be BCAPL Rules, double elimination, race to 7 for men / 6 for women, with alternate breaks. A Calcutta will be held Friday, October 10 at 5pm and play will start immediately after.
Sportsmanship is paramount for this event as matches will be live-streamed throughout the event by Lenny Marshall of On the Rail TV. Ric Jones of Bad Boys Billiards Productions is providing Diamond 7 foot smart tables with Cyclop balls and doing tournament bracketing. Tournament Directors are Mike Jensen (360-703-4081) and Andrew Monstis (503-422-0623) and Certified Referees will be in attendance.
Registration information and entry forms can be found at westernbca.org.
