Stan Tourangeau worked his way through a larger-than-expected field of entrants at the  Memorial Weekend 9-Ball Championship and went undefeated to claim the title. The $1,640-added event, which had originally advertised a 64-player field drew twice that many to the 15th Street Grill in Auburn, WA. Held under the auspices of the not-for-profit organization of pool players in the greater Seattle area, called Players Club Limited, selected matches of the event throughout the weekend were live-streamed through the services of Rail2Rail.TV.

 

Tourangeau’s undefeated effort was almost derailed at the outset by Tommy Sliva who battled him to double hill before giving way and allowing him to advance. Tourangeau got by three more opponents – Tom Christine 7-4, Dave Demmit 7-5 and Clay Belvoir 7-4 – to arrive at a winners’ side semifinal match against Sean Lewis. Randy Baker, in the meantime, who would end up facing Tourangeau twice, squared off against Jeff Coates in the other winners’ side semifinal.

 

Lewis would end up giving Tourangeau a second, double hill run for his money, but Tourangeau advanced to the hot seat match to face Baker, who’d sent Coates to the loss side 7-5. In their first of two, Tourangeau downed Baker 7-3 to claim the hot seat.

 

On the loss side, Coates picked up James Davee, who’d shut out Lito Atendido and defeated Tim Tweedell double hill to reach him. Lewis drew John Doherty, who’d been sent to the loss side by Baker in a winners’ side quarterfinal and then eliminated Gerald O’Connor 6-4 and shut out Blair Wentzell.

 

Davee and Lewis advanced to the quarterfinals with identical 6-4 victories over Coates and Doherty. Davee then eliminated Lewis 6-2. Baker earned his right to a re-match against Tourangeau with a 6-3 victory in the semifinals.

 

In the race-to-9 finals that followed, Baker got a few more extra racks in than he’d been able to muster in the hot seat match, but they weren’t enough. Tourangeau took the final 9-5 and claimed the Memorial Weekend 9-Ball Championship title.

Jeff Jimenez came back from a loss in the winners' side quarterfinals to meet and defeat hot seat occupant Todd Marsh and win the 15th Annual Washington State 8-Ball Championships, held on the weekend of September 24-25. Streamed by Rail2Rail Productions, the $500-added event drew 32 entrants to Mugshots in Bellevue, WA.

 

Jimenez took two matches on the winners' side before facing John Duclos in a winners' side quarterfinal. Duclos won that match to advance to a winners' side semifinal against John Plunkett. Marsh, in the meantime, faced Dan Louie in the other winners' side semifinal. Marsh and Duclos got into the hot seat match with identical 6-4 wins over Louie and Plunkett. It was Marsh who claimed the hot seat 6-2 over Duclos.

 

On the loss side, Jimenez opened up his loss-side campaign with a 5-3 win over John Doherty, and a 5-1 victory over Tim Tweedell, which set him up to face Louie. Plunkett drew Kevin Fong, who'd defeated Jeffrey Leonard 5-3 and shut out Paul Alexander. 

 

Jimenez handed Louie his second straight loss 5-3 and advanced to the quarterfinals. He was met by Plunkett, who got back on the winning track with a double hill win over Fong. Jimenez stopped that run in the quarterfinals with a 5-1 victory.

 

The semifinal was a re-match between Jimenez and Duclos. Jimenez won it 5-2 for a shot at Marsh in the hot seat. It was a single, race-to-8 final, and Jimenez won it 8-4 over Marsh to claim the event title.