Diamond Derby City Classic XXII, January 24-Feb.2, 2020

 

Caesars Southern Indiana, Elizabeth, IN

 

This just in! The All Around Champion leaderboard has Billy Thorpe ahead of Orcollo by 4.2 points.

 

DIAMOND 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

 

David Thomson

 

408 entrants. 9 on the spot, compliant break, Outsville Template Rack.

 

Jennifer Barretta vs. Joey Korsiak was the nail-biter of the day in the Accu-Stats Arena.

 

Jennifer proved fighting fit as she overcame a 4-1 deficit to tie the match at 7.

 

On the 8, which would have, put her on the hill, alas, she mis-cued. 

 

Joey, with only 2 balls to pocket, captured that spot and was soon breaking. Then, mid-rack, it was his turn to commit the unforgivable. He missed a makable ball in the side.

 

Jennifer, exercising perfect fundamentals, looked like she’d been coached at Mark Wilson’s pool school. With grace and poise, she, calmly, closed out the rack.

 

Barretta, now battle ready, broke the last rack. It was compliant. Composed and considerate, she negotiated the layout with extraordinary ease. Within moments, she was straight in on the 9. There was no chance of mishap now. Smiling and relaxed, she powered the remaining orb home. 9-8.

 

More action in the Accu-Stats TV Arena had Corey’s .887 Total Performance Average(TPA) over Mika’s .796 pretty much speak for itself. 9-5, 

 

Then, Skyler Woodward and Omar Al Shaheen had the audience’s attention.

 

Omar, empowered by his decent performance in Banks and One Pocket, was in his comfort zone and never wandered from the task.

 

Skyler, playing catch-up was about to tie the match at 7 when he hooked himself, missed the kick and Shaheen was on the hill and on his way upward. 9-6.

 

They would meet again in the evening’s Banks Ring game.

 

Shane Van Boening, Joshua Filler, Justin Bergman, LeeVann Corteza, Justin Bergman are all undefeated.

 

Efren Reyes was removed by John Demet and Mieszko Fortunski, who gave Melling his first loss as did Jayson Shaw to Konrad Juszczyszyn.

 

Konrad, having his best result ever, later eliminated Melling who had been sent to the booth by Jesus Atencio.

 

German Can Salim canned Jeff DeLuna, and Shaw, to be later eliminated by Filler.

 

Lee Vann Corteza exited Olinger, Immonen, and Bustamante. Dennis Orcollo got Gomez and Tyler Styer.

 

Chris Melling had sent Corey Deuel buying back.

 

Billy Thorpe, before being ejected by Japan’s Naoyuki Oi, had gotten Max Eberle who had sent Tim DeRuyter home.

 

Justin Bergman removed Marty Turpin and later handed Tyler Styer his 1st loss and much later, removed Omar.

 

Francisco Bustamante relieved Evan Lunda.

 

James Aranas got over Josh Roberts and, fellow countrymen be damned, killed Bustamante and Kiamko.

 

Last Chance for 9-Ball. It commences at noon, the Finals at night.

 

Check out the schedule at Accu-Stats.com.

 

FRIDAY NIGHT BANKS RING GAME

 

Featuring Skyler Woodward, Billy Thorpe, Jayson Shaw, Jonathan Demet, Justin Hall and Omar Al Shaheen.

 

Billy Thorpe strikes again. At $800 a ball, Skyler Woodward couldn’t contain him, but it took a while.

 

$1500 ante, Diamond added $3k, equals $12,000.

 

The difference this year, rather than the winner take all, they were paying $8k for first and $4k for second.

 

The last 2 standing played ’til one gutted the other and was declared the winner.

 

The action began at $50 a ball. Every 3 racks they would reshuffle the order and the $s would raise to 100, 200, 400, etc.

 

The shocker was that Shaw was the first to go, followed swiftly by Demet, then last year’s Banks semi-finalist Omar Al Shaheen. By $300 per orb, Hall was bankrupt. That left Skyler and Billy battling for the cash.

 

Woodward had $5700 and Billy had $3300. 3 racks later, The bank rolls were reversed and it was Sky $5700, Billy $3300.

 

That’s when the bloodbath began. at $700 a ball, Billy moved into slaughter mode. The sky was falling in on Woodward and with $2100 to Billy’s $6900, the action raised to $800.

 

Sky had 2 and a half bullets. Billy, smelling blood, upped it to smiling assassin mode and soon had the moolah!

 

Then it was all hugs and beers, back to good buddies and, “What time’s your 9-Ball match?”

 

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