The summer season brought many new players to the 6th Fury North Florida tour stop held at Brown's Billiards in Holly Hill this weekend. It was a day of exciting 9-ball and tournament firsts as several new names stepped into the cash bracket.
Daytona player Matt Bauries ran through the field with four wins including a 7-4 victory over Robert Otto to get into the hot seat match. On the bottom of the winner's bracket, Trevor Moore stacked up wins including a decisive win over 3rd-placed Ray Pollanz. Bauries and Moore battled back and forth in the hot seat match but Bauries was the one to close it out at 7-5.
On the B-side Pollanz had just taken out Otto 5-0 and Bruce Choyce 5-1 and was all geared up for the semi final match up. Moore had the upper hand as he had beaten Pollanz 7-2 earlier in the day, but this time it wasn't so easy. But, at hill-hill Moore wasn't sweating as he put away the final nine to advance to the finals.
In the final rematch between Moore and Bauries, neither player could get a stronghold and you could say it was up the toss of the coin. Before the set, Moore had won the coin flip for break and in the alternate-break format, it was his turn at 8-8. A solid break and a wide open table put Moore on the fast track to taking home first and a $400 bonus.
Results:
1st Trevor Moore $400
2nd Matt Bauries $220
3rd Ray Pollanz $150
4th Bruce Choyce $100
5th/6th John Reeves/Robert Otto $75
7th/8th John Tatum/Jimmy Lindmier $50
