A total of almost forty players took the opportunity to get ready for May’s BCA Nationals in Vegas with the BCA Warm Up tournament on April 21st at Stingers in Phoenix. The format was the same as the players will face in Vegas and as usual, Arizona players proved that they are quite competitive at the game of bar-table 8-ball.

The ladies event featured one player (Sophia Morquecho) playing as an advanced player and all others playing as open players. This meant that Sophia raced to five instead of four.

Stinger’s Sports Bar along with AZPoolScene.com joined together to start up the ever popular Marathon Tournament Series that Alexander’s Bar (RIP) use to run in previous years.  The first installment was barbox 9-ball on the 12 Diamond Smart Tables from Stinger’s.  32 players were invited for the event and the field was filled with many top bar table players in the State.

The top rated players included names such as Mike Williams, Mike Sandoval, Ben Hrabina, Bret Huth and Nick De Leon, although none of these 9 rated players were able to crack the top 4.  Thirteen 8 rated players joined the field along with numerous lower rated players that jumped up to challenge themselves in this race to Full Handicap Tournament.

Written by Tres Kane, April, 2012

Stinger’s Sports Bar & Grill, in Glendale, Arizona, hosted Stop #2 of the Arizona Women's Billiard Tour on April 14th & 15th.  Longtime AWBT favorite, Susan Williams was the winner, 7-3, over Terri Johnson-McCauley. Susan would claim her first title in over a year.  For Terri, who traveled all the way from Farmington, New Mexico, it was her highest AWBT finish ever.

With twelve (12) 7' Diamond tables, Stinger’s was an excellent host for AWBT's only bar table event for 2012.  This tournament was scheduled to get our gals ready to compete in the BCAPL Nationals in Las Vegas in May.  We saw several new faces and welcomed back some old friends as twenty-six (26) ladies came out Saturday to play.  With such a strong response, this will surely be a yearly event.

Written by Tres Kane, March 2012

The first event of the Arizona Women's Billiard Tour (AWBT) 2012 season was held March 3

Remember when all the ratings dropped statewide? Some people thought it was going to “fix” rating problems and get us all on an even playing field. The definitions of each rating was also produced, around the same time, to describe what each player rating level should be capable of. A good overall idea, maybe, but there are certainly some flaws (just like with every committee ran organization).

Stinger's Bar & Grill, 43rd Ave & Peoria, has acquired the empty store front next door and is in construction to add an addition 2,800 sq ft to the existing 7,000 sq ft.  With this new addition, they have decided to move all the Poker Tables, Dart Boards and Karaoke into the new room along with adding a second bar.  With all of that moving over to the new section, that opened up the main room to add some additional pool tables.  The configuration was changed around to be more pool friendly.  They have added 2 more 7' Diamond Bar Tables and are bringing in 2 Brand New 9 foot Diamond Tables.

The full diagram of the room layout is attached below.

AZPoolScene.com has joined up with Twitter, the online social monster, to allow for YOU, the Players, Tournament Directors and Pool Rooms to be able to connect all our Arizona Pool happenings.  All you have to do is tweet any pool activity and include the hashtag #AZPoolScene in your Tweet.

So if you are running a tournament tonight, just tweet: 

9-ball tournament tonight at Stinger’s, 8 & Under, 7:30 Start #AZPoolScene

The Riveria Hotel & Casino says Farewell to the BCAPL Tournament after 2012.  Come out and compete in May at Numerous Events!  All the Details can be found below and also on http://www.playbca.com

Stinger's to hold 4th Annual BCAPL Warm-up Singles Event and Scotch Double's Event

Enter The 2012 BCAPL National Championships Online

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View The 2011 BCAPL National 8-Ball Results

2012 BCAPL National Championships Schedule   9-Ball Events Check-In Begins Start of Play End Of Play Race To: Entry Fee Signups/Downloads Men's 9-Ball Open Singles Not Required Wed. May 9th, 9 a.m. May 10th 5 (2/3 sets) $60 Download Entry Women's 9-Ball Open Singles Not Required Wed. May 9th, 11 a.m. May 10th 4 (2/3 sets) $60 Download Entry 9-Ball Challenge Not Required Wed. May 9th, 1 p.m. May 10th 7 $110 Download Entry Men's Mixed 9-Ball Teams Sun. May 13th, noon Sat. May 19th, 9 a.m. May 20th 10 $125 Download Entry Women's 9-Ball Teams Sun. May 13th, noon Sat. May 19th, 9 a.m. May 20th Hdcp. 8-11 $125 Download Entry   8-Ball Events Check-In Begins Start of Play End Of Play Race To: Entry Fee Signups/Downloads Open Scotch Doubles * Not Required Thu. May 10th, 7 p.m. May 15th 4 / 3 $100 Download Entry Advanced Scotch Doubles * Not Required Fri. May 11th, Noon May 15th 4 / 3 $125 Download Entry Master Scotch Doubles * Not Required Fri. May 11th, Noon May 15th 5 / 4 $150 Download Entry 2nd Chance Scotch Doubles Not Required Fri. May 11th, 4 p.m. May 15th 3 $30 On-Site Men's Open Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, 9 a.m. May 15th 5 $125 Download Entry Men's Advanced Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, 9 a.m. May 15th 6 $150 Download Entry Men's Master Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, 9 a.m. May 15th 7 $175 Download Entry Women's Open Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, 9 a.m. May 15th 4 $125 Download Entry Women's Advanced Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, 9 a.m. May 15th 5 $150 Download Entry Women's Master Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, 9 a.m. May 15th 7 $175 Download Entry Men's Senior Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, 9 a.m. May 15th 5 $125 Download Entry Men's Super Senior Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, 9 a.m. May 15th 5 $125 Download Entry Women's Senior Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, 9 a.m. May 15th 4 $125 Download Entry Men's Grand Master Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, Noon May 14th 9 $200 Download Entry Women's Grand Master Singles Not Required Sat. May 12th, Noon May 14th 8 $200 Download Entry 2nd Chance Singles Not Required Mon. May 14th, 8 p.m. May 15th 4 $25 On-Site Mixed Open Teams Sun. May 13th, noon Wed. May 16th, 9 a.m. May 19th 13 $250 Download Entry Mixed Advanced Teams Sun. May 13th, noon Wed. May 16th, 9 a.m. May 19th 11 $300 Download Entry Women's Open Teams Sun. May 13th, noon Wed. May 16th, 9 a.m. May 19th 9 $200 Download Entry Women's Adv/Master Teams Sun. May 13th, noon Wed. May 16th, 9 a.m. May 19th 9 $300 Download Entry Mixed Trophy Teams Sun. May 13th, noon Thu. May 17th, 9 a.m. May 19th 13 $125 Download Entry Women's Trophy Teams Sun. May 13th, noon Thu. May 17th, 9 a.m. May 19th 8 $125 Download Entry Mixed Master Teams Sun. May 13th, noon Fri. May 18th, 9 a.m. May 19th 11 $300 Download Entry 2nd Chance Teams Thu. May 17th, 9 a.m. Fri. May 18th, 6 p.m. May 19th 8 $50 On-Site If you are having trouble opening the file in your browser, right click the link, select "Save Target As" and save to a folder on your computer. * Scotch Doubles check-in required ONLY if there are roster changes. ALL Teams MUST check in! (League Operator or Team Captain preferred) Riviera Hotel Reservations 1-800-634-6753 Online Reservations Are Here Book by February 29, 2012 to receive the special early bird rate of $70 per night. Bookings made after February 29th will receive the special group rate of $80 per night. For those pre paying their entire stay of 6 or more nights, which is non-refundable, will receive the Great rate of $60 each night. Please call room reservations at 800-634-6753 and ask for Group Code BCAPMIB No Late Charge Deadline (Postmark) Mon. Mar. 26, 2012 Late Charges Begin (Postmark) Tue. Mar. 27, 2012 Last Day to Enter Tournament (Postmark) Mon. Apr. 9, 2012 Deadline for Receiving TBA Names & Stat's (For Operators NOT using LeagueSys) Fri. Apr. 27, 2012 Deadline for Requesting Refunds Fri. Apr. 20, 2012

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One of kind cue, stolen in Tucson Arizona.
I am posting this for a customer of mine. I built this cue and sold it to him about 3 years ago. It has two shafts, one 29 inch and one 30 inch.  It was stolen 01/22/2012
If anyone happens to see it, will you please contact Keith. Thanks in advance,
- Keith Nickerson

AZPoolScene.com is running a pool tournament that will take 12 weeks to complete. Much like the tournaments that Alexander's use to run back in the day.
http://azpoolscene.com/9BallMaraBrkt.html
http://azpoolscene.com/8UnderMarathon1.html

In this case we are taking 32 invitation persons in a 32 player double elimination format, paying out 8 spots. 
You will play at most, 1 match per week on Wednesday Night after the In-house League finishes at Stinger's.

1  Gus Briseno  200
2  Chuck Evans  160
3  Brett Huth  125
4  Brian Reich  100
5/6  Ken Gouso  80
5/6  Pete Lhotka 80
7/8  MIke Hamman  65
7/8  George Teyechea  65
9/12  Ronn Rutan  50
9/12  Dennis Orender  50
9/12  Sammy Martinez  50
9/12  Nick Deleon  50
13/16  Tom Schmidt  40
13/16  Carl Stewart  40
13/16  Kevin Arco  40
13/16  Jude Espinoza  40

Local Arizona Newspaper, "AZ Billiard & Dart News", is available online, Click to review Online!

Kolby’s Corner Pocket Presents

Preacher Ronn’s One Pocket

2012

Tournament Schedule

 2012 DCT Schedule

Stop 

  1)                Bullshooter’s (Big Table 9 Ball)              January 21-22

1. Gus Briseno    710

2. Pete Lhotka   595

3. Bret Huth   575

4. George Teyechea 570

5. Chuck Evans   475

6. Bobby Emmons 420

6. Mitch Ellerman 420

8. Dennis Orender 385

9. Ray Robles 360

10. Susan Williams 355

The Monday Night, Jack & Jill Scotch Doubles 9-ball League is starting a new season on November 7th.

In-house @ Stinger's (43rd Ave/Peoria)

13 Maximum combined handicap, Mondays @ 7:30, 100% Payout, BCA Sanctioned, Contact League Operator Brynn (602) 510-8058

By Tres Kane, October 14, 2011

Saturday, October 8th, at Stinger’s in Glendale, was the place to be for women's 8-ball on the ten Diamond 7’ tables. It was the fifth stop on the 2011 Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour, but the first time that Stinger’s had held an event. Owner's Dale Hanson & Dana Micelli and staff, were more than willing to accommodate all of our needs. Stinger’s is a very spacious room with twelve 7’ tables, great food and a full bar to settle the nerves. In addition, between matches, you could partake in off-track betting, social poker, or watch sports on the many large screens throughout the bar.

Here are the top 25 after Kolby's event.

1. Chuck Evans   475

2. Pete Lhotka  440

3. Bobby Emmons 420

3. Mitch Elllerman 420

5. George Teyechea 345

6. Brett Huth   315

7. Gus Briseno 310

8. Dennis Orender 305

9. Mike Sandoval 300

10. Bernie Pettipiece 290

Well, if you missed this one last year, you sure don’t want to miss it this year. We all had the privilege of watching some of the best billiards short of ESPN. All of the players in this tournament are local league players from the Phoenix area. This event is open to all active league players in this area, no matter what league you play for. If you were not represented last year, please be sure to ask your league operator about getting you in this year. Our first tournament, last year, had 51 players. This time we are looking for a lot

Four hundred entries from 11 states competed September 1-4 at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona in the BCAPL Southwest Regional Championships. With an $18,550 prize fund, the event was played on Diamond 7’ Smart Tables provided by Bad Boy’s Billiard Productions and produced by CueSports International, the parent company of the BCA Pool League.

The tournament had seven divisions: Scotch Doubles, Women’s Open Singles, Men’s Advanced / Master Singles, Men’s Open Singles, Men’s / Mixed Open Teams and Women’s Open Teams. While the event is open to all BCA Pool League and USA Pool League members, a special Arizona rating 6 and Under Singles division was also included.

Starting Thursday, 32 teams played in the single elimination Scotch Doubles event. Arizona husband and wife team, Mike and Susan Williams took home $500 for first place. Thursday evening was a special BCAPL swimming pool party in celebration of Labor Day Weekend. Players relaxed pool side with their friends, family and team mates under the warm Arizona summer night.
 

Mark Griffin and CueSports International (CSI) announce two major changes for the BCAPL National Championships. In 2013, the “Greatest Pool Tournament in the World” will move from May to July … and will walk the welcome mat at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The BCAPL National Championships have outgrown the space at the Riviera Hotel & Casino. The 2012 (36^th) BCAPL National Championships, scheduled May 9-20, 2012, will be the last year the event will be held at the Riviera. CSI thanks the Riviera for hosting the championships for the past 18 years.

September 16, 2011 by Tres Kane

Stacy Allsup defeated Kristin Haney 9-8 to win Stop #4 at Bullshooters in Phoenix. This was Stacy's second tour win and along with fellow Las Vegan, Rebecca Wagner, they have won all four AWBT events this season. For Kristin Haney, of Prescott Valley, this second place finish, along with a fourth in April, proves she is still a woman to be reckoned with in the Arizona pool scene.

Play began Saturday with 26 ladies from the southwest and Wisconsin. After the computer draw, one bracket in particular, was loaded with AWBT point leaders. Susan Williams had a first round win over Susan "Madhatter" Mello 7-2, but in the next round she lost to point leader, Rebecca Wagner, 7-5. Then Rebecca lost 7-5 to Kristin Haney who had just beaten Sara Miller. Just like that, four of the tournament favorites were in the loser's bracket. Only Wagner and Mello would make it out to play on Sunday.

August 12, 2011 by Tres Kane 

Rebecca Wagner of Las Vegas, Nevada, won the 3^rd stop of the Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour. The big table, 9-ball event was held at Pockets in Tucson August 6^th-7^th. She beat Susan Williams 9-3 in the one-race final to win her second AWBT event of the 2011 season.

On August 13^th-14^th, 2011, Stinger’s Sports Bar in Glendale, AZ, decided to throw some Guaranteed Added Money out to the players of Arizona.  The event was Bar Table 8-ball on the 10 Diamond Tables and began right on schedule at 12 Noon Saturday.  The players across the State came out to show their support and appreciation for the $750 Added Guarantee.  47 Players ended up getting signed up by the deadline and another 8 players had to be turned away as they showed up late.  The tournament was mimicked off of the DCT (Desert Classic Tour) format and was a B & Below Only tournament.  Entries were staggered based on ratings and so were the races.  B’s paid $35 entry and raced to 6 games, C’s paid $25 and raced to 5 games and D’s paid $15 and raced to 4 games.  The Pot grew fairly large quickly as many took advantage of the sidepots offered.  $10, $20 and a $30 Winner Take All Pot.  In addition there was a C Player & Below sidepot offered for $10.  The entire payout of the tournament equaled $3,640.

The Early Registration for the $6000 Added BCAPL Southwest Regional from Fort McDowell Casino is ending today (Monday).  Get your Registration in for Scotch Doubles, Singles and the Team Event today!  You can register ONLINE at http://www.ctsondemand.com or get it post marked today with the entry forms you can find here.

By Ray Robles:  Thanks to everybody who joined the stream or came out to support this tournament. I'd especially like to thank Skip and Jan's (in Tempe, AZ) and their fantastic staff (Natalie, Kim, Ashley, Charles, Nate, Jerry) for hosting this event, Fast Lenny and OnTheRailTV.com for the live stream, Mike Howerton for his advertising support and write-ups on AZBilliards.com, Mike Lalumiere for running the tournament board, and Rodney "Babe" Thompson for providing some excellent commentary and sharing some great stories.

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The Arizona Women's Billiard Tour’s (AWBT) next event is coming soon! August 6^th-7^th, 2011.  Mark your calendars ladies!!!!!!!

Stinger's  $750 Added Guaranteed
 
B & Under         8-Ball
 
August 13th and 14th, Date Change to Better Align with other Tournaments.

Congratulations to Paul Grande for completing his undefeated run in taking down the 5th Stop of the Desert Classic Tour from Bullshooter's in Phoenix, Arizona.  On July 9th-10th a much smaller crowd than normal on the tour came out to give this Big Table 8-ball event a try.  With the smaller field of 22 players and the $1000 added money, players were very hungry to take home the cash.

CueSports International (CSI), which is the national organization that operates the BCA Pool League, is making a few welcome changes for the 2012 BCAPL National Championships at the Riviera Hotel & Casino May 9-20, 2012.

After listening to the league membership, operators and interested parties, CSI wishes to announce the following updates effective with the 2011-2012 League Year which began June 1, 2011:

By: Tres Kane

      Saturday, June 11^th, the AWBT stopped into "Kitty's Lounge" for a weekend of ladies bar table 9-ball. Located in the Central Phoenix area, Kitty's has been a longtime tournament sponsor and home to a women's BCA National 8-ball Championship team.  Eighteen ladies from Arizona and Nevada made up the field.

The game: 9-ball - Race to 7. The AWBT uses an alternate break format using the "Magic Rack".

*Highlights of the first day.

     Owner/player Kitty Carroll, that for her big day of hosting, she would show up with a pulled muscle in her leg. It was painful to watch her tend to her duties as bar manger and then limp over and try to play competitive pool. When she was sent to the losers side in round 3 by Leandrea Gaff,  it looked like her day might be mercifully over early. Instead she showed a lot of grit in beating a strong Justine Bishop with the tournaments most amazing run out 7-5. She then beat Pat Shultz to make it to Day 2 on Sunday.

The 2nd Annual BCAPL Southwest Regional has been announced by the BCAPL this week.  There have been many changes in this second installment of the Regional Event.  The Changes are a direct reflection from the comments left by the players that attended in 2010.  The BCAPL has listened and is making changes to grow this event into a Great Event!  Some of the key changes are:

• Tournament Start Time is 7 p.m. on THURSDAY this year
• Scotch Doubles Added (Details Below)

NEWS FLASH…Added money will be increased for all remaining tournaments of the 2011 season. Our “anonymous” donor has agreed to add an additional $100 for each event.  That is fantastic! Thank you!  C All events will be $400 added!

REMINDER:  Our next event is this weekend at Kitty’s!  -  June 11^th & 12^th.  2836 N. 36^th Street, Phoenix (602) 957-9786

The In-house BCA Champions League is set to start up the 5th season on June 29th, 2011.  We will be holding a Captains Meeting at 7 p.m. on June 15th and any potential players should try to be in attendence.  We will also be hosting an 8-ball Tournament starting at 7:30 p.m. that night, open to anyone.  Stingers Bar & Grill has been home to the league the past 4 seasons.  The league started with only 6 teams and has grown into a full field of 10 teams (5 Players/Team/Week).  The 2011 Winter/Spring Session contained the most competitive group of players any league in Arizona has seen in a very long time.  Numerous State, Regional and National Champions were found throughout the tough field of teams.  In addition, there were many 5's, 6's and 7 rated players mixing it up with the big boys and causing many upsets throughout the season!  The league has it's own redefined custom handicapping system

It's no secret that the Arizona Pool Scene is one of the biggest and best pool scene's anywhere in the nation.  There are leagues, tournaments and action matches all over the state on any given night of the week.  From handicapped 5 & Under tournaments to OPEN Tour events such as the Desert Classic Tour (DCT) and the Arizona Women's Billiards Tour (AWBT).  But for the last 2 or 3 years whenever you asked anyone what the big money added tournament this coming weekend was you knew the answer was Scotch Doubles.  And usually there were 2 or 3 different ones going on at the same time across the valley.  Metro Sportz, Kitty's, Stinger's, The OX, River City, Main Street, Skip & Jans and Bullshooters hold some of the largest Scotch Tourneys in the State on any given weekend.  Many of which range in the combined 14 & Under to 16 & Under Handicap for the duo of players.  Over at The Ox, Julie and Rick cater to the lessor ratings by offering a staggering low of a 10 & Under Handicap which limits the field to 3's, 4's, 5's and 6's.

Every May hundreds of Arizona Pool Players flock to Las Vegas to compete in any one of the League Sanctioned Tournaments.  From ACS to BCAPL to VNEA, APA and TAP, players of all skill levels turn out to take home the championships.  In the ACS this year, Arizona represented well with Bernie Store and Steve Stowers of Mesa, AZ, taking home the 64 team championship undefeated.  When the Largest Tournament in the world rolled into town the Arizona Players lined up to take a shot at the money.  The BCAPL is well known as the Largest and Greatest Pool Tournament in the world.  And Arizona showed up to get their share of the cash.

In the 3rd year of Running the BCAPL Team Warm-up Tournament from the Stingers (Formerly Sweet Tooth) Location, the response was not as large as in the past.  In the previous years, 14 teams and 12 teams came out to play on the exact simulated tournament as the National Event that runs in Las Vegas every May.  Stingers was aware of numerous other tournaments that scheduled on top of this event this year and understood how difficult it was for players to form teams of 5 for this event.  In the wake of the low turnout of only 4 teams of players (Including 1 team that came all the way from Globe, AZ), Stingers still wanted to allow a way for the faithful to get the necessary "warm-up" for Vegas and switched the tournament to a Singles Event.

16 Players signed up for the $10 entry singles tournament where Men's players raced to 5 games and all non-master women raced to 3 games.  Susan Williams was the lone woman's masters player and thus also raced to 5 games in this alternate break format tournament.  Stinger's wanted to also support the players that supported the Team Tournament and added $10/player to the prize fund.

     The Arizona Women's Billiard Tour began their 2011 season in Phoenix at Bullshooters with a $400 added 9-ball on the 9' table tournament. Bullshooters has been a generous longtime supporter of the AWBT. With their 20,000 sq. ft. they easily accommodated the 28 ladies who showed up from all parts of Arizona, Las Vegas and even Wisconsin. Their capable staff still had time to take care of a ‘broomstick’ tournament, ping pong tournament, dart tournament, and even Jr. pool league on Sunday. A true three ring circus. Owners, Mike and Julie Bates, and Lenny Orlando seem to be doing a lot of things right and making a lot of people happy.

Do you wonder where your opponents all come from for the National BCAPL Tournament every May?  Check them out on this map for various events.

Link to Maps

When you talk about Arizona the weather is always a 'hot' topic.  But something else that was on the 'burners' this past weekend, April 16th, 2011, was the BCAPL Warm-Up Tournament for the National Championships just a few weeks away.  Stingers once again held this event to get players the best environment to be as prepared as possible going into Nationals which is held at the Riviera Casino & Resort from May 11th - 22nd.

This first warm-up event was for 8-ball Singles.  Usually this event runs both a Men's Event and a Women's Event, but the two were combined together this year as the AWBT (Arizona Women's Billiards Tour) was running their first event just down the street.  3 ladies still decided to show to play with the men.  A Women's Open player would race to 4 games, Women's Advanced would be equal to a Men's Open player and they both would race to 5, A Women's Master would be equal to a Men's Advanced and they both would race to 6 and a Masters Men's player would race to 7 games.

The 3rd Stop on the Desert Classic Tour took the show on the road down to Tucson Arizona.  Pockets was the destination and 14.1 (aka "Straight Pool") was the game.  The DCT Tour is well known for offering all different types of games in all different types of venues in various parts of Arizona.  This Tour Stop was also the State Championship for 14.1.

It is well known that 2 of the best 14.1 players in Arizona are Bernie Pettipiece and Jimmy Mendoza.  So when only Bernie stepped into the pool room all eyes were on him to try and repeat this event.  But 19 other players were also on hand and ready to knock the king off of his thrown.  One of those players was all around specialist Pete Lhotka, who made the trip over to Tucson from Yuma, AZ.  Pete is one of the most loyal competitors on the DCT Tour and is always a threat in any event to cash high.

On March 19^th and 20^th, 2011, the Desert Classic Tour once again made it’s trip over to Stingers Sports Bar & Grill in Glendale, AZ. The event again was Bar Table 8-ball on the Diamond Smart Tables. 38 players came out to try and take home the cash and the Points List points which help determine the top 8 seeded players in the finale at the end of the year. This was Stop #2 on the Tour for 2011 and all the big names showed up to claim stake.

Saturday, March 12 Skip & Jan's welcomed 25 scotch doubles teams to their inaugural event on the new Diamond bar boxes.  There was great competition amongst teams from across the valley with some early upsets and a few unexpected routs.  Brian Reich and Joe Massey waited and watched who their opponent would be in the Hot Seat match.  Jerry Stuckart and Chad Barber were battling with Doc Rice and Phil Anderson to get that chance.  The match went hill-hill and Jerry played safe.  Doc was able to kick 2 rails and make contact and after all the balls stopped rolling he was safe.  Chad made a good hit, but Phil had a shot and they ran out a tough rack for the win 10-9.  Doc and Phil were pretty worn out after that match which allowed Brian and Joe to pitched a 10-0 shutout to advance to the hot seat.  Doc and Phil chose to forfeit their next match and take home their guaranteed 3rd place finish prize of $280.

If you haven't had the chance to experience the Magic Ball Rack yet, you are in for a real treat!  AZPoolScene.com is selling the 3-pack of Magic Ball Rack's (8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball) together for $20.  Contact us at AZPoolScene@hotmail.com

• Magic Ball Rack Pro is the elite racking system; it gives a consistent tight rack even on old cloth.
• Magic Ball Rack Pro gives a perfect rack every time, you can rack in 10 seconds or less
• Saves table wear on the cloth from using other triangles
• No need to Tap the table and damage the table
• No need to carry your own triangle with you when you play
• Worn and used balls can be used with a tolerance level of 0.1mm
• Material is water proof, can blend into any table cloth color and can be rolled up to carry around.
• Pool Hall owners can eliminate triangles altogether using the Magic Ball Rack

■ Material : Special Grade Plastic   ■ Thickness : 0.14mm   ■ Color : Clear

Link to PlayBCA.Com's Event Page:  www.playbca.com/Events/2011BCAPL8BallNationalChampionships.aspx

If you are having trouble opening the file in your browser, right click the link,
select "Save Target As" and save to a folder on your computer.

Book by January 31, 2011 to receive the special early bird rate of $70 per night.
Bookings made after January 31st will receive the special group rate of $80 per night.
For those pre paying their entire stay of 8 or more nights, which is non-refundable, will receive the Great rate of $60 each night. Please call room reservations at 800-634-6753 and ask for Group Code BCAPCPP

We'd like to congratulate all of the Arizona Players that travelled to Reno, NV, last week to compete in the US Bar Table Championships.  The event held 3 Men's and 3 Women's Events, one for each discipline 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball.  The 10-ball event kicked off early last week followed by the 9-ball and then finishing up with 8-ball this past weekend.  The 8-ball event has always carried the most participants and this year was no different with 157 Men and 36 Women competing for the top prizes.

Read more to see where everyone placed!  (Bold finishes are Cashes)

The BCA Champions League out of Stingers Sports Bar in Glendale, AZ, is expanding to Tuesday Nights for the 2nd installation of In-house League Play.  We have 5 or 6 teams already and are looking for a few more to join the league.  The league is starting NEXT WEEK, February 22nd, 2011, so that we can meet the agreesive deadline set by the BCA to get people qualified for Nationals in May!  If you would like to join or form a team, please contact Jerry Stuckart @ 602.332.4499 or AZPoolScene@hotmail.com, Come on Down to Stingers and Speak to the Owner Dale (Son Trevor) or tell one of the bartenders.

The league is 4 person teams, Race to X number of games format, that mimic's the feeling of the National and State Tournaments!  It will run a short season from Feb. 22nd through April 26th before taking a break for Nationals.  The league will then start up again the first week or so of June!  Come out and give it a shot (pun intended)!

Poolstudents.net and the Phoenix pool community are raising money to help send Susan Williams, a Phoenix-based Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) player, to the 2011 Amway WPA Women’s World 9-Ball Open in Taipei, Taiwan.

Susan has played on the WPBA Tour since 2005. In 2010 she was the top player on the Arizona Women’s Billiards Tour (AWBT) with three first-place finishes as well as finishing in the top ten on the Desert Classic Tour (DCT).

I just finished installing 12 brand new 7' Diamond Smart tables in Skip and Jan's today. These are the newly redesigned rails, and they play like a million bucks! This room is really becoming the place to play. No other place in Arizona can top their equipment.

I am happy I get to be a part of rebuilding this pool hall and to put Skip and Jan's back on the map. The hardest part is out of the way. The ground work is done. Now it is up to the players to bring the action there and make this room the premier pool hall in Arizona.

Zach Jonas (Phoenix, AZ)
Reverend Billiards Service
www.ReverendBilliards.com
480-720-8033
480-779-7385

The first stop of the 2011 Desert Classic Tour kicked off on January 8-9, 2011, at Bullshooter’s in Phoenix, Arizona. This stop would be bar table 10 ball and would see many familiar faces, along with many new faces on the tour. On Saturday, the tourney started with 28 players.

By the start of Sunday morning, the tourney was down to the final 8 players. The winner’s side pitted Ken "Goose" Gouso against Pete Lhotka. Pete would advance with an 8/4 win. The other winner‘s side match saw two familiar faces in Mitch Ellerman against Nick De Leon. Mitch would move on with an 8/6 victory.

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CueSports International (CSI) has listened to the requests of BCA Pool League Operators and players, and added BCAPL National 9-Ball Championships singles and team competitions to the BCAPL series of events in May at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The dates for the BCAPL nationals are May 11-22, 2011.