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The $1000 Added Open Event would kick of with very strong 23-man field at Hammerheads Billiards Lounge in Holiday, FL on Dec. 13th. With names Like Donnie Mills, Tony Crosby, Mark Coats, James Roberts, Josh Lewis, and Julio Aquino, no one was in for an easy ride.
The man to beat on this day was Donnie Mills. He breezed through the winner side bracket with wins over Mike Rodriguez 9-4, Nick Prouty 9-0, Dave Ross 9-0, and Julio Aquino 9-4 to put himself in the hotseat match, where he would face tour newcomer Mark Coats. Coats was looking good on the winners side with impressive wins over Louie Smith 9-1, Taz Naravane 9-3, and a hard fought win over Tony Crosby 9-8.
The hotseat match was dominated by Mills, who ran out a 9-3 winner.
On the one loss side Julio Aquino, who has been proving all year why he is a little too good for the Amateur events, was making his mark with some very strong wins over Adam Wheeler 9-7, Josh Lewis (who had just Knocked Tony Crosby out) 9-3, finishing with a very impressive win over Coats 9-7, to put him in his 2nd final of the year.
The final match on the day would be no different than any other for Mills, as he would come out with a dominating 11-5 win over Aquino, who would have to settle for a runner up position for the 2nd time this year. On the bright side, Aquino’s 2nd place finish places him in the No. 1 position on the KF Open Rankings, with Mills moving to the No 2 spot.
The KF cue tour would like to thank all our sponsors for making these events happen, and Hammerheads Billiards Lounge for hosting another great event.
Donnie Mills and Julio Aquino
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1st
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Donnie Mills
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$610
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2nd
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Julio Aquino
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$400
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3rd
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Mark Coats
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$300
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4th
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Josh Lewis
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$200
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5th/6th
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Adam Wheeler
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$100
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Tony Crosby
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7th/8th
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Dan Lavoie
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$70
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Jim Sandaler
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Our next stop will be Doral Billiards in Miami on the 3rd/4th January
www.doralbilliards.com
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for more information.
Rodriguez Takes Down Record Breaking KF Cue Amateur Event
The 4th stop of the $700 Added KF Amateur was hosted By Hammerheads Billiards lounge in Holiday, Florida on Dec. 14th.
The event would see a massive 62 man field turn up for this one day event, this was a record number of players for the Tour. We were very excited to have had such a great turnout and support from all the amateur players.
The field was also packed with some of the most talented Amateur players in the state of Florida. Elvis Rodriguez, who made his first appearance on the KF Cue Tour, played excellent pool all day, winning his first event.
Rodriguez made his way through several great players to reach the finals, with wins over Scott Howard 7-5, Kevin Overton 7-3, Hal Schaeffer 7-4, Bob McCulley (Dirty Bob) 7-3, and a hard fought win over Mark Wathen 7-6 to advance to the hot seat match where he would meet last events runner up Mike Delawder. Delawder made his way to the finals with some fine play on the day with wins over, Bill Bauer(Gripper) 7-3, James Green 7-4, Former US National Amateur Champion Jason Richko 7-0, and last month’s runner-up Trey Jankowski 7-4. He then beat Johnny Demet 7-6 in a tight match to reach the hot seat match.
The hot seat match would be a very one-sided affair, with Rodriguez making Delawder pay for every mistake, and dominating the match with a 7-0 win.
The one loss side would see Jose Del Rio going on a rampage, winning 6 matches on the bounce before running into Mark Wathen, who would send him home with a 5-3 win. Wathen then lost a very close match to Johnny Demet 5-4, with Demet suffering his second loss to Delawder on the day in another close hill-hill match, leaving him in 3rd place.
Delawder was looking tired in the finals, and several unforced errors early in the match gave Rodriguez all the inspiration he needed to win 7-3 and take home the $730 first place prize.
Mike Delawder and Elvis Rodriguez
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1st
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Elvis Rodriguez
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$730
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2nd
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Mike Delawder
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$500
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3rd
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Johnny Demet
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$
300
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4th
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Mark Wathen
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$200
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5th/6th
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Jose Del Rio
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$125
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Paul LeCain
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7th/8th
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Bob McCulley
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$75
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Jimmy
Hines
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9th/12th
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Jose Ybarra
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$50
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Trey Jankowski
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Adam Wheeler
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Francisco Cifuentes
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Top
Lady Finisher
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Stephanie Mitchell
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$
25
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Top
Junior
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Taz Naravane
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$25
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