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The $700 Added Amateur event drew in a very talented 49 player field at Stroker’s in Palm Harbor. The tours first season is coming to a close, which means all players are fighting for the points to receive the player of the year award to be given out at this years Finale. We would see points leader Albert Howe crashing out of the tournament in the early rounds with defeats to Dan Lavoie 7-1 and then Jimmie Hines 5-3. This would open the door for Mark Wathen joint points leader to try and jump ahead.
Amateur Event Winner Dan Whitten
While all the points leaders were fighting for leverage local player Dan Whitten was quietly taking care of business going through the field undefeated with notable wins over Bobby Moore 7-0, and a 7-2 match win over Mike Delawder to give himself the hotseat. Bobby Moore would battle with strong wins over Mark Wathen 5-2, Jeff Mabry 5-3 and a win over Mike Delawder 5-2 to put himself in a rematch final with Dan Whitten.
On the day we would see some players fighting back after losing their first round match. Julio Del Pozo who lost his first match to Jeff Mabry would go on a rampage on the one-loss side winning 6 straight matches in a row before running back into Mabry who would send him home in 7/8th place. Jeff Mabry who was having a great tournament also stopped Dave Palmieri in his tracks, as Palmieri lost his first match and then went on to win 4 matches until running into Mabry.
The final would see Whitten coming out strong with a 4-0 lead on Moore but Moore was far from defeated. He would battle back to 5-3 down and then eventually tie the match up at 6-6. That would be as close as Moore would come as Whitten would take the match with some clinical safeties and run outs. This is a great win for Dan Whitten as he battled it out with one of the toughest fields of the season.
We had several talented lady players come out and play for the Top Lady prize: Michell Monk, Cassidy Mulligan, Nicole Winters and Jessica Barnes.
1st Place- Dan Whitten $550
2nd Place- Bobby Moore $400
3rd Place- Mike Delawder $300
4th Place- Jeff Mabry $200
5/6th Place – Tony Pete and Mark Wathen $100
7/8th Place- Julio Del Pozo, and Prescott Buckwold
9-12th Place- Keelan Mcullers, Dan Lavoie, Lincoln Seiffert and Kevin Overton
Top Lady Player Jessica Barnes $40
Hunter Lombardo Takes His First KF Cue Tour Win
Stroker’s Billiards in Palm Harbor, FL was the latest room to host the $1700 Added 2 day KF Cue Tour Open and Amateur event. Saturday’s Open event drew in a strong field of 30 talented players all gunning for the $700 first place prize. On the day we would see the names of Tony Crosby, Louis
Altes, Mike Davis, Richard Broumpton, Hunter Lombardo, Neil Fujiwara and Adam Wheeler. It would be Hunter Lombardo who would be the man to beat on the day, running through the field undefeated with wins over Neil Fujiwara 7-6, Dan LaVoie 7-6, Mike Davis 7-5, Julio Aquino 7-6 and Adam Wheeler 7-6. This would set Hunter up for a hot seat match again Mike Davis.
Hunter Lombardo and Mike Davis
Davis grinded it out on the one loss side after his defeat to Hunter 7-5. Mike Davis would squeak out a close win to Tony Crosby 7-6, then Neil Fujiwara 7-2, Louis Altes 7-3, and then a swift win over Richard Broumpton 7-0. Davis appeared to be in great stroke as he defeated Adam Wheeler 7-1. Adam had a great tournament as well and took 3rd place after that defeat. Davis set himself up for a finals rematch with Hunter.
The finals was one race to 9 and it would prove to be a great final, both players put on a great show but Hunter would prove to be too good on the day with the win 9-7.
1st Place- Hunter Lombardo $700
2nd Place- Mike Davis $500
3rd Place- Adam Wheeler $300
4th Place- Richard Broumpton $200
5/6th Place- Louse Alters and Julio Aquino $100
7/8th Place- Neil Fujiwara and Dan LaVoie $75
Top Lady Player Jessica Barnes $20
We would like to thank Stroker’s Billiards in Palm Harbor, room owner Jose Del Rio and his entire staff for a great weekend.
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