35 One Pocket Players today

$1240 up for grabs.

Rafael Martinez, John Henderson, the Baby and a host of other great players in the northern California area. Even a few from Reno came down to play and a friend of Rafael's from Seattle... not a bad players at all.

Anywhere else 35 One Pocket players would be a two day event...

these guys are FAST.

Saturday One Pocket results
35 players $300 added for a total prize fund of $1240
1st $390 Rafael Martinez
2nd $260 Amar Kang
3rd $180 Miguel
4th $120 Eric Kraus
5th/6th $85 Tony P and Robert Aldana
7th/8th $60 Ron Lilies and Robert T

Just ended. Rafael went undefeated. No Splits.
12 hours after we started. .. We all had fun.

35 players taking 12 hrs for a 1p tourney really is fast. Not only fast players but also good tournament directing. Thank you.

Wow, that is like a well-oiled machine, Tom!!

SactownTom said:

Saturday One Pocket results
35 players $300 added for a total prize fund of $1240
1st $390 Rafael Martinez
2nd $260 Amar Kang
3rd $180 Miguel
4th $120 Eric Kraus
5th/6th $85 Tony P and Robert Aldana
7th/8th $60 Ron Lilies and Robert T

Just ended. Rafael went undefeated. No Splits.
12 hours after we started. .. We all had fun.

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Nice to see Amar back playing. He's a great player when he stays away from the sauce. Is he still primarily playing poker?

I've forgotten what format you use, Tom. Is it race to a certain number of balls? Race to 2? Single elim.? Nice turnout.

Doc

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. The players are the real story here. They all know that it is a ONE day event and very few times do they even consider pushing balls up table and taking more then 30 minutes a game.

It is their tournament. They know what to do.

Amar is on the wagon, only playing golf and pool. It is like he is on a mission. He comes in early every day and practices alone. He is going to be back on track again soon.

Double Elimination, race to two on both sides, alternate break. No time limit, no shot clock.

We started around 120pm and finished at 115am.

gulfportdoc said:

Nice to see Amar back playing. He's a great player when he stays away from the sauce. Is he still primarily playing poker?

I've forgotten what format you use, Tom. Is it race to a certain number of balls? Race to 2? Single elim.? Nice turnout.

Doc

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SactownTom said:

Amar is on the wagon, only playing golf and pool. It is like he is on a mission. He comes in early every day and practices alone. He is going to be back on track again soon.

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Great to hear about Amar. If he stays out of trouble he should go far in pool. He and his cousin Tony both come from good families, and I think they have good basic valules.

Doc