The Aftermath of the Bullshooters 1 Pocket Tournament w/ a Bunch of Free Match Videos

It was a great tournament over the past three days featuring some great one pocket with some fantastic players all thanks to Tres Kane and the Bates family of Bullshooters for making it happen. The prize pool was $10,000 with 29 players, the entry fee was $200 with $4000 added and no money taken out of the entry fees which is unheard of and the players really get paid good. Where did the other $200 come from?, from our very own Jay Helfert. When Jay heard it was $9800 in prize money, he reached in pulled out $200 and said make it an even $10,000!

There were good crowds there sweating the one pocket, the crowd was around Frost as he beat Terry Osborne in a match that took around 30 minutes for a race to 3. Action was alive and well with some good sets going on between people around the room in the after hours, $500 one pocket and ten ball sets. I even got to play Mark Griffin some cheap one pocket for a few hours, we both had a good time doing so.

Bullshooters is a big room with plenty to do, it has over 40 tables, darts, shuffleboard, full bar and plenty of TVs, UFC was on Saturday night which packed them in. The food in this place is very good and the bar is full with all your wants. They have lots of Gold Crowns, a few Diamonds, bar tables and even 8 footers too. If you are in Phoenix a stop to Bullshooters will be something I recommend, it is the largest room in Arizona I do believe.

The favorites in the tournament were Frost, Parica and Ulrich but none of them had an easy time in this tournament. Frost lost to Briseno to go to the hot seat match with Ulrich in a fantastic hill to hill match. Parica lost to Eric Young and then finally Bernie Pettipiece on the last day to finish in 7th/8th place. Ulrich had a tough time with Tom Neil from Tucson as there match went hill to hill but ultimately Louis would end up in the hot seat of the tournament. Bernie lost his first match to battle all the way back through the tournament which is a great feat but the story for Bernie as of late in the past few tournaments he has played.

I have posted the final 8 and the payouts of the tournament and also some videos of matches captured during the three days, I hope you enjoy them. Thanks to George Teyechea and Jay Helfert for commentating the finals, The Bates family for the hospitality, the players who showed up to play and fans to sweat it, and of course Tres Kane for digging deep in his pockets to add all that money and make it happen. I hope this becomes an annual event and perhaps some sponsors can get involved so it does happen again.

The spot for the CSI US Open One Pocket was drawn and went to Jose Gonzales, could not go to a nicer guy.

1st - Scott Frost - $3400
2nd - Louis Ulrich - $2000
3rd - Gus Briseno - $1500
4th - Bernie Pettipiece - $1100
5/6th - Eric Young & Tommy Tokoph - $600
7th/8th - Jose Parica and George Teyechea - $400


Anyone who would like to contribute to my streaming and video efforts you can Paypal it to lennymarshall@live.com . Thanks for all the support.

Jose Parica vs Nick Tafoya
[ame]http://youtu.be/-EFenGf3yyo[/ame]

Scott Frost vs Angel Martinez
[ame]http://youtu.be/VOkdflgKBxw[/ame]

Eric Young vs Jose Parica
[ame]http://youtu.be/upZwWB49tsA[/ame]

Preacher Ronn vs Jose Gonzales
[ame]http://youtu.be/vxHrGbyd9eU[/ame]

George Teyechea vs Jose Gonzales
[ame]http://youtu.be/qkOsFSOSy7A[/ame]

Louis Ulrich vs Tom Neil
[ame]http://youtu.be/MUcdpjqJs0k[/ame]

Scott Frost vs Gus Briseno
[ame]http://youtu.be/Gy2CueH3d2E[/ame]

Bernie Pettipiece vs Jose Parica
[ame]http://youtu.be/HaEwchMjvh8[/ame]

Scott Frost vs Tommy Tokoph
[ame]http://youtu.be/6P5GRB5Jf5M[/ame]

Gus Briseno vs Louis Ulrich - Hot Seat Match
[ame]http://youtu.be/fqPOHpEXvrw[/ame]

Scott Frost vs Bernie Pettipiece
[ame]http://youtu.be/snj-YTW4iUE[/ame]

Scott Frost vs Gus Briseno - 2nd Match
[ame]http://youtu.be/KSm0ylPn8p4[/ame]

Scott Frost vs Louis Ulrich - Finals
[ame]http://youtu.be/R85cfawGcDs[/ame]

Lenny, you are definately THE MAN. Thanks for the vids.

lenny thank you for all you do

Thanks for the compliments my friends, do not stay up too late watching all of these, probably a day and a half straight of one pocket to watch.

Fast Lenny said:

It was a great tournament over the past three days featuring some great one pocket with some fantastic players all thanks to Tres Kane and the Bates family of Bullshooters for making it happen. The prize pool was $10,000 with 29 players, the entry fee was $200 with $4000 added and no money taken out of the entry fees which is unheard of and the players really get paid good. Where did the other $200 come from?, from our very own Jay Helfert. When Jay heard it was $9800 in prize money, he reached in pulled out $200 and said make it an even $10,000!

There were good crowds there sweating the one pocket, the crowd was around Frost as he beat Terry Osborne in a match that took around 30 minutes for a race to 3. Action was alive and well with some good sets going on between people around the room in the after hours, $500 one pocket and ten ball sets. I even got to play Mark Griffin some cheap one pocket for a few hours, we both had a good time doing so.

Bullshooters is a big room with plenty to do, it has over 40 tables, darts, shuffleboard, full bar and plenty of TVs, UFC was on Saturday night which packed them in. The food in this place is very good and the bar is full with all your wants. They have lots of Gold Crowns, a few Diamonds, bar tables and even 8 footers too. If you are in Phoenix a stop to Bullshooters will be something I recommend, it is the largest room in Arizona I do believe.

The favorites in the tournament were Frost, Parica and Ulrich but none of them had an easy time in this tournament. Frost lost to Briseno to go to the hot seat match with Ulrich in a fantastic hill to hill match. Parica lost to Eric Young and then finally Bernie Pettipiece on the last day to finish in 7th/8th place. Ulrich had a tough time with Tom Neil from Tucson as there match went hill to hill but ultimately Louis would end up in the hot seat of the tournament. Bernie lost his first match to battle all the way back through the tournament which is a great feat but the story for Bernie as of late in the past few tournaments he has played.

I have posted the final 8 and the payouts of the tournament and also some videos of matches captured during the three days, I hope you enjoy them. Thanks to George Teyechea and Jay Helfert for commentating the finals, The Bates family for the hospitality, the players who showed up to play and fans to sweat it, and of course Tres Kane for digging deep in his pockets to add all that money and make it happen. I hope this becomes an annual event and perhaps some sponsors can get involved so it does happen again.

The spot for the CSI US Open One Pocket was drawn and went to Jose Gonzales, could not go to a nicer guy.

1st - Scott Frost - $3400
2nd - Louis Ulrich - $2000
3rd - Gus Briseno - $1500
4th - Bernie Pettipiece - $1100
5/6th - Eric Young & Tommy Tokoph - $600
7th/8th - Jose Parica and George Teyechea - $400


Anyone who would like to contribute to my streaming and video efforts you can Paypal it to lennymarshall@live.com . Thanks for all the support.

Jose Parica vs Nick Tafoya
http://youtu.be/-EFenGf3yyo

Scott Frost vs Angel Martinez
http://youtu.be/VOkdflgKBxw

Eric Young vs Jose Parica
http://youtu.be/upZwWB49tsA

Preacher Ronn vs Jose Gonzales
http://youtu.be/vxHrGbyd9eU

George Teyechea vs Jose Gonzales
http://youtu.be/qkOsFSOSy7A

Louis Ulrich vs Tom Neil
http://youtu.be/MUcdpjqJs0k

Scott Frost vs Gus Briseno
http://youtu.be/Gy2CueH3d2E

Bernie Pettipiece vs Jose Parica
http://youtu.be/HaEwchMjvh8

Scott Frost vs Tommy Tokoph
http://youtu.be/6P5GRB5Jf5M

Gus Briseno vs Louis Ulrich - Hot Seat Match
http://youtu.be/fqPOHpEXvrw

Scott Frost vs Bernie Pettipiece
http://youtu.be/snj-YTW4iUE

Scott Frost vs Gus Briseno - 2nd Match
http://youtu.be/KSm0ylPn8p4

Scott Frost vs Louis Ulrich - Finals
http://youtu.be/R85cfawGcDs

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Wow. Thank you.

I want to comment on Ulrich's one pocket, because i saw him play very early on. He played my old backer one night giving a pretty hefty spot, and Louie played so bad. I mean, we are talking like no idea of how to play one pocket in the slightest. I'm not posting as a knock, but the opposite. I watched some of the video and he plays so well, taking shots I don't see many others choosing, and executing them well. I am so happy to see him playing so well. He is seriously one of the nicest guys in pool as far as i'm concerned. He has obviously embraced one pocket at some point, and it is great to see and he certainly seems to have a good mind for it.

I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved -- Bullshooters, Tres Kane, & Lenny for putting on this event and sharing it with One Pocket fans around the world. Thank you for promoting this great game!!

Great Job!

Great Job!

A great stream and entertaining commentary ... thanks for what you do Lenny. Additionally i'd like to thank the community for turning it up a notch with event notices and reporting back. It seems there is a new wave of reporting taking hold.

cheers