Rich Schau and Natalie Crosby

Hammerheads Billiards lounge hosted the latest $1700 Added KF Cue Tour event.

The event drew a total of 83 players over the weekend with Saturday kicking off with 31 players for the $1000 added open.

The open event always attracts some of the best players from the state and this weekend was no different with notable names Julio Aquino, Justin Hall, Donnie Mills, Hunter Lombardo, Josh Degler, Richard Broumpton just to mention a few.

On the day John Gabriel from Tulsa was proving to be the man to beat by breezing through to the hotseat with wins over Room Owner Dan Lavoie 7-6, Josh Lewis 7-1, Louis Altes 7-3, Richard Broumpton 7-4 and a win 7-3 win over Schau would give him the hotseat.

On the one loss side Josh Lewis was the man on a mission with wins over Rocky Mcelroy 7-3, Tony Crosby 7-6, Neil Fujiwara, 7-6, Josh Degler 7-6 before running into Richard Broumpton who would take him down 7-1, this was followed up with a 7-1 win over Justin Hall before Broumpton would take his 2^nd loss on the day to Schau and end up 3^rd.

The final would be a rematch for Schau having taken his only loss to Gabriel, Schau would not make the same mistake twice playing some very strong pool and making Gabriel pay for mistakes that he had not been making all day. Schau would wrap this match up with a comfortable 9-4 win.

Payouts

1^st, Rich Schau $700

2^nd, John Gabriel $500

3^rd, Richard Broumpton $300

4^th, Justin Hall $200

5^th/6^th Han Berber, Josh Lewis $100

7^th/8^th Donnie Mills, Josh Gegler $75

Dan Lavoie and Mark Ritter

Sundays $700 Added Amateur event would see 52 players which included 6 ladies and 2 juniors taking advantage reduced entry fees to encourage them out to play.

This event is heating up with several players still in contention for the player of the year award.

Mark Wathen, Albert Howe and Mike Delawder currently occupy the top three positions which would remain the same after this event with Delawder making slight ground.

Mark Ritter playing in his first KF Amateur event would prove to be to tough on the day going through the field undefeated with wins over Wesley White, Stephanie Micthell, Mike Delawder, and Jeff Mabry.  He would then take the hotseat with a 7-5 win over Bobby Moore.

On the one loss side room owner Dan Lavoie was looking strong even with a two rack handicap he would string 6 matches in a row with wins over Ryan Bunker 6-0, Julio del Pozo 6-1, Dan Whitten 6-2, Mike Delawder 6-0, Jason Richko 5-3, Grover 6-3 and then a semi final win over Bobby Moore 6-3.

The final would see Ritter getting 2 games on the wire to 9. The 2 games were quickly turned into 5 with Lavoie not seeing much of the table. Ritter would move into a 7-2 lead before  LaVoie was give a chance to rally back and put some racks on his side score now 7-4 and just when it looked like he might pull one more back a missed 6-9 combination would be all Ritter would need to stop the rot and take the last 2 racks for a 9-4 win.

The KF cue tour would like to thank Hammerheads pool room for hosting another first class event, KF cues for providing superb craftsmanship cues for each event and all our other sponsors which can be viewed at www.kfcuetour.com along with rankings and photo gallery.

Our next event is a $1000 Added 2 day Amateur only at TJ’s Billiards, New Port Richey, Florida, on July 11^th/12^th for more info visit www.kfcuetour.com.

Payouts

1^st, Mark Ritter $520

2^nd, Dan Lavoie $400

3^rd, Bobby Moore $300

4^th, Grover $300

5^th/6^th, Jeff Mabry, Jason Richko $100

7^th/8^th, Ivan Ambrosio, Mike Delawder $70

9^th/12^th Stephanie Mitchell, Dan Whitten, Mark Wathen, Albert Howe $50

Taz Naravane finished top Junior.

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