PLAYERS TOUR PRODUCTIONS & STATEWIDE BILLIARDS

It was another good turnout for the Michigan Players Tour.  While the professional pool players we sometimes see were busy in North Carolina, we had our share of local talent come ouut to play this event.  We had a number of new faces which means the word is spreading and the tour is growing.  This was only our 4th big event and 5th event total so the turn outs are getting better and drawing new faces each time.

The Mini event took place Friday evening and finished up Saturday morning before the main event began.  There was a field of 45.

Payouts                                        Tourney                                        Side Pot

1st                                                   $400                                                $350

2nd                                                  $225                                               $200

3rd                                                   $125                                               $120

4th                                                   $75                                                 $75

5th/6th                                            $50                                                 $50

7th/8th                                            $40                                                 $40

9th/12th                                          $30                                                 $0

The following is the order of 1st thru 12th place finishers.

1st place - Tom Bosscher

Tom didnt have an easy road to the finals especially since Tom doesnt play outside of league or Anazeh Sands East when playing with friends.  Tom made his way through the mini event with wins over:

Tom Bosscher defeats Bye

Tom Bosscher defeats Richie Richeson 7 to 5

Tom Bosscher defeats Brandon Knowling 7 to 5

Tom Bosscher defeats Dirk Vanderploeg 7 to 4

Tom Bosscher defeats Lee Lambaria 7 to 2

Tom Bosscher defeats Jeremy Seaman 7 to 6 (chair match)

Tom Bosscher defeated by Bart Goode 7-3 (due to our true double elimination format, Bosscher must be defeated twice to lose his title)

Tom Bosscher defeats Bart Goode the 2nd set 7 to 5 and wins the Mini event! 

2nd place - Bart Goode.  Bart made his way to the finals by playing the following field:

Bart Goode defeats Bye

Bart Goode defeats Larry Bensen 7 to 1

Bart Goode defeats Tom Decker 7 to 6

Bart Goode defeats Juan Garcia 7 to 6

Bart Goode defeated by Jeremy Seaman 7 to 5

Bart Goode defeats Jason Kirkwood 7 to 2

Bart Goode defeats Lee Lambaria 7 to 5

Bart Goode defeats Jeremy Seaman 7 to 3 in a grudge match. Jeremy knocked bart into the one loss side.

Bart Goode defeats Tom Bosscher in the first set of the finals 7 to 3

Bart Goode defeated by Tom Bosscher 7 to 5

3rd place - Jeremy Seaman   Jeremy played the following people to make it to 3rd place:

Jeremy Seaman defeats Bye

Jeremy Seaman defeats Rick Mull 7 to 0

Jeremy Seaman defeats Joh Skofic 7 to 3

Jeremy Seaman defeats Juan Garcia 7 to 6

Jeremy Seaman defeated by Tom Bosscher 7 to 6

Jeremy Seaman defeated by Bart Goode 7 to 3

4th place - Lee Lambaria    Lee played the following people to make it to 4th place:

Lee Lambaria defeats Shaun Buchholz 7 to 4

Lee Lambaria defeats Ben Daniels 7 to 0

Lee Lambaria defeats Houston Rodriguez 7 to 3

Lee Lambaria defeats Bob Hendrix 7 to 3

Lee Lambaria defeated by Tom Bosscher 7 to 2

Lee Lambaria defeats Jerry Diaz 7 to 1

Lee Lambaria defeated by Bart Goode 7 to 5

5th/6th place - Jerry Diaz and Jason Kirkwood

7th/8th place - Dirk Vanderploeg and Juan Garcia

9th/12th place - Dustin Brown, Pat Brown, Bob Hendrix and Houston Rodriguez

The Main Event began Saturday at Noon and we had a field of 27 players. 

Tournament Payouts                      Tourney                             Side Pot

1st place                                          $1500                                 $650

2nd place                                         $800                                   $400

3rd place                                          $500                                   $225

4th place                                          $245                                   $150

5th/6th                                              $105                                   $75      

1st place - Juan Garcia   Juan Garcia is a name that many around Michigan dont hear much about anymore.  There was a time when not many would challenge Juan on a bar table including road players that stopped through town.  Juan hasnt been as active in serious pool in recent years but has decided to try to attend some of the tour events.  Juan made a great showing here playing near flawless pool and showing everyone that his good ole days arent so old after all!

Juan made his way through the following field:

Juan Garcia defeats Chad Howe 9 to 6

Juan Garcia defeats Nate Teeple 9 to 0

Juan Garcia defeats Lupe Rosa 9 to 5

Juan Garcia defeats Jeremy Seaman 9 to 8  

Juan Garcia defeats Bart Goode 9 to 5  (chair match)

Juan Garcia defeats Jason Kirkwood 9 to 6 to win the event undefeated!

2nd place - Jason Kirkwood  Jason played the following field of players:     

Jason Kirkwood defeats Curtis Thornton 9 to 5

Jason Kirkwood defeated by Jeremy Seaman 9 to 8

Jason Kirkwood defeats Rob Hicks 9 to 1

Jason Kirkwood defeats Shaun Buchholz 9 to 0

Jason Kirkwood defeats Shannon Murphy 9 to 3

Jason Kirkwood defeats Houston Rodriguez 9 to 0

Jason Kirkwood defeats jeremy Seaman 9 to 4 (grudge match)

Jason Kirkwood defeats Lee Lambaria 9 to 4

Jason Kirkwood defeats Bart Goode 9 to 4

Jason Kirkwood defeated by Juan Garcia 9 to 6

Kirkwood made an incredible comeback after losing in the early rounds of the tournament.  He showed little mercy but ran into an eager to win Juan Garcia who gave Kirkwood ver little opportunity to take the title.

3rd place - Bart Goode      Bart made his way through the following field of players:

Bart Goode defeats Bye

Bart Goode defeats Dan Bell 9 to 1

Bart Goode defeats Shannon Murphy 9 to 8

Bart Goode defeats Lee Lambaria 9 to 5

Bart Goode defeated by Juan Garcia 9 to 5

Bart Goode defeated by Jason Kirkwood 9 to 2

4th place - Lee Lambaria    Lee made his way through the following field of players:

Lee Lambaria defeats Greg Thornton 9 to 7

Lee Lambaria defeats Bob Diebold 9 to 6

Lee Lambaira defeats Dave Shaffer 9 to 3

Lee Lambaria defeated by Bart Goode9 to 5

Lee Lambaria defeats Lupe Rosa 9 to 5

Lee Lambaria defeated by Jason Kirkwood 9 to 4

5th/6th place - Lupe Rosa and Jeremy Seaman

Congrats to all that made the money rounds!  We had some truly spectactular matches!

An additional congrats goes out to Jeremy Seaman for winning the winner take all ring 10 ball tournament held Saturday evening! 

I hope to see all of you again at out December event! 

For photos and videos of the players, check out our video and photo sections of the website.

Enjoy and shoot well!