Tournament Results
MPT year end event - Break Room Grand Rapids, MI
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The mini event took place Friday evening and was a $30 entry fee race to 7 (amateur women race to 5), 9 ball, true dbl elimination format. Michigan weather had us worried that the event may be cancelled but I received so many calls from players saying they were on their way that I held the event with an hour delay in the start time.
We had blizzard like conditions and even with some roads being closed, we ended up with 56 players in the mini event! WOW! We had some great names attend this event so there are some amazing matches to watch once I post the vdeos on our website. In addition to the weather, the players had other things to contend with such as the kitchen was closing because of an accident so there was no food for the weekend ordering out was the way to go, if someone would deliver in the snow storm, league matches were scheduled inadvertantly so we lost a few tables making us run later than usual and this ws only a couple of many things over the weekend. With all this combined with other things, it amazed me to see how well the players handled it. My thanks to all of them for not letting anything break their professionalism, They all deserved to win!
The pay outs of the event are as follows:
1st place - Chris Bartram..............Bartram made his way thru thisgiant field fairly easily until he ran into an on fire Billy Pinion. Pinion would knock Bartram into the one loss side where he ran into Houston Rodriguez who seemed to be ending Bartrams run for the title. In the end Bartram prevailed in a 7-6 battle. bartram would now have to take on Adam Smith, a great competetor. Bartram steam rolled Smith 7-3 to set up a rematch of Bartram vs Pinion. Bartram was determined to take the win this time. Pinion was playing great all day until the dreaded tv table match up between himself and Bartram. Pinion would succumb to the pressure of being watched live by family and friends and simply couldnt find his game. Bartram took advantage of the pressure and took the match 7-6. Bartram now would play matt Beckwith for the title. Bartram would have to defeat Beckwith twice in this true double elimination format. bartram took total control of a cold Matt Beckwith and would take the first set 7-3 and the 2nd set 7-2. Bartram takes the title and the cash!
2nd place - Matt Beckwith............Beckwith was playing flawless and looked to be the favorite in this field of bar table champs Until the host room informed us that we would have to finish the mini event Saturday because they had to close and didnt get the permit to stay open til 4am as we have before. This made it interesting to say the least because we also had to play main event matches. Once Beckwith got his chance, he had been waiting so long he was frustrated and cold. This would prove to be his downfall and his flawless game was no longer flawless. Beckwith would settle for 2nd place.
3rd place - Billy Pinion..........Pinion took charge of his bracket never letting any one player get past 4 in this race to 7. Pinion easily made his way thru the field until running into Matt Beckwith who would knock him into the one loss side with a score of 7-2. Pinion then hadhis rematch with Bartram where he would fail to overcome the tv table and end his run for the title with a score of 7-6 Bartram. Pinion is a tough competetor and admits that the tv table got to him, something he plans on correcting because, if it were not for that darn tv table, he feels he wouldve won the title.
4th place - Adam Smith................always a great sport and gentleman, Adam Smith made his way thru the no loss side including defeating Jason Kirkwood 7-5, until running intoan on fire matt beckwith. Beckwith would stop Smiths run for the hot seat with a score of 7-3. On the one loss side, Smith had no easy route, he ran into Jeremy Seaman whos known for playing some great pool under any condition. Smith would show his determination and desire to become the best by besting Seaman, 7-4. Smith then had to meet Chris Bartram who seemed to be on cruise control by this point. Batram would take out Smith with a score of 7-3 ending Smiths run for the title.
5th - Jeremy Seaman
6th - Houston Rodriguez
7th - Jason Kirkwood
8th - Lee Lambaria
9th - Shawn buchholz
10th- Troy Myers
11th - Tom Decker
12th - Bart Goode
The main event pulled in less entries than the mini event however, as the players said when they walked into the room and saw who was playing, it was like walking into a haunted house and seeing nothing but monsters! The main event was truly an event not to be missed because the level of play was amazing!
The 27 participants were:
The payouts were as follows:
1st place - Jason Kirkwood.......Jason made his way to the chair by defeating the following players:
NR = Score not reported
Jason Kirkwood defeats Anthony Sok 9-1
Jason Kirkwood defeats Ronnie Wiseman 9-6
Jason Kirkwood defeats Aaron Toth 9-0
Jason Kirkwood defeats Norm Wines (Porky) 9-6
Jason Kirkwood defeats Tom Dalfonso 9-4
Jason Kirkwood defeats Chris Bartram 9-5
Kirkwood takes home the year end title! Congrats Jason!!
2nd Place - Chris Bartram
Chris Bartram defeats BYE
Chris Bartram defeated by Juan Garcia 9-7
Chris Bartram defeats Josh Francis 9-6
Chris Bartram defeats Mac Hernandez Jr 9-2
Chris Bartram defeats Billy Pinion 9-7
Chris Bartram defeats Richie Richeson 9-7
Chris Bartram defeats Norm Wines 9-4
Chris Bartram defeats Bob Diebold 9-3
Chris bartram defeats Tom Dalfonso 9-7
Chris Bartram defeated by Jason Kirkwood 9-5
3rd place - Tom Dalfonso
Tom Dalfonso defeats Lee Lambaria 9-6
Tom Dalfonso defeats Dave Shaffer 9-5
Tom Dalfonso defeats Billy Pinion 9-6
Tom Dalfonso defeats Bob Diebold 9-7
Tom Dalfonso defeated by Jason Kirkwood 9-4
Tom Dalfonso defeated by Chris Bartram 9-7
4th place - Bob Diebold
5th-6th place - Chad Palmer, Norm Wines
7th-8th place - Richie Richeson, Adam Smith
We had some great matches and yet again, the players that come to the MPT events showed that they are professional and great at what they do. They entertained many spectators with high levels of play and professionalism. I cant be happier with the year end event or the players that have attended the tour all year long. Thank you to everyone that supported us this year and thank you to the players, true professionals!
The tour is being restructured slightly to avoid sponsor problems going forward so the 2009 schedule will not be released until the restructure is completed.be sure to check our website often to see the restructure and to see upcoming events. A couplpe of things I'm working on for 2009........9 foot tournament at Plush Pockets in the Detroit, MI area, Bar table 9 ball event at Game on formerly the Garage in Jackson, MI, as well as a 16 man invitational event, Top Michigan Players only.........8 old school players, 8 new school players.......$200 entry fee $5000 added. . Once I firm up the details I'll publish it on the website. If you think you should be considered for the event, please email me.
Thank you to AZbilliards for all of their help, Inside Pool, Inside English, Billiards Digest, Chalkys Que Stick cafe, Versatility Inc, Seyberts Billiards Supply, Reliable Sports, Got Action Wear and of course Break Room for hosting the event. See you all next year!
We had blizzard like conditions and even with some roads being closed, we ended up with 56 players in the mini event! WOW! We had some great names attend this event so there are some amazing matches to watch once I post the vdeos on our website. In addition to the weather, the players had other things to contend with such as the kitchen was closing because of an accident so there was no food for the weekend ordering out was the way to go, if someone would deliver in the snow storm, league matches were scheduled inadvertantly so we lost a few tables making us run later than usual and this ws only a couple of many things over the weekend. With all this combined with other things, it amazed me to see how well the players handled it. My thanks to all of them for not letting anything break their professionalism, They all deserved to win!
Doug Evans |
| Dan Jakubczak |
| Houston Rodriguez |
| Dustin Brown |
| Tanya Mapes |
| Janna Mapes |
| Matt Wooten |
| Kyle Geldersma |
| Lew Carlson |
| Jeremy Seaman |
| Neil Dryfout |
| Kris Deboar |
| Greg Thornton |
| Rick Wall |
| Ryan Lambert |
| Sammi Conway |
| Larry Melton |
| Juan Garcia |
| Bob Hendrix |
| Mac Hernandez Jr. |
| Bart Goode |
| Gary Scharf |
| Jerry Diaz |
| Lee Lambaria |
| Troy Myers |
| Tim Tompkins |
| Rusty Kidder |
| Tom Bosscher |
| Chuck Norman |
| Paul Getty |
| Ed Kaleefey |
| Curtis Thornton |
| John Brummel |
| Brandon Bielfuss |
| Lance Davis |
| Anthony Sok |
| Scott Terhorst |
| Jason Timm |
| Billy Pinion |
| Jason Kirkwood |
| Chris Bartram |
| Brian Bush |
| Ronnie Wiseman |
| Adam Smith |
| Richie Richeson |
| Tom Decker |
| Eric Hunting |
| Shawn Buchholz |
| Matt Beckwith |
| John Skofic |
| Josh Francis |
| John Blair |
| Mike Vlasman |
| Ed Grifford |
| PT. Tum |
| Mike Christenson |
The pay outs of the event are as follows:
| Side | pot | Tourney | |
| 1 | 750 | 520 | |
| 2 | 400 | 260 | |
| 3 | 200 | 150 | |
| 4 | 100 | 100 | |
| 5 | 75 | 75 | |
| 6 | 75 | 75 | |
| 7 | 55 | 50 | |
| 8 | 55 | 50 | |
| 9 | 50 | 30 | |
| 10 | 50 | 30 | |
| 11 | 50 | 30 | |
| 12 | 50 | 30 |
1st place - Chris Bartram..............Bartram made his way thru thisgiant field fairly easily until he ran into an on fire Billy Pinion. Pinion would knock Bartram into the one loss side where he ran into Houston Rodriguez who seemed to be ending Bartrams run for the title. In the end Bartram prevailed in a 7-6 battle. bartram would now have to take on Adam Smith, a great competetor. Bartram steam rolled Smith 7-3 to set up a rematch of Bartram vs Pinion. Bartram was determined to take the win this time. Pinion was playing great all day until the dreaded tv table match up between himself and Bartram. Pinion would succumb to the pressure of being watched live by family and friends and simply couldnt find his game. Bartram took advantage of the pressure and took the match 7-6. Bartram now would play matt Beckwith for the title. Bartram would have to defeat Beckwith twice in this true double elimination format. bartram took total control of a cold Matt Beckwith and would take the first set 7-3 and the 2nd set 7-2. Bartram takes the title and the cash!
2nd place - Matt Beckwith............Beckwith was playing flawless and looked to be the favorite in this field of bar table champs Until the host room informed us that we would have to finish the mini event Saturday because they had to close and didnt get the permit to stay open til 4am as we have before. This made it interesting to say the least because we also had to play main event matches. Once Beckwith got his chance, he had been waiting so long he was frustrated and cold. This would prove to be his downfall and his flawless game was no longer flawless. Beckwith would settle for 2nd place.
3rd place - Billy Pinion..........Pinion took charge of his bracket never letting any one player get past 4 in this race to 7. Pinion easily made his way thru the field until running into Matt Beckwith who would knock him into the one loss side with a score of 7-2. Pinion then hadhis rematch with Bartram where he would fail to overcome the tv table and end his run for the title with a score of 7-6 Bartram. Pinion is a tough competetor and admits that the tv table got to him, something he plans on correcting because, if it were not for that darn tv table, he feels he wouldve won the title.
4th place - Adam Smith................always a great sport and gentleman, Adam Smith made his way thru the no loss side including defeating Jason Kirkwood 7-5, until running intoan on fire matt beckwith. Beckwith would stop Smiths run for the hot seat with a score of 7-3. On the one loss side, Smith had no easy route, he ran into Jeremy Seaman whos known for playing some great pool under any condition. Smith would show his determination and desire to become the best by besting Seaman, 7-4. Smith then had to meet Chris Bartram who seemed to be on cruise control by this point. Batram would take out Smith with a score of 7-3 ending Smiths run for the title.
5th - Jeremy Seaman
6th - Houston Rodriguez
7th - Jason Kirkwood
8th - Lee Lambaria
9th - Shawn buchholz
10th- Troy Myers
11th - Tom Decker
12th - Bart Goode
The main event pulled in less entries than the mini event however, as the players said when they walked into the room and saw who was playing, it was like walking into a haunted house and seeing nothing but monsters! The main event was truly an event not to be missed because the level of play was amazing!
The 27 participants were:
| Chris Bartram |
| Jason Kirkwood |
| Norm Wines (porky) |
| Chad Palmer |
| Jeremy Seaman |
| Juan Garcia |
| Al Wier |
| Tom Dalfonso |
| Ryan Ward |
| Josh Francis |
| Bob Diebold |
| Aaron Toth |
| Richie Richeson |
| Ronnie Wiseman |
| Lee Lambaria |
| Greg Thornton |
| Houston Rodriguez |
| Shawn Buchholz |
| Adam Smith |
| Anthony Sok |
| Billy Pinion |
| Dave Shaffer |
| Lupe Rosa |
| dan dunkin |
| Mac hernandez Jr |
| Bob Hendrix |
| Tim Palmer |
The payouts were as follows:
| 1500 added | |||
| tourney payout | side pot | ||
| 1 | 1400 | 800 | |
| 2 | 800 | 450 | |
| 3 | 500 | 250 | |
| 4 | 225 | 130 | |
| 5 | 100 | 75 | |
| 6 | 100 | 75 |
1st place - Jason Kirkwood.......Jason made his way to the chair by defeating the following players:
NR = Score not reported
Jason Kirkwood defeats Anthony Sok 9-1
Jason Kirkwood defeats Ronnie Wiseman 9-6
Jason Kirkwood defeats Aaron Toth 9-0
Jason Kirkwood defeats Norm Wines (Porky) 9-6
Jason Kirkwood defeats Tom Dalfonso 9-4
Jason Kirkwood defeats Chris Bartram 9-5
Kirkwood takes home the year end title! Congrats Jason!!
2nd Place - Chris Bartram
Chris Bartram defeats BYE
Chris Bartram defeated by Juan Garcia 9-7
Chris Bartram defeats Josh Francis 9-6
Chris Bartram defeats Mac Hernandez Jr 9-2
Chris Bartram defeats Billy Pinion 9-7
Chris Bartram defeats Richie Richeson 9-7
Chris Bartram defeats Norm Wines 9-4
Chris Bartram defeats Bob Diebold 9-3
Chris bartram defeats Tom Dalfonso 9-7
Chris Bartram defeated by Jason Kirkwood 9-5
3rd place - Tom Dalfonso
Tom Dalfonso defeats Lee Lambaria 9-6
Tom Dalfonso defeats Dave Shaffer 9-5
Tom Dalfonso defeats Billy Pinion 9-6
Tom Dalfonso defeats Bob Diebold 9-7
Tom Dalfonso defeated by Jason Kirkwood 9-4
Tom Dalfonso defeated by Chris Bartram 9-7
4th place - Bob Diebold
5th-6th place - Chad Palmer, Norm Wines
7th-8th place - Richie Richeson, Adam Smith
We had some great matches and yet again, the players that come to the MPT events showed that they are professional and great at what they do. They entertained many spectators with high levels of play and professionalism. I cant be happier with the year end event or the players that have attended the tour all year long. Thank you to everyone that supported us this year and thank you to the players, true professionals!
The tour is being restructured slightly to avoid sponsor problems going forward so the 2009 schedule will not be released until the restructure is completed.be sure to check our website often to see the restructure and to see upcoming events. A couplpe of things I'm working on for 2009........9 foot tournament at Plush Pockets in the Detroit, MI area, Bar table 9 ball event at Game on formerly the Garage in Jackson, MI, as well as a 16 man invitational event, Top Michigan Players only.........8 old school players, 8 new school players.......$200 entry fee $5000 added. . Once I firm up the details I'll publish it on the website. If you think you should be considered for the event, please email me.
Thank you to AZbilliards for all of their help, Inside Pool, Inside English, Billiards Digest, Chalkys Que Stick cafe, Versatility Inc, Seyberts Billiards Supply, Reliable Sports, Got Action Wear and of course Break Room for hosting the event. See you all next year!
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Mike B
04:17 PM on December 29, 2008
Sure would be nice if the players would tip the staff at these events. They pay taxes on an estimated amount of tips that they don't even receive. If you can't afford to tip, DON'T DRINK!!!
