Rice and Depriene Snap Off Viking Billiards Events

Rice and Depriene Victorious on Viking Tour
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Memphis, TN

by InsidePOOL Staff

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour made its way to Memphis, TN, the weekend of April 25-26, where David Rice took down the amateur-advanced division, while Luc Depriene won the amateur division. The stop was hosted by Sharpshooters Billiards and Grill, where the participants were greeted with recently recovered 18 bar tables and 4 nicely kept 9-foot tables.

Rice racked up his second win on The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour this weekend. After drawing a bye in round one, Rice proceeded to eliminate his competition, defeating Nathan Melone 11-0, Jerry Wildman Jr. 11-3, Floyd Reasons 11-4, and Doug James 11-10. Rice lost in set one of the double-elimination format to Charlie Lane 11-9 but was able to make a comeback in set two to win the tournament 11-4.

Lane began his trek to the finals in the top half of the brackets and was sent to the left side of the chart after one round. He bested Gary Baker 11-8 before his loss to James 11-9. Once on the one-loss side Lane defeated Josh Woods 11-8, Harold McAbee 11-8, Reasons 11-7, and Jeremy Stufflebean 11-4. Once again he faced James in the semifinals, but this time Lane was victorious, winning 11-9 to make his way to the finals.

David Rice took off the Amateur Advanced tournament.

Depriene won the amateur division in set one of the double-elimination format by making his way undefeated to the finals. Depriene defeated Terrie Janis 7-0, Brandie Waymire 7-1, Robert Agee 7-3, Jason Evans 7-4, Floyd Reasons 7-6, and then John Frey 7-4 in the hot seat match. Frey made his way back across the chart to face Depriene once more in the finals, but Depriene was in stroke, winning set one 7-2.

Luc Depriene snapped off the Amateur event.

Amateur-Advanced Results:
1st David Rice $760
2nd Charlie Lane $400
3rd Doug James $300
4th Jeremy Stufflebean $200
5th Joe Montoya $100
Floyd Reasons

Amateur Results:
1st Luc Depriene $800
2nd Jon Frey $500
3rd Harold McAbee $300
4th Jason Evans $150
5th Paul Dodge $80
Floyd Reasons
7th Dwight Anderson $50
Matt Martin

Eberhart and Martin Score Viking Billiards Wins

Eberhart and Martin Score on Viking Tour
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Gravois Mills, MO

by InsidePOOL Staff

James Eberhart and Jamey Martin took top honors in their respective divisions at the April 28-19 stop of the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour. Hosted by Flamin’ Nine Billiards in Gravois Mills, MO, the double event was $2,500 added played on 7-foot tables and featured many local players, as well as players from around the region.

Eberhart made his way through the chart undefeated until the first set of the finals where he matched up against Gary Lutman, who gave Eberhart his first taste of defeat with a score of 11-5. Eberhart came back with a vengence in set two 11-9 to take home the first-place prize of $1,130. Eberhart had previously defeated Lutman hill-hill in the first round. After sending Lutman to the left side of the chart, Eberhart proceeded to defeat Jamey Martin 11-5, Troy Kirkendoll 11-7, and Cory Smith 11-7.

After receiving his ticket to the west side, Lutman worked his way back to the finals by defeating Joe Pierce II 11-6, Jackie Sansoucie 11-5, Mike Mercurio 11-9, Troy Kirkendoll 11-5, Doug Patrick 11-9, and Cory Smith 11-9.

James Eberhart and Dave Hedrick

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Amateur Division was won by local favorite Martin. Martin followed in Eberhart’s footsteps as he, too, went undefeated until the first set of the double-elimination finals where he lost the first set to Troy Kirkendoll 9-7 and fought his way back to take the win in set two 9-6.

Amateur-Advanced Results:
1st James Eberhart $1,130
2nd Gary Lutman $700
3rd Cory Smith $450
4th Doug Patrick $250
5th Troy Kirkendoll $135
Tyler Voorhees

Jamey Martin and Dave Hedrick

Amateur Results:
1st Jamey Martin $950
2nd Troy Kirkendoll $650
3rd James Eberhart $370
4th Chris Rickey $220
5th Gary Lutman $80
Doug Patrick
7th Steven Turner $50
Russell Pace

Clatterbuck Double Dips Diamond Billiards

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour was in Virginia for its second weekend in the state. Diamond Billiards in Midlothian, VA hosted both the Open and the Amateur Division on April 4th & 5th, 2009. The billiard filled weekend kicked off on Friday Night with a mini tournament and ran thru the early morning hours on Sunday. Diamond Billiards and The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour hosted 168 entries (including 24 free entries given to women and junior players and 43 League discounts) over the weekend and paid out over $7400 in prize monies. All events were played on 9ft tables that were recovered with Simonis 860 prior to the events.

Friday Nights mini tournament drew in 65 entries and played until early morning as players went after their share of the prize fund up for grabs.

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Open Tour kicked off on Saturday and featured some of the favorites in the area including Brandon Shuff, Manny Chau, Mark Ritter (from Detroit) and Matt Clatterbuck (Clatterbuck is sponsored by Blue Fox Billiards). The Open Division played down to the final eight on Saturday and brought back the top players in the field to finish out the race for the money on Sunday. The finals provided a nail bitting experience for all who watched as Clatterbuck made a comeback from the one loss side, where he had been sent by Brandon Shuff in the match for the hotseat, and was able to defeat Shuff in both sets of the finals as required in the true double elimination format that is the standard for The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour. The Brackets were provided to all that could not make their way to Diamond Billiards this weekend by Maxim Billiards (www.maximbilliards.com) and The Tournament Guide Magazine(www.tournamentguidemag.com) For the whole path to the finals please view the brackets online. Saturday Night also held a 6 player, $200 entry ring game with Matt Clatterbuck winning the $1000 first prize and Mark Ritter taking $200 home for second place. Chris Adams was the lucky winner of the $310 Viking Cue that was raffled on Saturday.

Matt Clatterbuck (Sponsored by Blue Fox Billiards, Winchester, VA)

Open Division Payouts

1st Matt Clatterbuck $1040
2nd Brandon Shuff $650
3rd Manny Chau $450
4th Mark Ritter $300
5/6th John Newton
Chris Adams $150 Each
7/8th Sean Sporleder
Reggie Jackson $75 Each

Sunday kicked off The Viking Cue 9-Ball Amateur Tours event which hosted 62 entries. The event had a strong showing for the area and provided a full day of billiards and excitement for all in attendance as the room was standing room only for most of the day. Players from all over the region were in attendance as they battled their way towards the prize monies up for grab. The event was won in set one by Chris Hansen who defeated Mitch Trainham 5-0 to take home the first prize. This was only Hansen’s second Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Event and his first Amateur Divison win. The Brackets for the Amateur event have also been provided online at Maxim Billiards and The Tournament Guide Magazine for viewing. Jason Paley won the $310 Viking Cue that was raffled on Sunday.
Amateur Division Payouts

Chris Hansen did his thing and scored some cash.

1st Chris Hansen $920
2nd Mitch Trainham $450
3rd Ken Murphy $300
4th Reggie Jackson $200
5/6th Vernon Steinke
Danny Mastermaker $125 Each
7/8th Robert Anderson
Walter Black $75 Each
9/12th Jason Kuhn
John Hines
Luther Farley
Mike Janis $50 Each

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Staff would like to Thank Diamond Billiard’s owner Thomas Dorsey and manager Chris Adams as well as their staff for providing an excellent tournament environment for all the participants at this weekend’s events. The next Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour event to be hosted at Diamond Billiards will be the weekend of October 24th & 25th, 2009 and will be $3000 Added –$2000 Added Open Division and $1000 Amateur Division.

Payouts Friday Night Mini Tournament

1st Chris Williams $300
2nd Manny Chau $200
3rd Gary Airhart $75
4/5th Tonya Louderback
Reggie Jackson $67.50 Each
6/10th Brian Spurlock
Kris Williams
Tim Shiflett
Jeremiah Williams
Spring Helligrath $28 Each

Chau Double-Dips Daniels on Viking Tour

Double-Dipping in Style on Viking Tour
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Winchester, VA

by InsidePOOL Staff

Manuel Chau and Ryan Jones earned titles at the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour’s March 28-29 stop in the open and amateur divisions, respectively. Blue Fox Billiards in Winchester, VA, played host to the tour and hosted 88 entries, as players battled for their shot at taking home a share of the prize monies up for grabs.

The weekend turned out to be full of upsets as local favorites Matt Clatterbuck finished seventeenth and Brandon Shuff finished fifth in the tournament. The event’s winner, Chau, worked his way back from the one-loss side to the finals to face Justin Daniels, who had made his way undefeated into the finals. This did not deter Chau, who double-dipped Daniels to win the open division, taking 9-3 and 9-2 victories.

The amateur event kicked off Sunday, and double-dipping was also the flavor in this division, as Ryan Jones and Shawn Toni battled it out for first. Toni had made his way through the top half of the brackets and looked to be going strong until he faced Jones in finals. Jones had started his run in the bottom of the brackets and was sent to the left side of the chart by Toni in the match for the hot seat. Jones came back with a vengeance to the finals, where he defeated Toni in both sets 6-3, 6-2 to take the win.

Manuel Chau (pictured) and Ryan Jones earned titles at the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour’s March 28-29 stop in the open and amateur divisions, respectively.

Open Results:
1st Manuel Chau $1,170
2nd Justin Daniels $750
3rd Mark Ritter $500
4th Ryan McCreesh $300
5th Kevin West $200
Brandon Shuff
7th Tyler Adolini $100
Chris Hanson
9th Jimmy Coleman $60
Dan Madden
Chris Brunner
Max Schlothauer

Amateur Results:
1st Ryan Jones $600
2nd Shawn Toni $400
3rd Joe Healy $300
4th Max Schlothauer $200
5th Rick Castillo $150
Paul Adolini
7th Bill Bittinger $100
Sean Sporleder

Rice and Owens Earn Viking Billiard Titles

Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Knoxville, TN

by InsidePOOL Staff

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour’s double amateur-advanced and amateur events were hosted the weekend of March 13-15 at Breakers Sports Bar and Grille in Knoxville, TN. The events drew in a total of 108 entrants and paid out over $7,700 in prize monies. David Rice took home first in the amateur-advanced division, while Mark Owens won the amateur event.

Rice made his way through the bottom of the bracket, defeating Brad Bouras 9-3, Robert Green 9-3, Robert Frost 9-3, Scott Eller 9-6, and then Mike Patton 9-5 in the match for the hot seat. Rice faced Patton again in the finals, where he was victorious in the first set 9-7.

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour’s double amateur-advanced and amateur events were hosted the weekend of March 13-15 at Breakers Sports Bar and Grille in Knoxville, TN. David Rice snapped off the amateur event.

Patton had made his way through the top half of the brackets, defeating Jesse Luttrell 9-3, Kristen Malone 9-4, Dan McJunkin 9-3, Matt Braden 9-5, and Danny Smith 9-5 before he was sent to the one-loss side by Rice, where he faced Bruce Berrong in the semifinals. Patton defeated Berrong 7-0.

In the amateur division Owens bested everyone he came into contact with until the finals. He started with a bye in round one and proceeded to defeat Mike Grace 7-0, James Price 7-2, and Chad Easterly 7-4. Owens then bested tournament director Mike Janis 7-5 in the match for the hot seat and went on to face Shane Wade in the finals. Owens lost the first set 7-6 and made a comeback on the hill, winning 7-6.

Wade drew a bye in round one and took a loss in his first set against Benji Miller 7-6. Once on the left side of the chart he defeated Crystal Miller 7-1, David Moore 7-1, James Price 7-3, Floyd Reasons 7-5, Benji Miller 7-1, Chad Easterly 7-2, and Janis 7-3 in the semifinals.

Mark Owens took down the open event.

Amateur-Advanced Results:
1st David Rice $1,650
2nd Mike Patton $1,050
3rd Bruce Berrong $700
4th Robert Frost $450
5th Scott Eller $235
Danny Smith
7th Matt Baden $125
Johnny Carson

Amateur Results:
1st Mark Owens $880
2nd Shane Wade $520
3rd Mike Janis $320
4th Chad Easterly $150
5th Kristen Malone $90
Benji Miller