by InsidePOOL Staff

The Seminole Pro Tour arrived in The Big Apple for Labor Day weekend, and 64 top players are participating in the Empire State Championship. The 10-ball event boasts an $8,000-added prize purse and is hosted by Raxx Pool Room in West Hempstead, NY.

The Seminole Pro Tour arrived in The Big Apple for Labor Day weekend, and 64 top players are participating in the Empire State Championship.

Defending champion Dennis Hatch already breezed through his first-round match, sending Manny Chau to the one-loss side of the chart with a 7-0 routing. The match-up of Hatch versus Chau is a repeat of last year’s finals. Hatch will next play Barry Banks, who defeated Mike Panzarella 7-3 in the first round. Another player who dealt his first-round opponent a donut is Mike “The Mouth” Sigel, who bested Ray Romanski 7-0.

Shaun “Get Some” Wilkie put on a clinic in his match against Matt Krah, defeating him 7-1. Corey Deuel did the same to Bill Dunsmore. “Devil Dave” was delivered to the west side 7-1 after his loss to Mike Miller. Robert Pole trounced Nick Brucatu 7-1.

Already there has been one upset: Josh Brothers upended Stevie Moore 7-2 in the first round.

View the Seminole Raxx Pool Room tournament brackets (updated continuously)

Incidentally, there are 8 players named Mike in the event, making the percentage of people named Mike participating 12.5% of the field.

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