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Roberts Rakes in Banks Win9-Ball Bank Tournament / Louisville, KY by Tom Fryer The 9-ball bank tournament at Bank Shot Billiards in downtown Louisville, KY, March 15-16, was a huge success, but no one was more successful than winner Bryan Roberts. Once again promoter extraordinaire, bank pool Hall of Famer Truman Hogue, filled his field with 64 $40 entries playing races to 3 on 10 Diamond 9-footers. Owners Vogen, Brian, and Brad Phillips added the $10 greens fee portion of the entry fees back into the prize fund and provided free practice time until 6:00 PM each day. Play on Saturday continued until only 16 players remained for Sunday’s finale. The winner’s-side semis were highly anticipated but rather short-lived. Bryan Roberts sent Ron “Blood” Grant left 3-0. Gerald Reichle did the same to Kenny Weatherly 3-0. Most of the last group were Louisvillians, but as the action heated up, it was Elizabeth, KY’s Duke Laha coming back to eliminate Kevin Nichols 3-2. At the same time, Butch Wolf of Florence, KY continued a long run through the left side with a similar rebound from 1-2 to send “Crazy Dale” Kinnimonth to the sidelines 3-2. Kenny Weatherly was waiting for Laha but was left in a fifth-place tie when Laha handled him 3-0. Ron Grant is a bank shot regular and was geared up for this event, but again Wolf escaped a 1-2 hole to leave Blood in a strong fifth place. The winners’ final paired Bryan Roberts, who had yet to see a match go to the hill, against Gerald Reichle, whose Saturday had been more perilous. Reichle used a forfeit, a comeback from 2-2, 0-4, and another comeback from 2-2, 1-4 to survive undefeated. But Roberts prevailed 3-1 with the key shot being a three-railer into the side. Laha and Wolf then squared off, and Wolf finally wound up on the wrong side of a 3-2 and settled for fourth. Laha then matched up with Reichle in the match of the tournament. It went down to the last ball with both men on the hill before Laha advanced to the finals on a long straight-back bank. Gerald banked $400 for third plus an extra $100 for the high run (8 banks) of the tournament. As Hogue’s events always are, it was true double-elimination in the final. So Laha, who played nothing from age 10 to age 16 but a full-rack bank version where whoever pockets the 1 and 9 are partners, would have to beat Roberts twice. It was not to be. Roberts used a three-ball run and a four-ball run to take control, and left he left Laha with second place and $750 by a 3-0 count. It must be said that the best man won, as Bryan only lost three racks in the whole tournament and won $1,200. Results:
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