Parke Takes Home Billiards Title

Pechauer All-American Tour / Decatur, IL

by InsidePOOL Staff

In the hot seat match, Parke outmaneuvered Max Stortzum 5-2.  Earlier, in the A-bracket semifinals, Parke turned back Larry Miller 5-2, while Stortzum outgunned Craig Hauck 5-2.  In the B-side round of 8, Mike Green eliminated Mike Durbin at seventh place, while Dave Carr also exited at seventh place via a loss to Josh Johnson 2-5.  The B-side quarterfinals featured Hauck ousting Mike Green 5-2 and Johnson finishing off Larry Miller 5-2.  Johnson survived the semifinals by clipping Hauck 5-4, and he continued his hot hand in the B-side finals over Stortzum 5-1 to get a crack at Parke in the finals.  Johnson appeared to be on cruise control in the finals after whitewashing Parke 5-0 in the first set, but Parke recovered nicely in the deciding set to claim the title by a 5-3 margin.
 
Results:
1st Larry Parke
2nd Josh Johnson
3rd Max Stortzum
4th Craig Hauck 
5th Mike Green
Larry Miller
7th Dave Carr
Mike Durbin