Derby City Wrap Up
Jan 29, 2012
John Morra - Banks Champion
After nine days of late nights and intense play from some of the world's best all around players, the banks are now closed.
Bank Pool
The event started out with over 400 players playing in the bank pool event. The defending champion Alex Pagulayan was knocked out in the tenth round by LeeVan Corteza from the Philippines. Our only remaining Canadian player John Morra would continue on to win this event by defeating Shane Van Boening in the finals (3-1).
1st - John Morra
2nd - Shane Van Boening
3rd - Brandon Shuff
4th - John Brumback, Alvis Fitch, Danny Smith
One Pocket
This event drew 312 players. In the semi-finals, Shane Van Boening defeated crowd favourite Efren Reyes (3-0). Shane's momentum continued into the finals winning this event for the second straight year.
1st - Shane Van Boening
2nd - Joey Gray
3rd - Darren Appleton, Efren Reyes
9-Ball
286 players, but only one winner emerged.
1st - Shane Van Boening
2nd - Steve Moore
3rd - Mike Dechaine
4th - Alex Pagulayan, Dennis Orcollo
10-Ball Fatboy Challenge
This was a 16 player independent event with a $1,000 entry fee and $10,000 added. Pagulayan won his first two matches over Mika Immonen and Rodney Morris. "The Lion" lost his semi-final match against Steve Moore (15-12) who was having a great showing at this years Derby. John Morra looked impressive again with notable wins over Lee Van Corteza and Brandon Shuff. John would eventually lose 15-5 to the tournament winner Francisco Bustamante. In case you are wondering why Van Boening didn't make the finals in this event...he didn't play.
1st Francisco Bustamante - $12,000
2nd Steve Moore - $7,000
3rd John Morra - $3,500
4th Alex Pagulayan - $3,500
Straight Pool - 14.1
Forty-six players entered this event with the top eight qualifiers moving on to a single elimination bracket. Ralph Souquet and Alex Pagulayan decided to split the finals for lack of time.
1st – Souquet/Pagulayan $2,600
2nd – Souquet/Pagulayan $1,900
3rd-4th - John Schmidt, Darren Appleton - $1,200
5-8th - Mika Immonen, Niels Fiejen, Dennis Orcollo, Johnny Archer - $700
Master Of The Table
Shane Van Boening proved that he is a true champion, winning this prestigious title in the same fashion as he did last year. Shane picked up a total of $43,000 for his efforts.
1st Shane Van Boening - $20,000
2nd John Morra - $3,000
3rd Brandon Shuff - $2,000
All Around Champion
Hats off to John Morra who was the only player to eliminate Shane Van Boening. It is a great start to the year, we look forward to seeing more of Morra in 2012.
2012 Banks
Morra, John
$10,000.00
VanBoening, Shane
$5,000.00
Shuff, Brandon
$2,500.00
Brumback, John
$1,225.00
Fitch, Alvis
$1,225.00
Smith, Danny
$1,225.00
Bryant, Charles
$800.00
Corteza, LeeVan
$800.00
Hogue, Truman
$800.00
Hughes, Michael
$800.00
Pinegar, Jonathan
$800.00
Bustamante, Francisco
$600.00
Demarco, Louis
$600.00
Feijen, Niels
$600.00
Pagulayan, Alex
$600.00
Reyes, Efren
$600.00
Rogers, Glenn
$600.00
Saez, Rob
$600.00
Strickland, Earl
$600.00
Ulrich, Louis
$600.00
Copeland, Jay
$450.00
Lutman, Gary
$450.00
Medley, Mike
$450.00
Miller, Jason
$450.00
Nevel, Larry
$450.00
Oneal, Joshua
$450.00
Orcullo, Dennis
$450.00
Souquet, Ralf
$450.00
Beams, Rick
$320.00
Coleman, Tony
$320.00
Frost, Scott
$320.00
Groce, Brian
$320.00
Wethington, Gerald
$320.00
Chance, Jason
$320.00
Kang, Amar
$320.00
Gregg, Brian
$320.00
Lawson, Christopher
$320.00
Nicolas, Kevin
$320.00
Thorpe, Billy
$320.00
Kirby, Samuel
$320.00
Richeson, Richie
$320.00
Hickman, Steve
$320.00
Morawski, Richard
$320.00
Atwell, Glenn
$220.00
Barger, Denver
$220.00
Brown, Joe
$220.00
Cotton, Bill
$220.00
Gyarmati, Rick
$220.00
Harriman, Danny
$220.00
Heath, Tim
$220.00
Hebbeler, Brian
$220.00
Jones, Troy
$220.00
Jordan, Kenneth
$220.00
Kane, Ellis
$220.00
Louie, Dan
$220.00
McCullough, Clent
$220.00
Miller, Larry
$220.00
Morgan, Danny
$220.00
Ochoa, Sylver
$220.00
O'Donnell, Dan
$220.00
Sambajon, Santos
$220.00
Smith, Doug
$220.00
Smith, Josh
$220.00
Tafoya, Nick
$220.00
Thearath, Lee
$220.00
Wheeler, Adam
$220.00
Wilkie, Shaun
$220.00
Williams, Lloyd
$220.00
Wong, Michael
$220.00
Beeler, Anthony
$150.00
Adams, Mike
$150.00
Back, TJ
$150.00
Bentivegna, Freddie
$150.00
Collins, Shawn
$150.00
Compton, Chip
$150.00
Davida, Jesse
$150.00
Engel, Jesse
$150.00
Gentile, Chris
$150.00
Goddard, Robert
$150.00
Gray, Joseph
$150.00
Griffith, James
$150.00
Hickerson, Nicholas
$150.00
Jackson, Brent
$150.00
Jacobs, Neal
$150.00
Jones, Jeremy
$150.00
Leek, Mike
$150.00
Lunda, Evan
$150.00
Mathews, Grady
$150.00
McPartin, Craig
$150.00
Meyers, John
$150.00
Mora, Charles
$150.00
Morris, Rodney
$150.00
Murphy, Shannon
$150.00
Naiser, David
$150.00
Nowlan, Ashley
$150.00
O'Bryan, Johnny
$150.00
Price, Larry
$150.00
Rosenbaum, Bill
$150.00
Sardelli, Mike
$150.00
Saris, Ivar
$150.00
Schmitt, Terry
$150.00
Slye Sr, Mark
$150.00
Slye, Jeremy
$150.00
Smith, Adam
$150.00
Wagner, Larry
$150.00
Wilder, Michael
$150.00
Woodward, Skyler
$150.00
2012 One Pocket
VanBoening, Shane
$12,000.00
Gray, Joseph
$6,000.00
Appleton,Darren
$2,575.00
Reyes, Efren
$2,575.00
Brumback, John
$1,850.00
Shuff, Brandon
$1,850.00
Feijen, Niels
$1,350.00
Pettipiece, Bernie
$1,350.00
Strickland, Earl
$1,350.00
Grossman, David
$950.00
Putnam, Shawn
$950.00
Nevel, Larry
$950.00
Saez, Rob
$950.00
DeMarco, Louis
$650.00
Ellerman, Mitchell
$650.00
Murphy, Shannon
$650.00
Oneal, Joshua
$650.00
Richeson, Richie
$650.00
Runnels, Ike
$650.00
Schmidt, John
$650.00
Souquet, Ralf
$650.00
White, Brian
$650.00
Bryant, Charles
$450.00
Compton, Chip
$450.00
Groce, Brian
$450.00
Jordan, Randy
$450.00
Long, Anthony
$450.00
Medley, Mike
$450.00
Pagulayan, Alex
$450.00
Sambajon, Santos
$450.00
Ulrich, Louis
$450.00
Frost, Scott
$300.00
Joyner, Cliff
$300.00
McCullough, Clent
$300.00
Bustamante, Francisco
$300.00
Holt, Lee
$300.00
See, Huidji
$300.00
Walker, Whitey
$300.00
Mora, Charles
$300.00
Price, Larry
$300.00
Winters, Shane
$300.00
Parica, Jose
$300.00
Ochoa, Sylver
$300.00
Morra, John
$300.00
Corteza, LeeVan
$300.00
Boyd, Forest
$200.00
Cahill, Tim
$200.00
Cowles, Lance
$200.00
Dechaine, Michael
$200.00
Delawder, Michael
$200.00
Hall, Justin
$200.00
Hjerpbakk, Terje
$200.00
Hunt, David
$200.00
Johnson, Gary
$200.00
Jones, Jason
$200.00
Jones, Troy
$200.00
Kane, Ellis
$200.00
Kiamco, Warren
$200.00
Leek, Mike
$200.00
Lutman, Gary
$200.00
Marquardt, Zack
$200.00
Miller, Jason
$200.00
Morris, Rodney
$200.00
Olinger, Alex
$200.00
Pinegar, Johnathan
$200.00
Pogirski, Derek
$200.00
Smith, Billy
$200.00
Smith, Danny
$200.00
Stone, Ryan
$200.00
Strawn Sr., David
$200.00
Wheeler, Adam
$200.00
2012 9-Ball
VanBoening, Shane
$16,000.00
Moore, Steve
$8,000.00
Dechaine, Michael
$4,000.00
Orcullo, Dennis
$2,500.00
Pagulayan
$2,500.00
Bartram, Christopher
$1,800.00
Putnam, Shawn
$1,800.00
Saez, Rob
$1,800.00
Souquet, Ralf
$1,800.00
Appleton, Darren
$1,300.00
Copeland, Jay
$1,300.00
Feijen, Niels
$1,300.00
Immonen, Mika
$1,300.00
Archer, Johnny
$850.00
Bustamante, Francisco
$850.00
Corteza, LeeVan
$850.00
Fitch, Alvis
$850.00
Kiamco, Warren
$850.00
Oneal, Joshua
$850.00
Reyes, Efren
$850.00
Stone, Ryan
$850.00
Brumback, John
$550.00
Chau, Manny
$550.00
Choyce, Bruce
$550.00
Conway, Benny
$550.00
Delawder, Michael
$550.00
Kang, Amar
$550.00
Morra, John
$550.00
Pinegar, Johnathon
$550.00
Pogirski, Derek
$550.00
Schjetne, Mats
$550.00
Stalev, Evgeny
$550.00
Wheeler, Adam
$550.00
Woodward, Skyler
$550.00
Atwell, Glenn
$350.00
Behrman, Brady
$350.00
Ellerman, Mitchell
$350.00
Engel, Jesse
$350.00
Green, Jamie
$350.00
Haddad, Mark
$350.00
Holt, Lee
$350.00
Klatt, Jason
$350.00
Lawson, Christopher
$350.00
Morgan, Sean
$350.00
Sambajon, Santos
$350.00
Smith, Adam
$350.00
Vaughn, David
$350.00
Alexander, Danny
$250.00
Bryant, Charles
$250.00
Davis, James
$250.00
Frost, Scott
$250.00
Gray, Joseph
$250.00
Hall, Justin
$250.00
Hickman, Steve
$250.00
Hung, Tran Phi
$250.00
Lutman, Gary
$250.00
Mataya, Eddie
$250.00
Nolan, Gary
$250.00
Pedroncelli, Donivan
$250.00
Roth, Chuck
$250.00
Skinner, Tom
$250.00
Strzezewski, Jonathan
$250.00
Wallace, Daniel
$250.00