Mario Morra Wins 404 Tour

Dec 9, 2010

A perfect field of 64 players came out to Shooters Billiards in Toronto on the December 4th-5th for the 7th stop of the 404 Tour. In the top side of the bracket it was Mario Morra making his way to the A-final with wins over Peter Jackson, Al Laugheed, Tyler Nearing, Andy Aupin, Derek Claus. On the bottom side of the bracket, Scott MacDonald was quietly working his way to the A-Final. He had with wins over Paul Santos, Ian Argue, Alfonso Haggarty, Jeff Pollack and Raphael Balverde. Scott MacDonald was unable to clinch the hot seat against the always tough Mario Morra.

Scott then faced Andy Aupin in the B-Side finals. The race was 10-7. The match went right down to the final rack with Andy pocketing a 3-9 combination for the win and a spot in the finals against Mario.
The finals was set with Mario Morra to play Andy Aupin. Mario had knocked Andy to the b-side late Saturday night. 24 hours later, the result was the same, Mario took 1st place with an 11-8 score.

This is how they finished:
1st $875 – Mario Morra
2nd $575 – Andy Aupin
3rd $375 – Scott MacDonald
4th $275 – Derek Claus
5-6th $175 – Hanna Kwon
5-6th $175 – Raphael Balverde
7-8th $125 – Al Smart
7-8th $125 – Jeff Pollock
9-12th $75 – Chris Wood
9-12th $75 – Justin Leyland
9-12th $75 – Wayne Tate
9-12th $75 – Ronald Giron
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