Jason Pearce, Brent Thomas, Bill Fuller
On January 7, 2012, the first Poison by Predator (PxP) Tour 9-ball event was held at Bogies Billiards and Sports Bar in Houston, Texas. The $1,000 added, one day event was true to format with 50 invited, pre-paid players, with first round matches starting at 1:30pm. The tournament purse yielded $2,500 while the player auction added another $2,420 to the coffers.
Bill Fuller, longtime Texas player and director of the prestigious "Texas Open", and local Tiger Tour champ Jason Pearce both made their way unscathed to the Poison hot seat. Pearce defeated Dalton Riley 6-0 and Fuller ousted Bobby Perez 6-3 on the winner's side final four which set the hot seat stage. In the match, Pearce came on strong leading Fuller 5-2, but Fuller came back to win the set 6-5. After losing his first round match to Fuller, Brent Thomas won 8 consecutive matches with wins over Kenneth Price, Bob Guzik, Bobby Perez and Dalton Riley, but was stopped short by Pearce 6-4. It was another heart stopping match between Pearce and Fuller. This time the scenario was reversed when Fuller pulled ahead 5-2 only to see Pearce grind it out and knot the score at 5. In the final game, the two weary competitors traded safeties until Fuller capitalized on a failed 5-ball safety and ran the remaining balls for an undefeated Poison Tour victory. Notable finishes in this event included comeback player Bobby Perez 5th, Chuck Adams 7th, and Run Out Review's Mark Fusina 9th. View recorded matches by clicking the Live Stream tab at www.pxptour.com.
All Poison events are live streamed by "Run Out Review" and played on (14) 8' Gandy tables with new Simonis cloth, Pro-Cup Aramith cue balls, and Delta-13 racks. Players qualified for this PxP Tour event through their performance and participation on the 2011 Lone Star Billiards Tour. The next qualifier will be through the LSBT Amateur Division at Future Cues in Temple, Texas, on February 4th-5th. Visit www.lonestarbilliardstour.com for more information.
Invites for the March 31st PxP event will go out Monday, February 6th. Check your email!
