Jerry Tarantola “Grinds” out his first Raxx Tuesday night Open victory

The word is definetly getting out about the weekly Tuesday night Open tournament at Raxx Pool Room in West Hempstead as this weeks list of players included such names as Sean "Alaska" Morgan, Oscar Bonilla, Bobby Blackmore, Anthony Pizaro, Jerry Tarantola, and even recent second place finisher in the Turning Stone Classic X, Jeremy "The Giant Killer" Sossei made the trip from Connecticut to play in this week's open event.

In the end however it was not "The Giant Killer" Jeremy Sossei that would walk away with the tournament victory. Instead it would be NYCGrind's own Jerry Tarantola who would slay the dragon Sossei 4-2 to move into the finals against Pete Tascarella Sr. Pete Sr. defeated Jerry T, earlier in the tournament to take the hotseat by a score of 5-2 but Jerry would not settle for second place as he would grind out a 7-4 victory against Pete Sr. to win his first Tuesday night open event. Congratulations! and Nice shooting!

Final 3 - Winners side matches
Jerry Tarantola (def.) Pete Tascarella Jr. 5-3
Pete Tascarella Sr. (def.) Jeremy Sossei 5-2
Pete Tascarella Sr. (def.) Jerry Tarantola 5-2

Final 4 - One loss side matches
Jeremy Sossei (def.) Steve Wright 4-0
Oscar Bonilla (def.) Pete Tascarella Jr. 4-0
Jeremy Sossei (def.) Oscar Bonilla 4-3
Jerry Tarantola (def.) Jeremy Sossei 4-2

Finals - One Race to 7
Jerry Tarantola (def.) Pete Tascarella Sr. 7-4

Complete Payouts
1st Jerry Tarantola $300
2nd Pete Tascarella Sr. $150
3rd Jeremy Sossei $75
4th Oscar Bonilla $50

Raxx Pool Room, Sports Bar & Grill in West Hempstead is now the host of a Double Elimination Open 9-Ball Tournament every Tuesday night, race to 5 on the winners side, race to 4 on the one loss side. Free practice starts at 7pm. Calcutta starts at 8pm. Matches start at 8:15pm sharp! The cut-off point is 32 players so please call ahead and put your name on the list - Tournament Director Bill Finnegan 917-232-5069. We fully expect this tournament to fill up every week! Please visit www.raxxpoolroom.com or call Bill Finnegan for more information and directions.