Fedor Gorst
Owner James Leone (“Buffalo”) and his General Manager Steve Tesvich (“Bullseye”) put out the welcome mat this past week for the $18,000 added Buffalo’s Pro-Am Classic.
Located in Jefferson, LA, a suburb of New Orleans, this event featured four divisions – one pocket, a banks ring game, bar table 9 ball and the 9 ball main event.
Presented by PoolActionTV.com and Buffalo’s Billiards, local sponsors included attorney Joseph J. Long, Lomax Custom Cues, Simonis, Aramith, Hanshew Jump Cues, JB Cases, Diamond Billiard Products, Inc., Bull Carbon, Durbin Custom Cues, Savage Billiards and the Action Palace of Dayton, OH.
The action began on Wednesday evening with nineteen players competing in the $5,000 added one pocket event. Players with a Fargorate of 619 and below paid a $200 entry fee, players with a Fargorate of 620-739 paid $400 and all players with a Fargorate over 740 paid $600. Format was a race to three and the finals were one race to four.
Putting on a clinic, the final match was all Tony Chohan as he defeated Fedor Gorst 4-0!
The following evening was the $1,000 added Banks Ring Game. Gorst and Mickey Krause were the two men last standing with Fedor raking in all the chips.
The $10,000 added 9 Ball Main Event was a ranking event for the World Nineball Tour. Twenty two players posted their $300 entry fees to compete in this tournament. Format was double elimination (races to 9/7) until down to sixteen players. It was single elimination from there. Played on nine foot Diamonds and using a template rack with the nine racked on the spot, winners broke from the box. Races were 9/7 and players were seeded in the first round according to Nineball World Ranking.
After over two days of play, the field boiled down to Mark Estiola and Fedor Gorst. The finals was one extended race to eleven and Gorst took it down with a score of 11-6.
The $2,000 added Bar Table 9 Ball event drew 63 players who paid a $40 entry fee. As in the 9 Ball Main Event, it was double elimination with races to seven until down to the final sixteen players with single elimination from there.
The two finalists were Kid Chris and Tony Fargo (Ferguson). Kid Chris won the final match 7-4.
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