Jeff Jimenez came back from a loss in the winners' side quarterfinals to meet and defeat hot seat occupant Todd Marsh and win the 15th Annual Washington State 8-Ball Championships, held on the weekend of September 24-25. Streamed by Rail2Rail Productions, the $500-added event drew 32 entrants to Mugshots in Bellevue, WA.
Jimenez took two matches on the winners' side before facing John Duclos in a winners' side quarterfinal. Duclos won that match to advance to a winners' side semifinal against John Plunkett. Marsh, in the meantime, faced Dan Louie in the other winners' side semifinal. Marsh and Duclos got into the hot seat match with identical 6-4 wins over Louie and Plunkett. It was Marsh who claimed the hot seat 6-2 over Duclos.
On the loss side, Jimenez opened up his loss-side campaign with a 5-3 win over John Doherty, and a 5-1 victory over Tim Tweedell, which set him up to face Louie. Plunkett drew Kevin Fong, who'd defeated Jeffrey Leonard 5-3 and shut out Paul Alexander.
Jimenez handed Louie his second straight loss 5-3 and advanced to the quarterfinals. He was met by Plunkett, who got back on the winning track with a double hill win over Fong. Jimenez stopped that run in the quarterfinals with a 5-1 victory.
The semifinal was a re-match between Jimenez and Duclos. Jimenez won it 5-2 for a shot at Marsh in the hot seat. It was a single, race-to-8 final, and Jimenez won it 8-4 over Marsh to claim the event title.
