Evan Lunda
The world famous Buffalo’s Billiards in Jefferson, LA – a suburb of New Orleans – was the site of the latest Champions Challenge featuring Josh Roberts and Evan Lunda.
Starting this past Thursday evening, the game was one pocket – races to six, best out of seven sets with $20,000 in the middle.
Josh has had a very solid year starting off with wins in both the Iron City Open One Ball One Pocket Championship and the Iron City Open One Pocket Championship in Birmingham, AL. He followed that with a runner-up finish to Fedor Gorst at the Derby City Classic One Pocket Championship , finishing second to Tony Chohan in the US Open One Pocket Championship in Las Vegas, NV and a third place finish among the best of the best in Buffalo’s Pro Classic One Pocket.
Anyone who has followed Evan for the last few years has seen a marked improvement in this young man’s game. In 2021, he claimed the title at the Racks On The Rocks Classic One Pocket Championship in West Peoria, IL, placed fourth at the US Open One Pocket Championship in Las Vegas and finished third at the Diamond Open One Pocket Championship in Aiken, SC. This year, he notched a fourth place finish at the Derby City Classic One Pocket Championship and came in fifth in Buffalo’s Pro Classic One Pocket.
Going into the match, Roberts was a heavy favorite but Lunda started out strong winning the first set 6-2. Down 5-2 in the second set, Josh fought back to tie it up at five apiece but Evan pulled it out with a 6-5 win.
Third set saw both players scratching and clawing with most games going down to the wire. At 5-5, the case game was no different but again, Lunda prevailed.
As with almost every game played in the previous sets, each game in this one went down to the last ball but this time, it was all Evan as he finished the set with a strong 6-1 result and claimed the cash.
Congratulations to Evan Lunda, Buffalo’s Billiards Action Palooza Champions Challenge winner! Tough loss for Josh Roberts as he gave it his all…
PoolActionTV.com would like to thank Buffalo’s owner, James Leone (“Buff”), his general manager Steve Tesvich (“Bullseye”) and their staff for hosting the event.
We’d like to thank Buffalo’s house pro, Tony Chohan, for his topnotch commentary as well as “Lil John” Macias, One Pocket Hall of Famer Jeremy Jones and our own Ray Hansen.
We’d also like to thank our fans and sponsors. They include JB Cases, Hanshew Jump Cues, EnviroAssessments, Lomax Custom Cues, Aramith, Diveney Cues, Simonis, Durbin Custom Cues, Diamond Billiard Products, CR’s Sports Bar of Minneapolis, MN and Fort Worth Billiards Superstore of Fort Worth, TX.
And don’t go far!!! In a few days, Buffalo’s will again host another $20,000 One Pocket Champions Challenge featuring Corey Deuel and Roberto Gomez! Dates are August 5th-7th! Hope to see you there!
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