The $1700 Added KF Cue Tour Event was at Strokers 2 Tampa, Florida 11th/12th April.
The $1000 open event kicked of with some very strong players in the field, Charlie Williams, Ronnie Wiseman, Richard Broumpton, Tony Crosby, James Roberts, Jason Richko, Richie Richeson just to mention a few. Williams who won the last event in Orlando was looking strong making his way to the finals with wins over Ronnie Wiseman 9-6, Tony Crosby 9-8, Dan Lavoie 9-5 this would put him up against another Orlando players Adam Wheeler for the hotseat match. Wheeler made his way to there with impressive wins over Jason Richko 9-4, top WPBA player Yu Ram Cha 9-7, Richie Richeson 9-8. Williams would take the hotseat match with a hard fought 9-6 win.
Richie Richeson would fight his way back through the one loss side with wins over Richard Broumpton 7-2, Ronnie Wiseman 7-1 and then Adam Wheeler 7-5 to put him in the final against Charlie Williams.
Williams come out of the gates strong in the final and made Richeson pay for every mistake he made to take a 6-0 lead, the next few racks were traded with Williams looking like he was going to win easy as he go to the hill 9-3, a few mistakes by Williams would see Richeson gain momentum and claw the score back to 9-7 but that would be as close as he would get as Williams ran his way through a very tricky rack to take match and his 2nd event in a row.
The $700 Added Amateur event would kick of with 26 players.
Bobby Moore who had also won the last event in Orlando would prove again to be the man to beat on the day. He would make his way to the hotseat match with wins over Valerie Dukich 7-1, Room Owner Jose Del Rio 7-4, Road Partner Albert Howe 7-5 before taking a loss in the hotseat match to Jesse Langston form Orlando. Langston had made his way to the hotseat with wins over Taz Naravane 7-0, Jimmy Bird 7-6, tour points leader Mark Wathen 7-3 and then a win over Bobby Moore 7-3.
The one loss side would see Jarred Schlauch making his way through the field with wins over Mike Delawder 5-2, Jimmy Bird 5-3, Albert Howe 5-2, Mark Wathen 5-4 he would now face Moore. Moore would take this match 5-4 and get his rematch with Langston.
The final was a very cagey affair with both players trading racks, Langston would get to the hill first with an 8-5 lead but several missed opportunity's would see more claw his way back and tie the match 8-8. The final rack would see both players missing balls and just when it looked like it was all over Langston missed a tricky 8 ball and that would be it as Moore would take the match and his 2nd event in a row.
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