Lukas Fracasso-Verner, Snookers Owner Paul Troxell and Moritz Neuhausen
As the famous saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again”, and after back-to-back runner-up finishes on the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour, young gun Lukas Fracasso-Verner was one of sixty nine players at Joss Tour stop #13 at Snookers Sports Billiards Bar & Grill on March 2nd – 3rd.
Fracasso-Verner looked good on Saturday, emerging undefeated along with Thomas Haas, Francisco Cabral and German phenom Moritz Neuhausen. These four came back on Sunday morning and started the day with Neuhausen defeating Cabral 9-3 and Fracasso-Verner beating Hass 9-2. It was Neuhausen who would take the hot-seat with a 9-3 win over Fracasso-Verner.
On the one loss side, stop 12 winner Kevin Guimond was recovering nicely from his Saturday loss to Haas. Guimond won four straight matches on the one loss side to earn his place against Fracasso-Verner in the semi-final match. Guimond had defeated Fracasso-Verner in the finals of stop 12, and Fracasso-Verner returned the favor with a 7-3 win over Guimond to setup a rematch with Neuhausen in the double elimination finals.
The first set of the finals was another 9-3 match, with Fracasso-Verner getting the win this time, to force a second set. The second set went hill-hill before Neuhausen pocketed the final 9-ball for the win.
Sunday’s second chance tournament saw Steve Mack navigate the one loss side and double dip Russ Bellisle in the finals, for the tournament win.
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