Alex Pagulayan has won the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour Finale at Accu-Billiards in New Bedford, MA.
Pagulayan was undefeated with wins over Jean Therriault, Dave Fernandez, Mike Keith, Chris Leal, Santos Sambajon, and then two wins over Jose Parica. The first win over Parica went hill-hill before Pagulayan got the win and took the hot-seat. After Parica eliminated Francisco Bustamante, he got another shot at Pagulayan. This time, he was only able to get to 7 games before Pagulayan scored the win.
The win netted Pagulayan $5000, while Parica settled for $3400 in prize money. Bustamante and Tom D'Alfonso filled out the top four spots. While no stranger to Joss Tour fans, D'Alfonso opened some eyes with back-to-back-to-back wins over Frankie Hernandez, Mika Immonen and Earl Strickland.
Brackets are online as well as our online photo gallery, thanks to Diana Hoppe with Pool Pics by Hoppe.
Photo courtesy of Diana Hoppe - Pool Pics by Hoppe
Complete Payouts:
1st Alex Pagulayan $5000
2nd Jose Parica $3400
3rd Francisco Bustamante $2200
4th Tom D'Alfonso $1750
5th/6th Santos Sambajon, Mika Immonen $1300
7th/8th Jarrod Clowery, Earl Strickland $1000
9th/12th Karen Corr, Danny Hewitt, Frankie Hernandez, Chris Leal $750
13th/16th Mike Zuglan, Johnny Archer, Rodney Morris, Mark Ransom $500
17th/24th Robb Saez, Teddy Garrahan, Mike Keith, Ian Costello, Bob Hammack Jr, Pete Genovese, Julie Kelly, Rick Matarazzo $300
