Norm Pomainville made his way through a field of 41 players at Trick Shot Billiards in Clifton Park, NY to win his first Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop; but it wasn't easy by any means.
Pomainville dropped the hot-seat match in a heartbreaking 9-8 match to Tom Acciavati, but bounced back with a 9-6 win over Ron Casanzio on the one loss side.
Pomainville squared off against Acciavati in the finals, and won the first set in another hill-hill match. The first set appeared to take all of the wind out of Acciavati's sails as Pomainville dominated a 9-2 match to capture first place.
The second chance event on Sunday draw a field of sixteen players and Paul Rozonewski went undefeated to win this event.
Rozonewski came out on fire and won his first three matches 3-0. A 3-2 win over Dan Menzies got Rozonewski into the hot-seat and a 3-1 win over Jeff Smolen in the finals earned Rozonewski the win.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Salt City Billiards in Syracuse on March 23rd and 24th for their next event.
Tour director Mike Zuglan is taking signups now for the Turning Stone Classic XXI, which will take place at Turning Stone Resort & Casino on September 19th - 22nd. Interested players should contact Zuglan at (518) 356-7163.
