Dennis Wolrab
The twenty-fifth stop on the 2010-2011 Lucasi Hybrid All American Tour (produced by the American CueSports Alliance – ACS) drew a full 32-player field to 2nd Avenue Corner Pocket in Cedar Rapids, IA, on Saturday, January 15. The $500 added event featured a double-elimination 9-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes. Owner Dennis Wolrab (Cedar Rapids, IA), rated a “5” on a regional handicap system used, took down the A-side that included a semi-finals win over John Gorsch (Cedar Rapids, IA) [5] 5-2 and a finals win over Scott Hargens (Cedar Rapids, IA) [7] 5-6. Hargens had earlier vanquished Scott Kitto [8] (Cedar Rapids, IA) 7-5 in the semifinals just prior to his loss to Wolrab.
On the B-side Greg Knight (Cedar Rapids, IA) [5] and Steve Strasburger (Cedar Rapids, IA) [5] dispatched Chad Behnke (Farley, IA) [7] and Matt Paine (Burlington, IA) [7] by respective 5-4 and 5-6 scores. Knight and Strasburger succeeded in the next round as well, with Knight eliminating Scott Kitto 5-1 and Strasburger ousting John Gorsch 5-4. Greg Knight then ended Steve Strasburger's run at 4th place by a 5-4 margin. Scott Hargens finished Greg Knight's day at 3rd place by a 7-4 score. Hargens then had to defeat Dennis Wolrab two sets for the crown, and Scott took the first set “on the hill” 7-4. However, Wolrab regained the momentum in the deciding set to take the title, 5-3 !
By virtue of Dennis Wolrab being the highest-finishing ACS member in the event, he qualified for a free 9-Ball singles entry into the 2011 Lucasi Hybrid ACS Nationals at the Tropicana Las Vegas – courtesy of the ACS. The ACS wishes to thank sponsors Lucasi Hybrid Cues, Championship Billiard Fabric and Nick Varner Signature Cases for their support in donating “Value-In-Kind” product for this and all stops on the Lucasi Hybrid All American Tour. All entries in the Tour are also entered into a drawing in an end-of-Tour drawing for four (4) $400+ value Lucasi Hybrid Cues courtesy of Ozone Billiards. Sponsorship opportunities and tour stop openings are still available for the 2010/2011 All American Tour by contacting the ACS.
The Tour remains active over the next two weekends, featuring: 1). a $500 added 8-Ball Tourney on Saturday, February 5, at Leisure Time Billiards in East Moline, IL (contact Dwaine Bowman at 309-752-9559); 2). a $1,000 added Dakota Cue Club 8-Ball Tourney on Saturday, February 5 in Sioux Falls, SD (contact Adam Behnke at 605-275-7665); 3). the $500 added “Valentine's 8-Ball Massacre” on Saturday, February 12 at Q's Sports Bar & Girl in Port Charlotte, FL (contact Ken Coulter at 941-764-6969); and
4). a $500 added 8-Ball Tourney on Saturday, February 12, at Cue Master Billiards in Dubuque, IA (contact Bill Kramer at 563-557-0875). Further information, entry details and schedules for the 2010/2011 Lucasi Hybrid All American Tour are available at www.americancuesports.org.
