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Breaking News #73
The 4th Annual Arizona State Bar Box 9-Ball Championship was held at Alexander’s Sports Bar in Phoenix on September 9th and 10th, 2006. The format for this State Championship was double elimination, race to nine games of nine ball on both sides of the bracket, no three foul rule, and winner break. The tournament was non-handicapped as are all State Championship tournaments. The finals were a one race final to an extended race of thirteen games. When asked why he does not handicap his State Championship tournaments, Alexander’s Ron Merseal replied, “You cannot handicap a State Championship. If you did handicap this tournament, and a lower rated player entered and won, he would have to acknowledge he won the tournament probably because he got to race to less games than his opponent. That’s no good and would, in some ways, take the luster off the win. Non-handicapped tournaments eliminate that scenario and give us a true State Champion.”
Chuck Bobbitt, of Visual Impressions, co-sponsored the tournament by adding one-half of the added money and also supplying the three trophies for the winner, runner-up, and third place finisher.
Thirty-two players made up the 2006 field with a list that read like a who’s who of Arizona’s highest rated pool players. Play began on Saturday September 9th. Because of the extremely strong field and first round match-ups that easily could have been match-ups for the finals, players that were most definitely capable of winning the tournament found themselves on the one-loss side after the first round. The tournament paid eight places, and play continued on Saturday until the field was reduced to four players on the winners side and four players on the one-loss side.
On Sunday, September 10th, the eight players returned for battle. On the one loss side Glenn Bond defeated Ron Merseal while Doug Hale defeated Mike Wellman. Ron and Mike settled for a 7th/8th finish. On the winner side, Scott Frost defeated Tony Confalone while Eddie Uber defeated Mike Pankoff. Tony and Mike, two former State Champions, now found themselves on the one loss side of the bracket.
Scott defeated Eddie for the hot seat then waited for his finals opponent. Doug and Glenn defeated Tony and Mike leaving Tony and Mike with a 5th/6th finish and reducing the field to only four players. Scott Frost, Eddie Uber, Glenn Bond, and Doug Hale. Glenn sent Doug packing with his 4th place finish and then Glenn sent Eddie home with a 3rd finish. The finals were now set with Glenn and Scott racing to (13) for the 2006 Arizona State Bar Box 9-Ball Championship.
The finals, between Scott Frost and Glenn Bond started out close with the players splitting the first six games. Then, as is the case more times than not, Scott went on one of his familiar rolls, and before you knew it, was sitting on the hill with Glenn at five games. The tournament ended a few minutes later with Scott Frost winning the final match of the State Championship 13 games to 6.
Congratulations to Glenn Bond on his runner-up finish and of course to Scott Frost on adding the 2006 Arizona State Bar-Box 9-Ball Championship to his distinguished resume.
Chuck Bobbitt, of Visual Impressions, co-sponsored the tournament by adding one-half of the added money and also supplying the three trophies for the winner, runner-up, and third place finisher.
Thirty-two players made up the 2006 field with a list that read like a who’s who of Arizona’s highest rated pool players. Play began on Saturday September 9th. Because of the extremely strong field and first round match-ups that easily could have been match-ups for the finals, players that were most definitely capable of winning the tournament found themselves on the one-loss side after the first round. The tournament paid eight places, and play continued on Saturday until the field was reduced to four players on the winners side and four players on the one-loss side.
On Sunday, September 10th, the eight players returned for battle. On the one loss side Glenn Bond defeated Ron Merseal while Doug Hale defeated Mike Wellman. Ron and Mike settled for a 7th/8th finish. On the winner side, Scott Frost defeated Tony Confalone while Eddie Uber defeated Mike Pankoff. Tony and Mike, two former State Champions, now found themselves on the one loss side of the bracket.
Scott defeated Eddie for the hot seat then waited for his finals opponent. Doug and Glenn defeated Tony and Mike leaving Tony and Mike with a 5th/6th finish and reducing the field to only four players. Scott Frost, Eddie Uber, Glenn Bond, and Doug Hale. Glenn sent Doug packing with his 4th place finish and then Glenn sent Eddie home with a 3rd finish. The finals were now set with Glenn and Scott racing to (13) for the 2006 Arizona State Bar Box 9-Ball Championship.
The finals, between Scott Frost and Glenn Bond started out close with the players splitting the first six games. Then, as is the case more times than not, Scott went on one of his familiar rolls, and before you knew it, was sitting on the hill with Glenn at five games. The tournament ended a few minutes later with Scott Frost winning the final match of the State Championship 13 games to 6.
Congratulations to Glenn Bond on his runner-up finish and of course to Scott Frost on adding the 2006 Arizona State Bar-Box 9-Ball Championship to his distinguished resume.
Scott Frost Wins 2006 Arizona State Bar-Box 9-Ball Championship
| 3rd Place Eddie Uber, Chuck Bobbitt, 1st Scott Frost, 2nd Glenn Bond |
| 1st Place ~ Scott Frost |
| 2nd Place ~ Glenn Bond |
| 3rd Place ~ Eddie Uber |
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5/6
5/6
7/8
7/8
2nd
3rd
4th
5/6
5/6
7/8
7/8
Scott Frost
Glenn Bond
Eddie Uber
Doug Hale
Mike Pankoff
Tony Confalone
Ron Merseal
Mike Wellman
Glenn Bond
Eddie Uber
Doug Hale
Mike Pankoff
Tony Confalone
Ron Merseal
Mike Wellman
$1440.00
$565.00
$355.00
$240.00
$150.00
$150.00
$100.00
$100.00
$565.00
$355.00
$240.00
$150.00
$150.00
$100.00
$100.00
| Payouts include side pots with a $40/$400 winner take all |
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