Louis Altes, TonyCrosby, DavidUwate
David Uwate went undefeated through a very strong field of 73 players to claim another big Amateur title. The KF cue Tour joined forces with the UPL Pro 10 ball Invitational to put on a $4000 added amateur 9-ball event.
This event drew players from all over the U.S., but it was David Uwate the Fl State Amateur champion who prevailed. Uwate made his way to the final with wins over Chip Dickerson, Louie Smith, Julio Del Pozo, and Jim Sandaler to put himself in the winner’s side final where he would meet George Saunders. Saunders route to the finals was a little tougher with wins over John Donnely, Jessie Langston, Jeff Blomquist and then two strong wins over Louis Altes 7-6 and Mike Delawder 7-3 to match himself up against Uwate in the Hotseat match. This match was a very close affair with both players fighting hard, but Uwate would come out on top with a close 7-5 win.
While all this was going on, Louis Altes was clawing his way back through the field with some very hard fought wins over Daniel Plumber 7-5, Jason Richko 7-5, Jim Sandaler 7-6, and Tom Decker 7-5 before a revenge match with George Saunders. This match was one way traffic with Saunders making too many unforced errors and Altes taking advantage to roll out a 7-1 winner and a shot at David Uwate in the Final.
The final would be a single race to 9 with Altes coming out of the gate fast to take a 3-1 lead. Uwate now picked up a gear and would string 7 of the next 9 racks together to take a commanding 8-5 lead. Altes would pull one more back to 8-6 but the wait was over for Uwate as he would take the last rack and was crowned the champion with a 9-6 win.
This event was a huge success and would not have taken place if it wasn’t for the extra sponsorship from Universal Pool League, Strokers, Hammer Heads and Capone’s pool rooms as well as Delta 13 racks, KF Cues, www.billiardscoop.com, and Javier Chirino for supplying 2 beautiful trophies.
Our next event will be at Ultimate Billiards in Ft Pierce, Fl on December 5-6th. Check out www.kfcuetour.com for any further info.
Team Dmiro will putting on a $2000 added event at Capone’s in Spring Hill Fl this weekend November 28th-29th November.
Payouts
1st David Uwate. $1,500
2nd Louis Altes. $800
3rd George Saunders. $600
4th Tom Decker. $500
5th-6th Mike Delawder, Jim Sandaler. $400
7th-8th Jason Richko, Dennis Strickland. $300
9th-12th Marc Shenandoah, Daniel Plumber, Julio Del Pozo, Christopher Brown. $165
13th-16th Raymond Linares, Prescott Buckwold, Billy Moses, Jose Del Rio. $100
17th-24th Chip Dickerson, Allen Auman, Johnny Agular, Wesley White, Bill Stoll, Trey Jankowski, Dan Whitten, Jeff Blomquist. $85.
Top Lady, Ellen Van Buren $100
