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FOLLOW ALL VEGAS PLAYERS IN THE BCAPL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENTS AT THE RIVIERA, MAY 9-19TH, 2012
GO TO HTTP://CTSONDEMAND.COM AND SEARCH BY NAME.
SEE WHERE THEY ARE ON THE BRACKET, WHAT THEY PLACED, WHAT TABLE THEY'RE PLAYING ON AND MORE!
For Immediate Release
(Photo of Mitch Ellerman courtesy of Fred Stoll of Filmless Art)
 Vegas Heats Up as the 36th BCAPL National Championship Rolls into Town
Las Vegas, NV. - May 14, 2012 - The 36th BCAPL National Championships rolled into the Riviera Hotel and Casino Wednesday, May 10th. Approximately 7,000 players congregate each year in Las Vegas to compete in the event known as “The Greatest Pool Tournament in the World.”
Produced by CueSports International (CSI) and taking place over 11 days, the group of events include; 23 BCA Pool League (BCAPL) divisions, three USA Pool League (USAPL) divisions and two professional tournaments (the 13th US Open One Pocket Championship and the 4th US Open 10-Ball Championship).
The BCAPL competition began with three 9-Ball singles events: the Men’s Open 9-Ball Singles, the Women’s Open 9-Ball Singles and the 9-Ball Challenge.
The Men’s Open 9-Ball saw a full field of 256 players compete for over $15,000 in prize money. Daniel McKenney (league #1073) from Texas beat out Matt Beckwith (league #23) from Wisconsin for the $2,100 first place check.
The Women’s Open 9-Ball Singles had 83 competitors. Jennifer Polik (league #1152 and 719) from Michigan reigned as the winner beating Valerie Franiel (league #497) from Alberta, Canada and taking home the $900 first place prize. Both 9-Ball Open events followed a single elimination best two out of three sets per match and are only for open rated BCAPL league players and CSI player members known to be open level.
The 9-Ball Challenge welcomes both league and CSI player members of all ratings. The more traditional double elimination race to 7 format event had 147 entrants. Known to attract a roster of seasoned players, this year’s champion was Arizona top gun Mitch Ellerman. Also a former Jay Swanson Memorial winner, Ellerman pocketed $2,600 and only lost a total of 16 games out of 9 matches beating out Marc Vidal-Claramunt, Nick Malaj, Melissa Little, Ramesh Gokhul, Phil Burford, Heath Bartley and Chad Lovelace.
As the 9-Ball Singles competition concluded, the Scotch events began with the Open Scotch Doubles kicking off May 11th at 7 pm. This year a new Advanced Scotch Doubles division was added and it and the Master Scotch Doubles started Friday, May 12th. All Scotch Doubles divisions will conclude Tuesday, May 15th.
Saturday saw the start of the highly competitive BCAPL Singles 8-Ball divisions. There are 11 total divisions and 2,295 entrants in the 8-Ball singles competition. The Grand Master 8-Ball Singles will conclude today and the other 8-Ball singles divisions will conclude Tuesday.
To view online all of the brackets for the 36th BCAPL National Championships, the 2nd USAPL National Championships, the 13th US Open One Pocket Championship and the 4th US Open 10-Ball Championship visit the CueSports Tournament System at www.ctsondemand.com. You may search a player or team by name or can view by division or tournament.
For more information about the BCAPL visit www.playbca.com.
CueSports International (CSI) is dedicated to creating more choices for all players. In the past seven years CSI has directly paid out approximately Seven Million Dollars to players. CSI is the parent company of the BCA Pool League and the USA Pool League. CSI also produces independent events such as the US Bar Table Championships, the Jay Swanson Memorial, the US Open One Pocket Championship and the US Open 10-Ball Championship. Visit www.playcsipool.com, www.playbca.com and www.playusapool.com for more information about CSI and its divisions.
CSI leads the billiard industry in the development of technology. For more information on the state-of-the-art software systems for league and tournament management visit www.leaguesys.net and www.ctsondemand.com.
Contact: Holly Ryan
PR / Marketing / Media
CueSports International
2041 Pabco Rd
Henderson, NV 89011
Phone (702) 719-7665
Fax (702) 307-1609
holly@playcsipool.com
www.playcsipool.com
www.playbca.com
www.playusapool.com
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Captain's meeting at 6:30 on the first night of each league.
Contact: Jill Ferguson
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cell - 626-841-0140
Monday night Putters in-house BCAPL 10-ball handicap starts June 4th
-Wednesday night Pool Sharks in-house BCAPL 10-ball non handicap 9' diamonds starts May 30th
-Wednesday night Larry's in-house BCAPL 10-ball handicap starts May 30th
-Thursday night USAPL traveling 8-ball handicap starts May31st
LAS VEGAS PLAYER RATINGS HAVE BEEN UPDATED (as of 4/23/12)
The Las Vegas Player Ratings list is reviewed and updated quarterly.
CUE CLUB & VBB - 7 & UNDER 9-BALL
$15 entry, 17 players, $100 added
April 7, 2012
| 1st - Rob Hately -$145.00 |
9-12th - Scott Mahan |
17-24th - Tina Hovenkamp |
| 2nd - Carlo Butto -$105.00 |
9-12th - Kelly Ashe |
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| 3rd - Stan Wylazlowski -$70.00 |
9-12th - Tim Kovacs |
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| 4th - Jay Engstrom -$35.00 |
9-12th - Jim Taylor |
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| 5-6th - Amy Encinias |
13-16th - Sam Smith |
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| 5-6th - Ryan DeBerg |
13-16th - Grant Gilbert |
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| 7-8th - Abe Henderson |
13-16th - Nicole Civetz |
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| 7-8th - Kendra Harris |
13-16th - Shane Hughes |
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SIDEPOT:
1st: Rob $45
2nd: Stan $20
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