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US Open Wrap up - homeward bound
(written at 5:15a.m. EDT)
Our new 2008 US Open 9-Ball Champion, Mika “The Iceman” Immonen (only the second European and fourth non-American to ever win it)
[BEFORE & AFTER]
After a week of come-from-behinds, Rodney finally exhausted all his comebacks and lost against Filipino player, Warren Kiamco. Fifth place at the US Open is still not too shabby. [...]
US Open Day 6 - 4 Players Left and Scotch at Q-Masters
There’s four players left in the main event.
Set to play tomorrow are:
Mika and Ronnie on the winners’ side
Johnny and Warren on the b-side
Contrary to Shane, my picks for the finals are probably Ronnie and Mika, unless Ronnie dogs his guts out again like he did against Rodney tonight. Ugh. Good news is that it’s much [...]
US Open Day 5 - Dropping Like Flies
Well, after five days of the best pool I get to see all year, there’s only 16 players left and that does not include the SVB. Poor Shane had a tragic loss last night against Larry “The Truth” Nevel after Larry scratched on the 6 ball getting to the 7 for the match. That would’ve [...]
US Open Day 4 - Interesting Day…
Yesterday was an interesting day. It began with a couple forfeits.
My new friend Craig whom I met through Tommy and Ronnie had to go back to work and didn’t show up to his match. And, Manny Chao showed up one minute too late claiming he never received his wake-up call from his hotel. Tragic.
It was [...]
