Dennis Orcollo went undefeated in the West State Billiards/POV Pool West Coast Swing One Pocket tournament at California Billiards in Fremont, CA, beating opponents like Shane Van Boening, Jayson Shaw, and Alex Pagulayan. Dennis beat Alex in the finals to win the tournament.
Also at this stop, Dennis and Tony Chohan each put up $50k for a One Pocket race to 40 match.
Vivial Villarreal smoked the field at an AWBT event recently. The site was Main Street Billiards (Mesa, Arizona, I believe), July 8th and 9th. Villarreal went on a tear with 7-1 wins over 3 opponents. Sunday was much of the same with a 7-1 win and a 7-2 win.
In upcoming tournament news, the US Open 10-ball players have been announced. The field includes (to name a few):
Shane Van Boening
Dennis Orcollo
Alex Pagulayan
Lee Vann Corteza
Justin Bergman
Francisco Bustamante
Vilmos Foldes
Ralf Souquet
Mika Immonen
Warren Kiamco
Karl Boyes
Alex Kazakis
Thorsten Hohmann
Rodney Morris
Mario He
Skyler Woodward
This tournament will be played July 17-19 at Griff's in Las Vegas.
MOSCONI CUP 2017
As of this writing, the top ten in points for the 2017 Mosconi Cup are:
Dennis Hatch
Oscar Dominguez
Rodney Morris
Billy Thorpe
Donny Mills
Hunter Lombardo
Skyler Woodward
Johnny Archer
Ernesto Dominguez
The 2017 Mosconi Cup will be held in Las Vegas. In my opinion, having the tournament in Las Vegas will give team USA a slight chance of not getting crushed by team Europe...but I just don't see team USA winning. Might as well start calling it the European Cup.
