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Submitted and photos by Janis Sessions Chris Pitino and Chris Perez would be the winners on this day last day of June 2012. The APA 8 Ball Scotch Doubles in South Florida was held at Lucky 7 Billiards (formerly the Arcade Billiards) located in Hollywood, FL this year. Tiffany and Charlie the owners opened their doors again to host another APA event. 26 Teams would show up to compete for a trip to VEGAS. The matches would start around 11:00am; 2 people to a team, a race to 4 or 3 depending on how the players’ skill levels added up. Chris and Chris would draw a bye for the first match. Once they started playing their matches, they kept winning and made it to the final round and had to play Bear and Charlie. By this time most of the other teams had left, but some teams and friends stayed to see who would win that trip. A friend of Bear’s stayed all day to see if his buddy, who he has know since they were both 6 years old would win that trip. That is friendship and support. Bear and Charlie would win the lag. The first game would go to Chris and Chris because Bear and Charlie had scratched on the 8. Game 2 was Bear and Charlie. Both teams battled for that trip, but Bear and Charlie would come up short and the trip to Vegas would be the TWO “C’s” to win. One other match that was played on this day was very exciting to watch. It was the match that Kelly Cole and Chrisann Latkowski played against Elias and Victor. Kelly and Chrisann came out strong winning 2 games. Elias and Victor would answer back winning 2 games. Game 5 was the game of all games. Both teams playing safeties and giving back the ball over and over, because the 8 ball was hanging by the pocket. Kelly and Chrisann had it blocked, one mistake from Elias and Victor and it would be game over. So game 5 was called a stall mat. The last game for both teams would be played to see who would advance. Elias and Victor would come up short on the 8 ball leaving it for Kelly and Chrisann to make and advance to the semi-final round. Kelly and Chrisann would play Bear and Charlie, but Bear and Charlie would end up winning to meet up with the Two Chris’s for the final match of the night. Thanks again to Tiffany and Charlie for hosting this event and to Gene Weaver for running this event (APA league operator).
Gene and Captains going over the rules.
Winners with Charlie the owner
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