Daulton Aces Ring Game; Mathews Honored

Daulton Aces Ring Game; Mathews HonoredBy Bill RosenbergerThe Gulf Coast Classic spanned five days and consisted of four major events, including the Bank Pool Ring Game, the 9-Ball Tournament, and the bar table 9-ball event. Shannon Daulton cleaned house on Saturday with his ring game win, while tour promoter and InsidePOOL Magazine contributor Grady Mathews was honored with a Hall of Fame induction.Saturday's big money event included Daulton, Truman Hogue, Glen Rogers, Tony Fargo, John Brumback, and Jason Miller. Each player put up $3,000 for a chance to double, triple or even earn back five times as much. Hogue and Rogers exited first, while Fargo held the early money lead with $6,800. Brumback had $6,700, while Miller was third on the list with $3,400. Daulton was a distant fourth with $1,100 and didn't look like the contender, but he soon heated up.Daulton turned into a machine in the next round, banking home eight straight balls to turn his small payback into some huge winnings-$18,000. Although he was dominant in the ring game, Daulton didn't do as well in the other events, but either way, he went home a winner.In the Bar Table 9-Ball event, Will Pay got paid, taking first over Nat Green, who finished second. Cliff Joyner, who played well in all the events, finished third. In the 'big boy' 9-ball event, Joyner rallied in the west side to finish in fourth, while John Schmidt, who finished second to Johnny Archer last week in the North American Tour opener, took the top spot. Marco Marquez and David Grossman rounded out the top three. As Sunday's final matches dwindled down, one man found himself striving to win two titles. Buddy Hall competed in the finals of the bank tournament against Hogue after falling to Marquez in the finals of the one pocket event. The match went to hill-hill before Hall nailed down the win. Finally, Grady Mathews, who did a great job as promoter of the weekend events, was honored as the first inductee into the one Pocket Hall of Fame, which was recently created by onepocket.org. Results:9-Ball1st John Schmidt $2,6002nd Marco Marquez $1,6003rd David Grossman $1,1004th Cliff Joyner $900Banks1st Buddy Hall $2,5002nd Truman Hogue $1,5003rd Ike Runnels $1,0004th Gerald Reichle $800One Pocket1st Marco Marquez $5,0002nd Buddy Hall $3,0003rd Mike Surber $2,0004th Ray Martin $1,5005th Bill Blanda, Ike Runnels $1,000Bar Box 9-Ball1st Will Pay $9302nd Nat Green $6973rd Cliff Joyner $4654th Sam Gilmer $232 Visit InsidePOOL for the latest news in the sport of billiards and pool.

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