Bell Captures Women’s 9-Ball Event at Windy City Open Tom Martin, InsidePOOL MagazinePam Bell has captured the Windy City Open Women’s 9-Ball event, defeating Amy Latzko 7-5. Both players battled fiercely, with Bell capitalizing o­n some early mistakes to jump to a 3-0 and 4-2 lead, o­nly to see her opponent climb back to tie the set at 5-5. Bell won the next game to go o­n the hill but gave Latzko life with a missed 6 ball. Latzko looked to be out but watched in shock as the cueball floated into the corner after a rare error o­n an easy 8. Debbie Wilson placed third, with Linda Cruz taking the fourth spot.
The men’ 9-ball tournament is o­ngoing, and after the smoke cleared o­n Friday night, o­nly 5 players remain. Ike Runnels sent Mark Pratico to the o­ne-loss bracket in a come-from-behind victory, while o­n the next table Chad Vilmont punished John Binion in a 7-0 display of wonderful pool, o­nly to lose in the next round to Tom McClusky, who earlier suffered a loss at the hands of Bowman. Meanwhile, Donny Branson resigned Mark Dextater to a 7-8th finish.Saturday morning’s card has Bowman and Runnels playing for the hot seat, with McClusky waiting in the wings for the winner of the match between Branson and Pratico.The open and women’s 8-ball tournaments are underway, with no upsets through the first two rounds of the race-to-five events. Friday evening also saw the startup of the APA 5 and under handicap 8-ball tournament.Visit InsidePOOL for the latest in the sport of billiards and pool.
Pool Balls and Billiard Balls at LOW PRICES!!!

View all Pool Billiard News's articles

---

About the Author:
Inside Pool Magazine publishes billiard news. Definitive Synergy creates pool and billiard management software.

More Billiard News articles