Krah Makes a Comeback
Blaze 9-Ball Tour / Bergen, NJ

by Jose Burgos
Gotham Billiards in Bergen, NJ, played host to the March 3-4 stop of the Blaze 9-Ball Tour. Out of a field of 45 top Northeastern players, Matt Krah won the tour’s fifth stop with a hill-hill victory over Tony Rodriquez.
Krah whizzed through the winners’ bracket with wins over Billy Kirshner
7-4, Jack Weltch 7-2, Tom Bow 7-5,  Bill Horne 7-2, and Lee Kang 7-4 to reach the hot seat match. Meeting him there was Mark Pantovic, who scored victories over Carmen Lombardo 7-6, Myke Munoz  7-5, Mike Finger 7-2, and Eddie Hodan 7-3.
 
The hot seat match turned out to be a one-sided affair, with Krah running away with the win 7-3. On the one-loss side, Tony Rodriquez was making his way through, taking matches over Sean Morgan 6-4, Jeremy Sossie 6-1, Myke Munoz 6-4, Mike Davis 6-5, Bill Horne 6-2, Mike Miller 6-3, Eddie Hodan 6-2, Shaun Wilkie 6-4, and Pantovic 6-3 to get to the finals. When he met Krah, Rodriquez took an 8-5 lead in the race to 9 only to see Krah stage a comeback and steal the match 9-8.
 
Results:
1st Matt Krah
2nd Tony Rodriquez
3rd Mark Pantovic 
4th Shaun Wilkie
5th Eddie Hodan
Lee Kang 
7th Mike Miller
Shin Park
9th Bill Horne
Steve Lillis
Adam Kielar
Mike Fingers
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