McCreesh and Haacke Post Undefeated Runs on Planet Pool Tour

McCreesh and Haacke Post Undefeated Runs on Planet Pool Tour Andy LincolnThe fourth stop of the Planet Pool 9-Ball Tour was held at Champions Billiards Café in Laurel, MD, on April 3-4. The tour sponsors and Champions combined to make this a $2,000-added event. It appears that over 100 entrants in these events will be the norm, as the open division sported 106 entries with 24 ladies in their Sunday event.The top 12 players on the 2004 points list were all in attendance, but that did not seem to rattle their opponents as only 4 of them made it to Sunday without a loss. A couple of high-interest matches included Jerry Slivka knocking down Keith McCready and Ryan McCreesh sending Pooky Rasmeloungon to the one-loss side. These same four combatants would meet again Sunday evening in the “final four.” The field was trimmed down to 32 players in the money heading into Sunday.
Ryan McCreesh continued to roll with one less hour of sleep on Sunday, defeating Chester Taylor, Mike Davis, and Doug Sharp before running into the favorite of the top half of the bracket, Jerry Slivka. This highly anticipated match turned out to be all McCreesh, who scored the 9-2 victory. In the elimination bracket, Rasmeloungon recovered from his early loss to knock out Perryman, Tolson, Bean, Stottlemyer, and Lincoln before running into Mike Davis. A few minutes later, Rasmeloungon was back at the director’s table with a 7-0 smile on his face. He was not done yet and moved on past newcomer Reggie Jackson and placed McCready into fourth place.A 7-5 decision over Slivka set up a rematch with McCreesh in the final. This set was close the whole way, as both players were shooting well and staying in control. When it all ended, it was McCreesh scoring the 9-7 victory for the tournament win. McCreesh is currently 15-0 in his last two Planet Pool event wins. First place paid $1,500, with $850 for second place. Twenty-four ladies took advantage of the extra hour of pool for Daylight Saving Time to take part in the Sunday-only event. Malea Haacke continued to take advantage of open division practice on Saturday and survived a tough first-round match with Judi Sandall 7-5. That was to be her toughest match of the day, as she easily advanced to a hot seat match-up with Amanda Page. A 7-3 win put Haacke into a holding pattern while the elimination bracket fought it out. Gwen Dickert posted another high finish, placing Pauline Mattes into the fourth-place spot before losing a 5-3 set to Page. Haacke quickly doused Page’s enthusiasm with a 7-0 whitewash for the tournament win. Haacke earned $400 for her second undefeated run in the last two Planet Pool events.Ryan McCreesh takes control of the open division points list, with Malea Haacke extending her lead in the women’s division. The Planet Pool 9-Ball Tour will be at Great Slates in Cambridge, MD, on May 8-9, 2004, for the next regular event. Complete results of all events are available on the website at http://www.planet-pool.com.Open Division Results:1 $1500 Ryan McCreesh2 $850 Pooky Rasmeloungon3 $600 Jerry Slivka4 $400 Keith McCready5/6 $270 Doug Sharp, Reggie Jackson7/8 $180 BJ Ussery, Mike Davis Women's Division Results:1 $400 Malea Haacke2 $250 Amanda Page3 $170 Gwen Dickert4 $120 Pauline MattesVisit InsidePOOL for the latest in the sport of billiards and pool.

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