One-Pocket Down to Final Nine

One-Pocket Down to Final NineBy InsidePOOL StaffRound 10 of the one-pocket division at the Sixth Annual Derby City Classic just concluded, leaving only 9 players remaining. This event began with 303 players on Sunday and will conclude on some time on Friday. Remaining are Ralph Carnes, Gerald Slivka, Marco Marquez, Rodney Morris, Don McCaughey, Billy Palmer, Santos Sambajon, Efren Reyes, and Larry Nevel. "Rocket" Rodney Morris and Charlie Bryant met on the featured Table 28 earlier on Thursday. With the score tied at 1 game apiece, Bryant took a 2-0 lead in the third game, but after missing a ball, he allowed Morris to run 3 and then duck. on his next shot, Bryant again sold out, and Morris ran 5 and out to take a 2-1 lead.
In the last lengthy game, Morris ran 3 from the start and tried for a bank on the 3 ball but left it hanging. Bryant missed his shot, and Morris ran 4 to reach the hill, but he got poor position on his next shot. Both players shoot throw-in shots for a while, trading innings, but Bryant started making a comeback in the latter half of the game and brought the score to 7-5. After Morris left the cueball on the bottom rail, Bryant left Morris a makeable shot by putting the cue behind the 7 ball. The one-Pocket Rocket cut it all the way down the rail to win the fourth game 8-5 and the match 3-1.In the 9-ball event, approximately half of the 313-player field has now been eliminated. "Earthquake" Keith McCready, who was eliminated in the first two divisions rather quickly and has been suffering from a touch of the flu, had an easy time in his match with Tom Moore where he drubbed Moore 7-0. George Breedlove, who hasn't played since the BCA Open 9-Ball event last May at the Riviera Hotel & Casino, matched up with Scott Frost in the same round and came away the worse for it. Up 2-1, Frost broke and ran out, made the 9 ball on his next break, and then played a 4-9 combo to put the score at 5-1. Breedlove got one more game under his belt before Frost reached the hill after a miss on the 6 by his opponent. Breedlove had a couple of nice break-and-runs to almost pull even with Frost, but after an excellent kick-safe by "The Freezer" in the last game with the score at 6-5 Frost, Breedlove left a shot, and that was all Frost needed to run out the remaining balls to win the match 7-5.Visit InsidePOOL for the latest in the sport of billiards and pool.

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