Stan's The Man in Spokane!

Stan's The Man in Spokane!By Carissa BiggsMcQ's Billiards of Spokane, WA set the scene for the 8th Pechauer Custom Cues 9-Ball Tour stop of the season, promoted by on The Wire. McQ's Billiards boasts a full bar, an excellent menu, is host to weekly, regional, and local competitive play, as well as leagues, a pro shop and a wide variety of other activities! As always we would like to acknowledge our appreciation of the tour sponsors for giving to the game of pool here on the West Coast so that we all can enjoy the game and competitiveness on a whole different level! Please offer the same back to these sponsors whenever possible: J. Pechauer Custom Cues, The Gripper Cue Caddy (owner Bill Bauer made it to the stop in person - thanks Bill!), Creative Inventions by Joe Porper, Sir Joseph Gloves, Phil Capelle and Billiards Press, Scotti Scuffer, The Monk Billiard Academy, and SilKleen Products.
April 5th and 6th players from California to Canada arrived in Spokane ready to compete and hopefully either further their lead in the tour or close the gap at the top. Stan Tourangeau made it happen! After a disappointing loss for the hot seat against World Champion Rafael Martinez with a score of 9-2, Tourangeau came back through the loser's bracket to give it a second chance. In the final race to 13, Tourangeau looked like a whipped dog down by a deficit of 7 games at a score of 9-2. Tourangeau fans know better than to count him out; he hates losing more than most anything! Second place would not be good enough for Tourangeau in Spokane. He came back to tie the score and pass Martinez 11-10 and promptly finished out the set leaving Martinez to win only 1 game in 11! The crowd witnessed an amazing level of ability from both players as well as unparalleled heart and determination from our Canadian friend Stan. Earning 200 points for first place bumped Tourangeau up to within 15 points of former tour leader Billy Palmer. Martinez's second place finish and 150 points gave him quite a jolt as well. He overtook Glenn Atwell for 4th place in the overall standings. 1st Stan Tourangeau 200 1200 2nd Rafael Martinez 150 9003rd Bryce Avila 125 6254th Randy Camantique 100 3255th John Horsfall 80 200 Tony Waters 80 7th Dan Louie 65 100 Paul Silva 65 9th Glenn Atwell 50 75Lance Salazar 50David Williams 50Wayne Boyd 5012th John Duclos 35 Soud Al Abdulraza 35Randy Oristrom 35Shannon Gibson 35 InsidePOOL

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