It was a picture perfect day for the rescheduled Men’s 6.5-8.0 Tournament today at Ezell. Eighteen teams came to play and play they did!
Three came away unbowed with four more teams finishing with 50 or more points. And of the the three undefeated, 2 had an identical point differential of +35 and the 3rd team just missed making it a 3-way deadlock at +34. The final (unwritten) tiebreaker was the team number, giving the top seed to Oliver Sun and Kevin Masiado, followed by Tom Psaris and Scott Shore, and Robert Kraft and Ron Carrick. For the 4th and final seed went to John Shable and John Buffington with a 4-1, losing their only game to Tom and Scott by 1 point with 54 total points, edging out Patrick Hill and Amdrew Baker (52), and Gary Jones and Ed Serzo (51), each with 4-1 records. Rounding out the top finishers were Mark Montgomery and Tony Chiravolo (3-2, 50 pts) and Jim Williams and Chris Armstrong (3-2, 49 pts).
In the first semis, John and John battled Oliver and Kevin to a standstill and won in OT, 12-10. In the other semi, it was another hard fought game with Tom and Scott beating Robert and Ron, 11-8.
That setup the Gold-Silver game as a revenge game between John and John v Tom and Scott. John and John didn’t need any more motivation and poured it on after switching ends at 5-6 to win 11-6 for the Gold. Scott won yet another Silver, but this time with Tom. In the Bronze, Oliver and Kevin were holding on but in the end, could not overcome the duo of Robert and Ron, who also won, 11-6. Kongrats to all the medalists.
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- Pickle N’ Poker, 12/20
- Singles, Men and Women, 3.5 and Under, 12/22
- January, test MLP matches
- Feb-Mar, 2 MLP Leagues!
Here is the link to the photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBUnm1
This is the link to the playlist on the YT channel, which includes the livestream from court 6 and the GoPro footage from court 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy0MUnaQ-KX-rDqxF_Kjn5AQ_t9tfuCXo
Livestream:
- Intro (0:06:48)
- Game 1 (0:10:50) – Mark Montgomery and Tony Chiravolo v Robert Kraft and Ron Carrick
- Game 2 (0:28:28) – Patrick Hill and Andrew Baker v Charlie Pryde and Jim Pederson
- Game 3 (0:48:20) – Paul Damren and Wes Capdepon v Charlie Pryde and Jim Pederson
- Game 4 (1:09:48) – Charlie Pryde and Jim Pederson v Mark Montgomery and Tony Chiravolo
- Game 5 (1:29:10) – Sean Donnelly and Darirn Sacre v Paul Damren and Wes Capdepon
- Who’s in the playoffs (1:59:33)
- Semis (2:02:11) – Oliver Sun and Kevin Masiado v John Shable and John Buffington
- Gold-Silver (2:20:59) – John Shable and John Buffington v Tom Psaris and Scott Shore
- Fin (2:37:10)
- Game 1 (0:00:00) – Mike Fritz and Lee Pearson v Jim Williams and Chris Armstrong
- Game 2 (0:08:25) – Oliver Sun and Kevin Masiado v Michael Kellough and Chuck Schnell
- Game 3 (0:19:08) – Gary Jones and Ed Serzo v Michael Kellough and Chuck Schnell
- Game 4 (0:33:38) – Michael Kellough and Chuck Schnell v Jim Williams and Chris Armstrong
- Game 5 (0:45:27) – Scott Farnsworth and Ron Rivas v Gary Jones and Ed Serzo
- Semis (1:06:15) – Robert Kraft and Ron Carrick v Tom Psaris and Scott Shore
- Bronze (1:21:47) – Oliver Sun and Kevin Masiado v Robert Kraft and Ron Carrick