U.S. Bar Table Championship in Full Swing

U.S. Bar Table Championship in Full Swing
by Rick Davis
The U.S. Bar Table Championship got underway today at the Sands Regency Hotel and Casino in Reno, NV. The week-long event features competition in 10-ball, 9-ball, and 8-ball and offers an addition all-around prize to the top finishers that played in all three events.
Starting at 2 p.m. local time, the 10-ball event kicked off with an 85-player field in the race to 7, true double-elimination format, and all of the events are alternate break. In the 10-ball action favorites include Shane Van Boening, Gabe Owen, Jose Parica, Steve Moore, and others who will all battle it out for the $4,250 top prize, and overall 24 places are being paid out.
Highlights from the afternoon rounds saw Tyler Edey face Moore, and with Moore down 6-5, he made a tough cut on the 9 ball only to see the cue carom off the 10 to scratch and hand the final rack to Edey. The evening rounds will start into the one-loss side, and then the second day of play will offer matches on both sides of the chart until the top four return Wednesday.
Wednesday morning begins the 9-ball rounds, and the 10-ball finals will not play until Wednesday evening. The same switch up will take place when 9-ball winds down and 8-ball begins.
Stay tuned to InsidePOOLmag.com for nightly updates and news on all the bar table action.