The Tri-State Tour recently stopped at Castle Billiards in East Rutherford, New Jersey for a $500 added tournament. On December 12th the tournament saw forty one players competing in the tournament. In the end it was Scott Bannon who earned the top prize of the tournament.

During the winner’s side final four, Jake Schwartz beat Scott Simonetti 7-3 to make it to the hot seat match. Rob Barbara took out Sam Vitellero 7-6 to then face Schwartz. Barbara won that match 7-3 and Schwartz went over to the left side of the competition.

Bannon made his way through the one loss side to win five matches in a row to compete for the first place prize. Bannon had done very well on the loss side to advance and when he met Barbara he was ready to compete.
Bannon was down 4-1 in the final match against Barbara but he recovered to move ahead and pass Barbara and win the match 9-5.

Final Results:

1st Scott Bannon $600
2nd Ron Barbara $400
3rd Jake Schwartz $250
4th Sandie Paterino $150
5th Scott Simonetti $85
Sam Vitellaro
7th Ted Lapadula $65
Tony Eglasias


- 2009-12-15