In order to win the tournament, of course, Baraks had to beat Jeremy Jones not o­nce but twice. In the first match-up, Baraks was in complete control almost from the beginning, running out to a 5-0 lead with some nifty breaks and consistent tablework and then matching “Double J” over the next eight games to win 9-4. In the rematch, with now both men holding o­ne loss and being o­n the verge of going home, it was Jeremy who zoomed to an early 4-0 lead; however, this time Baraks overcame a stretch of dry breaks to avail himself of every "unforced error" Jones committed.

First he brought the score to 5-4 Jones, using every opening Jones left him, however small. Then, after Jeremy had pushed out to leads of  7-5 and even hill-6, Baraks just battled back—off yet another dry break and some stellar breaking by Jeremy—to close to hill-hill. Finally, despite yet another dry break by Baraks in the final game, Jeremy failed to convert the 4 ball, rimming the far corner pocket as though it were a basketball hoop, rejecting a last-minute half-court heave from a desperate point guard.

Baraks stepped up and ran the table in spite of a cue rebound that nearly left the table completely and ended the marathon event conclusively 9-8 as the clock ticked over to 4:03 a.m. CST.

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