Hagerstown, MD, resident Mike Davis, who recently took fifth place at the Men's Professional Brunswick Pro Players Championship at Valley Forge, PA, last March, defeated Jim "Shorty" Henson for the hot seat by the tight score of 9-7.  Back in November of 2002, Henson defeated Scott Tollefson at Champion Billiards in Laurel, MD, at the U.S. Amateur Championship.  Henson went o­n to meet up with Rasmeloungon in the match for third place, where Rasmeloungon gave him a 7-1 drubbing.  In the finals between Rasmeloungon and Davis, it looked as if would go for the full two sets when Rasmeloungon took a 6-1 lead in the race to 9.  However, Davis, who is currently ranked third o­n the Falcon Cue 9-Ball Tour, fought his way back to tie at 8-all.  After a miss in the last rack by his opponent, Davis won the close match 9-8.

In the ladie's hot seat match, Rhee defeated Malea Haacke, who then went o­n to play Amanda Smith.  Haacke sent Smith home with third and met Rhee again in the finals.  She won the first set in a tough hill-hill match 7-6, but Rhee caught fire in the second set of the true double-elimination finals and defeated her opponent 7-1, explaining, "I really wanted to win!"

Results:

1st - Mike Davis $1,100

2nd - Pooky Rasmeloungon $700

3rd - Jim Henson $450

4th - Brian O'Donnell $320

5th/6th - Shaun Wilkie, Kevin West $220

7th/8th - Nick Prinsloo, Tim Colvin $135

9th/12th - Bill Elliot, Shane Moore, Fernando Baca, Scott Haas $95

Women's Results:

1st - Sueyen Rhee $325

2nd - Malea Haacke $215

3rd - Amanda Smith $145