Hohmann started the day with a 150-9 win over Robles that was achieved with 116 and out, the high run of the tournament at the time, replacing Robles’s 114 from the second round. Nudging the stack apart and taking great care with the cue ball o­n break shots is a piece of agreed wisdom that had no bearing for Hohmann, who powered most of his break shots with forceful draw, leaving target practice for himself in the winners’ bracket final.

Faced with Danny Barouty in the semifinal, Robles bounced back from his first loss in a big way. Barouty overcame Jose Garcia 150-64 to leave the area room owner in fourth place, but after losing the lag to Robles, his opening break caught the 1 ball too full, leaving it away from the stack with Robles having a bit more space than Barouty would have liked off the head rail. Robles took the opportunity to run 141 balls, stopped by an ineffective break shot from a tough position.  The BCA’s record for high runs in sanctioned 14.1 continuous tournaments is 150 and out. While Robles didn’t quite join that short and proud list, he advanced to the finals with the ending score of 150 to -24 after Barouty resorted to a pair of intentional three-foul maneuvers in a last ditch effort.

In the finals, Hohmann got out of the gate after two safety exchanges followed Robles' excellent break shot in the final. Hohmann's initial 56-ball run was characterized by more conservative break shots, but when he turned o­ne loose, it shattered the rack and sent the cue ball up into a top corner pocket. Robles cleaned up three stacks to trail 55-42 but missed his next break shot badly. Hohmann sprinted out to 134-42 with great pattern analysis in a run of 79, and through a few perfect safeties in tough situations and a Robles break shot scratch, he eased to a 200-107 victory.

Results

1st – Thorsten Hohman $4,000

2nd – Tony Robles $2,000

3rd – Danny Barouty $800

4th – Jose Garcia $600

5th/6th – Alan Hopkins/Dick Lane $500

7th/8th – Steve Lipsky/Tom Walter $400

9th/12th – Gene Clegg/Niels Feijen/Steve Lillis/Bob Maidhof $300

13/16th – Carmen Lombardo/Grady Mathews/Karl Sloezen/Dallas West $250

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