In the match to determine fourth place, Jones/Orbach team met the newly victorious Laurance/Sorvino partners.  The two teams traded games all the way to the final game, where Laurance scratched in the side trying for three-rail position for her partner o­n the 6 ball, enabling Jones/Orbach to cash in for the 5-4 win.

Lots of screaming and cheering accompanied the semifinal match between partners Mike Sigel and Kevin Trudeau against Jones and Orbach.  Down from a 4-1 deficit, Sigel/Trudeau tied the match o­n the hill.  Though Sigel scratched o­n the break, he got another chance at that rack when he speared in the 3 ball, leaving a difficult shot o­n the 5 for Trudeau.  Without hesitation, Trudeau long-rail banked the 5 into the corner pocket.  Sigel left his partner a fairly easy shot o­n the 7, but Trudeau undercut it, and Orbach pocketed it to move o­n to the final match.

The finals were nip and tuck, with Massey and Tolkan taking the first game.  Jones and Orbach won the next three in a row with some excellent partnership o­n the table.  With a great slice o­n the 3 ball, the Massey/Tolkan team got another game under their belt to make it 3-2, but then Jones/Orbach reached the hill after a foul by Tolkan o­n the 4 ball.  Massey earned his team another game after a scratch by Orbach, but in the final game, Tolkan shot the 7 ball a bit too hard in the side and it was rejected, leaving a simple shot in the corner for Orback to win 5-3.

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