Doug and Ronnie Berest, proprietors of Back/Street Billiards were ideal hosts over the weekend. Play started o­n Saturday morning, as scheduled and ran through the day and into the evening. Local player Josh Smith came through the tough field after suffering an early loss to Tinsley Johnson. He snuck through a match against Tour point leader John Doherty in a hill-hill showdown; then battled it out with 4th place leader Glenn Atwell defeating him 9-6. The young Smith lost again to Tinsley Johnson leaving him in a very respectable 4th place. Another new member to the tour, Tommy Baker came out of the gate gangbusters moving through the tournament like a man o­n fire and took the hot seat from Rafael Martinez, who has yet to score a Championship Title at o­ne of the Pechauer Tour stops. This o­ne was not meant for Martinez either. After his loss to Baker, he faced Tinsley Johnson from California, who seemed determined to obtain a victory. Johnson, who suffered his first loss to Baker, earned the opportunity for revenge. Baker would have none of it in the final race to 13. He made it clear that he is the player to be reckoned with in Idaho and Utah; he will defend his turf! He won the title with a 13-5 decisive victory.

1st Baker, Tommy   200 1000

2nd Johnson, Tinsley   150 800

3rd Martinez, Rafael   125 500

4th Smith, Josh   100 300

5th Juarez, Paul   80 150

Berest, Doug   807th Silva, Paul   65 125

Atwell, Glenn   65

9th Camantique, Randy   50

Duclos, John   50

Kirk, Jerry   50

Byrum, Daryll   50

13th Doherty, John   35

Chandler, Scott   35

Jimenez, Jeff   35

Anderson, Roger   35

17th Hanks, Steven   20

Pierce, Jim   20

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