Former pro player Jayme Goodwin owns this family-friendly room.  There is a combination of 9-foot and bar tables to play o­n, all of which are very well maintained.  A very friendly, helpful staff did their best to ensure the tournament ran smoothly, and the room also offers reasonable prices o­n concession-type foods like mini-pizzas and nachos.

After being sent to the o­ne-loss side by Grecar in the third round of the winners'-bracket matches, Rim faced off with Melman.  In what could be called the match of tournament directors to determine who would get fourth place and who would continue o­n in the pursuit of the number-one spot, Rim easily advanced with a score of 7-4.

Meanwhile Grecar and Abbink played out the hot seat match to determine who would be Rim's next contender.  Grecar came to this point undefeated and continued her streak 7-5 over Abbink.

Abbink and Rim greeted each other in the semis.  Rim blasted ahead 3-0, but Abbink quickly put a stop to that by tying it up at 4 apiece.  The score continued to seesaw until the score was knotted at 5 when Rim showed her stuff and won the next two racks to secure the win 7-5. 

This brought Rim through the west side of the chart to meet Grecar in the finals.  Rim and Grecar kept the match pretty much neck-and-neck until the score was tied at 5-all.  Rim then again got in the zone and won four games to Grecar's o­ne to clinch the win 9-6.

Results:

1st Alice Rim $425

2nd Gail Grecar $275

3rd Rachael Abbink $175

4th Julie Melman $105

5th Tami Zetzer, Miyuki Sakai $85

7th Jennie Rounds, CJ Jerome $65

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