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Max & Ted’s 480 October Wall of Fame

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Rocha & DeSantiago Get Their Revenge

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Andrew Rocha and Carlos DeSantiago bounced back from a hot-seat loss to get their revenge and win the Groggy’s 12 & Under Scotch Doubles event on October 13th. Rocha and DeSantiago made their way through the field of thirteen other teams and fought the team of John Wing and Chet Lahti for the hot-seat. That match [...]

Groggys Scotch Split

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Seventeen teams came out to Groggys on October 6th for the October 15 and under Scotch Tournament.   With over $900, in prize money every team was ready for action. The hot seat match found Bernie Pappa and Mike Sandoval matched with Curtis Neal and Amado Martinez.  This exciting match went hill-hill with Mike and [...]

Bullshooters One Pocket Photo Gallery

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  All photos courtesy of Rick Schmitz

Let’s Talk Chalk

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We introduced the new Balabushka Performance Chalk in early 2012, and the majority of the reviews that have come back are excellent; however, we have had a few players who voiced concerns about the chalk. Their claims were primarily “too many miscues.”  This puzzles me since the chalk adheres much better than other high-performance chalks [...]

Martinez & Barger Win at Kittys

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Twelve teams made it out to Kitty’s on October 27th for the October 15 & Under Scotch Doubles event. A total of over $700.00 in prize money would be awarded on this day. The hot-seat match pitted Sammy Martinez and Tony Barger against BBQ and Andrew Roche.  This battle went 9-4, with BBQ and Andrew [...]

Lervold Wins at Kittys

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Eric Lervold went undefeated through the field of eighteen other players to win the Kitty’s 7 & Under 9-Ball tournament on October 13th. Lervold took the hot-seat with a lopsided 7-2 win over Sal Giaconia, and made himself comfortable waiting for an opponent in the finals. On the one loss side, Larry Olson was looking to [...]

Kittys 12 & Under Split

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Kitty’s 12 & Under Scotch Doubles event on October 20th saw nineteen teams throw their names in the hat for a chance at $1,200.00 in prize money. The hot-seat match pitted Rick Morris and Russell Huber against Amado Martinez and Mark Rocha.  Rick and Russell, not to be denied, won the hot seat 7-3. The [...]

Pro players picked for Phoenix Flames

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The WPBL (World Professional Billiard League) recently announced who the players and their respective teams will for the Bonus Ball inaugural season scheduled to start Nov. 29 in Las Vegas.  Playing for the Phoenix Flames will be: Scott Frost (captain), Tommy Kennedy, and Manuel Chau. Scott “The Freezer” Frost needs no introduction to local pool [...]

Salgado and Pinon at Max & Ted’s

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Max & Ted’s 480 Bar held their bi-monthly 15 & Under Scotch Doubles event on October 13th with a field of sixteen teams ready to do battle. The team of Junior Salgado and Manny Pinon earned the hot-seat with a 6-2 win over the team of Tony Hernandez & Gilbert Ortiz. Tony & Gilbert found Rick [...]

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