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JUNIOR 8-BALL TOURNAMENT
The Junior 8-Ball Tournament held this past Saturday, January 30 at Mickey's Cues & Brews was a blast! 31 kids competed for prizes worth over $400!! Congratulations goes to Noe A. for earning 1st place, Nick N. for earning 2nd place, Luis O. for earning 3rd place, John L. for earning 4th place. All of these kids won... a cue and case.
Congratulations also goes to Joel B. and Vince F. for earning 5th and 6th; Nick P. and Evelyn S. for earning 7th and 8th. All of these kids won a TAP Las Vegas league billiard t-shirt and an hour of free pool at Mickey's.
A very special thanks to Robert LaPlante, Mark Lerma, Mark and Jonelle Mahon for donating and helping with the tournament. Click here to see all of the pics.
Our Holiday League Party, Awards, Tournaments and Charity raffle were held on Sunday, January 3. We gave over $14,000 in cash and awards to players and teams for their accomplishments in the Fall 2009 Session and $1,500 to the winners from the tournaments.
A very special thanks goes to Debbie Dios and Kris Winn for their help in running the tournaments, to Greg Kuhl and the staff at the Cue Club for welcoming us to the Cue Club and donating $200 to the tournament and items to the charity raffle, Bill Devlin of the Stake Out, Penny McAdow of Another Wild Hair, Chappell Billiards and Lynn Armstrong for their donations to the Charity Raffle. Last, but certainly not least, thanks to Arlene Medeiros for being our photographer. She did a great job.
Click here to see the photos.
Click here to see which teams are qualifying to compete at the Vegas Masters.
We held 4 tournaments with 111 entries and paid the winning players a little over $1,500. Thanks to everyone for playing and congratulations to......
8-Ball Skill Level 6-7
- Sharing 1st Place - Greg Kuhl & Ed Carrion
- 3rd Place - Ray Galaviz
8-Ball Skill Level 4-5
- 1st Place - Eugene Adams
- 2nd Place - Raul Garcia
- 3rd Place - Hank Oliver
- 4th Place - Everett Ikuma
- 5th/6th Place - Perry Presler & Kelly Ash
- 7th/8th Place - Sondra Friestad & Kelly Seeley
8-Ball Skill Level 2-3
- 1st Place - Terry Lucier
- 2nd Place - Lucy Hernandez
- 3rd Place - Penny McAdow
- 4th Place - Alan Matley
- 5th/6th Place - Jenna Virden & Mark Fow
9-Ball - Open Skill Level
- Sharing 1st Place: Ray Galaviz, Alfonso Contreas and Matt Adkins
- 4th Place - Carlo Butto
- 5th & 6th Place - Marilyn Kamealoha & Justin Beaudoin
We collected $260 to donate to the Las Vegas Rescue Mission. Thanks to all of the players for their support and donations.
TAP Las Vegas in conjunction with the Gin Mill and Cheyenne Saloon awarded TAP players a little over $600 for their recent achievements in our local tournaments. A very special thanks goes to Carlo Butto, manager of the Gin Mill and Jon and Jeannie Holman, owners of the Cheyenne Saloon for their support and contributions to the league and its players.
Gin Mill and TAP Las Vegas hosted their team holiday/appreciation party and tournament on Sunday, December 13. The Gin Mill is the home to 10 TAP Las Vegas teams earning the number 1 spot for the most TAP teams out of any one TAP host location.
For the 8-ball tournament, congratulations goes to Jeremy Head, Perry Pressler and Carlo Butto for sharing the top 3 places and to Carmel Candela for 4th place, Dale Weishar for 5th/6th. Click here to see all the pics.
Cheyenne Saloon and TAP Las Vegas hosted a 9-ball holiday/appreciation party and tournament on Tuesday, December 15. The Cheyenne Saloon
comes in second and is the home to 8 TAP teams, which includes an in-house 9-ball division.
For the 9-ball tournament, congratulations goes to Chris White in 1st place, Rob Williams in 2nd place, Justin Beaudoin in 3rd place, Everett Ikuma in 4th place, Roxanne Cagnino and Omar Ortiz in 5th & 6th place, Debra Rocha and Dale Weishar in 7th & 8th. Click here to see the pics.
TAP Las Vegas offers a variety of tournament opportunities both locally and across the country for its players.
Locally, TAP Las Vegas offers the Vegas Masters 8 & 9 Ball State Championship tournaments and a minimum of 3 local tournament opportunities annually. With our continued growth, we'll be sending 4 teams to Nationals and 1 to Rally in the Valley! This year, we will also be offering a Dream Team tournament in preparation for Rally at Bally's.
Nationally, the year starts off with Rally in the Valley in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. In the fall, Nationals is held in a different city every year, giving players the opportunity to vacation and play pool in some great destinations. We've been to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Orlando, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; New Orleans, Louisiana and right here in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the summer we normally offer the Duel in the Desert right here in Las Vegas. This tournament is on hold until 2012.
The Gin Mill hosts a weekly TAP 8-ball tournament on Saturday nights at 8:00 PM. Entry is FREE and the bar adds $130.
The Chicago Cactus Club hosts a weekly TAP 8-ball tournament on Thursdays at 3:30 PM. Entry is $5.00 and the bar matches the pot. to see a few other local tournaments.
Rally in the Valley/
Rally at Bally's
Rally in the Valley is a 5-Player Dream Team 8-Ball tournament that brings together approximately 150 teams from all over the U.S. and Canada. This year, TAP League will also be hosting this event in Las Vegas as Rally at Bally's. Players form their own teams for this event.
Rally in the Valley is a great tournament event held in Pennsylvania every March at the Allen Hopkins Super Billiards Expo where you can likely find Allison Fisher and the Jeanette Lee roaming about and even get the opportunity to shoot a rack with one of them. We’re still going places and want to take you with us! The top team from the Vegas Masters will be offered a trip to the 2011 Rally in the Valley in lieu of the local Nationals.
Here is a peak at last year's grand event......
TAP League saw the biggest Rally in the Valley event ever, a sold out venue, as 144 teams and hundreds of Singles players came out to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to try their skills against North America's best amateur TAP League 8-ball players on state of the art Diamond Tables!
Jeanette Lee (Black Widow) and Jeff Chappell, your league operator at Rally in the Valley.
In the Dream Team event, competition was fierce, as this event brings together some of the best players from across the United States and Canada, all vying for the top Dream Team prize of $10,000 and the title of Rally in the Valley Champions. Your own Vegas Strokers played their hearts out on Day 1 in the Round Robin event and made it to the 2nd Tier single elimination Championship Board. From here, we won our first match, but lost the second …..just one match out of the money. We all had a great time and plan to go back next year.
The event took place just outside of Philly. After our unfortunate loss, we made the best of it and tried the rival Philly Cheese Steak cuisine……Geno’s and Pat’s…..and saw the sites. Pat’s won the Philly Cheese Steak war hands down….unanimously. We also enjoyed the Allen Hopkins Super Billiards Expo. There was lots to do….mini 8-ball singles and doubles tournaments, a Second Chance Scramble tournament or even just practicing on the ever so perfect Diamond Tables. I highly recommend putting your own Dream Team together and planning to attend this grand event next year!
Nationals
The 2010 & 2011 TAP League Team and Singles National Tournaments will be held at Bally’s in Las Vegas on The Strip. Most recently announced, TAP will also be hosting the first Rally at Bally’s dream team tournament.
TAP League Singles tournaments are divided by skill level and are buy-in events. Players compete against players at their same skill level from all over the U.S. and Canada! We will be hosting tournaments throughout the year to give players the opportunity to win their entry.
One in every 18 to 20 teams receives a trip to Nationals. TAP Las Vegas pays airfare, hotel and entry fee. Click here for more information on how you can qualify.
Gin Mill Weekly TAP Tournament
Every Saturday @ 8:00 PM - 8-Ball - T.A.P. rules, Free Entry, side pot is matched plus $130 in prize money! Click here for a map and directions to the Gin Mill.
TAVERN TOURNAMENTS
(click on the bar name for contact info and maps/directions)
Double Diamond - alternating Saturdays (call 656-1030), 8:00 PM - 8-Ball - Free Entry
Double Diamond - Sunday, 7:30 PM - 9-Ball - Free Entry
Gin Mill - Sunday, 7:00 PM - 9-Ball - $5.00 Entry Fee - bar matches the pot
For more information regarding these tournaments, please contact the tavern at the numbers listed below.
We advertise all of our host location tournaments. If you have a tournament to advertise, click here to send me an e-mail with all of the information to be posted.
