{"id":54,"date":"2007-01-30T16:50:12","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T21:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=54"},"modified":"2007-02-04T00:44:43","modified_gmt":"2007-02-04T05:44:43","slug":"test-postdraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/2007\/01\/30\/test-postdraft","title":{"rendered":"Derby City Classic tournament photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Derby City Classic had lots of things to watch.  It is certain that<br \/>\nif you are watching a match or some gambling, you are missing out<br \/>\non something at least as interesting somewhere else in the building.<br \/>\nClick on the thumbnail image below to look at 3 photo slide show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/dcc.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[dcc]\" title=\"Tables 1-6 had many great matches.  Click in the right arrow above or type \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for the next photo.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/dcc.thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Derby City Classic Photos\" \/><a\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/efren1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[dcc]\" title=\"Efren Reyes won the all-around title for a $20,000 bonus again.\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/action.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[dcc]\"title=\"Thousands of dollars on top of the lights in the action room were common.\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2nd annual \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bob Jewett Straight Pool Challenge\u00e2\u20ac\u009d got even better than last years event.  It was moved into the main room which made high run attempts easier to keep an eye on.  Mr. Jewett announced the run totals after each rack run, so spectators had the opportunity to applaud tough racks or significant runs.  The format is an all offense high run challenge.  Players start with 14 balls racked up and a free break with the break ball placed where they want and ball in hand.  After the first break shot normal straight pool rules apply including all ball fouls.  The contestants then try to put together the highest run total in 4 attempts per day.  The top 8 finishers made it to the finals where they received 5 attempts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/mikastr8.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[str8]\" title=\"Mika Immonen won the cash for runs of 127 and 99 in 4 prelim attempts and a 160 in the finals on his first try.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/mikastr8.thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Straight pool challenge photos\" \/>   Mika Immonen.  Click on the thumbnail to enlarge and begin a slide show.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/john1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[str8]\" title=\"John Schmidt setting up an aggressive break shot.\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/john2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[str8]\" title=\"John Schmidt makes this and continues his run.\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/mikastr82.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[str8]\" title=\"Mika in the finals running 160.\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/john3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[str8]\" title=\"John Schmidt again.\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/str8board.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[str8]\" title=\"The final tally board with high runs and prize money.\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>More photos are in the full story.<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A few players from Minnesota were at the Derby City Classic.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/fredshot.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mn]\" title=\"Fred jacked up to play some 9-ball against Denny.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/fredshot.thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" alt=\"MN Player photos\" \/>   Click on the thumbnail to enlarge and begin a slide show.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/docexplains.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mn]\" title=\"Doc tells him what he did wrong.\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/fredbill.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mn]\" title=\"Fred won the 2nd billiard tournament and qualified for the nationals.\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/glenbill.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mn]\" title=\"Glen finishes a respectable 2nd place.\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/june.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mn]\" title=\"June warms up for a 1-pocket match.\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/vips.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mn]\" title=\"Finally, some Minnesotans get the best seats in the house.\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trip concluded with an excellent factory tour by Brian Miller of Diamond Billiard Products.  <\/p>\n<p>They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got an interesting new leveling system that has wedges that slide against each other to achieve perfection.<br \/>\n<\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/dialev.jpg\" title=\"New diamond leveling system.\" alt=\"Diamond pool table\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/><br \/>\nA very nice gray dymondwood 7 foot table with the tournament blue Simonis cloth.<br \/>\nWhat a beauty!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/greydiam.jpg\" title=\"New diamond leveling system.\" alt=\"Diamond Table\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be there next year for the 10th annual Derby City Classic.<\/p>\n<p>Mike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Derby City Classic had lots of things to watch. It is certain that if you are watching a match or some gambling, you are missing out on something at least as interesting somewhere else in the building. Click on the thumbnail image below to look at 3 photo slide show. The 2nd annual \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bob [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}