American 14.1 was held once again at Diamond Billiards, Midlothian, VA Oct 22-25 with a sterling field of many of the world’s strongest Straight Pool players. A total of 40 players began the opening two days Round Robin of 8 balanced flights of five players each, playing four matches with the top three of each flight advancing to the final two days Single Elimination. The first attached is result for the Round Robin with the 24 players advancing to the final two days Single Elim. listed in bold. As expected all 8 of the A seeded players advanced, along with 4 of the B players. This result was not unexpected as the flights were very balanced with many strong players in the BCDE tier.
The elimination round was again seeded based on W-L and ball differential as shown on the 2nd attached. Four of the finest 14.1 players in the world advanced to the semi-final round. In the semi-finals games played to 150 current World Champion, Thorsten Hohmann, 4x World 14.1 titlist, bested the great Philippine Champion Warren Kiamco, while Hall of Fame Mika Immonen lost a hard fought match to our 2015 American 14.1 Winner, Darren Appleton. This would set up a rematch between the same two 2015 World 14.1 finalists, Hohmann & Appleton.
In the final match to 150 following the break and safety play, Appleton ran 17 but a secondary break shot left no shot and no safety. He took three intentional fouls to bring the score to -1 for both World Champions. Darren then ran to more racks, 27 to -1, before turning the table over to Thorsten. More safeties followed before Hohmann ran 56 and Appleton two more racks. The score stood at 86-81 Appleton when he made the next break shot but was left tough and missed. Thorsten came to the table and finished the rack but missed the break shot scattering the table for Appleton who proceeded to run 64 and out. A heartbreaking loss for Thorsten but always a gracious opponent; such is the classic game of Straight Pool. Another well deserved great win for World Champion Darren Appleton, his second in a row in Virginia.
Darren Appleton 150 defeated Thorsten Hohmann 94. Oct 25, 2015
Darren Appleton 150 defeated Karen Corr 28. Sep 14, 2014
Thorsten Hohmann 150 defeated Johnny Archer 111. Sep 16, 2013
John Schmidt 150 defeated Thorsten Hohmann 21. Aug 18, 2012
Johnny Archer 150 defeated John Schmidt 74. July 24, 2011
Danny Harriman 150 defeated Shaun Wilkie 94. June 20, 2010
Danny Harriman 150 defeated Dave Daya 28. June 28, 2009
Bob Maidhof 150 defeated Danny Barouty 140. July 12, 2008
Mika Immonen 150 defeated Mike Davis 59. June 10, 2007
Ed Hodan 150 defeated Danny Barouty 89. Nov 19, 2006
Ryan McCreesh 150 defeated David Hunt 67. Aug 8, 2005
Next year Darren tries for three straight when the American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship returns in 2016 to Diamond Billiards the week prior to the U.S. Open 9 Ball. We thank all of our Sponsors and Nathan Sulinski, Bob Jewett, Ivan Lee and Simonis & Aramith, and Diamond Billiards, Thomas Dorsey and all of his employees for this terrific event. Special thanks also to our tournament Director Ms. Megan Fort and Deputy Directors Andy Lincoln & Michael Frank. The beautiful game of 14.1 is alive and well!
Total Entries for the tournament were $ 10,600, ADDED $ 20,000, Prize Fund $30,600. with payout to 25 players of 40 entries . . .
1. Darren Appleton, ENGLAND $ 6,000
2. Thorsten Hohmann, GERMANY $ 4,000
3. Warren Kiamco, PHILIPPINES $ 2,500
3. Mika Immonen, FINLAND $ 2,500
5. Kevin Clark, PA $ 1,500
5. Danny Barouty, CALIF $ 1,500
5. Dennis Orcollo, PHILIPPINES $ 1,500
5. Ivo Aarts, HOLLAND $ 1,500
9. Nick Van den Berg, HOLLAND $ 700
9. Johnny Archer, GEORGIA $ 700
9. Rodney Morris, HAWAII $ 700
9. Jason Klatt, CANADA $ 700
9. Bob Hunter, ILLINOIS $ 700
9. Mike Davis, NORTH CAROLINA $ 700
9. Daryl Peach, ENGLAND $ 700
9. Ralph Eckert, GERMANY $ 700
17. Jayson Shaw, ENGLAND $ 400
17. Sean Morgan, ALASKA $ 400
17. Corey Deuel, FLORIDA $ 400
17. Alex Pagulayan, CANADA $ 400
17. Stevie Moore, S. CAOLINA $ 400
17. Niels Feijen, HOLLAND $ 400
17. Karl Boyes, ENGLAND $ 400
17. Alan Duty, VIRGINIA $ 400
25. Karen Corr, N. IRELAND $ 400
High Run
Various
$ 400
Entries
$ 10,600
ADDED
$ 20,000
Prize Fund
$ 30,600
Peter Burrows, Chairman, American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship