Stewart Warnock
On Saturday, February 11, thirty-eight players were battling to earn top honors at The Tri-State Tour’s Castle Billiards stop in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Going into the winner’s side final four, Keith Diaz defeated Eddie Perez 6-4, while Joe Palone defeated Scott Simonetti 7-5. Palone went on to earn the hot seat position after a 7-5 win over Keith Diaz.
In the meantime, Stewart Warnock was making a recovery from his fourth-round loss to Scott Simonetti 7-4. Warnock went on to win his next five matches, including two hill-hill wins.
Warnock’s path of victories over Raphael Dabreo 7-6, William Home 7-6, Scott Simonetti 7-4, Eddie Perez 8-3, Keith Diaz 7-6 led him to the final match to take on undefeated Joe Palone.
While Stewart Warnock was hot from his run through the loser’s bracket, Joe Palone was not able to maintain his earlier momentum in the finals. Warnock got out to a strong lead, and eventually won the match by a score of 9-5.
Congrats to winner Stewart Warnock as well as runner-up Joe Palone, who played consistent throughout the event. Palone has had a strong presence on the tour thus far in 2012… having taken 5th at Castle on January 14 and winning the first event of February at Port Richmond Billiards, he now holds the #1 ranked position in the ‘B’ Class.
Tri-State Tour staff would like to acknowledge Sterling Gaming, Ozone Billiards, Ron Tarr Cues, Kamui Tips, Phil Capelle, BlueBook Publishing, Human Kinetics for their sponsorship leading to this event.
The next stop on the Tri-State Tour will be a $1,000-added A/B/C/D event at BQE Billiards in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY on Sunday, February 19. For more info, visit www.thetristatetour.com.
Payout:
1st: Stewart Warnock – $600
2nd: Joe Palone – $400
3rd: Keith Diaz – $240
4th: Eddie Perez – $140
5th/6th: Dennis Kennedy, Scott Simonetti – $80
7th/8th: William Home, Chris DeCaprio – $50
