U.S. Open 9 ball

Darren Appleton wins the U.S. open 9 ball championship in Virginia,,,,,,,,, he's the first brit to win the open,,,,,,,,,,,,, he beat Corey Deuel in the race to 11 by the score of 14-12, had to win by 2 games in the final 4,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Mika Immonen was going for the 3 peat but the ice man finishes 3rd ahead of Warren Kiamco in 4th ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Appleton wins $40,000 for his 6 days of work! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i suppose the finals will be on tv in a few months! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i wish they would show more pool on tv,,,, with all the sports channels on cable it would be cool if they could have shown the final 4 live!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a full field of 256 started the tournament and this year was the first year they let women play with the men,,,,, i think 13 women was in the field but only Gerda Hofstatter cashed! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it was good to see a few of the old timers go fairly deep such as Nick Varner and Mike Segal.