U.S. Recession Fighter Open IV
US Recession Fighter Open IV: March 2nd, 2013
Open: Ron Pickett of Albuquerque took 1st and $120 and Christian Pawlak of Alamogordo played solidly to take 2nd and $90
Ron Pickett (ABQ) and Christian Pawlak (Alamogordo), 1st and 2nd in the Open
Christian Pawlak and Ron Pickett playing the Open final
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U-1900: Roy Laronde of El Paso took 1st and $70 with Christian Botez of El Paso having a fantastic tourney scoring 2nd for $50
Roy Laronde (EP) and Christian Botez (EP), 1st and 2nd U-1900
U-1700: Christian Botez dominated for 1st and Kali Goring of Santa Fe successfully took 2nd
Kali Goring (Santa Fe) facing Christian Botez (EP) in 1700 Final
U-1450: Meng Zhang of El Paso hung on to defeat Chengao Wang of Albuquerque
1450 Champ Meng Zhang (EP) and Chengao Wang (ABQ)
U-1200: Bo Peng of El Paso won all the close 5-game matches to finish 1st with Luc Longpre of El Paso battling back thru the losers bracket to notch 2nd
Bo Serving to Luc in the U-1200 Final
Bo Peng (EP) 1st U-1200
U-1000: Chi-Hsin “Emma” Chang of Albuquerque took down Earl Arbogast of El Paso for her 1st title
Emma and Earl
Chi-Hsin “Emma” Chang (ABQ) 1st – U-1000
U-3500 Doubles was hard fought as usual…Gustavo and JJ had just enough to finish off Roy and Chaesun for 1st place honors and $30 each
Gus and JJ just slipped by Roy and Chaesun to claim the U-3500 doubles title
**** A Special “Thanks” to all the players from New Mexico who make this tourney MUCH MORE interesting !!! ****
See the tournament announcement page here.
