Margaret Fefilova vs Karen Corr ▸ 2022 Seybert’s Michigan Open▸Predator Pro Billiard Series

you know, and there will be a women's only event, plus where will it be held? I think it's, uh, Harris. Al Harris, yeah, in Atlantic City, uh, the actual dates are. I forgot the exact dates in January, but of course you'll be able to find it then in no time and that's it will be announced and then Las Vegas is in February and wpba has got a lot of replays uh here comes an awkward hopefully, one, ten combos, second try one and two times, one spell, well, three, nothing, three zero and Karen, suddenly, she's on the hill, wow, sounds like there's some other message.

I want to get through to us, I mean this could have ended in Iraq and well, yeah, I mean, it's so you can talk quickly, sure, well, I'm not a car salesman, I can probably talk about her drinking a diet Pepsi. and Pepsi drops 50 Grand. but no, anyway, I just tell all the fans on wpba.com all the things on our ranking list and that keeps changing after each event and you know we're looking forward to an even better year, next year. We're having this year and hopefully things continue and pool continues to be on a roll because, you know, with the pandemic going on for two years, a lot of people bought more tables at home and people are getting them.

More people will watch pool because starting to play pool, everything can snowball, yeah, I was just going to say that the pandemic, of course, ruined a lot of things, but it also gave life to a lot of things, plus, now, How good it is to see the Taiwanese coming, you know? The Chinese Taipei people, the Singaporeans, we have three Singaporeans in this, so how important is it to get them back into this sport and also travelling. I think it's important because you're

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ing new eyes to a much larger audience that follows their own players. You know, you're expanding your broadcast network and on top of that, again, sponsorship can come from foreign places to keep things going.

You know, you just know that wpba is not a sponsorship campaign to start now with the players that are helping and we're going to go to the corporate level and we're just going to raise some money again to develop our events and who knows what the future will bring and another point I should mention to you while I get my head together, really get it going. in an interview, of course, but how important would it be for Paul to be recognized as an Olympic sport and to finally get this sport that you know when you have things like break dancing and Paul doesn't know how well you know what your strategy is to take this game to where belongs, I think basically, from the wpba side, so that we get back to some type of television, you know, the broadcast is good, but if we can do the broadcast and also have some TV there and and and raise it and, you know, The vision is to take us to the Olympic Games.

I mean, it's been talked about for 10 or 15 years, no one and then I watch on ESPN, I watch ax throwing and cornhole, so it's like really, but yeah. We have six holes, yes, they only have one to throw it in, but you know that's all they have. Johnsonville sponsors them. You know there is that company out there, you just have to find it. You know you should start once you get one more. some plans, but I'm not going to talk about that, you know, three things that haven't happened, but no, of course not, but the point is that measures are being taken and the sport is probably in the best place in the world. that has been.

It's been a few years now, and of course it's getting players to go back out there, yeah, and they think, "Wait a minute, there's money to be made in this," and everyone

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s their eyes and says it's worth doing. again. You know, yeah, so let's take a look. the table and see what's going on Margaret oh no I run out here on bolt five this is the big shot you'd think yeah okay back down the six and I won't hit any traffic on the way yeah that's pretty good, is it messy? She made it, she's behind the seven, she's gone after the seven, look and that's the second time she's this crazy, you see the little smile there, she you know, it's like you really have to kick her, she hit him well, but not completely. just look, you know, the remaining players in this tournament are The Usual Suspects, it really isn't, and you know the old school is coming back, you have Jasmine Allison Kelly, yeah, far away, do you know how to say 09, that is? too, but I call it that.

I wonder when she actually gave him that. Oh yes, but yes, it's good to see you. I haven't seen her in three years and I can't let you go without telling you the story. about Karen Kauai here's a great Karen core story. Did anyone tell you that? Yes, Jerry Stickhart told me he lied. Yes, it involves a number. Oh my God, you got me, you got me stumped. He mentions that and he'll know unless he's the one freaking out. No, that's a jury story. That's why you have Jerry Eng. I'm sorry our oldest member and I hope he doesn't kill me for saying he's 85 years old.

Now, I vote 82 84. Now you just gave it another year. How old is he? He was 84 and he had just turned 85 and he played in Savannah when he was 84. In Savannah he was 12 and you know. I recorded it and everything in Minnesota, but the thing is, if she turns 86, we have to turn 86 or kick her out the door. Now I have one more question for you because I'm British for the first time. I heard 86 was Gordon Ramsay on the cooking show of him saying 86 third steak or whatever, why is it 86? I don't understand it, you know? No, I don't know either.

It's just a number that means something you know well. For all I know, there may be something behind this, but I never took the time to find out, just so you know we've done a lovely little thing: we caught Jerry in the audience earlier and we've got the camera to go. in her face and we told her a lovely little story about Savannah twelve, yeah and 84. Yeah, and she actually interviewed her yesterday, didn't she? I think she did, yes, she did. She's on the Predator website if you want to go and see it like We see Margaret, wow, isn't she going to have any open opportunities?

She left open the opportunity for Karen Core to then finish this match and take it two sets to none with just a glance. Jasmine Ocean won the first set for two. She now she has two sets and one less. second, so we could head into a shootout there and where we are on the move, we won the first set, four to two, these are against Amalia, another one in the second set, yes, great Spanish, of course, many. talent coming from Spain and look at this, she's around here by a long way, yeah, she beat him by about four feet.

Wow, she's aiming. I don't know if she had a weird rebound. Look at this again. Dean, what just followed. she leaves, huh, just seeing that she miscalculated, yeah, she'll call next door just in case, but she'd love to put that white ball behind the tent and send the Seven out. Upstairs the gust of air will come out not for the first time, tonight she calls the seven in the corner it doesn't hurt to play well and still have a streak here and there and that's when it usually happens right? And how has the tournament been so far for you? been here you've been you've been here since the meeting I remember seeing you at the players meeting, other than not being able to get into your hotel the first night, that was fine, we eventually got one, but I guess you got my room, so I did, yes, the only problem is that you have to climb up to the roof and the pool is a little cold at the moment.

I have to admit, yes, at least they got it right. Yes, how was the tournament? It has been good. You know, I hadn't met some of the players because I couldn't get to Canada. I had an event and I think the first two tournaments before I had something to do, but coming here from Wisconsin wasn't too much. Bad and beautiful bank shot, yes, round of applause, now I think the place passes the tent, yes, sure, a pocket shot, you can bet it's tight, but it can happen, that's how I remember Karen with the approach that I always had.

Look, it's a tough show, isn't it? Oh yeah, they called you, here you go, again, like I said, you're playing well, but you're still going to get the rolls and look, it's got why it's not quite tight, so Margaret needs. to find a good safety, here we go, Jerry, here taking pictures. Unbelievable, guys everywhere, Jerry cocky, we're talking, of course, he's the tournament director. I've known Jerry for a long time, he's originally from Wisconsin, he's in the Phoenix area. now and he has helped me in Las Vegas, he has helped me in some other tournaments, so I know his capabilities.

I know he has a passion for pool and that's why I said I think I have something that you probably like with this Predator, so I put him in all the Predator terms because I think it's important to have the same person who can grow with what we are doing and knowing that yes, he is my right hand man when it comes to that, so he communicates with me all the time, even if I can. I won't be there, yeah, and that also says a lot about Predator because they themselves try to keep the same team all the time.

We all know what we are doing. It works like a willow machine. I wanted to ask you one more question. How can I do it? What you feel, I mean, personally, I think it's a great idea to host these tournaments along with the state championships. You know, we have 750 league players there, so we have a ready audience that can also show the women's game, of course. as well as the male one, but it brings the fans up close and personal and gets to know the characters, the people behind the queue, yes, I think at my events I liked, when we organized the wpb events, to have a side by side tournament side and As we speak, there are some extra entries here, yeah, okay, look at this like sick guys, three in a row, oh yeah, I mean, uh, yeah, sorry, you gotta have fans.

Jerry, don't do that again. Sorry, sorry, Jay. This particular Michigan State Tournament has been going on for quite a few years. I mean, I ran it for quite a while there in the beginning, when they didn't even have a people running the BCA for a period at a time, they didn't really have it. I want to do it more and I picked it up in three weeks and got a placement. I got the tables otherwise I would have been dead so I picked it up since then because obviously I can't do it all anymore but. um, it's very important, it's vital, otherwise we would have almost no one in the stands and the players want to play in front of people.

I mean, it's like any sport you know makes a big difference, right? And then we continue from that point, of course, all these Predator events, the Predator CSI Pro pool

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events are totally free, oh look, she went for the candy, the combo on the side that she did, it's over and will go to the semi-final tomorrow, thank you very much for watching we have a lot to bring you tomorrow we have semi-finals we have finals many thanks to Dean Reisler I did well I did not do well for coming with pleasure I hope we do do this again one day Tyler congratulating Karen call it's a pleasure to see you we'll be back tomorrow morning at 10am m.

Thanks so much for looking. I've been Mark White with Tim from Reuters and, of course, Dean Reister. Thank you very much guys, see you tomorrow. good foreign job