John Morra Wins DMIRO Tour Stop at Capone’s
December 2, 2009

John Morra
The Team DMIRO Nationwide 10-Ball Tour’s 9th stop of its inaugural season was held over Thanksgiving weekend on Saturday, November 28 at Capone’s Billiards in Spring Hill, Florida.
Although there is definitely no shortage of top players at Capone’s (where Corey Deuel is house pro) and all around Florida, it was visiting Canadian young gun, 20-year-old John Morra who snapped off this event, defeating Mike Davis in the finals.
Read on to check out the details in the story by tour founder, Mike Andrews… plus a newly-released video from NYC Grind!
Thanksgiving Day Weekend, a star-studded field piled in to Capone’s Billiards in Spring Hill, Florida. The field consisted of Mike Davis, Donny Mills, John Morra, John Macias, Rafael Martinez, and Richie Richeson, not to mention local favorite Dave Ross and Travis Croft.
Since Team DMIRO did not have enough open/pro players to fill two brackets, the field played in one bracket by random draw.
Sunday afternoon Team DMIRO brought back the final 4 players to battle it out for the nearly $3,000 prize pool. Mike Davis and Richie Richeson on the winner’s side playing for the hot seat, and Jon Morra and Donny Mills on the one-loss side. John Morra was sent to the one-loss side by Mike Davis who won 7-4 and Donny Mills was sent to the one-loss side by Tony Crosby.
For the hot seat Mike Davis defeated Richie Richeson 9-7. After a tied 4-4 game Davis was able to pull ahead 7-4 and finally won the set 9-7. Davis awaited the hot set for John Morra who first defeated Donny Mills 9-6, and Morra defeated Richeson, 9-7.
The final match was between Morra and Davis, in one race to 13. Davis had an early lead 3-0, but Morra came back to tie it 3-3, and they exchanged racks making it 4-4. They exchanged two more racks making it 6-6. Then Morra ran two racks to take it 8-6, in his favor. Then, after a missed jump shot by Davis, Morra was ahead 10-8 and sealed the deal at 13-8 Morra. John Morra was crowed champion of Capone’s for this tour stop.

Mike Davis (2nd), Tour Director Mike Andrews, Capone's owner Rocky McElroy, and winner John Morra
Team DMIRO, Capone’s Billiards, and all the players would like to thank the sponsors Tiger Products, McDermott Cues, OB Cues, Delta 13 Racks,
Hammond Custom Cues, Zinzola Custom Cues, Donnelly Custom Cues, and Dieckman Cue Builder for their support of the Team DMIRO Nationwide 10-ball Tour.
Payout:
1st $1,035 John Morra
2nd $740 Mike Davis
3rd $445 Richie Richeson
4th $245 Donny Mills
5/6th $145 Tony Crosby
5/6th $145 Bobby Livargo
7/8th $75 Rafael Martinez
7/8th $75 Shawn Miller
Check out NYC Grind’s newly-released Team DMIRO video below!






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