Monday, May 4, 2009

Day #4: Finals Day

Day #4 (final day) kicks-off with more handball tutorials from Fred Lewis, Emmett Peixoto, David Chapman and David Fink. The instructionals were very insightful and all participants received top-notch advice from the game's best teachers.

Agenda: Instructionals and Q & A sessions, Calcutta ($1300) money tournament, Chapman/Vincent vs Fink/Peixoto doubles Exhibition ($2000), and dinner at the Bellagio.

Fred Lewis teaches underhand fist shots with his group to start off the day

Sky Peters takes a break to "strike a pose."

Big Bruce Anderson, in the Lewis group, focusing on his left fist to the ceiling.

Little Johnny Audet is all smiles on this day

Courtney Peixoto is gearing up for the Calcutta money event

Mike Park, in the Lewis group, takes a quick breather before more 'fist shots to the ceiling.'

Linnik lives, breathes, and eats the Gold Pass (all access pass membership)

Fred Lewis talks about the basic principles of defensive positioning

Fred Lewis shows the camera a nice uppercut fist

Chapman addresses the group prior to the big Calcutta event

The Calcutta instructions and handicap announcements were made and all rules were announced. Who will win the $1300?


Maushardt warms-up before his finals appearance v. Nick Tovar (Calcutta)
Mike Park catches a glimpse of the Tovar/Maushardt finals
Maushardt serves to Tovar
Tovar receives the first hand shake with Gary Maushardt after winning his Calcutta money event 11-9. Congrats, Nick.

Chapman congratulates Tovar
Matt Thorpe (The winning bidder) hands Nick Tovar his portion of the winning pot ($1300)

Chapman stretches before the doubles money exhibition: DC/DV vs EP/DF
Peixoto warms up before his doubles match vs DC/DV

Fink gets ready for his finals exhibition
Day #4 ends with a Doubles money exhibition, as $2000 was on the line (Courtesy of Thorpe and Co.). A 2-game to 15, breaker to 11 format was used as young Johnny Audet reffed the final event.
DC/DV edged out a late game #2 serge by Fink/Peixoto to take the money: 15-2, 15-12

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