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This tournament will be on hold until Nationals moves away from Vegas in 2012. In its place, we are hosting a Regional Dream Team 8-Ball Tournament in 2010 & 2011. The first of which took place on July 10 & 11, 2010. Click here for the details and be sure to join us next year if you missed out.
We look forward to seeing you in fabulous Las Vegas for Nationals. Click here to see what you can do while in Vegas!
Scroll down to see the 2009 Duel in the Desert results and click here to see the 2008 results and pics.
2009 Results
Congratulations goes to Last Call for winning 1st place in the 2nd Annual Duel in the Desert held on July 11 and 12 at the Las Vegas Cue Club. Congratulations also goes to What Cha Got for coming in at a close 2nd place and the Gunslingers in 3rd place; to Ed Carrion and Rob Hately's teams for coming in 1st and 2nd in the Best of the Rest. Scroll down to view all the pics.
With teams registered from Arizona, California, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and of course, Las Vegas, it was a very exciting weekend of pool at the Las Vegas Cue Club with after party at the Gin Mill Casino on Saturday and a mini-tournament on Sunday! Congratulations goes to Michael Dick for coming in 1st place and Elisa Hawks for 2nd place.
A special thanks goes to our referees: Mike Folkerson, John Vece and Dan Dayan along with our advisory board members Gerald Branham and Jennifer Virden; and Michael Dick and Jeremy Head who assisted as well.
We're already looking forward to the 3rd Annual Duel in the Desert in 2010!

CHAMPIONSHIP
1st Place
Last Call from Gilbert, Arizona
Winning $2,310!
Last Call from Gilbert, Arizona (Phoenix TAP)
Lance "L-Train" Hansen, Chad "Champ" Wilder and
last, but not least,
Martin "Captain" Colello


2nd Place
What Cha Got from North Carolina
Winning $1,100
Jon Silvis, Paul Williams, Stacy Keel,
William Schatzman (Captain) and Rhonda Lofton

3rd Place
Gunslingers from
Riverside, CA
(not pictured)
Ian Brock (Captain), George Swackhammer,
Tanyha Henson and Paul LaBella
Winning $640

BEST OF THE REST
1ST & 2ND PLACE
Las Vegas' - Rob Hately & Ed Carrion's Teams from Las Vegas, Nevada
These two great teams opted to split 1st and 2nd place, both teams winning $550!
Hately Team - Carlo Bellistri, Sr., Carlo Bellistri, Jr. and Rob Hately (Captain)
Carrion's Team - Ed Carrion (Captain), Michael Dick, Marcel Macias and Rob Womble (Not Pictured Yet)
MINI-TOURNAMENT

1st & 2nd PLACE
Elisa Hawks taking 2nd Place & Michael Dick taking 1st Place
Celebrity Sighting! Aaron Aragon and Elisa Hawks!
Aaron is a six-time U.S. National 9-Ball champion, recently winning the World Wheelchair 9-Ball Championship in 2008. Click here to read more.
Riverside, California's Peanut Butter Gun
Keirah Robbins, Derrick Haltom and Tom Cavelti




























John Silvis, Paul Williams, William Schatzman, Lance Hansen,
Gerald Branham, Las Vegas Advisory Board Member and pool player Extraordinaire!
Jeremy Head - Well known Las Vegas pool junkie!
Mike Folkerson, Referee


