Bryant Wins Second Fast Eddie’s billiards EventFast Eddie’s Olhausen 9-ball Tour / pool and billiards events / Houston, TXThe heat was on at the eighth event of the Fast Eddie’s Olhausen 9-ball Tour, which stopped in Houston, TX, the weekend of August 12-13. With 82 players and one air conditioner on the fritz, the atmosphere was steamy, but that didn’t bother Charlie Bryant as he whipped through as cool as a cucumber to win the event undefeated.Top picks were James Davis Sr., Jui Lung Chen, Sylver Ochoa, and Barry Emerson. The always-tough Ochoa ended up earning third place—he bested Gordon Van der Veer in the quarterfinals but came up short against Davis Sr. in the semis. Davis, a slow, quiet player, advanced to face Bryant in the final match, exhibiting quite a difference in styles and mannerisms. The powerful and energetic Bryant put on a great display of control over the table and ended up coming out the 9-7 winner over Davis, making this the second event of the year that the IPT member has won.

IPT Pros Clean up at Fast Eddie’s Eventby Rick DavisThe hot summer months heated up the action at the Fast Eddie’s Olhausen 9-ball Tour, where Charlie Bryant stormed through the open division and Kyu Yi followed suit and cleaned house on the women’s board. The July 8-9 stop sizzled at Fast Eddie’s in Austin, TX, for the tour’s seventh event of the 12-stop season.Starting with a robust 96 entries, late play on Sunday narrowed the field to a handful remaining. Semifinal action had Marco Marquez defeat J.P. Lopez in the hot seat 7-4, sending him to the lion’s den on the one-loss side. That lion would be Charlie Bryant and would eliminate Lopez from play. In the finals, the crowd gathered and cheered the mini-IPT match as Bryant and Marquez faced off, but after his return from the one-loss side Bryant was ready to win, defeating Marquez 9-4.