Draft:2024 Potlatch Regional Snooker Tournament

The 2024 Potlatch Regional Snooker Tournament was a non-ranking snooker competition held on February 29th, 2024. It took place in Potlatch, Idaho, with a total attendance of 8 competitors and about 40 spectators.

Matthew Bruce won the competition by defeating Daniel Lyubchik 108-75 in the final.

Tournament Format
The tournament was played using the traditional snooker rules with a single-elimination format. The draw was randomized before each round. Each match was played over the course of a single frame with each lasting 10 minutes. A coin toss was used to determine which player breaks and foul shots awarded the opponent a ball in hand. Any player who successfully potted the ball with the cue ball from inside the D and the blue ball on its spot won the match. Prize money was granted to players who won certain positions.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.


 * Winner: $200
 * Runner-up: $100
 * Semi-final: $20
 * Highest break: $50

Tournament Draw
The random draw for round one was made on 29 February 2024 at noon. There were two century breaks in the competition. Daniel Lyubchik made a 103 break in the semi-finals and Matthew Bruce made a 108 break in the finals. Calvin Mathieu was disqualified shortly after the semi-finals due to unsportsmanlike conduct after he attempted to beat his competitor Daniel Lyubchik with a cue stick.

All times in Mountain Standard Time. Players in bold denote match winners.

29 February - 13:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathaniel Dziewietin 38-51 Matthew Bruce 🇫🇷
 * 🇺🇦 Daniel Lyubchik 78-68 Silas Sharon 🇳🇴
 * 🇺🇸 Calvin Mathieu 95-76 Jared Derr 🇨🇦
 * 🇩🇪 Spencer Wilcomb 62-85 Ryan Kneeland 🇺🇸

29 February - 15:00

 * 🇺🇦 Daniel Lyubchik 103-0 (DSQ) Calvin Mathieu 🇺🇸
 * 🇫🇷 Matthew Bruce 92-91 Ryan Kneeland 🇺🇸