On The Hill

On The Hill On the Hill Billiards, home of the MD State Tournaments. Our goal is to uplift pool in the DMV.

We are home to the Maryland State Tournaments as well as many other Fargo Rated tournaments.

Saturday, we held a 540/under 9-ball tournament which drew out 47 players. It was fast paced, the players were hitting b...
05/04/2026

Saturday, we held a 540/under 9-ball tournament which drew out 47 players. It was fast paced, the players were hitting balls by 11:30 and the finals were over at 7:30. There was plenty of action to be found, but when the smoke cleared there was only 1 guy at the top.
Erick Rivera came out to play! He went undefeated all day, but not without a few nail biters. Along with Erick, Albert Fooks also came out to play. He also went undefeated where he would face off against Erick in the hot seat match but Erick prevailed in a hill hill battle to claim the spot. Albert would then face Rob Vanatta who Albert had put on the 1-loss side earlier. But Rob got the better of Albert with a 5-1 victory to put Rob in the finals against Erick. Rob would have to double dip Erick but Mr Speed Shooter Erick wasn't having it lol, he beat Rob 5-1 to claim the victory. Great Shooting!!
I'd also like to give a little shout out to Tanvee Vallem, this girl is fearless! She finished 7/8 in a pretty tough field. Way to go Tanvee!!
Order of finish
1st Place Erick Rivera
2nd Place Rob Vannatta
3rd Place Albert Fooks
4th Place Dameon Skidmore
5/6 Place Tim Clark & NuNu Wagner
7/8 Place Tanvee Vallem & Mitchell Mendez
9/12 Place
John Baugher
Chris Peratino
Hunter Hacunda
Jeff Shyu
Payouts
Tournament
1st $600
2nd $300
3rd $200
4th $160
5/6 $110
7/8 $80
9/12 $60
Side Pot #1
1st $700
2nd $500
3rd $300
4th $100
Side Pot #2
1st $620
2nd $400
3rd $300
4th $180
5/6 $125
Side Pot #3
1st $360
2nd $200
3rd $120
4th $80
5/6 $60

Thank you to everyone who came out and thank you to Brews & Cues On The Blvd for providing us with great service and the best place to play...bar none!
We would also like to thank our sponsors/collaborators; On the Hill Billiard Supply, Simonis Cloth, Aramith Balls, Digital Pool, Classic Billiard Service, TRL Vending and Productions, Gina Cunningham with Vybe Realty and Mid Atlantic BCAPL.

Be sure to join us on June 6th for our 599/under 9-Ball winner break with longer races at Brews & Cues On The Blvd
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Finished 7/8th out of 48 players in the 540U tournament— held by On The HillNot the easiest weekend after hurting my kne...
05/04/2026

Finished 7/8th out of 48 players in the 540U tournament— held by On The Hill

Not the easiest weekend after hurting my knee playing street hockey the day before, but had to grind through and adjust.

Lost to both the eventual finalists Erick Rivera and Robert Vannatta —both shot great!

Also my first tournament traveling and competing without my parents—definitely a different experience.

Big thanks to Lee and Loye for running a smooth tournament, and to Marie for sweating all my matches as always—means a lot!

On to the next 💪


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