![]() It is an honor for Mezz USA and the Mezz Tour to be a part of a memorial tournament to tribute all that Ginky has given to the game of pool and New York City.” “Ginky was a good friend and a remarkable player who will be missed greatly. And so it is with mixed emotions, both grief and pride, that we partake in the cooperative effort to memorialize George “Ginky” SanSouci an offspring of the Tri-State Tour, who matured into the great player we all loved.” “Ginky was one of our most accomplished players winning more Open events than any other player in our history and winning the coveted Player of the Year 4 consecutive years in the 90’s. This tournament will be a fitting tribute to one of New York’s greatest pool players.” George “Ginky” Sansouci was not only a great player, he was also smart, witty, supportive, loyal, and a great ambassador for the game of pool. With at least $5,000 Added (and probably more – stay tuned), this tournament may be the biggest tournament held in NYC in years. “Amsterdam Billiards is proud to join the Predator, Tri-State, and the Mezz tours in announcing the 1st Annual George “Ginky” Sansouci Memorial Tournament. I am truly honored to do this for George and his family as he always was and always will be a legend and an inspiration to all of us.” He was an inspiration to players of all levels and taught us that there is no limit to what we can achieve on the green felt as long as we are willing to go that extra mile. “George Ginky Sansouci was not only a great friend and godfather to my son. Many thanks to Gail Glazebrook, William Finnegan and the Predator Tour along with John Leyman, Todd Fleitman, Bill Focaccia, Mark & Patti Ursel of the Tri-State Tour as well as Jose Burgos, Caroline Pao and Mika Immonen of the Mezz Tour for helping to put this soon to be a classic memorial tournament together! The Predator Pro Am Tour, Mezz Tour & Tri-State Tour will be joining forces to honor New York City’s greatest champion! The Amsterdam Billiard Club in NYC will be hosting the 1st Annual George “Ginky” Sansouci Memorial Tournament on Saturday & Sunday, June 25-26, 2011. "I really would like to invite Governor Cuomo to take a quick tour of our pool room so I can walk around and show him everything we are doing to keep it safe," he said.I am very proud to announce a special collaboration of three tours to honor the late George “Ginky” Sansouci!Ī special thanks goes out to Rob Staskowski of for creating the Ginky Memorial logo as well as a special tournament chart that will be used for this amazing event! Hunt says the court date for the state's appeal could come at any moment, in the meantime he's extending this invitation to Governor Cuomo. These establishments can only operate at 50% capacity and only half of the occupants can be accommodated for food and drinks. The January reopening order, only applies to the pool halls in the lawsuit. How are we under a certain umbrella and other establishments are not?" asked Iglesias. The table is 9 x 4.5, so you're always that far apart," said Jeff Hanger. "There's not a lot of interaction that's really close. Some told NY1 it feels much safer than other activities that are currently allowed. Patrons must wear face masks the entire time. We were told the staff from Amsterdam Billiards sprays each table with disinfectant after each use. The pool halls challenged that idea, saying that casinos were allowed to reopen even though their tables are covered in the same material. The state argued, in part, that the felt-covered tables are hard to sanitize because of the porous nature of the wool and nylon. "We won the lawsuit and were allowed to reopen and now the governor is appealing the decision, trying to shut us down again," said Greg Hunt, Managing Partner of Amsterdam Billiards. Initially all of the hospitality industry was closed, but other venues like restaurants and bowling alleys were gradually allowed to reopen, but not pool halls. The avid player is a regular at the Amsterdam Billiards, which is one of 16 pool halls across the state that sued the Cuomo administration over the fairness and legality of the shutdown. Though the suing pool halls won and can reopen, state asked for an appeal.The pool halls argued it's unfair that other hospitality and entertainment venues have been allowed to reopen.16 New York pool halls sued the state over shut down order.In March of 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down the hospitality industry to curb spread of the coronavirus.
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