IPT Player Biography

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Name: Sal Butera

Alias: Son of a Gun

Residence: United States

D.O.B.: 11/9/1963 Age: 44

About Sal Butera

Son of Hall of Famer and World Champion Lou Butera, Sal started showing interest in the game at 9 years old while following his father's pool career. Sal got the pool bug and started to get serious at the age 14 after playing a challenge match with Minnesota Fats at a pool tournament. At 17 years old, Sal took second place in the Junior World open in New York. Being the son of champion "Machine Gun Lou" he was given the name " Son of a Gun". Since then Sal has played in and placed in many major tournaments. While on tour, Sal stayed at the top of the player ranks. Not as fast as Lou but will fire at you, always a threat.

Statistics:

2006 North American Open - Las Vegas, NV

Matches				Games				Winning Method				Prize Money Won
Total	Won	Lost	Win%	Total	Won	Lost	Win %	B&R	B&R%*	B&R%+	8 on B	Prize Money Won
9	5	4	55.56	113	55	58	48.67	9	16.36	7.96	0	$5,000.00

2006 World Open - Reno, NV

Matches				Games				Winning Method				Prize Money Won
Total	Won	Lost	Win%	Total	Won	Lost	Win %	B&R	B&R%*	B&R%+	8 on B	Prize Money Won
9	4	5	44.44	107	52	55	48.6	11	21.15	10.28	0	$6,835.00

Cumilative Statistics

Prize Money Won	Total Matches Won	Game Winning %	Break and Runouts	8 Balls on the Break
$11,835.00	9	48.64	20	0

* Denotes percentage of B&Rs out of total games won

+ Denotes percentage of B&Rs out of games played