The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) is ready with their partners to stage the final two championships for this year, the World 9-Ball Championship for women, and the World Ten Ball Championship for men
The women's championship is being played in Shenyang, China and qualifying rounds commence on Monday November 16th. There are eight slots available for those trying to qualify, with the main event commencing on Thursday the 19th. The final will be played on Sunday the 22nd.
The f... Read Full Story
With the 2009 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup set to take place on from December 10-13 at the MGM Grand, for the first time in the 16 year history of the event, Matchroom Sport is granting the general public a vote to decide who plays as Mosconi Cup Idol gets underway!
There is one spot left on Team USA and that will be decided by public vote. The man who amasses the most support by midnight UK time on Sunday 15th November, will be proudly walking out into the MGM Grand arena to represent hi... Read Full Story
Billiardwarehouse.com announced its sponsorship of former US Open champion Kelly "KwikFire" Fisher for the Tournament of Champions just in time! Kelly won the event and the $20,000 purse to go with it. The Tournament of Champions, produced by Matt Braun's Billiards International, was held at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT, and included top players Kelly Fisher, Allison Fisher, Monica Webb and China's Xiaoting Pan. Kelly Fisher bested Monica Webb and Xiaoting Pan for the title. Greg... Read Full Story
Imagine losing in the second round of the US Open when you're the defending champion. You're looking at a virtual wall of the world's top players between you and the title. Nearly impossible, right?
Wrong. Mika Immonen successfully defended his title despite an 11-9 second round loss to Chris Bartram. From there he won thirteen (yes, thirteen!) straight matches from the one-loss side to face undefeated Ralf Souquet in the finals. Along the way, Mika defeated Thorsten Hohmann, Steve Moore,... Read Full Story
Action has been fast and furious at the 34th running of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships. With sixteen tables in constant play from the best men players in the world, the fans have been enjoying the best 9-Ball in the world!
Alive on the one loss side are victims of single losses so far, including greats Johnny Archer, Earl Strickland, Charlie Williams, Corey Deuel, Darren Appleton, and defending champ Mika Immonen! Knocked out earlier this evening was one of the pre-event favorites, T... Read Full Story
After Jasmin defeated perennial champ Allison Fisher and Xiaoting Pan defeated Karen Corr in the semifinals, it was down to just two players vying for the 9-Ball crown at Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, Oregon. For Xiaoting Pan, this was her first chance to win a WPBA Tour event since 2008. For Jasmin, this was her opportunity to win her second title of this year. Both came into this match undefeated and both were shooting the lights out.
Xiaoting won the lag and ran out to post t... Read Full Story
The field has been narrowed to just four players down from the 64 player field in the WPBA's Pacific Coast 9-Ball Classic at Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, Oregon.
Quarter final #1 featured Austria's Jasmin Ouschan vs. Norway's Line Kjorsvik. After a hard-fought battle, Ouschan emerged the winner with a 7-4 victory to move on to Sunday's semi-finals.
Quarter final #2 offered a banner match between new #1 ranked Ga Young Kim, winner of this year's US Open and Colorado Classic, a... Read Full Story
The American CueSports Alliance (ACS) is pleased to announce a new title sponsor for the 2009-2010 All American Tour - Lucasi Hybrid! The fifth annual amateur tour will again feature up to 50 stops in all regions of the U.S. Championship Billiard Fabric and Nick Varner Signature Cases are back on board in donating product to each room site to offset the added money in each event's prize money purse; and the 09-10 Tour welcomes Pool Cue Guru as an accessory sponsor. Entries at each event go... Read Full Story
Tom "Dr Cue" Rossman and Dominic "The Drill Instructor" Esposito will teach a three day intensive BOOT CAMP Pool School to be hosted by Pool Table Magic in Windsor Locks, Connecticut on October 22-24. Enrollment is limited to 8 pool players to insure close hands-on instruction attention. The Boot Camp will take place at POOL TABLE MAGIC, 75 Ella Grasso Turnpike, Windsor Locks, Ct 06096, 860-627-8494, and we'll provide all the rest in first class style for only $895 (credit cards add $25).... Read Full Story
A funny story out of North Richland Hills, TX hit the Boston Herald this morning. According to the article by Domingo Ramirez, Jr., "A couple of burglars caught a bad break. Standing on her roof, a 27-year-old woman thwarted an attempted burglary Wednesday afternoon when she pelted two men at the front of her home with billiard balls."
"'I made it to the back door, climbed a tree and onto the roof,' Paula Ollie said. 'I went to the front of the house and yelled 'Death from above' and star... Read Full Story
