'THEY'LL HAVE TO PLAY THEIR BEST TO BEAT ME'
As he gets set to defend the World 9-ball Championship in Qatar this week, Germany's Thorsten Hohmann opens up about the satisfaction of winning the event twice, why 9-ball is the best game in the world, and how he's plenty hungry for more.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
Thorsten HohmannGermany’s Thorsten Hohmann kicked off his campaign in the 2013 Wor...
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2014 Mosconi squad to visit industry expo
WITH THE ANNUAL billiards industry gathering set for the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville from 25th to 27th June, American PartyPoker Mosconi Cup captain Mark Wilson is delighted to announce that his team will be in attendance for the duration of the event.
Wilson, who competed in the first two years of the event, has been cha...
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In an amazing display of talent beyond his young years, 14 year old Houston local Joey Torres blazed through a field of 37 players, going undefeated to win the Poison by Predator Tour Open 8-Ball event on June 8th, 2014, held at Bogies Billiards & Sports Bar in Houston, Texas. This was a third consecutive tournament win for Torres, winning two previous Lone Star Tour amateur events, upgrading Torr...
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For the second time out of the three tournaments thus far, a full field of 16 showed up to take part in this handicapped event. A busy end of the season tournament schedule kept me out of the first two of the series. However now that the circuits in Montreal and Ottawa are done for the year the Rack-M-Up series provides a great opportunity for competitive players like myself to stay in form durin...
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Kozoom Productions are pleased to announce the opening of the streaming web page for this year's 9-ball world championships in Qatar. A total of 14 tables will be streamed, starting tomorrow the 16th June at 10.00 am local time and the great news is that it's for free, yes FREE and you can register right now at live.qbsf.qa
Note: The World 9-Ball Championships will NOT be shown on the regular Ko...
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On June 21 stage 2 of the World 9 Ball Championships will begin at the Al Saad Sports Club in Doha, Qatar. Canada will be represented this year by our current Canadian Champions John Morra (8ball), Jason Klatt (9ball) and Erik Hjorleifson (10ball), as well as Mario Morra.
John Morra
John "Mr. Smooth" Morra has already proven...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (June 11, 2014) – This is a reminder that all registrations for the BCAPL & USAPL National Championships must be completed online, faxed, or post-marked by June 16.
Registration Deadlines
June 3 – Late fees begin
June 16 – Last day to register
June 27 – Last day to submit TBA names (for League Operators only)
June 27 – Last day for refunds
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Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann and 127 more of the world's best pool players set to do battle for pool's most prestigious prize.
By Ted Lerner
World Pool & Billiard Association
Drama, tension, excitement, heartbreak and glory.
These are the enticing elements on offer to pool fans around the globe as the biggest and most prestigious prize in the men’s professional game, the 2014 WPA Worl...
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WITH FOUR EVENTS now completed, the race to claim the three automatic berths on the 2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup European side is well underway. This year, there are three separate ranking lists in operation – the first comprised of a five event Euro Tour series; the second a three event ‘World’ series and the last a combined ranking of the two.
At the close of the qualification series in October,...
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George Saunders, Will Schoonmaker , Erica Gordon , Erik Decious, Amanda Brisson, Bobby Garza, Jimmy Garza
Jacksonville, Florida- The Billiard Factory hosted its third annual pool festival at its Jacksonville, Florida store. Four events took place which included the Andy Cloth Mixed Doubles 9-Ball Open, the Billiard Factory...
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After seven days of fierce competition, the 2014 CBSA Canadian Snooker Championships has concluded at Shooters Snooker and Sports Club in Toronto, Ontario.
Floyd Ziegler
Players were separated into eight groups of five playing the round-robin format. The top two players from each group moved on to the single elimination knock...
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The "TOUCH OF INSIDE" (TOI) technique is much more than just "cuing the ball precisely," although you are correct, it is important. The Cue Ball is the target in pool, not the object ball, so the object ball just "reflects" how you hit the Cue Ball.
There are a few ways to "aim" or "create angles" in pool. The most common one is to aim a part of the cue ball at a part of the object ball and try to...
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Hello everybody it is my pleasure to present you my first article in association with "Straight-Pool".This series of bi-weekly articles will focus on instructional content aimed at looking at the finer intricacies of all aspects of billiards. Following this weeks article the forum will be open for comments and questions which will be addressed in a follow up piece. Please feel free to respond an...
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Éric Lévesque, Sylvain Filiatrault, Maxime Chicoine
Last weekend Dooly's Valleyfield was the host for the 6th annual end of season handicapped tournament for the Federation Quebecoise (FQSB). The Federation organizes a circuit of tournaments that are played out of the Montreal region; it has divisions for every...
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David Yau
On Cue Billiards - 1st June 2014
Hill Hill Pool took its first step onto Toronto's amateur pool scene this Sunday with great success. It saw top amateurs from far and wide join forces to compete in the inaugural Triple Elimination Scotch Doubles 8-Ball tournament. On Cue Billiards hosted and served up a great atmos...
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The 404 9-Ball Tour has wrapped up its 7th successful season. The money added championships were held at Shooters Billiards in Toronto on May 24-25th and BigWigs Billiards the following weekend (May 31-June 1).
John Morra
At Shooters, a field of 45 players battled it out for a piece of the $5,000+ prize fund. On Sunday mornin...
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Tournament winner Kevin ThibeaultSaturday May 31st was the second of 8 scheduled events for the summer series. A nearly full field of 14 showed up to take part, and once again there was a first ever tournament winner. Kevin Thibeault, who was forced to put down the cue for a few years due to a nagging back injury, showed he ha...
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Captain’s Report #1
May/June 2014
In preparation for the PartyPoker Mosconi Cup XXI to be held December 1st through 4th in Blackpool, England, we assembled Team USA in San Diego, California for our very first team get-together.
In our first team meeting we covered the tentative schedule for the year, and discussed what is expected of the team. Honor, integrity, professionalism, and dedication to t...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (May 30, 2014) – CSI is proud to present The CSI Instructional Series with Tom Rossman “Dr. Cue.” CSI recently filmed 36 video segments with Rossman that cover various topics from fundamentals to trick shots. Each clip is available on the CSI YouTube channel absolutely free! The following is an outline of the video segments:
SEGMENT CATEGORY...
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Austin’s own Kim Pierce, aka “Texas Heat”, crushed the competition at the May, Gulf Coast Tour 9-ball event held at Bogies Billiards and Sports Bar in Houston, Texas. Pierce faced some of the toughest regional competitors Texas has to offer, surging to a final victory over hot seat winner, Killeen’s own Kimmy Nguyen, 7-4. First round action saw Pierce defeat Sara Bork, 7-3, followed by Belinda Lee...
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