Tailgators was packed this past weekend as players from all over Ontario and Quebec invaded the nations Capital to compete in the 12th annual Ottawa Barbox Tournament. Thursday and all day Friday was dedicated to singles with team play starting Friday night and going all weekend. There are five different divisions ranging from the recreational Budweiser division to the ultra talent filled Gold div...
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2014 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup Blackpool Bound....
2014 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup
BLACKPOOL’S historic Tower Circus will be the venue of the 2014 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup, the 21st running of pool’s premier team event. Taking place from Monday 1st to Thursday 4th December, the event features two five-man teams rep...
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The World Professional Billiard League will play an 11 match playoff schedule from February 5th-13th 2014 concluding with the league championship on February 15th. All teams will participate in the playoffs at the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas, NV which consists of four rounds of competition.
Toronto Blue Sharks
World renowned cue...
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The fifth stop on the 404 Tour was held January 4th and 5th at BigWigs Billiards in Newmarket, Ontario. 44 of Ontario's top players made up the field to compete for the title.
Erik Hjorleifson went through his bracket with wins over Shane Gummerson (11 - 6), Chad Bishop (11 - 0) and Jyri Kari (11 - 4) to be one of 4 undefeated players when play stopped on Saturday evening. The others undefeated pl...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (January 3, 2014) – CueSports International (CSI) announces the 15th US Open One Pocket Championship will be moved in 2014 to Reno, Nevada. The prestigious One Pocket event will take place February 24-27 alongside the 21st US Bar Table Championships (USBTC). Both popular tournaments are produced by CSI and will be held at the stunning Grand Sierra Resort...
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Players & Fans,
I hope all of you had a very joyous and happy holiday season. Now that 2014 is here, I am ready to begin taking entries for my Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's 2013-2014 season finale, the $25,000 Added "Turning Stone Classic XXII 9-Ball Open. The dates for the event are September 18-21, 2014. The entry fee is $150 for current 2013-2014 season members or $200 for all others. FYI, anyon...
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PETRINA’S POOL SHARKS EIGHT-BALL TOUR
EVENT 1: REPORT FROM DECEMBER 28
The new 8-ball series is underway at Petrina’s. Eighteen came to play and the field was a tough one. With players like Carlin Sanderson (110), Brian Belobradic (109), Brad Guthrie (110) and Martin Yacobazzo (102) this tournament was destined to be a battle to the finish.
First round action saw Brad Guthrie (110) lose to Randy...
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2014 Is An Exciting Time for the Ontario, Canada Chapter of the North American Poolshooters Association
Exciting things coming for Ontario, Canada with regards to the North American Poolshooters Association. Some great reasons for people to start playing NAPA are:
No Annual Membership Fees – Once you play your first game you are a member for life
Play for Cash and Prizes – Our winners not only get...
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Jim Wych and his partner in their new club venture, John White, have been running an online contest to find a name for their new Toronto club. Well, no one hit exactly what they finally picked but one AZB member, Muddawg, got so close with his entry that they credit their final idea to him as the inspiration and so he will get his choice of an OB break cue or an OB Sneaky Pete with choice of shaft...
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With Christmas around the corner, 43 players ducked out of the cold weather and enjoyed a weekend of intense 9-ball competition at Shooters Snooker and Sports Club in Toronto. It was Jeremy Isard who stole the show (and the money). Jeremy had a strong 3rd place finish in this event just 2 weeks ago and returned to complete his unfinished business.
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Fans can now watch all the greatest moments of the World Tournament! Here's Thorsten Hohmann after becoming the first player to win the World Tournament 14.1 3x in 50 years. Photos by Charles Eames Photography Official Photograpaher of the World Tournament 14.1
The 73rd World Tournament of 14.1 Now Available to...
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Gold Reef City Casino & Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa
Girl’s division
Natasha Seroshtan of Russia is the new world champion for junior players after defeating Japan’s Yuki Hiraguchi 6/2 in the final. Natasha played too solid in the final, winning the first, third, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth racks to claim the title. She did not make too many mistakes which kept her opponent from the...
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From December 9th-12th, 2013, the WPA World 9-ball Championships for Juniors and wheelchair athletes are on in Johannesburg, South Africa. The venue is the Gold Reef City Casino and Theme Park.
The European Junior’s contingency is represented by (left to right): Nataliya Seroshtan (RUS), Gerald Gollnhuber (Coach), Kamila Khodjaeva (BE...
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In a very single-sided final match, Ina Kaplan (GER) defeated Eyllul Kibaroglu (TUR) with 6:0.
The Women’s Euro-Tour was full of surprises this time. Up until the single elimination, everything went more or less „according to plan“. The highest ranked players like Mazhirina, Kaplan, Roos, Christiansen, Ouschan all were present in the single elimination stage of the event. Down to number n...
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The 3rd Royal City 9 Ball Challenge was held on December 7th at Tony’s Billiards in Guelph, Ontario.
Final Results:
1st Place: Isaac Ramos – $525 +$895 (calcutta)
2nd Place: Ken Stutz $$350 + $550 (calcutta)
3rd Place: Jason Knight $100 + $200 (calcutta)
4th Place: Greg Plester $55 + $100 (calcutta)
5th/6th: Nick Blancher / George Cornelius- $35 + $60 (calcutta)
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In an intense final match, Nick van den Berg (NED) defeated Phil Burford (GBR) with 8:5.
The final match was determined by safety play in the beginning. After seven racks, van den Berg was leading 4:3 when Burford had an open layout in front of him. He got to the 10-ball and ran a bit out of position. However, he managed to pocket the 10-ball but shockingly scratched with the cue ball. In...
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Orlando, Florida- The city of Orlando is lending a hand to its faraway friends in the Philippines...through tennis. Players from all around Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tampa, are joining in the RealRealCool.com Typhoon Tennis Tournament this Saturday December 7th. The multicultural affair will be hosted by the Orlando Tennis Centre. The event is being organized by world renown sports production c...
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2013 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup
It’s Europe in a landslide
USA 2-11 Europe
Strickland & Hatch 3-6 Appleton /Souquet
Earl Strickland 4-6 Karl Boyes
Hatch & Morris 4-6 Immonen /Feijen
TEAM EUROPE completed their finest ever PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup win, as they beat the Americans 11-2, the second biggest winning margin in the 20 year history of the event. Needing three more points...
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Mick Hill became the first ever winner of the GB9 UK Open on Tuesday, as he beat Phil Burford 11-7. Hill recovered from a shaky start to clinch the title, in a final in which neither player really got going. The event was at its best from the quarter-finals after a move to the main tables.
Phil Burford
Burford comfortably dispa...
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There were a series of surprises at Shooters Billiards in Toronto on the 404 Tour on November 30th. The list of first round casualties included John Morra, Rob Hall, Al Logan and Erik Hjorleifson. In the top half of the bracket, Jeremy Isard from Burlington had wins over Vincente, Chris Capipin, Chris Bateman, Marius Nakas and Laurent. In the lower bracket, "young gun" Peter Hetherington shot...
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