Shane Van Boening has won the 38th U.S. Open with a 13-10 victory in the finals over Lee Vann Corteza. This is the second consecutive victory here for Van Boening and his third U.S. Open title, the first of which he won in 2007. Oddly, the Open had gone for 33 years with only one man, Nick Varner, who had won the title consecutively. But then Mika Immonen won it in both 2008 and 2009 and Darren Ap...
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Presents the First Ever American Rotation National Championship!
The American Billiard Club Association is off the ground and looking good, especially good for the 8 players that qualified for what undoubtedly could be a special piece of pocket billiard history – the first ever American Rotation National Championship.
64 players across the country laid the groundwork by playing 7 matches a...
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Allison Fisher Completes Mighty Team West!
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Allison Fisher is known as the Duchess of Doom. Most experts consider her to be the greatest ever in women's billiards
Manila, Philippines - 15x World Champion Allison Fisher is the final piece of the greatest western women's team ever assembled in the sport of billiards. England, Austria, and the United States form the mig...
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Players & Fans,
The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will continue its 17th season with Stop # 3 on October 26 & 27 with a $2,000 added ($1,500/$500) event at Premium Billiards in Syracuse NY. Premium Billiards has been completely renovated into one of the nicest rooms in the state by new owners Shane Connors, his dad Frank Connors, and manager Mark Ruzekowicz. The Brunswick Gold Crowns have bee...
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2013 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup
Break rules set to change
AFTER CONSULTATION with both team captains, the rules and conditions governing the break shot at the 2013 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup are set to change with the introduction of a narrow break box.
Previously, the event employed the ‘three point rule’ whereby for...
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The WPBA welcomes several new members to the organizations board of directors.
“The new board members are well respected in the billiard community, and with their diverse expertise they will be a great addition to WPBA’s leadership, helping to guide the organization toward its vision,” says Vice President Dawn Hopkins.
Bruce Barthelette of South Hadley Massachusetts, has been around pool since the...
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The 38th edition of the U.S. Open 9-ball Championships returned to Chesapeake last Sunday, with 170 of the world's top billiards players in attendance. The tournament which runs until Saturday has a 1st place prize of $30,000.
The original 9-ball championships began with a 16-player field that gathered 1976 at the original Q-Master Billiards in Norfolk. The defending champion Shane Van Boening of...
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Ron CasanzioWere it not for the intervention of one Nelson Oliveira, the finals of Stop # 2 on the 2013-2014 Joss Northeast Tour, held on the weekend of October 12-13, would have been a repeat of Stop #10 on the 2012-2013 tour back in March, pitting Ron Casanzio against Jason Michas. Casanzio defeated Michas in that earlier mat...
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The Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) is pleased to announce that the WPBA Regional Tours have secured Bull Shooters in Phoenix, AZ as the official host for the 13th Annual Regional Tour Championships to be held January 16th - 19th, 2014.
We would like to thank Bull Shooters owner Mike Bates for supporting our sport and graciously adding $5000.00 to the prize purse allowing 64 of t...
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China's Siming Chen Completes Team East!
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Siming Chen , the best in China, will help anchor Team Asia
Manila, Philippines - China, Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines will form Team Asia in this year's JBET.com Queens Cup! Former World #1 Siming Chen of Shanghai, China has been sel...
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I know using a loose grip is "commonly taught" and it does help to overcome other bad technical issues to have a loose grip. In other words you can re direct the cue with a loose grip if you are fundamentally addressing the cue ball incorrectly. I actually see this quite a bit with players that get to a level "5-7" and hit an "improvement wall" and can't figure out why (on their own).
I highly rec...
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Thrilling final match with a well deserved winner
Kyrenia, North Cyprus: In a final match which was packed with emotions and action, Konstantin Stepanov (RUS) defeated Daniele Corrieri (ITA) with 9:7.
The winner of the Dynamic Billard North Cyprus Open 2013, Konstantin Stepanov (RUS)
A foul which Corrieri committed in the seco...
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All-Italian thriller in second semi-final
Kyrenia, North Cyprus: Konstantin Stepanov (RUS) booked his seat in the final match of the Dynamic Billiard North Cyprus Open 2013 by smashing "The Terminator" Niels Feijen (NED) with 9:3.
Konstantin Stepanov (RUS)
Feijen is definitely one of the powerhouses of European pool-billiard....
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Clear victory for the Italian
Kyrenia, North Cyprus: In a thrilling match, Daniele Corrieri (ITA) prevailed over Ivo Aarts (NED) with 9:3.
Daniele Corrieri (ITA)
Both contestants were not necessarily expected in the quarter-final match of the Euro-Tour. In fact, it was the first time for both of them to get that far in their c...
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Game over for Peach, See and Gray
Nick van den Berg (NED)
Kyrenia, North Cyprus: After having dominated the match with Daryl Peach (GBR) over the full distance, Nick van den Berg (NED) entered the round of the last 16 players with a convincing 9:5 victory over Peach.
Van den Berg had to make his way with the detour over the los...
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Favorites make their way in loser's qualification round
Kyrenia, North Cyprus: In the clash between North Cyprus' hope Berk Mehmetcik and Italy's Bruno Muratore, the likable Italian dominated with 9:6 in the end and stayed alive in the tournament.
Bruno Muratore (ITA)
It was a thriller with ups and downs on both sides. "I have...
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Drago sent Melling to the loser's side
Kyrenia, North Cyprus: In a high quality match in the winner's qualification round, "The Tornado" Tony Drago (MLT) powered past Chris Melling (GBR) with 9:6.
"The Tornado" Tony Drago (MLT)
Melling seemed to struggle to find his game throughout the whole match. He was always behind, traili...
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Many local players among the victims
Richard Jones (GBR)
Kyrenia, North Cyprus: As the final curtain slowly falls on day one of the Dynamic Billard North Cyprus Open in Kyrenia, Turkish North Cyprus, the first players have exited the tournament having received two losses already.
Richard Jones (GBR) is not among those unlucky...
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Easy work also for Stepanov
Kyrenia, North Cyprus: Artem Koshovyi (UKR) trounced Kristopher Mindreboe (NOR) with 9:5 in the first winner's round of the Dynamic Billard North Cyprus Open.
Artem Koshovyi (UKR)
Koshovyi was simply the better player today. He had the better start and took a quick 3:0 lead over Mindreboe. But his w...
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Dynamic Billard North Cyprus opening matches without any upsets
Kyrenia, North Cyprus: In a clear and one sided match, Imran "The Maharaja" Majid (GBR) wiped the floor with his young opponent Dogukan Dogu (TNC) with 9:2.
"The Maharaja" Imran Majid (GBR) in his opening match this morning
It was one of these classic "David vs Gol...
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