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Chicago, Illinois- Championship Cloth is proud to announce they have selected Johnny Archer as their new professional spokesperson for their company. The 4x World Champion and BCA Hall of Famer has already been using Championship Cloth on his poolroom tables at the Marietta Billiard Club since last year. Johnny Archer will be appearing this week at the C...
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E.J. Glode & Shane Van BoeningAll Photos courtesy of Amber Henning
Saratoga, Wyoming- USA's #1 ranked Shane Van Boening went undefeated to win the 6th Annual Wyoming Open. The South Dakota native defeated Hawaii's Rocket Rodney Morris in the 8-Ball bar table event that boasted a full field of 48 in the Masters Division. The...
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Promoter EJ Glode. The Wyoming Open brings good times to the pros and the town once again
Saratoga, Wyoming- Rodney Morris went undefeated through a tough 32 man field to win his second Saratoga Game title. The game is a combination of 8-Ball & 9-Ball with a black 13-Ball to shoot last. The Saratoga Tournament was $500 adde...
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Knowing the Speed of the Table
You will play on many makes and models of pool tables. Some of the tables will play faster than others. This means that the cue ball and object balls will roll for a longer distance on some and a shorter distance on others with the same hit applied.
The type of cloth used, how well the cloth was put on and stretched out, and the bounce off the rails will determine th...
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While Joss NE 9-Ball Tour points leader, Jeremy Sossei, was competing in the Predator Tour event in Astoria, Ron Casanzio was defending his position as #2 on the points list.
Casanzio ran through a field of 29 players to compete for the hot-seat against Jason Michas. That match would be a close one, with Casanzio winning the match 9-7. Michas would have his hands full with Bruce Carroll on the on...
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Norm Pomainville made his way through a field of 41 players at Trick Shot Billiards in Clifton Park, NY to win his first Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop; but it wasn't easy by any means. Pomainville dropped the hot-seat match in a heartbreaking 9-8 match to Tom Acciavati, but bounced back with a 9-6 win over Ron Casanzio on the one loss side. Pomainville squared off against Acciavati in the finals, and...
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Bigwigs Billiards in Newmarket hosted the 404 9-Ball Tour this past weekend. 62 players battled it out for a shot at the title.
In the top half of the bracket, Ian Argue was turning heads with wins over TJ Humber (5-5), Isaac Ramos (5-5), Chris Bartha (5-6), John Morra (5-9) and Ryan Clements (5-3). Erik Hjorleifson worked his way through the bottom bracket with wins over Ken DeFilippis (11-3), R...
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Saratoga, Wyoming- March 29th on the eve of the Wyoming Open, all players will get a chance to play "Saratoga". This game was designed and developed by Wyoming Open founder E.J. Glode. How is this game different? Well, for starters they play with a black 13-Ball! The Saratoga Tournament will be a $500 added event limited to 32 players with an affordable $50 entry fee, preceding the $25,000 purse e...
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This coming Saturday & Sunday, March 23 & 24, the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will be at Salt City Billiards in Syracuse NY for stop # 10 of our 2012-2013 season. Joe Speach, owner of Salt City Billiards, is once again allowing us the use of his room as well as putting up the $2,000 added for the prize fund. Thanks to Joe from all of us! Salt City is another great full service room here in the Nort...
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The 2013 Wyoming Open is the biggest tournament in the Rocky Mountain states
Saratoga, Wyoming- The tournament that western and mid-western players look forward to year around is back! Event organizer E.J. Glode is bringing players of all levels nationwide to Saratoga once more for the 6th Annual Wyoming Open on March 29th-31st, 2013. The event is co-promoted by Dragon Promotions an...
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A strong field of 79 players battled it out on the 404-Tour in Toronto.
In the top half of the bracket, Erik Hjorleifson beat John Morra in A-side semi-finals hill-hill. In the lower bracket, Mario Morra beat Chris Wood 9-3. In the A-side finals, Mario beat Erik 9-3 to send him to B-side final. On the B-side, John Morra beat Chris Wood hill-hill to play Erik for the second time. The rematch betwee...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (March 3, 2013) – Last summer CueSports International (CSI) announced that it will be adding a whole new singles division to the 37th (2013) BCAPL National Championships. With the move to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for the July 17-27, 2013 national event, the expanded space allows for more pool table and thus more play opportunities. The BCAPL has a...
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WORLD POOL CALENDAR BEGINS HOTTING UP IN MAY
For pool fans around the globe, the wait for championship action is almost over.
After a quiet first third of the year, the World Pool and Billiard Association(WPA) can finally announce its schedule of World Championships and other big time ranking events for 2013.
The World 8-ball Championship returns to the United Arab Emirates, but this year for the...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (March 3, 2013) – The BCAPL (BCA Pool League) National Championships will be held July 17-27, 2013 for the first time at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. The move allowed the producer, CueSports International (CSI), to expand the overall group of events due to the addition of approximately one third more convention space than ever...
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The Dynamic Billard European Championships 2013...
...for Men, Women and Wheelchair athletes are approaching fast. The venue will be the Grand Hotel Metropol in Portoroz, Slovenia. Due to circumstances beyond anyone's control, the venue had to be shifted at the very last minute. "I'm happy that together with FIBIS, we were able to find this beautiful venue in Slovenia", says Gre Leenders, Presiden...
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A Star Studded Extravaganza for all to ENJOY
Pre-Chet Action Friday
Starts today (March 8th) at 12PM PST/2PM CST/3PM EST/8PM GMT
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This weekend, Sat & Sun Mar. 16 & 17, stop # 9 of The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will be at Trick Shot Billiards & Sports Pub in Clifton Park (near Albany) NY. Tim Berlin deserves many thanks from all of us for his continuing support and having already hosted 2 events this season at his other room, Sharp Shooters Billiards & Sports Pub!!! Thanks again Tim!! Trick Shot is a full service room with e...
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Jason KlattPhoto courtesy of Andy Chen
CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (March 3, 2013) – The 20th US Bar Table Championships final divisions concluded Sunday, March 3rd at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. Jason Klatt from Canada and Jessica Frideres from Iowa fended off their respective and highly...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (March 3, 2013) – With the 10-ball competition completed, 144 men and 35 women switched gears Wednesday, February 27th to start play in the 9-ball divisions at the 20th US Bar Table Championships (USBTC) in Reno, Nevada at the luxurious Grand Sierra Resort and Casino.
With a literal who’s who of players participating in the event, this year’s competition...
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After a first round loss to Matt Tetreault, Jeremy Sossei forged a two day come-back through the one loss side to win the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's tour stop at Sharpshooters billiards in Amsterdam, NY on February 23rd and 24th.
The story on the winner's side of the bracket was the play of Ron Casanzio and Nelson Oliviera. They both made it through the forty nine player field undefeated and faced off...
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