Mike Dechaine has a number of major titles to his credit, already in his career. But one title that has eluded him the last two years was the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's Ocean State 9-Ball Tournament at Snookers Billiards in Providence, RI. In 2010, Dechaine finished in second to Mika Immonen. Dechaine got closer in 2011, when he beat Tom D'Alfonso on the first set of the finals, but lost in the second...
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Here are some excerpts from the book by Lee Brett which is available online:
Outside & Inside The Box
I explain to everyone I teach, I want you to think outside of the box and play inside of the box. I will now explain this in more detail?
pre shot routine
1 - sighting/aiming - outside the box
2 - stance/alignment - inside the box
3 - bridge arm/hand - inside the box
4 - backstroke/pause - ins...
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There is a bandit loose in town that cannot be beaten.
Rob Hall
Rob Hall continued his domination on the 404 9-Ball Tour this past weekend with an undefeated performance at BigWigs Billiards in Newmarket, Ontario.
Leading the top half of the bracket, London player Tyler Nearing had wins over Richard Murray (10-6), Ronald Giron...
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Manila, Philippines- Unbelievably Korea's Ga Young Kim had reached the semi-finals of the Yalin Women's World 10-Ball three consecutive years in a row. Without a win. But this time she finally overcame her demons to claim World Championship glory for her country. Kim on her second appearance in the finals of the the Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship, faced last year's #1 in the world Simin...
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Germany will hosts this year’s competition for youth and wheelchair athletes
The WPA World 9-Ball Championships for Juniors, Girls and Wheelchair athletes are to be held from December 5th – 7th, 2012, in Sauerland Stern Hotel, Kneippweg 1, Willingen, Germany.
The Sauerland Stern Hotel has been the venue for several big pool billiard events in the past. This year, 32 junior players, 16 girls and 1...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (November 20, 2012) - The 2012 BCAPL / USAPL Colorado State Championships was held November 9-11 at the Antique Billiard Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The $2,000 added inaugural event was comprised of Scotch Doubles, Men's Singles and Women's Singles divisions. All three divisions were handicapped based on the BCAPL national player ratings: Open,...
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Earl Strickland
Earl Strickland continued his dominance of pool on the East Coast with an undefeated run through the field of 31 other players to win the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's stop at Raxx Billiards in West Hempstead, NY over the November 10th - 11th weekend.
Strickland was only one of the marquee players in this one, as Mike D...
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After winning 2 World Junior Championships, Brittany Bryant has continued her journey at the professional level. At 21 years of age, she is the youngest player in the current WPBA top 10 rankings. She has definitely proven that she can compete among the best players in the world. Keep your eyes on this charming young lady from Guelph, Ontario as she has a promising future in the game. ;)
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Winner of Men’s and Women’s Divisions Advance to 2013 Pro Events
LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (November 16, 2012) — The top amateur poolplayers in North America headed south to the Sunshine State in early-November to compete in the U.S. Amateur Championship. The 2012 version of the sport’s most prestigious amateur tournament featured 128 men and 32 women all with the dream of adding the title “U.S. Amateu...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (November 14, 2012) - The 2012 BCAPL / USAPL Florida State Championships was held November 9-11 at Backstage Billiards in Orlando, Florida. The $2,000 added inaugural event was comprised of Scotch Doubles, Men's Singles and Women's Singles divisions. All three divisions were handicapped based on the BCAPL national player ratings: Open, Advanced and Maste...
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Chicago, Illinois- The Association of Billiard Professionals is pleased to announce ABP's General Counsel Dennis Walsh as this year's recipient of the ABP President's Award. The ABP President's Award goes to the individual who has helped the sport and its professional players during the year. It was presented to Mr.Walsh during the ABP Banquet held at Marietta Billiard Club in Georgia during the...
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Jasmin Ouschan, entering the 2012 WPBA Tour Championships at the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, Oregon on the weekend of November 8-11, was seeded at # 8. Her opponent in the finals, Karen Corr came in at #7. Together, in early rounds, and in the single-elimination semifinals, they had downed the # 1 and # 2 seeds in the tournament, Allison Fisher and Ga Young Kim, twice. Ouschan pre...
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Stop # 6 of the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, The $5,000 Added 24rd Ocean State 9-Ball Championship, will take place on Nov 17-18 at the beautiful Snookers Billiards Bar & Grill in Providence R.I. Our most generous hosts for this prestigious event are Steve & Regina Goulding, owners of Snookers. This will be the first of 3 of our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour events to be held at Snookers this season a...
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Another full field of 64 players filled out the tournament board at Shooters Snooker and Sports Club in Toronto. This was the 3rd event of the season. The fireworks started early with tournament favourites Erik Hjorleifson and John Morra squaring off in the third round. These two recently matched up at the US Open a few weeks ago where Morra took the win. Erik was in fine form as he emerged out...
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Close final victory over Ina Kaplan
Martine Christiansen (NOR)
In a tight final match, Martine Christiansen (NOR) defeated Ina Kaplan (GER) with 7:6 and won the title of the Dynamic Billiards Women’s Euro-Tour Treviso Open 2012. It would not be fair to say that one player was better than the other. Both players played very soli...
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Helvik ousts Vietz in a thriller
Quarter-final matches played
In a tight quarter-final match, Ine Helvik (NOR) came out on top of Jennifer Vietz (GER) with 7:6. The Dynamic Billiards Women Euro-Tour Treviso Open provided some interesting matches in the quarter-final round. Ine Helvik had to deal with Jennifer Vietz. Helvik opened her account and started to score but Vietz did not allow her to get...
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“El Nino” takes the title
The winner of the 2012 Dynamic Billiards European Open 2012 is Nick van den Berg from The Netherlands. He defeated Fabio Petroni (ITA) with 11:5 in the final match.
The final was probably the most entertaining match of the whole tournament. Both players demonstrated pool billiards to its perfection. However, van den Berg had the better break shot and his game seemed to be...
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Local hero prevailed over Alcaide
“Fabulous” Fabio Petroni (ITA) defeated David Alcaide (ESP) after a tough fight with 11:9.
Petroni got the better start in the match and lived up to his earlier performance. He creamed Tomasz Kaplan (POL) with 11:7 in the quarter- final. Alcaide had to go the full distance and slightly won with 11:10 over Albin Ouschan. Maybe that was one of the reasons why Petron...
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Surprising results in Treviso
Today’s single elimination started with several upsets. Karlo Dalmatin (CRO) eliminated Mario He (AUT) unexpectedly high with 11:5 from the Dynamic Billiards European Open. On paper, bookmakers would have probably clearly favoured Mario He in this match. But Dalmatin has proven in his performance here so far that he is ready for something big. Up to the score of 3:3,...
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Jentsch and Gray out
Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) creamed Denis Grabe (EST) with 9:4 and will play tomorrow in the single elimination stage.
Ruslan Chinakhov
For a long time, Chinakhov was not able to score at a Euro- Tour event. Maybe the Dynamic Billiards European Open changes that for him. He started out at a tremendous speed and...
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