Chicago, Illinois- The Association of Billiard Professionals is pleased to announce the adding on of another rankings tournament for the ABP with the Scorpion Cues Johnny Archer Classic. The tournament takes place October 12th-14th, 2012 in Marietta, Georgia. Currently USA's Mike Dechaine of Maine leads the ABP International Rankings and will be the #1 seed at the Johnny Archer Classic.
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The 3rd event of Behind The 8 Ball was played out this past Saturday at JJQs Billiards in Mississauga, Ontario. With the local leagues having events being played throughout Ontario, 24 players came out to test their skills.
Derek Claus and Marc Dumoulin went through the A side unscathed. Derek started with a Bye followed by a 6-2 win against Vince Belanger, a 6-1 win over Paul Wright and a 6-1 win...
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2012 ClubWPT.com World Pool Masters
WITH THE 20th annual ClubWPT.com World Pool Masters set for Friday to Sunday 5th to 7th October in Kielce, Poland, the line up and draw for pool’s most prestigious invitational events is announced. Promoters Matchroom Sport have brought in some of the greatest 9 ball exponents from around the world and the field is headed by reigning champion and six times Mast...
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Chicago, Illinois- The Association of Billiard Professionals is pleased to announce the updated rankings for the ABP. Currently USA's Mike Dechaine of Maine leads the USA men's pro tour. Last year's #1 ranked Shane Van Boening of South Dakota, USA is in close second place and India's Raj Hundal is in third place being the highest ranked Indian in pool history thus far. Stevie Moore, Dennis Hatch,...
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Lafayette, Colorado- Billiard distributor giant and manufacturer CueStix International has come on board as the title sponsor of the now Scorpion Cues Johnny Archer Classic! With an all star cast of international billiards stars, the event is going to be one of the biggest events of the year in the southeast as well as the largest in Georgia. Dragon Promotions, in conjunction with the Marietta Bi...
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New Iberia,Louisiana - The 2012 Ozone Billiards US Amateur Open is back in its 7th year and will bring forth some of the best amateur talents around the country. The event starts on October 18th through October 21st at Emerald Billiards in New Iberia, Louisiana. The Ozone Billiards US Amateur Open is produced by Dragon Promotions and will coincide with The Championship Cloth Pro Classic events. T...
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FILIPINO CAPTURES THE 2012 CHINA OPEN WITH A BRILLIANT 11-9 WIN OVER TAIPEI'S LU
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(Shanghai)--With a grand finale performance that spoke of true greatness, the Philippines Dennis Orcollo capped an amazing week in Shanghai, winning the 2012 China Open Sunday afternoon with a brilliant 11-9 win over never-say-day Lu Hui Chan of Chinese-Taipei in fron...
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KELLY FISHER WINS THE 2012 CHINA OPEN WITH A 9-2 DRUBBING OF CHINA'S ZHOU DOUDOU
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(Shanghai)--Britain’s Kelly Fisher came into Sunday’s final at the China Open feeling pretty good about her game. But even she had no idea just how good things were about to get. With an eye squarely on the prize, and clearly on greatness as well, Fisher put in an el...
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CREAM RISES OUT OF TENSE BATTLES IN SHANGHAI
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(Shanghai, China)--The Philppines’Dennis Orcollo, one of the world’s best players over the last three years, and Lu Hui Chan, a 31 year old Taiwanese veteran who’s never won an international event as a professional, will meet in the finals of the 2012 China Open Sunday afternoon. Both players won tense semi-final...
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ORCOLLO, CHANG, AKAKAGARIYAMA, LU MAKE THEIR MARK
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(Shanghai, China)--In what was a brutally taxing and hard fought day of the very best in professional pool in Shanghai on Saturday, the 2012 China Open Men’s tournament has been whittled down to the final four. And fittingly, each and every one of the four participants in Sunday morning’s semi-finals earned...
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IT'S BRITAIN VS CHINA AFTER NIGHT OF THRILLERS IN SHANGHAI
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(Shanghai, China)--After a night of high drama, Britain’s Kelly Fisher and China’s Zhou Doudou emerged victorious by the absolute slimmest of margins and will now face each other in the finals of the 2012 China Open in Shanghai on Sunday. Both alternate break, race to 9 semi-final matches went right...
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FISHER VS. FU, CHEN VS. ZHOU SET TO KICK OFF
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(Shanghai, China)--The 2012 China Open women’s event is now down to four players, and as befitting a tournament featuring the best in the world, the top three ranked players in the world will be part of the cast. Great Britain’s Kelly Fisher, world number three, is the lone non-Chinese player remaining, and life...
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UNHERALDED WU GRABS A SPOT AT THE EXPENSE OF LUI
KNOCKOUT STAGE BEGINS SATURDAY AT CHINA OPEN
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(Shanghai, China)--Yes, perseverance does indeed pay off. Wu Jing, the 12th ranked female player in China, had played 2009 World 9-ball Champion Liu Shasha on numerous occasions and never tasted victory against her famous compatriot. But tonight on the TV table insid...
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APPLETON SHOWN THE DOOR IN SHANGHAI
(Shanghai, China)--Greece’s Nick Ekonomopoulos certainly has a name that is not easy to say, but surely not easy to forget either. And if the Athens native continues to play like he has this week in Shanghai, his five syllable moniker will be soon rolling off the tongues of even native Chinese speakers.
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DAY OF THRILLERS AT CHINA OPEN IN SHANGHAI
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(Shanghai, China)--After a very busy day 1 at the 2012 China Open , it’s delightfully clear that the coming three days will bring us plenty of nail biting drama, and edge of your seat matches.
In the evening session alone inside the very chilly Shanghai Pundong Yuanshen Stadium, seven out of the 24 matches on the m...
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20th annual Masters set for Kielce, Poland
THIS OCTOBER sees the 20th annual ClubWPT.comWorld Pool Masters taking place for the first time in Poland in what will be the tenth different venue in the tournament’s storied history.
Working in partnership with the regional billiard organisation, Swietokrzyskie Stowarzyszenie Bilardowe as well as the local town, Matchroom Sport will be bring 16 of the w...
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MELLING AVERTS FIRST ROUND FLOP
DEFENDING CHAMP PULLS GREAT ESCAPE ON CHINA'S DAI YONG IN DAY 1 ACTION AT THE CHINA OPEN
(Shanghai, China)--The 2012 China Open got underway on a rainy Thursday afternoon here in Shanghai, and it didn’t take very long for the fireworks to start going off inside the Shanghai Pundong Yuanshen Stadium.
Defending Champion Chris Melling from England was first up on the T...
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China Open, Men’s Groups, 64 Players
Group A
Darren Appleton(GBR)
David Van Den Berg(NED)
Jusman Jimmy(INA)
Kenny Kwok(HKG)
Waleed Majeed(IRQ)
Corey Duel(USA)
Chang Yu Lung(TPE)
Thorsten Hohmann(GER)
Group B
Chang Jung Lin(TPE)
Jason Shaw(IRI)
Nguyen Anh Tuan(VIE)
Daryl Peach(GBR)
Sharlik Aslam Sayed(SIN)
Yousfi Cahouki(MOR)
Liu Haitao(CHN)
Group C
Chris Melling(GBR)
Dai Yong(CHN)
Liu Wei(CHN)
Mar...
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4TH ANNUAL CHINA OPEN KICKS OFF THURSDAY WITH ALL-STAR CAST
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer
(Shanghai, China)--Shanghai is a city where people come to make their dreams, to reinvent themselves, to put pedal to the floor and seek out unimagined success. And thus it’s surely fitting that here in this teeming, ultra-cosmopolitan metropolis, which serves as the bustling, commercial hub of the world’s...
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The world’s largest pool tournament, as recognized by Guinness Records, returned to Las Vegas in mid-August as thousands of amateur poolplayers competed for more than $1 Million in prize money! More than 2,100 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Doubles and Masters teams made the trek to Sin City to compete, Aug. 16-25.
In the 8-Ball Open Division, Hate Joey, Not Us of Trenton, N.J., defeated Shark Week of Warren, Oh...
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