AS THE CHINA OPEN GETS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK IN SHANGHAI, ENGLAND'S CHRIS MELLING IS LOOKING TO REPEAT HIS BREATHTAKING PERFORMANCE OF LAST YEAR
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer
Anyone who happened to catch Chris Melling’s performance over four days last year in the China Open in Shanghai knew right away that they had seen something special. The Englishman, who was twice a world champion in English 8-...
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The 2nd event of Behind The 8 Ball event was played out yesterday at JJQs Billiards in Mississauga, Ontario. 28 players came to test their skills.
Jeremy Brown powered his way to the hot seat by beating Bob Munro 5-1, Khemo Singh 5-2, Felix Tuble 5-2 and Wayne Tate in the A Side finals 5-2.
Wayne Tate had a great start tournament also, he beat Shay Smith 6-1, Ryan Bowness 6-0, Jeet Kandhai 6-4, Da...
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The Final - Finland 10-8 Poland
FINLAND are the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool champions as they put paid to the dreams of Poland, winning 10-8 in a tight final in front of a packed crowd in Manila. It was blend of youth and experience as 39 year-old Mika Immonen, who has operated at the highest level for the past 15 years, paired up with 24 year-old Petri Makkonen to deliver the goods tim...
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Semi-Finals
Finland 9-7 USA
Poland 9-4 Chinese Taipei
THE FINAL of the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool will be an all-Northern Europe affair as Poland and Finland came through their semi-final matches to set up an intriguing Sunday night clash at Robinson’s Place Mall in Manila.
Earlier Finland had tussled with Team USA before breaking away at the close to clinch it while the Poles were dom...
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Marietta, Georgia – Championship Cloth along with support from USA pro stars such as Rodney Morris, Dennis Hatch, Brandon Shuff, and Nick Varner will be joining the Johnny Archer Classic! Dragon Promotions in conjunction with Marietta Billiard Club will be producing the Johnny Archer Classic on October 12th-14th, 2012 in Marietta, Georgia. The event formally known as the Gem City Classic, is conti...
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Quarter-Finals
USA 9-8 China
Chinese Taipei 9-8 England
THERE was plenty of drama at Robinson’s place in Manila as the first two quarter final matches in the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool were played out as the USA and Chinese Taipei emerged as winners in tense games that both went down to the final rack.
The opening game featured two sides who had won a collective three World Cup titles b...
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Round 2
Poland 8-6 Holland
Italy 8-1 Switzerland
UNHERALDED POLISH pair Karol Skowerski & Wojciech Szewczyk crashed the quarter-finals of the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool as they outlasted a pedigree Dutch side of Nick Van den Berg and Huidji See, winning 8-6 at Robinson’s Place in Manila. Pool has been on the rise in Poland over the past five years or so and in addition to these two the...
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Round 2
England 8-2 Thailand
Chinese Taipei 8-6 Japan
DARREN APPLETON and Chris Melling looked in top form as they steam-rollered last year’s runners-up Thailand 8-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool at Robinsons Place in Ermita, Manila. It was a great performance from the Worlds No.1 and 5 and laid last year’s ghost to rest when they lost to Estonia in the...
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Round 2
USA 8-4 Austria
China 8-1 Spain
TEAM USA looked a different proposition to the team that stumbled through the first round as they switched to cruise control and took out Austria to reach the quarter finals of the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. 8-4 was the score line and Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening will be feeling confident as they attempt to emulate their feat of 2008 when...
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Round 2
Finland 8-4 Germany
Philippines B 8-5 Canada
THE FIRST two quarter-final spots have been decided at the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool as the Finnish pair of Mika Immonen and Petri Makkonen ousted defending champions Germany, and then home-town heroes Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante kept Filipino dreams alive as they scored an emotional win over Canada.
At 4-2 up the Canadians...
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Round 1 Results
Germany 8-1 Serbia
Thailand 8-4 Malaysia
Canada 8-7 Sweden
USA 8-7 India
Austria 8-2 Kuwait
Philippines 8-3 Hong Kong
China 8-4 Singapore
Spain 8-3 Hungary
England 8-2 Belgium
Finland 8-6 Korea
Chinese Taipei 8-6 Indonesia
Switzerland 8-7 Philippines A
Japan 8-6 Russia
Holland 8-7 Croatia
Poland 8-6 Australia
Italy 8-7 Vietnam
THE final two first round matches in the PartyPoker.net...
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Round 1 Results
Japan 8-6 Russia
Holland 8-7 Croatia
THERE were close fought wins for both Japan and Holland as first round action continued at the Robinsons Mall in Ermita, Manila in the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. The Japanese pair of Naoyuki Oi and veteran Satoshi Kawabata edged past a nervous Russian side by 8-6, while Nick Van den Berg and Huidji See came back from the dead to oust Croa...
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Round 1 Results
Chinese Taipei 8-6 Indonesia
Switzerland 8-7 Philippines A
IN ANOTHER final rack decider, Team Switzerland came from behind to send one of the pre-tournament favourites Philippines A, consisting of Dennis Orcollo and Lee Van Corteza, crashing out of the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool by a 8-7 score line and silence a capacity home crowd in Manila. The Swiss duo of current EPBF N...
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New Iberia, LA – Predator, the world's top cue brand, continues as the official cue of the DP Pro Classic. The DP Pro Classic, a Dragon Promotions production, hosted by Emerald Billiards will once again bring many of the game's elite back to the great state of Louisiana. Beginning October 16th, and running through October 20th, the open pro event will feature both 9-Ball and 10-Ball tournaments. T...
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Round 1 Results
England 8-2 Belgium
Finland 8-6 Korea
ENGLAND and FINLAND scored convincing wins in the afternoon session of the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool in Manila to make their way into the second round of the $250,000 event. The Finnish pair of multi-World Champion Mika Immonen and up-and-coming Petri Makkonen came from 4-0 down against Korea, recovering from a shaky start, and came on...
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Round 1 Results
China 8-4 Singapore
Spain 8-3 Hungary
CHINA, fielding a changed line-up for the first time in the seven year history of the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool, made their way into the second round as Li Hewen and Liu Haitao got the better of a Singaporean team who had their chances in the early stages.
Li was a winner of this event with Fu Jianbo in 2007 and 2010 but for the first ti...
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Round 1 Results
Austria 8-2 Kuwait
Philippines 8-3 Hong Kong
DOUBLE PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool champions Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante (Philippines B) are on course for a third title as they disposed of Hong Kong hopes Lee Chenman and Kenny Kwok in front of a huge, enthusiastic crowd of locals at Robinsons Place in Manila. The Hall of Famers have won this event twice before – in 2006...
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Round 1 Results
Canada 8-7 Sweden
USA 8-7 India
THERE WAS plenty of excitement and drama at Robinsons Place, Manila as action went down to the wire in both late afternoon matches at the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. First the Canadian team of transplanted Filipino Alex Pagulayan and John Morra snatched it out the bag against Sweden and the USA, trailing throughout against India reversed the a...
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Defending champs ease their way through
Round 1 Results
Germany 8-1 Serbia
Thailand 8-4 Malaysia
DEFENDING champions Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann (Germany) made light work of Serbia to advance into the second round of the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool at Robinsons Place, Manila today (Tuesday).
The Germans had suffered nightmare preparations in the run up to the match. Souquet had con...
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