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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'WE'RE STILL HUNGRY'
DESPITE CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, DEFENDING CHAMPS GERMANY SAY THEY STILL HAVE IT TO WIN ANOTHER WORLD CUP OF POOL, WHICH KICKS OFF TODAY IN MANILA
September 4, 2012
By Ted Lerner
Matchroom Sport/WPA
(Manila, Philippines)--Defending PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool champions Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann of Team Germany know they have the right stuff to become the first team...
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The 1st event of Behind The 8 Ball was held on September 1st at JJQs Billiards in Mississauga, Ontario. A respectable field of 21 players ducked out of the summer heat to demonstrate their skills.
Justin Kluznik went through the field undefeated. Meeting Kluznik in the finals was Rob Brandenburg. Brandenburg also had an impressive weekend persevering through the one loss bracket after losing to Sh...
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Ralf Souquet and Thorsten HohmannDEFENDING PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool champions Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann of Team Germany know they have the right stuff to become the first team to win back to back titles in pool’s premiere scotch doubles event. But as the 32, two-man teams representing 31 nations gear up for wha...
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2012 US Mosconi Cup Rankings Latest
A GREAT VICTORY at the Turning Stone summer event saw Rhode Island's Mike Dechaine leap frog Dennis Hatch to put himself in position to grab one of the two automatic qualifying spots on Team USA at the 2012 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup.
Dechaine is now second, trailing a dominant Shane Van Boening who is a racing certainty to make his sixth Mosconi Cup appearance...
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The Turning Stone Classic always delivers a few big upsets over the first two days play. So it was no surprise (or maybe it was) to see Johnny Archer dispatched to the losers side of the bracket in his first match on Thursday. The match against Blaine Barcus began in Archers' favor with a 6-1 lead. About 45 minutes later the center isle jammed with spectators as Barcus rose from the dead to make h...
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Top five remain the same
FOLLOWING THE conclusion of the German Open at Brandenburg on the Euro Tour, the top five players on the 2012 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup rankings stay the same with World 9 Ball Champion Darren Appleton top of the pile, closely followed by Nick Van den Berg.
Filling up the next three spots are veteran Oliver Ortmann who is looking to make his ninth Mosconi Cup appearance a...
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Siming Chen of China and Efren Reyes of Philippines raised money for the flood charity at Robinson's Galleria in Ortigas.Manila, Philippines- The sport of billiards united China and Philippines for a noble cause. ABS-CBN and Dragon Promotions took a pause during the Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship for a special prese...
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On August 25th at BigWigs Billiards in Newmarket. A small field of only 7 players stayed in the shade to compete in the 5th event of the 404-Tour 10-Ball Summer Series. After Rick Garant lost his first round match to Clay Bowen, he proceeded to tear up the b-side. Rick had wins over Borin Chea (7-0), Chris Alimurung (7-3), Jim Martin (7-4) and Chad Bishop (7-0).
The string of wins put Rick back...
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Mike Dechaine has proven the big break still works in 9-Ball and used it to his advantage to win the Turning Stone Classic XIX by defeating Shawn Putnam 13-4 in the final match after Putnam had sent him over to the one-loss side just two rounds earlier by the score of 9-2. "I just could not get past his break" said Putnam, and that was certainly the case. Dechaine was making balls on the break and...
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Big Wigs billiards hosted the Lucasi Amateur tour on Saturday August 18th. 22 players played in the round robin format with the top 4 moving on to the single elimination stage. After 5 rounds of play, Ken Cannon, Loreen Toutant, Bobby Drowns and Borin Chea were the point leaders.
Points
KEN CANNON
16
LOREEN TOUTANT
15
BOBBY DROWNS
15
BORIN CHEA
14
KEN PRIESTLEY
13
PETER ARKWEL...
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Ga Young Kim celebrates a 4 year dream come trueManila, Philippines- Korea's Ga Young Kim 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 Siming Chen of China, and com...
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Manila, Philippines- Two of the biggest powerhouse countries in women's billiards will be punching it out for the World Championship. The Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship is down to the final four players, with China dominating the top bracket and South Korea dominating the bottom bracket which means in the finals both countries are guaranteed to face one another. Taiwan, Japan, Philippin...
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Jasmin Ouschan. Photo courtesy Yahoo Sports Bob GuerreroManila, Philippines- Yahoo Sports Philippines has given extensive coverage of the Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship. Sports writer and TV commentator Bob Guerrero's articles gives insight and terrific photos of the day by day stories. Included is a candid intervie...
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Ga Young finally beat Ouschan in Manila at the World 10-Ball Championship. Photo courtesy Alison Chang, Bruce Li Xiaolong & Emille BBoy SorianoManila, Philippines- Ga Young Kim finally defeated her Western rival Jasmin Ouschan at the Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship. The win eliminated Ouschan, as well as all hopes of...
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Chinese Taipei's Pei Chen "Penny" Tsai is looking to improve on her Silver Medal from last year's World 10-Ball Championship
Manila, Philippines- If anyone thought Taiwan has lost any of its touch as one of women's pool dominating forces, you would be seriously mistaken. Out of the 9 players Taiwan started with in the Yalin Wor...
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If Looks could Kill : The beautiful Xiaofang Fu at the World 10-Ball Championship.Manila, Philippines- Former World 9-Ball Champ Xiaofang Fu of China clinched the #1 seed yesterday at the Yalin World 10-Ball Championship. Fu leads four other top seeded women from China into the third and final stage of the World Championship....
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Manila, Philippines- Nine Filipinas entered the Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship but only two remain. And those two will face each other today. The former World Champion Rubilen Amit and the 13 year old prodigy Cheska Centeno. Both ladies made it through the tough round robin stage of the event.
Amit will have to split the home c...
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Manila, Philippines- Seventy percent of South Korea's contingent remains in the hunt for the World 10-Ball Championship. Korea sent four of their best, and 3 still remain. While Korea's team is not as large as some, the quality of their best players is irrefutable. Ga Young Kim, Eun Ji Park, and Yu Ram Cha all came through the round robin stage relatively unscathed.
Cha was the only of the three t...
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Manila, Philippines- Austria's Jasmin Ouschan captured the #2 seed after the round robin stage of the Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship. She is the only non-Asian to win the bye, skipping the first round of the final 24 player cut. Only three western ladies remain: Ouschan, Kelly Fisher of England, and Louise Furberg of Sweden.
J...
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