Tournaments Come and Go... The Title "U.S. Amateur Champion" Lasts Forever
As the Governing Body of Amateur Pool, the American Poolplayers Association (APA) is honored to conduct the 19th Annual U.S. Amateur Championship. Since the inauguration of this event in 1994, the level of competition continues to improve year after year. Only a small percentage of the best amateur players choose to play fo...
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Usually when Mike Dechaine takes the hot-seat at an event, it is a foregone conclusion that he will win the event. As a matter of fact, Dechaine himself could not remember ever being double dipped in his career as a pro pool player. Somehow, Jorge Rodriguez didn't get the memo about Dechaine's final match record before the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour event at Raxx Billiards in West Hempstead, NY over the...
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Dennis Hatch vs Mike Dechaine
Presented by OB Cues and sponsored by Simonis Cloth and CueSports International will take place at the TAR Studio in Las Vegas May 4-6, 2012. These two guys have been going back and forth for awhile now. TAR 25 will stop the talking and give them a chance to finally get it done.
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Johnny Archer scored a 9-2 victory over Ronnie Wiseman in the finals to win the Molson Cup event at LeSkratch Billiards in Laval Canada.
The event, sponsored by Molson X and LeSkratch Billiards, actually got started in mid April when the field of 102 players was whittled down to eight players who came back this weekend to compete in the televised matches.
Archer got things underway this weekend, w...
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The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF)is pleased to announce that six (6) junior players (18 years old or younger) will be representing the United States in the World Pool-Billiard Association’s (WPA ) prestigious junior event, XX WPA World Junior 9-Ball Championships held August 31 –September 4, 2011 in Kielce, Poland.
Almost fifty (50) of the world’s best junior billiard players from six (6) c...
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Brady Gollan went undefeated through a field of 96 players to win the Pechauer West Coast Tour stop at Dr Cue Billiards in Shoreline, Wa. The event was a $4000 added stop, thanks to the sponsorship of Pokertropolis.com
The field was full of top Canadian talent and bi...
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Alex Pagulayan is the 2003 Canadian 9-Ball Champion, defeating Chris Orme in the final in Halifax. The final day began with 4 players left on the A-side. Al Logan continued to play giant killer, adding Cliff Thorburn to his list of defeated opponents at this event, a list that already included last year's champion John Horsfall. But in the A-Side final, Logan met someone much taller than his physi...
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Alain Martel has been crowned the new Canadian Cue Sports Association 9-Ball Champion.
Martel lost to 21 year old Erik Hjorleifson for the hot-seat 11-6 in a match that saw Hjorleifson take a 7-0 lead before Martel even hot an open shot at a ball. After the loss to Hjorleifson, Martel went to the one-loss side and brought Luc Salvas' run through the left side of the board to a halt. Salvas has los...
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With a 15-7 victory in the extended finals, Johnny Archer has defeated Alex Pagulayan and won the IBC Western Canadian Open 9-Ball Championships.
Archer lost to Ralf Souquet 11-5 late Friday night, but came back to score victories over Dan Louie and Martin Daigle to get to a rematch with Souquet. Archer won the rematch with Souquet 11-8 to get into the finals against Pagulayan.
Alex made himself t...
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Former collegiate champion Dan Louie from the Seattle Washington area is on a tear on the one-loss side at the IBC Western Canadian Open 9-Ball Championships taking place in Calgary, Ontario.
Louie lost to Benny Onyschuk in his third match of the tournament, but has four in a row on the one-loss side. His last two wins came at the expense of Ronnie Wiseman and Earl Strickland. His next match will...
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Everyone is having a great time at the IBC Western Canadian Open 9-Ball Championships in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Everyone with the exception of the 64 players that will be eliminated from the event on Thursday.
The biggest surprise on Thursday was noted west coast table mechanic Ernesto Dominguez, who followed up his loss Tuesday to Mike Massey with a loss to Glen Cameron on Thursday. In another...
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Day one is complete at the IBC Western Canadian Open 9-ball Championships and the day ended with upsets.
In the early evening rounds, Johnny Archer played flawlessly to defeat local hotshot Dave 'Jr' Martin and ex Canadian snooker ace Cliff Thorburn won his first match. Thorburn has been attracting tremendous media attention in Calgary, where he hasn't been playing for many years. TV and radio are...
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The WPA Western Canadian Open 9-ball Championships are underway at Great White Billiards and the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta Canada. The field is full with 128 players competing for the $10,000 first prize.
The first round of sixteen matches is complete with the only real upset being Mike Massey's 11-4 victory over Ernesto Dominguez. Ralf Souquet is playing true to form, with an 11-0 thrashin...
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The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that Romine’s High Pockets in Greenfield, Wisconsin will host the 24th Annual BEF Junior National 9-Ball Championships on July 11 -15, 2012.
The stage is set for over 150 young billiard athletes, ages 18 and under, who will qualify to participate in the most prestigious junior tournament in North America. Romine’s High Pockets is one o...
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CueSports International (CSI) wishes to remind players that the late fees kick-in April 9th for the 13th US Open One Pocket Championship (May 10-13, 2012) and the 4th US Open 10-Ball Championship (May 14-19, 2012). Both premier pro-level events are held alongside the BCAPL National Championships (May 9-20, 2012) at the Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The US Open One Pocket Championship...
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Presented by Indigo & Chapters bookstores and Cineplex Entertainment, the Canadian 9-Ball Tour entered its final day for season number three at Shooters Snooker and Sports Club in Toronto.
The remaining twelve sharpshooters came back on Sunday to try to re-produce the same form that had allowed them to survive the first two day’s action. Loser’s side matches kicked off this final day and it was hi...
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The Canadian 9-Ball Tour presented by Indigo & Chapters bookstores and Cineplex Entertainment brought only eight men back for play on Sunday morning. Of these eight, the four undefeated names on the right hand side of the draw sheet could all boast that they had honed their skills in the city of Winnipeg and on top of that, quite possibly in the very venue that was hosting event number seven of th...
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The Canadian 9-Ball Tour brought to you by Indigo & Chapters bookstores, Cineplex Entertainment, Canada Billiard & Bowling, Dufferin Billiards, Stan James The Sports Bookmakers, Simonis Billiard Cloth and Aramith Billiard Balls, saw only twelve anxious competitors making their way back to Le Skratch Bar & Billiards in Montreal for Sunday’s action. Early play from the loser’s brackets would see Dan...
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Sunday morning brought brisk temperatures and sweaty palms back to Breakers Billiards and Bistro to crown the Canadian 9-Ball Tour winner of event number five.
Presented by Indigo and Chapters bookstores and Cineplex Entertainment, the Canadian Tour featured a number of class players that had been flying under the radar all weekend, most notably Brian Butler of Edmonton Alberta, Jason Klatt and Ry...
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Sunday started with 12 players making their way back to Doolys Billiards in Valleyfield. Eight of the twelve commenced at 10am and made up the four matches from the losers brackets. Top seeded John Morra faced off against the number three seed, Edwin Montal. These two stars of the Canadian Tour split the first 8 racks with both looking strong in the early going. With Montal breaking at 4-4 he star...
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