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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Day two brought back 12 players vying for the valuable tour ranking points along with the $10,000 added prize money that accompanies these points in each Canadian 9-Ball Tour event.
The first upset of Sunday came with Luc Salvas bowing to Jarrod Spence of Winnipeg by a score of 9-7. With two of the more easy going players locking horns in early action on day two, smiles were abundant before and af...
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John Morra has emerged as the new Canadian hot gun with his victory in Edmonton in the second leg of the Canadian 9-Ball Tour over Eric Hjorleifson (11-5). Morra jumped out to an early lead and he simply never gave it up as he has now proven that his game and his consistency have matured into a threat in any event in which he places his name. Hjorleifson, considered a seasoned champion, never got...
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Former World Champion Alex Pagulayan has bested a field of 94 players to claim the first stop of the 2007-2008 Canadian 9-Ball Tour season. He cruised through the event undefeated and was only threatened once the entire contest, this when Jeff White managed to take him to the hill before Pagulayan could close the deal and remain on the right-hand side of the brackets.
It was not as if he had an ea...
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Our final match in Toronto came down to a face-off between Danny Hewitt and John Morra. Morra came into the final undefeated, having sent his father Mario left in the ‘A’ side final 9-8 after besting Tyler Edey 9-6.
Hewitt had a rougher road. He lost his first match of the day to Mario Morra 9-4 and then had to wade through the one-loss side to get to the championship round. He first cruised past...
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Edwin Montal cemented his position atop the Stan James Tour Points leader board by winning his second tour event in a row in Montreal. Montal was rock solid all weekend and never played a close match until Danny Hewitt took him to the hill well out on the right side of the chart. His last three matches were the toughest he had to fade as after Hewitt he had to get by sharpshooter John Morra twice....
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Strong resumes have been proven worthless on the Stan James Canadian Nine Ball Tour. Former World and US Open Champion Alex Pagulayan could manage no better than 5th place as he fell first to Edwin Montal (9-7) and then was cast aside easily by Paul Potier (9-3). Current Canadian National Champion Brady Gollan could fare no better. He also wound up in the tie for fifth place when he was bested by...
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Danny Hewitt took the long way home but arrived ahead of them all. Hewitt lost his first-round match in the Stan James Canadian Nine Ball Tour event this weekend held at Dooly’s Billiards in Valleyfield, Quebec, but went all the way through the one-loss side of the charts to face an undefeated Jeff Kennedy. When he bested Kennedy 11-6 he claimed the title and was finally able to relax after two to...
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Mike Vidas of Vancouver has won the second stop of the Stan James Canadian Nine Ball Tour held at the Cue Club in Edmonton, Alberta. He defeated Kevin Cardinal 11-4 to take the title.
Vidas had been sent to the one-loss side by last year’s tour champion, Edwin Montal 11-5 and then struggled past Brady Gollan 9-8 but then found a higher gear to take down Rob Phillips 9-6 and Rick Leon 9-4. Then Gle...
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Alex “The Lion” Pagulayan moved undefeated through the field to claim the first stop on the Stan James Canadian Nine Ball Tour. The defending US Open and former World Nine Ball Champion displayed not only the skill but also the personality that has made him a worldwide fan favourite, putting on impromptu trick-shot displays between matches and clowning with the crowd.
Pagulayan’s journey was not w...
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CueSports International (CSI) is proud to announce the sanctioning of Pool300 by the BCA Pool League (BCAPL), starting June 1, 2012. CSI and Pool300 have reached a long term agreement to sanction all Pool300 players with BCA Pool League.
“CSI is proud to be affiliated with Pool300. We are very excited about Pool300 sending 50% of all local teams to our BCAPL National Championships at the Rio Hot...
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Saratoga, Wyoming- Rodney "Rocket" Morris won his second time in Saratoga at this year's 5th Annual Wyoming Open. He went through a talented field of 8-Ball players that included the likes of Charlie Williams, Raj Hundal, A...
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TAIWANESE cue artist Chang Yu Long defeated Filipino Ronato "Volcano" Alcano bagging the top prize of the Philippine Bigtime Billiards Face-Off series on Saturday at the Airport Pagcor Casino in Paranaque City.
Chang won two straight racks to edged Alcano, 9-7, in the race-to-9 event backed up by Sorsogon Province Sports Patron Philip Escudero, Malungai Life Oil, Mandarin Sky Sea Food Restaurant,...
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The 404-Tour returned to Shooters Snooker and Sports Club in Toronto on March 31st. The 54 participants included a wide range of handicaps ranging from a "4" rating to a "11" rating. Each player is required to race to their number. The rack your own, alternate break format seems to be working well as...
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FILIPINO Ronato "Volcano" Alcano remains the favorite over Taiwanese ace Chang Yu Long when the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off Series dubbed as Philippines versus Asia will resume tonight, Saturday, March 31, 9pm at the PAGCOR Airport Casino in Parañaque City.
“I will do my very best,” said the Calamba City, Laguna pride Alcano, a former WPA World 9-ball and 8-ball Champion.
"Hope man...
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Saratoga, Wyoming- Raj Hundal and Amar Kang went undefeated to the finals of the Saratoga Open which features a new game that combines 8-Ball and 9-Ball together. Players from the west and all around the US will return to Saratoga once more for the 5th Annual Wyoming Open. Most of the players were master level or pro and featured some standouts such as Rodney Morris, Charlie Williams, Mark Tadd,...
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Event was closed by president Leenders after the awards ceremony
The last two medals of this year’s Dynamic European Pool Championships were taken by the Polish women’s team and the Spanish men’s team. In the women’s final, Oliwia Czuprynska drew first blood for the Polish team by winning her 8-ball match over Ine Helvik with 6:2. Line Kjoersvik tied the match result to 1:1 by winning the 9-ball...
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9-ball individuals decided
The new European Champions in 9-ball are Marika Poikkijoki (FIN), Jouni Tahti (FIN) and Francisco Diaz (ESP). Francisco Diaz had to deal with Marcus Chamat (SWE) in the final of the men’s division. Chamat had played strong throughout the whole tournament and just finished a brilliant semi-final match, not leaving a chance for his opponent. But that had changed in the fi...
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Jasmin Michel victorious over Jasmin Ouschan
In a high level semi-final, Marcus Chamat (SWE) defeated Aki Heiskanen (FIN) with 9:4. In the early stage of the match, both players were playing at equal strength and none of the two was able to gain an advantage over the other. That changed after the 9th rack. Heiskanen seemed to have lost his focus a bit and Chamat took his chances, running away wi...
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Saturday will be the final day of this year’s Dynamic European Championships
In the men’s team final tomorrow, defending Champion team Germany will face team Spain. Both teams had to survive a tough fight in the semi-final matches. Team Germany just overcame a strong Austrian team with 2:1 while the Spanish team won with the same result over team Finland. The deciding matches were won by Ralf Sou...
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