The CueSports International (CSI) motto, “More Choices for All Players,” is embodied in the diversity of its many products. CSI sanctions about 500 independent leagues through BCA Pool League, offers a uniform nationwide handicap league system through USA Pool League, produces major professional events such as the US Open 10-Ball Championships, offers pro and semi-pro events on 7’ and 9’ tables s...
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See finished Alcaide
Huidji See (NED) ousted David Alcaide (ESP) out of the 9-ball competition with 9:6. Alcaide probably lost the match in the first few racks. He made some grave mistakes that put him in arrears and he never seemed to recover from those mistakes. Huidji See was even taking a nice 5:1 advantage over Alcaide. Though the Spaniard tried a comeback, he was not able to tie th...
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The Action Pool Tour (APT) held its 7th event of the 2011-2012 Session at First Break Cafe in Sterling, VA on the weekend of March 17-18, 2012. The event drew a respectable field of 54 players, including 5 females, despite the fact that four other tournaments were being held nearby.
Play began at approximately 1:15pm on Saturday, March 17th with no significant early upsets. With the Diamond Pro...
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Schjetne wins the decider over Putnik
In the men’s team competition, team Norway exited team Croatia out of the Dynamic European Championships.
The lineup was: Roger Rasmussen v Karlo Dalmatin in 10- ball; Kristoffer Mindreboe v Bozo Primic in 8-ball and Mats Schjetne v Ivica Putnik in 9-ball. Dalmatin was not on his best game. He was said to have suffered from some illness lately. That is probab...
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Matrizi smashes van den Berg
In a one-sided match, defending Champion Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) ousted Victoria Nagorna (UKR) from the 9-ball individuals. In the beginning, Ouschan seemed to be of it. She missed some easy shots during her warm up what obviously annoyed her. And it looked like it would be an e...
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Dutch team still controls team Russia
In an exciting match of two world class players, Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) conquered Nick van den Berg (NED) with 9:7.
The match was part of the team clash between Russia and The Netherlands. The setup between two of the strongest European teams was as follows: World 10-ball Champion Huidji See played 10-ball against Vitaly Pavlukhin. Niels Feijen stepped...
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Piekarski victorious over Novosad
After heavy fighting, Konrad Piekarski (POL) in the end was able to eliminate Evgen Novosad (UKR) out of the 9-ball tournament with 9:7. It was tough for Piekarski to find into the match. Novosad played more solid in the beginning and used his chances to gain a...
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Saratoga, Wyoming- Poison Cues will bring world class billiard professionals Charlie Williams, Rodney Morris, and Raj Hundal to Saratoga, Wyoming for a special Poison Pro Pool School at Duke's Bar & Grill on April 2, 2012. The Poison Pro Pool School was developed by Dragon Promotions and the format for Wyoming will be a four hour class developed to help players of all levels improve critical game...
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9-ball individuals continued
After a long match over 17 racks, Ivica Putnik (CRO) stayed on top of Paddy McLoughlin (IRE) with 9:8. The match was a head to head race all the way through. Both players played on an even level and made some mistakes. In the end, McLoughlin seemed to cross the finish line fi...
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Dennis Hatch and Jerry Crowe won events over the weekend of March 24th - 25th at Salt City Billiards in Syracuse, NY. The main event saw 27 players competing and Dennis Hatch scoring yet another undefeated run through the field. Hatch took the hot-seat with a very close 9-7 win over tour points leader Bucky Souvanthong.
On the one loss side, Souvanthong found Nelson Oliviera waiting. Souvanthong...
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Team competition and 9-ball individuals on from today on
Team Netherlands defeated Team Slovakia in a very tight match with 2:1. Day 8 started with the team competition of the Dynamic European Championships. Nr. 2 seeded Team The Netherlands, consisting of Niels Feijen, Ivar Saris and Nick van den Berg had to compete with Team Slovakia which was made up of Jakub Koniar, Milan Klobucnik and Jarosla...
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He, Seroshtan and Tahti go for glory
The three European 8-Ball Champions 2012 are Mario He (AUT), Natalya Seroshtan (RUS) and Jouni Tahti (FIN).
In the men’s division, the final match was a catastrophe for opponent Artem Koshovyi (UKR). He had played so well during the event but in the final, the balls definitely rolled for He. The Austrian demolished Koshovyi with 8:0 and demonstrated his perform...
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Mario He and Artem Koshovyi in the men’s final
In an epic thriller, Marika Poikkijoki (FIN) ousted favourite Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) from the 8-ball competition with 6:5. Poikkijoki had a good start and took a 1:0 lead over favoured Ouschan. She then had a good break shot and ran the next rack as well. The pace of the match however, was way too slow. Especially Poikkijoki took too much time for her...
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In a match that was not as close as many spectators expected it to be, Mario He (AUT) outfought Petri Makkonen (FIN) with 8:4.
Makkonen should have gone in front but he missed an easy 6-ball in the first rack and instead of him drawing first blood against He, he allowed the Austrian to go ahead. In the next few racks, Makkonen could be watched when making mistakes on relatively easy shots whereas...
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Quarterfinals for Chinakhov
In a classic match, Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) ousted Bruno Muratore (ITA) with 8:5. Chinakhov opened the duel with a run out after he won the lag. Muratore gives him the right answer and ran the next rack, making the score 1:1. That was repeated though both of the contestants made a mistake each, but the score after 4 racks was 2:2. All even! It could already be noted th...
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Most favourites on their way to glory
In a thrilling encounter, Andreas Gerwen (SWE) wrestled Zoran Svilar (SRB) down with 8:4. Already in the very first rack, Svilar committed a grave mistake. He was on the table and the balls had a nice layout for him to draw first blood. But he missed an easy shot and gave the first rack away to Gerwen. That is something that you should not do with players of...
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Kristina Zlateva (BUL) terminated Laetitia Dos Santos (FRA) in the 8-ball competition with 6:1. What seemed to become a tight match evolved into a one- sided disaster for the French player. Only in the beginning, the match looked even between the two contestants. They both seemed to be a bit nervous and played very slow. After half an hour into the match, the score was only 1:1. In the 3rd rack,...
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Filipino cue artist Francisco “Django” Bustamante clustered four straight racks to beat Taiwanese player Yang Ching-shun, 9-3, to win their match-up inthe Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off series late Saturday at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque City.
The win was worth $5,000 for Bustamante, while Yang settled for $2,500. With Bustamante’s win, Team Philippines is now tied with Te...
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Cohen and Helvik eliminated
“The Kaiser” Ralf Souquet (GER) is back on track. He terminated Blerim Skara (ALB) with an impressive performance 8:3.
It was Skara who had the better start. He seemed to be in the zone and used the fact that Souquet couldn’t make a ball on his first break. He ran this rack and his own, taking a quick 2:0 lead over the German. One could have been surprised how self-con...
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Dinsmore wins over Luton by an eyelash
In an interesting match, Fred Dinsmore (IRE) defeated Daniel Luton (GBR) with 5:4. In the wheelchair division, Fred Dinsmore competed against Daniel Luton. Both players have lots of experience and are well known faces at the European Championships. Dinsmore had the better start and gave the audience the impression that he’ll seize that match, whatever it may...
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