Fifty-six players participated in the twelfth 404-Tour event of the season on March 17th and 18th at BigWigs Billiards in Newmarket, Ontario. Many new faces came out to fight for the title. There were many upsets on Saturday as several top players did not advance to Sunday. Erik Hjorleifson (11) was kn...
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SHANE VAN BOENING once again showed that he is the dominant force in American pool as he took down the Players Championship at Super Billiards Expo at Valley Forge to surge ahead of the field in the race for one of the two automatic spots in the 2012 American Mosconi Cup team....
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Starts Daily @11AM PST/2PM EST March 15-18
Hosted by Breakers Billiard Lounge.
The 9-Ball has $3,000 added and the One Pocket has $500 added.
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Roanoke, VA – With the collaborative efforts of Guys & Dolls Billiards and Dragon Promotions, the highly successful Predator Pro Challenge continues its tour through some of the most popular pool and billiards towns throughout the country. 15-time World Champion, Allison Fisher will be appearing and performing at Guys & Dolls Billiards on March 21st. Also, featuring in this event is top professi...
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Here are the results of the 2012 Quebec Invitational event held March 8-11th. The event boasted $50,000 in cash and prizes!
8-Ball Teams Gold Division
1st - ENCORE EUZOTE - $2,500
2nd - LES FREDDY`S - $1,600
3rd - THE WINNING STROKE - $1,000
4th - UN TUEUR SI PROCHE - $500
8-Ball Teams Silver Division
1st - POPOV - $2,300
2nd - L'OSTI D'SHOT - $1,500
3rd - LES BOULES - $900
4th - PORTOFINO - $600...
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Shane Van Boening has won the Players Championship at the Super Billiards Expo and has sent yet another strong message that he is the cream of the American crop of pro pool players. When Shane gets close to the finals there is just no stopping him. Even a long trip throughout the one-loss side (Shane lost early to Brian Brekke) cannot cause his game to weaken or his heart to lose spirit.
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On Saturday at Big Wigs in Newmarket was the last stop before the finals of the Lucasi Amateur Shootout and a field of 12 women and Jr's and 34 men battled it. The Winner of the Womens and Jr division was:
1st - Stewart MacTaggart $150.00
2nd - Moriningstar Williams $100.00
3rd-4th - Loreen Toutant
3rd-4th - Beckey Bredow
The winner of the Mens division was:
1st - Nick Sledzion $240.00
2nd - Sam...
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REIGNING World 8-ball champion Chang Jung-lin of Chinese-Taipei came through with another Houdini act, winning the last three racks en route to a close 9-8 win over former World No.1 and World 8-ball ruler Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo of the Philippines in the 2012 Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off Series at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque City late Saturday.
It was a bitter loss for...
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East and West Coast Champions Win Spots in WPBA US Open 9-Ball Championships!
The Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) is pleased to announce that the WPBA Regional Tours have secured the following dates for the 2012 Regional Tour Championships:
East Coast Regional Tour Championships
$2000.00 Added
April 13-15, 2012
150 N Out Billiards & Darts
Mooresville, NC
www.150noutbilliardsandda...
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Matchroom Sport can announce that the historic York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, will once again play host to the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup as the epic annual Europe v USA clash takes place for the 19th time in December. Europe are the defending champions, having triumphed last year in Las Vegas, and the last time the event was played out at the fabled London venue in 2010, the Europeans enjoy...
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Mark your calendars and watch out for any unknown players that will be lurking around in the area after the Super Billiards Expo being held in Philadelphia next week. Starting at 12noon, there will be an open 9-ball tournament for anyone and everyone to enjoy some heavy competition. The first 32 players to sign up and register for this double-elimination tournament will also be granted a free pass...
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The 20th Annual Super Billiards Expo will run from March 8-11th. Inside POOL TV is providing free streaming in HD. Watch it here or CLICK HERE to log-in and chat.
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Melling maintains top spot
CHRIS MELLING maintained his grip on the 2012 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup European rankings with a semi-final finish at the recent Bosnian Open on the Euro Tour. The Englishman, who topped the rankings for last year's event, has opened up a 12 point lead over second placed Nick van den Berg, another top finisher from last year.
The European Mosconi Cup Ranking consists of...
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Home field advantage proved to be helpful at the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour's 3rd Annual New England Pool & Billiards Hall Of Fame Ray Desell Memorial 9-Ball Open held on March 3rd and 4th at Snooker's Billiards in Providence, RI as housepro Mike Dechaine held off a late charge to win the event.
Dechaine made his way through the field of 71 players and it looked like it would be another easy tournament f...
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Thank you everyone for the support, we had a great turn out with a full board of 32 and raised $375 for the Heart And Stroke
John Kenyon defeated Vince Fudge on the B-side finals to come around and play Gord Baycroft in the finals, John had to defeat Gord twice to win the title, John took the first set 5-4....
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It was a full house at Shooters Snooker & Sports Club in Toronto this past weekend. The CPA was running their regional singles event sending multiple players to Las Vegas to compete in both 8-ball and 9-ball divisions. The 404-Tour drew a full board to fill the 64 player sheet. Some of the regular faces were missing from this event. Top ranked John Morra (12) has been sharpening his skills in...
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When 14-year-old Kayla Roloson walks into a pool hall she doesn’t get a lot of notice, but it doesn’t take long for the roughly five-foot-tall girl to turn heads when she takes out her cue and starts to use it. “If I ever go into pool halls where people don’t know me, I’m nothing special. Just a little girl walking by,” Roloson said. “But, when they see me play, I love that feeling.”
She breaks th...
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“I had nothing to lose!”
In the final of the Dynamic Bosnia & Herzegovina Open 2012, Albin Ouschan (AUT) defeated Dimitri Jungo (SUI) with 9:3.
It was a perfect beginning for Ouschan. He won the first rack, broke and ran the second and fired the 9-ball over one rail to take a quick 3:0 lead over Jungo. Then the intensity of the match went down a bit and luck became a factor. In the 8th rack, Ousch...
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Hard times for Melling
In the first semi-final match of the Dynamic Bosnia & Herzegovina Open, Albin Ouschan (AUT) defeated Chris Melling with 9:5.
The match was tough for Melling at all times. He seemed to struggle with the conditions in the TV arena since he did not perform by far the way one would have expected him to. On the other hand, Ouschan was playing smooth and easy. He had nothing t...
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Jungo destroyed van den Berg
In another one-sided semi-final match, Dimitri Jungo (SUI) eliminated Nick van den Berg (NED) with 9:3.
‘Nick van den Berg never found his break’ could be another headline for this article. In six own breakshots he came dry three times and scratched twice. He had only one good break in the match. Jungo broke relatively solid and benefitted from that, gaining a 7:1 adva...
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