Jungo takes out a weak Muratore
Last year’s tournament winner from Brandenburg, Dimitri Jungo (SUI) took out Bruno Muratore (ITA) clearly with 9:4.
It has never been the match of Bruno Muratore. That showed from the very first rack. Muratore should have won it but he made an avoidable mistake. In the second rack, Muratore missed the 8-ball. Instead of leading 2:0 he was 0:2 down. That obviously ma...
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Ups and downs on the main table in Sarajevo
Imran Majid (GBR) was triumphant with 9:6 over Niels Feijen (NED).
The match was characterized by two major turning points. Majid had the better start and took a quick 4:1 lead over Feijen. In the 6th rack, he should have made the score 5:1 in his favour but he missed and easy 7-ball. That was the first turning point of the match. Feijen accepted the gif...
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Dynamic Sarajevo Open down to 32 players
Konstantin Stepanov (RUS) has defeated “Napoleon” Marcus Chamat (SWE) with 9:7 at the main table #24.
Both players have many things in common: They are around for a long time, are experienced and already have some titles under their belt. So it was no surprise that it was a very tight match between the two. As the encounter unfolded, both players took their...
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Young hope from Bosnia & Herzegovina wins in a heartbreak match final
With the closest result possible, Alen Muratovic (BIH) defeated Marko Vogel (GER) with 9:8.
The match was an up and down for the young hopeful from Bosnia & Herzegovina. He took a 1:0 lead over his opponent. Then, Marko Vogel who is known to be one of the fastest players on the tour shifted into overdrive and took four consecuti...
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In the first winner’s round, Ralf Souquet (GER) defeated Mats Schjetne (NOR) with 9:6 after having trailed 1:6 in the match.
The match started out as a nightmare for favoured player Souquet. He made a mistake in the first rack and then the balls did not roll to his liking anymore. While Souquet struggled for every shot, Schjetne got on a roll and put rack after rack into his account, coming to a...
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In a thrilling encounter, Sandor Tot (SRB) ousted Mario He (AUT) with 9:7.
The match was a close battle at any stage. Both players played at equal strength. They both committed some mistakes and did not really perform to their top level. No wonder that none of the two was able to gain a clear advantage over the other. In the 9th rack, at a score of 4:4, Tot pocketed the 9-ball and let the cue ball...
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Published in November 11, 2011, Lee Brett’s The Secret Art of Pool is an instructional book that encompasses the detailed steps on how to execute the innovative techniques that he’s implemented in coaching pool players to world champion status. Brett has now made his book available on Kindle through Amazon.com. Two days after his Kindle version release, Brett’s book has soared to the number one be...
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Manila, Philippines---FILIPINO pool wizard Francisco "Django" Bustamante squeaked past Taiwanese Pin Yi-ko to avenged the loss of his fellow Puyat Sports player to win the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off Series late Saturday (February 25) at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque City.
The 48-year-old pool legend showed vintage form to pull off a come-from-behind win against Ko, 9-7, i...
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FORMER World 9-Ball Champion Francisco "Django" Bustamante seeks revenge against Taiwanese ace Pin Yi Ko when the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off Series resumes on Saturday, February 25 at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque City. Ko defeated Bustamante's Puyat Sports stablemate double world champion Efren "Bata" Reyes, 4-9, in the last weekend PBB Face Off Series dubbed as Philipp...
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The inaugural year at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, CSI’s 19th Annual US Bar Table Championships concluded Sunday, with Jeff Beckley going undefeated in the 8-Ball Division. It was a week of championship caliber pool, with outstanding performances in all six divisions: both Open and Women’s 10-Ball, 9-Ball and 8-Ball and with a record 502 entries.
The 8-Ball Division kicked off on Friday, wi...
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CHRIS MELLING, who finished atop of the 2011 European Mosconi Cup rankings, is at it again, as his semi-final finish at last week’s World 8 Ball Championship saw him move to the top of the pile as the race for 2012 Mosconi Cup spots takes off.
After two events the Yorkshireman leads England’s Mark Gray by four points and is 11 points ahead of Oliver Ortmann of Germany in third spot. Melling made h...
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Ron Casanzio went through a field of 45 other players undefeated, including back to back wins over Tour Director Mike Zuglan, to win the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop at Sharpshooters Billiards in Amsterdam, Ny.
Casanzio's first win over Zuglan happened in the hot-seat match, where he scored a lopsided 9-4 win over the tour's longtime tour director. After Zuglan eliminated Joss Tour Points Leader Bucky...
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TAIWANESE PIN YI KO downed Filipino pool maestro Efren "Bata" Reyes, 9-4, to win the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face-Off Series dubbed as Philippines versus Asia late Saturday at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque City.
After a 2-al deadock in the 4th frame, the former World 9-ball and 8-ball Champion Reyes never had a chance to return to the table after Ko raced to a 6-2 lead in the P...
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With just 4 events left before the Tour Finales in April, many new faces are securing their eligibility for the big bucks. It was a solid performance by Ryan Millar who took the hot seat with wins over Nick Blancher (7-2), Rob Johnson (7-3), George Cornelius (7-6), Erik Hjorleifson (7-5), Rodney Barrington (7-2) and Robin Bass (7-7).
Robin Bass then faced Dennis Rhodes on the B-Side for the second...
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The 19th Annual US Bar Table Championships was held from February 12th-19th at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. The event kicked of with 87 players participating in the 10-Ball event. It was Shane Van Boening who had wins over Jason Marcoulier (7-5), Jeff Heath (7-3), Amar Kang (7-6), Glenn Atwell (7-5), Josh O'Neil (7-1) before losing to Stevie Moore (7-5) in the A-Side Finals....
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It took Shane Van Boening four matches to move among the winners' side final four in the 10-ball competition of Cue Sports International's 19th annual US Bar Table Championships. Through those four matches, he was giving up just under five racks in each of the race-to-7 contests. From amo...
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Shane gets off to the perfect start
AS THE RACE for Mosconi Cup spots gets underway in earnest, it’s America’s top player Shane Van Boening who leads the way after the Turning Stone Winter Event which took place in December.
Van Boening, who came top of the US Mosconi Cup rankings in 2011, beat the likes of Mike Dechaine, Ralf Souquet, Dennis Hatch and Rodney Morris before over-turning Raj Hundal...
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Some of Ontario's finest traveled north to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec this past weekend for the fifth annual Sun Life Financial Billiard Classic. Approximately 200 players competed in multiple divisions. Here is a brief summary of what happened.
Singles
1st - Francis Crevier $3,000
2nd - E...
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Attention all players who are eligible for the Lucasi Amateur Shootout!
Due to the date change of the Valley Forge Super Billiards Expo, we are postponing our championship stop to APRIL 21st.
There are now 2 qualifiers left, March 3rd at Strokers and March 10 will now be another qualifier.
Please make note of the following changes to our rules....IF YOU HAVE FORFEITED DURING THE ROUND ROBIN PORTIO...
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With all due respect, it's hard to view the finals of the Lucasi Hybrid New England 9-Ball Series Winter Classic on Sunday, February 12 as anything but a battle between Beauty and the Beast; specifically, (in reverse order) Dan Cintron, and the rising Canadian female star, Brittany Bryant.
Cintron came...
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