Fellow Canadian John Morra made his way to the finals of the Derby City Bank Pool event at the Horseshoe Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana without taking a loss. There were 404 players at the beginning of this event, but only two remained after 12 rounds of play. Shane Van Boening would have the difficult task of beating Morra in two consecutive sets.
The two finalists entertained the the crowd in th...
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BigWigs Billiards in Newmarket hosted the 404 9-Ball tour on January 21-22. Dan Doerner went undefeated through a field of 53 players in the $1,000 added event.
On his way to the finals, Dan Doerner had wins over Dave Lettner (10-3), Marc Dumoulin (9-6), Tim Loney (10-3), Wayne Tate (10-4) and Jyri Kari (1...
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The Derby City Classic kicked of the Bank Pool event on Friday with 402 players entering this event. Short rack bank pool requires only nine balls per game−as opposed to the old style fifteen ball version. Each ball is in play and the winner is the first to successfully bank in five balls. All matches are a race to three games.
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Arrived back from Ottawa safe and sound, to some pretty SPECTACULAR news...The Lucasi Amateur Shootout tour had 50 players this weekend at Big Wig’s!!!!! Thank you all for spreading the word, there is nowhere to go but up with this format. Unfortunately I miss...
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48 Top International Players Vie for Title at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI
MT. PLEASANT, MI - The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort hosts the 48 best female billiard players in the world January 26-29, 2012, when the Women's Professional Billiard Association WPBA Masters 9-Ball Championship kicks off the 2012 Women's Pro Billiard Tour season.
The following players have confirmed entry in t...
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Howe, Indiana- Dragon Promotions is pleased to announce The Northeast Indiana APA will be hosting 15x legendary World Champion Allison Fisher January 21, 2012 in The Poison Cues Challenge Match sponsored by Andy Cloth and Seyberts.com. "The Duchess of Doom" will be perfor...
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Petrina's Billiards has added two new events to your weekly tournament options.
8-ball starts on Tuesday, January 31.
9-ball starts on Thursday, February 9th.
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International and Local Favorites Vie for Title in Season Opener
MT. PLEASANT, MI - The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort hosts the best female billiard players in the world January 26-29, 2012, when the Women's Professional Billiard Association WPBA Masters 9-Ball Championship kicks off the 2012 Women's Pro Billiard Tour season.
WPBA MASTERS: HEADLINERS!
Defending Champion: Jasmin Ouschan (Austria)
w...
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This weekend was the 4th event of Lucasi Amateur Shootout. It was a VERY small group of 16, but eager to play non the less. Out of the 16 we had 3 juniors and 2 women who happily played with the men, as there weren’t enough to have their own divisions. Well our format has come through agai...
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The Association of Billiard Professionals is now entering its second full year of representing the greatest international players from around the world. 2011 was a paramount opening year for the ABP as it increased its membership from the original eleven on its Board of Directors to nearly a hundred professional players. It created a website designed by Keith Larsen and it was able to obtain lega...
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The first stop of 2012 for the 404 Tour was held January 7-8th at Shooters Billiards and Sports Club in Toronto, Ontario. A maxed out field of 64 players showed up for the event.
There were a few surprises in the first round with some of the top ranked players moving to the B-side early. The list included,...
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On behalf of the Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association (CBSA), I am pleased to announce that the 2012 Canadian Cue Sports Championships will be hosted again by:
Shooters Snooker and Sports Club
1448 Lawrence Ave. East
Toronto Ontario
The Championships will run from Tuesday, June 5th. to Saturday, June 16th., with each division taking place on the dates below:
Pool Divisions:
Women's 9-Ball: Fri...
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Ten players, battled on Boxing Day for a $400 purse...no it was not a Coach Bag. The venue was Petrina's Taps and Billiards in Ajax. After a few hours of tense play one emerged the victor. Derek Claus defeated Brandon Jaipaul to be crowned the Boxing Day Champion.
This is how they finished:
1st - Derek C...
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Philippine billiards icon Efren “Bata” Reyes flashed some of his old-fashioned magic on the billiards table to beat Wu Jia Qiang of Chinese-Taipei, 9-6 in their Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off Series showdown late Friday at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque City.
A 2005 WPA world 9-Ball and 8-Ball champion, Wu Chia-ching who is now playing for mainland China and carrying a new nam...
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The Black Widow (Jeanette Lee) is coming to Ontario.
She is one of the most popular professional players out there. You've likely seen her on TV and is featured on our posters and at the National Events in Las Vegas. She was ranked the #1 female player in world and won a gold medal for the USA in the World Games in Japan in 2001. She was ranked one of the Most Powerful People in the Sport by Billi...
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OB Cues presents TAR 24 featuring Francisco Bustamante taking on Shane Van Boening in a $5000 per man 10 Ball TAR match. These two champions are going head to head January 13 and 14th with a final set play off on Sunday the 15th if required. The format is 10 Ball, race to 25, two out of three sets. Winner takes the $10,000 prize fund.
We want to thank our match sponsors for helping to make this ev...
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Manila, Philippines---FILIPINO star Carlo “The Black Tiger” Biado avenged the loss of his fellow Bugsy player after scoring a solid 9-4 win over Taiwanese ace Chang Jung-lin in the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off Series late Friday at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque City.
Biado, the 20...
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MY CHRISTMAS NIGHTMARE!!!
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the hall,
Not a player was gambling, not even 9-ball.
The cues were all hung in their rack by the chair,
In hopes that a player soon would be there.
The balls were all nestled all snug in their rack,
While waiting for players to break up the pack.
With me in my Levi’s and wearing a cap,
Had just scratched the cueball and k...
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Darren Morgan saw off a series of snooker legends to win the Wyldecrest Parks World Seniors Championship.
Welshman Morgan beat Cliff Thorburn, Jimmy White and Steve Davis on the final day of the event at the East of England Showground in Peterborough to take the £18,000 top prize. In fact the 45-year-old from Newport won a total of six matches in the event as he had to get through two rounds in t...
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