What a great weekend, a big thank you to all who came out and supported the 3rd Lucasi Amateur Shootout at Big Wigs! 38 eager players were present to test their skills against each other and a great time was had by all.
Congratulations to Clay Bowen of Newmarket for winning his FIRST even...
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After a hill-hill, fourth-round loss to Shawn Putnam, Shane Van Boening came back through the one-loss side to take the Turning Stone Classic title over Raj Hundal in the finals. The $25,000-added tournament, held twice a year at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona,...
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A full field of 128 players are expected in Verona, NY for the Turning Stone Classic XVIII.
Once again, the AZ Crew will be providing an excellent stream on AZBTV. The stream starts Thursday at 4:00pm EST.
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On Saturday December 10th, Stroker’s Billiards in London Ontario hosted their first of 4 Lucasi Amateur Shootout events. This is a series of “Amateurs ONLY, 8-Ball” tournaments for players who are 5’s or less on the very successful 404 Tour.
20 eager players turned out this week...
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Fifty players showed up for the sixth event of the 404 9-ball Tour at BigWigs Billiards in Newmarket this past weekend. Leading the top half of the bracket was Alex Radomski with wins over Duane Leitch (8-5), McEarl Bucais (8-3), Alan Ada (8-4), Mario Morra (7-4) and Tyler Nearing (8-1). Leading the bo...
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EUROPE has successfully defended the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup following a convincing 11-7 victory over the USA at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It was Holland’s Niels Feijen, in his seventh Mosconi Cup, who downed the winning 9 ball which sparked mayhem as his team mates flooded the arena.
It also delivere...
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TEAM EUROPE is now one match away from retaining the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup after a one-sided blitz on the American team in front of a standing room only crowd at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. After getting the better of things yesterday, the Americans entered the day with high hopes but were battered from start to finish with only Shane Van Boening contributing some red to the score board.
Needi...
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TEAM USA recovered from a first day hammering at the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup as they put themselves right back into contention, winning three matches to Europe’s two at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Stellar performances from the Americans saw them level the match at 4-4, before the Europeans derailed their momentum to take the final two games and move into the fourth day with a two point lead.[c...
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AFTER the first day’s play at the 2011 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup, Team Europe holds a commanding 4-1 lead as they cashed in on some tentative play from the Americans at the MGM Grand. Aside from Archer and Putnam’s solid show in the first doubles match of the tournament, none of the Americans were firing on all cylinders and captain Charlie Williams will have a job to do for tomorrow.
Europe by...
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The 2011 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup will take place from Thursday, December 8 to Sunday, December 11 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. With four days of play, there are 21 matches in total with one point for each match won. The first team to reach 11 points wins the 2011 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup.
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(21 matches, race to 6, alternate break, first Team to 1...
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Hangzhou, China - World #1 Siming Chen and her partner 2x World Cup winner Li Hewen turned out to be China's strongest team. They had landslide victories over Germany, Japan, and a 9-0 re-match against Japan again in the quarter-finals. But they would be tested against the defending champions from Philippines, Reyes and Amit. And vice-versa for the Filipinos.
In a match that had everything and...
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Hangzhou,China- Team England's Allison Fisher and Craig Osborne fought their way from death to overcome pre-tournament favorite China en route to a semi-final birth at the Taobao.com World Mixed Doubles. England fell behind at the end of the match, but...
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Hangzhou,China- Efren Reyes and Rubilen Amit are en route to defend their World Mixed Doubles title as they eked out another 8-7 victory over the very strong Chinese Taipei Team of Pei Chen Tsai and Fong Pang Chao. This year's event is exponentiall...
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Hangzhou, China- Team USA's Archer and Lee looked strong along with great performances by Japan and China. Defending champions Efren Reyes and Rubilen Amit struggled with a 8-7 narrow victory over Indonesia. But many blowouts on Day 1 of the Taobao World Mixed Doubles.
USA's Archer and Lee looked super solid as they took down a strong match over China's Zhou Dou Dou and Wang Can. The teenage duo...
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John Morra continued his winning streak this past weekend on the 404 Tour held at Shooters Billiards in Toronto. John took care of business on the B-side while his father, Mario Morra took care of the A-Side. It's no coincidence that these two Morra's meet in the finals on a regular basis. The talent comes naturally.
In the end, the two finalists decided to share the winni...
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Hangzhou, China - China will take on Europe in two separate matches during the World Mixed Doubles. In the first, China's team of Xiaofang Fu and Haitao Liu will take on Finland's World Champion Mika Immonen and Marika Poikkioiki. Then China's Siming Chen and Hewen Li will go against Germany's Thorsten Hohmann and Neslihan Gurel. Both matches will be televised. More people will watch the World Mi...
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Hangzhou, China- Taobao.com, one of the world's top 20 most visited internet sites, will be the title sponsor of the now re-named Taobao World Mixed Doubles. Taobao coming on board as a mainstream sponsor of the World Mixed Doubles is a major achievement for the sport of billiards. This is the first billiards event the company has been a part of. With the joining of Taobao, combined with the alrea...
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Phil Capelle's new book and DVD have just been published. The 288 page book includes 110 patterns as played by all time greats like Rempe, Hohmann, Sigel, Reyes, Souquet and so many more. The spiral binding makes it easy to set up and practice your position and patterns, and to match your skills with the pros.
The 2 hour DVD is adapted from Accu-Stats collection of world class competition as the p...
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Shooters Billiards in Toronto hosted a Charity tournament on November 19-20. The event was in support of Aynslee Linick who is a 4 year old girl who has been recently diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma, which is a rare and life threatening pediatric cancer. The event was a great success as it drew 44 entries. Some of the teams participating included:
Vince McIntyre & Renee Colley
John White &...
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A field of 64 players made their way to Snookers in Providence, RI to take their shot at having their name hung in the rafters next to such notables as Mika Immonen, Francisco Bustamante, George San Souci, Danny Basavich, Dennis Hatch, Mike Zuglan and other winners of the Ocean State 9-Ball Championship. With an all star field that contained such notables as Mike Dechaine, Mike Davis, Stevie Moore...
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