48 players showed up in Saint John, New Bruswick for the Eastern Canadian 9-Ball Championships. Colin MacDonald earned his spot in the finals winning his first five matches with wins over Dwayne Thompson (9-3), Paul Comeau (9-4), Luc Gould (9-7), Ashley Nowlan (11-3) and Gilles LeBlanc (13-8).
Ashley Nowlan came out of the b-side looking for his opportunity to redeem himself in the finals after h...
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The provincial championships were held this past weekend with Alain Martel winning the professional division once again. The complete results are as follows:
Pro Division:
1st - Alain Martel
2nd - Danny Hewitt
3rd - Martin Lalonde
Semi-Pro Division:
1st - Ghyslain Champagne
2nd - Pierre Garant
3rd - Yann...
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With both Dennis Hatch and Bucky Souvanthong not making the trip to TJ's Classic Billiards in Waterville, ME for the Joss Tour stop, that left the field wide open for someone like Mike Dechaine to swoop in and take the tournament win.
Dechaine didn't just waltz through the field though. He was tested by both Cody Francis (9-8) and Ivaylo Petrov (9-7) on Saturday, but Dechaine rose to the occasion...
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The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour kicked off their 2011/2012 season over the weekend of September 24th and 25th with their first ever stop at Premium Billiards in Syracuse, NY. While it was only the first event of the season, the battle between the last two season's top points players is already underway as Dennis Hatch defeated last year's points winner Bucky Souvanthong for the tournament win.
Bucky's pla...
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It's time to cheer on our ladies in Shenyang, China at the World 9-ball Championships. Naomi Williams and Brittany Bryant will be representing Canada. The players will be divided into eight groups of eight players each. Each group will play a double elimination format, race to 7 alternate break, with two players on the winners side and two on the losers side advancing to the...
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Pawn Stars purchases antique billiard set along with ivory cue balls
On recent episode of Pawn Stars which aired on September 12th, the crew at Pawn Stars negotiated the sale of an antique billiard set, along with three ivory cue balls.
The billiard set was complete minus the cue ball, and fea...
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And then there was 1. Final day of the Steve Mizerak Championship and after all the chalk dust settled, it was who was crowned the new champion. The day stared with a thrilling match between Alex Pagulayan and Donny Mills. Both players played cautious, as to not make a costly mistake that would put their opponent any advantageous position on the table. The score reached hill hill and it was Mi...
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And then there was 4. Day 3 of the Steve Mizerak Championship was filled with enough excitement to last a lifetime. The enthusiasm and intensity filled the room at Hammer Heads Billiard Lounge. All eyes in the room were fixed on a table as some great matches unfolded. The talk of the room, by far was the two players that’s still remain on the winner’s side of the bracket. One player, Shane Va...
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And then there was 16. Day 2 picked up the excitement right where it was left from day 1. There was a definite sense of anticipation and focus coming from all the players that stepped into the field of play today. The stakes are high and the players didn’t want to make that one mistake that could send them packing.
Hunter Lombardo was on of those players who refused to let the big stakes affect hi...
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The Steve Mizerak kicked off from Hammer Heads Billiard Lounge in Holiday, FL with a star-studded field of 58 players. The blind draw once again drew some great opening round matches for the spectators. The highlight of round 1 was “Iron” Mike Davis, Hammer Head’s house pro, against “Rocket” Rodney Morris, Capone’s Billiards house pro. [caption id="attachment_2459" align="alignright" width="15...
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From Hammer Heads Billiard Lounge in Holiday Fla.
$ 50,000.00 ADDED TOURNAMENT
(Based on 64 Players)
Stream Starts 09/15/11 thru 09/18/11 Start Time Approx. 11:00 AM EDT
This is a PPV Event - Price list Below
Thursday & Friday: $9.95 per day
Saturday & Sunday: $14.95 per day
*SAVE* Purchase Entire Event Pass: $34.95
Daily pass purchase and stream link: http://www.ustream.tv/seminoleprotour...
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The German team of Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann have conquered the World Cup of Pool. Their road to the finals was:
- 8-0 trashing of team Australia (Greg Jenkins and David Rothall)
- 8-3 over team Malaysia (Ibrahim Bin Amir and Patrick Ooi)
- 9-1 over Philippines B team (Francisco Bustamante and Efren Reyes)
- Lee Gun Jae and Hwang Yong of team Korea gave them a scare after leading 6-2
- Ge...
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In the first round match, John Morra & Jason Klatt defeated Malta led by Tony Drago by a score of 8-4. Day two match-up was against the Philippines (A Team) of Dennis Orcullo and Ronnie Alcano. After trading the first few games led 3 - 2 and Jason missed a routine straight in five in the si...
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Last year, Guinness World Records recognized the American Poolplayers Association (APA)’s National Team Championship as the “world’s largest pool tournament.” Not to be outdone, this year’s event featured more teams and more prize money than ever before! More than 2,000 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Doubles and Masters teams made the trek to Sin City to compete, Aug. 18 – 27, for more than $1 Million in prize m...
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A full field of 128 players travelled to Verona, NY for the Turning Stone Classic XVII. Our local favourite, Alex Pagulayan suffered a second round loss to Rodney Morris (9-6). Alex then proceeded to win 11 straight matches on the B-Side to get a chance for revenge against Rodney who remained undefeated throughout this event.
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Defending champion Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo reached the World Pool Masters Finals by beating Fu Jian Bo of China (8-4). Orcollo, looking to be the first player winning back-to-back World Pool Masters crown. Dennis' opponent would be Ralf Souquet of Germany who managed to squeak past Darren Appleton of England with an 8-7 score.
Ralf "The Kaiser" Souquet trailed 5-3 halfway through the match, the...
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As most of you probably know we have no good news to report as Jason Klatt was in a strugle last night more with the table then his opponent in a match that Jason found himself quickly behind 5-1 only to get it to 4-5 then then a stunning scratch on a sure run out occurred when Jason played a shot on the six only to see the cueball scratch in the side to make it 5-5 now trailing 4-6. To Jason's c...
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Lets get right to the chase we had upsets we had drama including a hill-hill match to close out the first days session with hometown favorite Lee Van Corteza winning a thrilling match 8 - 7. The upset of the day goes to Jason Klatt beating home town hero last years world 9 ball champion and newly inducted in to the Hall Of Fame Fransisco Bustamante 8 - 4.
Other first round results include:
Denni...
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BigWigs (Newmarket) and Shooters (Toronto) have announced the dates for the fifth season of the 404 9-Ball Tour. Please make note of the minors changes to the entry fees and start time. It's time to watch the calendar and start practicing!
- 9-Ball
- $1,000 added
- Registration closes at 11:00 AM "Strictly Enforced"
- Maximum 64 players
- Player Auction
- Game handicap - Ra...
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Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan and Ralph Eckert split the finals of the World Tournament 14.1 Warm-Up. Both players went undefeated in the single elimination race to 100 format. The one day event was sponsored by Dr.Michael Fedak and Amsterdam Billiard Club which gave the players a bonus $3000 added tournament. The tourny drew 26 players and was a prelude to the main World Tournament the following day....
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