(Doha, Qatar)--Shane Van Boening has never won a World 9-ball Championship. He did, of course, come ever so close, finishing runner up in2015, and 2016. After skipping last year’s championship, however, there is a palpable sense in Doha that the American star is absolutely destined to finally grab the world crown in 2018.
Interestingly there are eight former
World 9-ball Champions in this yea...
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Europe 9 – 11 USA
Match 16 Albin Ouschan 4 – 5 Skyler Woodward
Match 17 Jayson Shaw 5 – 3 Tyler Styer
Match 18 Niels Feijen 5 – 1 Corey Deuel
Match 19 Eklent Kaci 5 – 2 Billy Thorpe
Match 20 Alex Kazakis 3 – 5 Shane van Boening
THE partypoker MOSCONI CUP has changed hands for the first time in eight years as Team USA enjoyed a thril...
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Europe 6 – 9 USA
Match 11: Feijen & Ouschan 4 – 5 Woodward & Styer
Match 12: Alexander Kazakis 3 – 5 Skyler Woodward
Match 13: Feijen & Kaçi 5 – 4 Deuel & Styer
Match 14: Jayson Shaw 4 – 5 Skyler Woodward
Match 15: Ouschan & Kazakis 5 – 1 Thorpe & Van Boening
TEAM USA are just two points away from winning the partypoker Mosconi Cup for the first time since 2009 a...
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Europe 4 – 6 USA
Match 6 Jayson Shaw 5 - 2 Shane van Boening
Match 7 Feijen & Kazakis 3 - 5 Woodward & Van Boening
Match 8 Albin Ouschan 5 - 3 Corey Deuel
Match 9 Kaci & Shaw 2 - 5 Thorpe & Styer
Match 10 Eklent Kaci 3 – 5 Billy Thorpe
THERE WAS more drama on Wednesday evening at the Alexandra Palace as the partypoker Mosconi Cup continued with five mor...
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Europe 2 – 3 USA
Match 1 Europe 5 – 4 USA
Match 2 Ouschan & Shaw 5 – 1 Thorpe & Woodward
Match 3 Niels Feijen 3 – 5 Tyler Styer
Match 4 Kaci & Kazakis 1 – 5 Van Boening & Deuel
Match 5 Jayson Shaw 0 – 5 Shane van Boening
In a thrilling night of pool at Alexandra Palace, Team USA got the better of things to run out 3-2 leaders after the firs...
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The European Junior’s Team once more won the Atlantic Challenge Cup against the US junior team. This year, the final result was 11:0 for team Europe.
The European contestants were having an away match this year. Due to the alternating rhythm of hosting the ACC, this year Las Vegas, NV, USA was the host city for the junior team challenge between Europe and USA. Europe was represented by Weronika K...
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LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (Nov. 27, 2018) — The U.S. Amateur Championship is all about legacy, leaving your mark in a tournament contested by some of the best amateur players to ever pick up a cue stick - names like Parks, Brodt, Chen and Jones.
Pool tournaments come and go, but securing the title of U.S. Amateur Champion is something you carry with you forever, literally. Not only does it stand out...
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For the first time fans watching this year’s partypoker Mosconi Cup will have the power to decide which players face off in a singles match.
The players to contest the first fixture of the second day’s play on Wednesday, December 4th will be chosen by a Fans’ Choice vote, conducted at MosconiCup.com. Fans will be able to select one player from each team with the player from each team who r...
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Mario He has withdrawn from the European squad for the forthcoming Mosconi Cup after receiving notification of a failed drugs test.
The case is ongoing, however, He has decided to withdraw from the European Mosconi Cup squad while he awaits the outcome of the investigation.
He said: “I‘m so, so sad that this happened. There is never a right time for this but this was the worst time I could imagi...
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There is very little left to say about Ronald Antonino O’Sullivan, who is generally regarded as the most naturally-talented player to ever pick up a cue. Anyone, even those on the periphery of the sport, knows that he is a mercurial talent, but a man who can also be, let’s say, unconventional. However, snooker and pool, as with all sports, are not judged on talent alone. When he looks back on his...
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Kristina Tkach (RUS) just won the EPBF Treviso Open 2018 Women’s Euro-Tour event in the BHR Treviso Hotel, Italy. In the final match, she defeated Oliwia Czuprynska (POL) 7:0. After Fedor Gorst (RUS) winning the open event yesterday, this makes it a double victory weekend for Russia.
Kristina Tkach, winner of the EPBF Treviso Ope...
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Fedor Gorst (RUS) has just won the Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2018 with a thrilling 9:7 victory over Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) in the final match.
It was Gorst’s first appearance in a final match of a Euro-Tour ever today. He made his way over elite players like Petri Makkonen (FIN), Mieszko Fortunski (POL), Ivo Aarts (NED) and Maximilian Lechner (AUT) into the final match. His opponent Mateusz...
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In an intense but one-sided match, Denis Grabe (EST) took down Eklent Kaci (ALB) with 9:2 in the round of the last 32 players at the Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2018 and sent the #1 ranked player home.
The match, which was also streamed live and for free on the EPBF Facebook page, took an unexpected turn. Grabe won 5 of the first 6 racks and totally dominated Kaci. That scenario was not...
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The first day of the Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2018 did not provide too many surprises.
#1 of the Euro-Tour rankings Eklent Kaci (ALB) had a walk in the park today. Smooth and easy victories over Finish young talent Micke Strom (FIN) with 9:0 and Wilhelm Georg (GER) 9:3 did not take too much of an effort from Kaci. The Albanian will meet Mariusz Skoneczny (POL) tomorrow at 14:00 in the winne...
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Around 09:00 CET tomorrow, the first matches of the Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2018 will begin. 20 Dynamic III tables are set up on two floors and awaiting the contestants. As many as 174 athletes have enrolled in the open event while 43 women will play the EPBF Treviso Open, starting Saturday. Once again, the venue for the event is the BHR Treviso Hotel in Treviso, Italy.
After taking the vi...
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Team USA will take on England in a Mosconi Cup style challenge match in London on Wednesday, November 28th.
The match will be broadcast live for free over two sessions on the partypoker Mosconi Cup Facebook page from 2pm (UK time) on Wednesday, November 28th and forms an important part of America’s preparations for the 25th annual partypoker Mosconi Cup.
The England team will be captained by...
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Everyone,
Congratulations to stop # 6 winners, Kyle Pepin ($1,000 main event), Ross Webster ($300 second chance event) & our $1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner Kyle Pepin
Stop # 7 of the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's 22nd season will be at the beautiful Snookers Billiards Sports Bar & Grill in Providence RI on November 17 & 18, for the very prestigious, $4,500/$500 Added, 30th Ocean State 9-Ball Ch...
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Congratulations to The Lion Alex Pagulayan as he roars to victory again! Alex went undefeated with his stellar play and took down the One Pocket and 10-Ball at the Sparkle City Shootout, which was held at The Steakhorse Restaurant & Billiards this week.
The One Pocket began Tuesday night with a monster field of players, race to 5 with single elimination. In the end, The Lion faced The Shredde...
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HOUSTON, TX, November 1 – This year's Space City Open VII ("SCO") has been moved to Big Tyme Billiards, and will be held on its regularly scheduled days, December 6th-9th, 2018. Big Tyme Billiards is located at 100 Cypresswood Dr., Spring, Texas 77388, right off I-45 @ Cypresswood Drive, only a few miles from the former venue.
The Space City Open is pleased to announce a new partnership with a...
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Burak Temel went undefeated in the 57-player, amateur 9-ball division, to win his first, Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour title. Temel overcame Bob Guzik, aka “The Pittsburgh Flash”, 5-0, in the first set of true, double elimination final. In the 49-player, open 9-ball division, Ernesto Bayaua overcame Charlie “Hillbilly” Bryant, 7-3, booking his fifth win at home, and securing his second, Tour Cha...
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