Kaci, Wu, Makkonen and Orcollo make up stellar semi-final at the Predator Grand Finale of the World Pool Series in New York.
18 year old Albanian Klenti Kaci
By Ted LernerWPS Media OfficerPhotos By JP Parmentier
(New York City)– The fourth leg of the World Pool Series, the Predator Grand Finale, has...
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Team Europe has already secured seven medals in World junior 9-ball championships so far and has a huge potential to win a gold with representatives in all three finals.
In the girls' division, Kristina Tkach (Russia) needed her best against the USA rising start April Larson to secure her place in the final. The match between two good friends was very even and it was Larson who had an advantage mo...
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This past week 139 of the best players in the world took their shot at the U.S. Open 9 ball Championships. This is one of the most prestigious titles in pool along with the World Championships and the China Open.
One thing that has always intrigued me about the Open is that there are no politics involved, you do not have to have an invite from your national association, you do not have to have a...
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WITH JAYSON SHAW and DAVID ALCAIDE taking the final two wildcard spots on Team Europe, the sides are now set for the 24th annual partypoker Mosconi Cup which takes place at the Mandalay Bay Resort from 4-7 December.
With Ralf Souquet, Josh Filler and then Nick van den Berg qualifying for the team via the ranking system, it was left to Euro skipper Marcus Chamat to pick the final two players to mak...
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8-ball champs shine on Day 1 of the World Pool Series’ Predator Grand Finale in NYC
Former World 8-ball champion, Taiwan’s Chang Jun Lin , put in the best performance of the day with a win over Germany’s Thorsten Hohmann
By Ted Lerner
WPS Media Officer
Photos by JP Parmentier
(New York City)–As Jayson Shaw has spent the last...
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The second day of World juniors 9-ball championships continued with winner qualification rounds in all three divisions.
In the pupils division, Wiktor Zielinski (Poland) played against Robie James Capito (Hongkong). The match turned out to be a very exciting thriller with ups and downs from both players. After the few mistakes in the start of the match, Wiktor has found himself 0:3 behind. This ma...
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68 athletes from 22 countries have come to Russia's capital to determine this year's Worlds 9-Ball champions in three divisions - girls, juniors under 19 and pupils under 17. Top youth athletes from five continents will decide who is going to be the world champion this year.
The team Europe consist of 11 players (3 girls, 4 pupils and 4 juniors) who have qualified through European cham...
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NICK VAN DEN BERG and JOSHUA FILLER put in some sterling work at the recent US Open to gather up enough ranking points to clinch the second and third automatic spots on Team Europe. They will now join Ralf Souquet in Las Vegas this December as the Europeans attempt to once again defend the partypoker Mosconi Cup.
For van den Berg, 37, it will his eighth Mosconi Cup and 15 years since he mad...
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Jayson Shaw (SCO) just won the 42nd US Open title in a very one-sided match over Albanian newcomer Eklent Kaci with 13:4 in the final match.
An undefeated Champion came out strong of the 42nd US Open in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Jayson Shaw demonstrated high class pool on a stellar level throughout the whole tournament and with his performance gained many news fans and respect from his opponents. Hi...
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Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP), Jayson Shaw (SCO) and Eklent Kaci (ALB) are among the last 4 players standing at the 2017 US Open in Norfolk, Virginia.
Friday was a good day for European but a tough day for German pool. The only two Europeans who got ousted in the US Open were Joshua Filler (GER) and Thorsten Hohmann (GER). The first victim of the day was Joshua Filler. He was up against one of the...
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Marcie Dunbar and Becky Bredow
Well, what a fantastic weekend we had!! 29 Lovely ladies came from all over Ontario to participate in our first event. It was a roaring success!!! Firstly, we had Jill from the Rose of Sharon there and were able to present her with $1260 for such a worthy cause. We raised an additional $240, ma...
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Everyone,
Congratulations to Stop # 5 winners Dan Hewitt ($1,000), second chance winner Billy Arquette ($340) & our $1,200 Joss Cue raffle winner Joey Berlin.
Stop # 4, the 9th annual Al Conte Memorial tournament will take place on November 4 & 5 at Hippo's The House Of Billiards in Yorkville NY, just outside of Utica NY. Our host Andrea Duvall deserves our thanks for generously addi...
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Great achievement for the European contingency at the 2071 US Open in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Out of the remaining 12 players, 5 are Europeans. Even better, out of the 4 remaining players on the winner’s side, we have Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP), Jayson Shaw (SCO) and Eklent Kaci (ALB). These 4 are joined by Ko Ping-Chung (TPE) for the semi-finals on the winner’s side. On the loser’s side, we sti...
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The European players at the 42nd US Open in Norfolk, VA, USA, are doing quite well so far. in general. Outstanding performances however were delivered especially by Eklent Kaci (ALB) and Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL).
Konrad Juszczyszyn came out quite strong to Norfolk. Having won a very prestigious straight pool tournament last week in Richmond, VA, the young Polish kind of let his status as underdog...
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Probably the most prestigious annual event on US soil, the US Open 2017, has set sails on last Sunday already. This event is also pretty interesting for many overseas players. Not only US players but also Europeans, Asians and players from the Middle East have joined in an amazing lineup of pool titans from all over the World. A total of around 140 players have paid their 1.000,- US$ entry fee in...
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Alan Rolon of Puerto Rico was crowned champion of the International Open the Americas 10-Ball in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic where 45 players from 14 countries took part.
The Americas opened in the format of 6 groups of 8 players where they classified 4 per group and then the 32 moved into single elimination. Alan Rolon had to battle from the beginning in his group to have to face the Venez...
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Everyone,
Congratulations to our 2017 Joss Junior 9-Ball Champions, Thomas Haas won the 18 & under division and Zach Hemendinger prevailed in the 12 & under division.
Thomas Haas made it to the finals undefeated rather easily but it was no easy task from there. Canadian Brenden Croft who had lost his first match to last years 12 & under champ Ivo Linkin 9-7, eventually avenged th...
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After more than two years of research, we are pleased to announce The DigiCue BLUE Bluetooth® enabled Billiard Training Device. It analyzes your stroke and sends detailed statistics to your smartphone or mobile device. The brand new DigiCue BLUE works with the DigiCue app available for both iOS and android devices. The original DigiCue was a huge success and we have now followed that up with...
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Gail Eaton, aka "Virginia Slim", went undefeated to win her fifth Gulf Coast Women's Regional Billiards Tour 9-ball event of the 2017 season. Eaton faced off with Terry “The Terrorizer” Petrosino, narrowly defeating her in the first set of the true double elimination final, 7-6.
On October 14th, 2017, Bogies Billiards West in Houston, Texas, along with tour sponsors, Cyclop Pool Balls Faceb...
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Justin Pena of Kyle, Texas, took down the Poison Lone Star Billiard Tour’s amateur 9-ball division, winning his first-ever, amateur title, while Manny Chau secured his fourth, open 9-ball division win this year. Pena went undefeated, overcoming Austin’s Floyd Smith in the final set, 5-4, while Chau also went unchallenged, ousting Alex Calderone in the first set of the true, double elimination fina...
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