October 20th, 2017
POV Pool Headquarters – Los Angeles, CA
By: Daniel Busch
Daniel & Geraldine of POV Pool Media
So, you’ve made all the stripes on the table and you’re left with the 8…
Well, POV Pool will be left with an ‘8’ at the end of 2017. But, before we get there, we’ve got patterns to play, a cue-ball to control and even more balls to sink. So, here’s our list of events...
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Everyone,
The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will be hosting its 2nd "Joss Junior 9-Ball Championship" on Oct 21 & 22, 2017. The event will take place at the beautiful Sharp Shooters Billiards & Sports Pub in Amsterdam NY - www.sharpshootersbilliards.com At Sharp Shooters there is something for everyone. From a friendly game of Pool, Foosball, or Darts to meeting friends out fo...
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Matchroom Multi Sport is delighted to announce partypoker as the title sponsors for the 24th annual Mosconi Cup at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas from 4th to 7th December.
partypoker.com is one of the oldest, most recognised and trusted online poker brands. Launched in August 2001, partypoker.com is one of the pioneers of the online poker industry.
The partypoker Mosconi C...
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Ralf Souquet says he is overwhelmed to have earnt a dream return to Team Europe for this year’s Mosconi Cup after a four-year absence.
‘The Kaiser’ will enter the Guinness Book of World Records this December, equalling Johnny Archer’s all-time Mosconi Cup appearance record of 17 having qualified at the top of the European Rankings with two Euro Tour wins.
Souquet has seen first-hand...
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Lee Van Corteza Makes History: First Asian World 14.1 Champion
Photos courtesy of Joe Gonzalez Photography
The historic finals proved a lot at stake with either Thorsten Hohmann getting within 2 wins of tying Mosconi's 7 All Time World 14.1 wins or Lee Van Corteza becoming the first Asian World 14.1 Champion ever
New York City- Philipp...
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Thorsten Hohmann can get within 2 wins of tying Mosconi's 7 All Time World 14.1 wins today. Or Lee Van Corteza could become the first Asian World 14.1 Champion ever
The finals today will be played at 1:00pm EST/NYC time . A race to 300 points with a 30 minute intermission when a player reaches 150 pts.
Or...
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The Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open are over and have a deserved winner. Ralf Souquet (GER) defeated Sebastian Ludwig (GER) in an exciting final with 9:6 and came up with an amazing comeback.
The final match did not start well for Souquet. The German BCA Hall of Famer had two balls down each in his first two break shots but no other ball touched the head string so he had to give the open table to...
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2014 World 14.1 Champion Darren Appleton demolished his group with ending in a 268 ball run over Michael Yednak, although he only needed 100 pts.
New York City- Darren Appleton further solidified his growing reputation as one of this era's greatest straight pool players with his 268 ball run and 7-0 record. This has gi...
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Steve Lenz of Orange, Texas, went undefeated to capture the 45-player, amateur 9-ball division, while Chase Rudder ran through an elite, 42-player field, securing the open 9-ball division, at the ninth stop on the 2017 Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour. Lenz conquered Austin’s Floyd Smith in the final, 5-1, and Rudder came from behind, winning nine matches, and defeating Yousef Jalal (VEN) in the fi...
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This past weekend Eagle billiards in Dickson City, Pennsylvania played host to the fourth tournament on the newly founded NAPT North American women's tour. In the tours short history it has gained popularity among North Americas top female professionals and has drawn out big names such as Karen Corr on more than one occasion. For now all events have been held in pool rooms but have featured a heal...
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NYC Qualifier winner Del Sim of Scotland poses with John Schmidt . Sim was delighted to have two huge wins including over reigning World 14.1 Champion Mika Immonen & top USA pro Danny Harriman
New York City- While some champions had routine wins on Day 1, new faces came with some big wins. The biggest one being new...
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Reigning World 14.1 Champion Mika Immonen could become the first consecutive back-to-back World 14.1 Champion in this millenium. A feat not accomplished in 34 years since 1982-1983 wins by Steve Mizerak
New York City- Mika Immonen will take the #1 seed for the event as he headlines Group 1 of the Bottledeck.net 77th...
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Everyone,
Congratulations to our stop # 1, "Maine Event XI" winner, Nelson Oliveira ($1,000), second chance winner Ross Webster ($300) & $1,200 Joss Cue raffle winner Jordan Labbe
I am excited to announce stop # 2 of my Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, "The Hudson Valley Fall Classic", Sat & Sun Sept 30 & Oct 1 at our newest location, The Spot Billiards Cafe-Lounge in Nanuet NY. The S...
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We are proud to announce that Jayson ‘Eagle Eye’ Shaw has joined the DigiCue Team of Pro Players. Jayson is currently the WPA #2 ranked player in the world, one of the hottest players on the world tournament circuit and a threat to win any event he competes in. So why would one of the best players in the world endorse a billiard training aid? Jayson Shaw: “As good as I am playing right now, every...
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California's largest retail/wholesale billiard and game-room distributor, West State Billiards in Fullerton, CA took the opportunity this month to donate at least $1,000 worth inventory to a group of children who are actively learning to play pool at a San Diego County middle school program. The program which, was started in October 2016 by Steve Strange; a retired Navy Corpsma...
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Here are the results from our latest tournament at Dooly's Valleyfield, Quebec on september 16-17
1- Danny Hewitt 1065$
2- Martin Daigle 800$
3- Joey Cicero 600$
4- Alain Martel 440$
5-6 Nicolas Charette et Marco Caron 300$
7-8 Dave Simard et Pierre Normand 200$
9-12 Éric Hamel, Sébastien Laramée, Jeff Blais, Jean Thériault 100$
Second Chance Tournament
1-Rémy Lefebvre 200$
2-Mehdi Harraq 150$
3-D...
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By GBE Committee
Will Chinese billiards market sink or soar? Maybe that would be a big headache for Chinese billiards insiders decades ago, but for now, the future for billiards development in China is encouraging and assuring, which could be well illustrated from reasons below.
Hard Power in Billiards
More than 120 million Chinese reportedly have been much engaged in playing this sp...
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Teresa Garland, aka the "Princess of Pool", went undefeated to win her first Gulf Coast Women's Regional Billiards Tour 9-ball event. Garland faced off with Dallas' Cindy Cole, defeating her in the first set of the true double elimination final, 7-4.
On August 26th, 2017, wind and rain pummeled the Houston area, remnants then of the...
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The five for the Mandalay announced
TEAM USA captain Johan Ruijsink has announced the five players who will make up his side and compete in the 24th annual Mosconi Cup which takes place from Monday to Thursday 4th to 7th December at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. With an eight-month period of qualification, Ruijsink selected five players from the top ten.
They a...
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