Once again, former Junior World Championship contender, Jacob Watson, took the 59-player, Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour amateur 9-ball division by storm, defeating Elias Garza in the finals, 5-2. Watson went undefeated to win his second, consecutive amateur 9-ball division title. Manny Chau came from behind to claim the 53-player, Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour open 9-ball division, after...
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Welcome to the third tour stop of the 10 Ball hosted at Shooters Snookerclub. We had 40 strong players come out to compete for a prize amount of $1,760 and a calcutta of $1,200. Many strong players showed up to the event including Vince Chrysler, Naomi Williams, Ronald Giron and Alan Ada. We also had a large amount of 4s and 5s which is good that the 10 ball events are getting such a good receptio...
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The winner of the Dynamic Billard Italian Women Open is Ina Kaplan from Germany. She defeated Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) in an intense final match with 7:4.
The event could not have started worse for Kaplan. She met her teammate Kristina Schagan (GER) in her first match of the tournament with 1:7. What a disaster for her! She had to go straight to the loser’s side of the event. There, she suddenly found...
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Win or lose there's never any excuse for poor manners around the pool table. Although seen by some as the more rough and tumble half-brother of classic billiards and snooker - two games steeped in displaying attention to etiquette - fact is pool has an unwritten code of conduct too. Nothing makes a race to ten more frustrating than when playing an opponent who doesn't conduct themselves well aroun...
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Ralf Souquet (GER), also known as "The Kaiser", wins his 22nd Euro-Tour event Italy with an impressive 9:5 victory over "The Siberian Express" Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) in the final match of the Dynamic Billard Italian Open in BHR Best Western Hotel in Treviso, Italy.
The single elimination started with a huge effort for Souquet. He met Ivar Sarin (NED) in the round of the last 32 players and barely...
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Jennifer Yo came out on top amidst an impressive field of 46 semi-professional players to capture the Gulf Coast Women’s Regional Billiards Tour Spring 9-Ball Event, and the first championship title in her pool career. The Austin, Texas player faced off with Houston’s own Natalie Rocha in a fight to the bitter finish. Although Rocha bested Yo in the first set of the true double elimination final,...
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CueSports International, Henderson, NV (Feb. 23, 2017) – CueSports International (CSI) is excited to announce that Ultimate Team Gear has been named as the official team shirt provider for the BCA Pool League (BCAPL) and the USA Pool League (USAPL).
Ultimate Team Gear is also the official clothing provider of many high-profile billiard events, including the Mosconi Cup, World Pool Masters and more...
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You were all asking for an even up tournament. It came and went this past weekend with an amazing turnout. There were 70 registered players, but Shooters Snookerclub capped it at 64 due to time constraints. That is a great turnout for an even up tournament and might give incentives for more of them. People from all handicaps came out to this event, however, naturally in an even up event you have t...
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CueSports International, Henderson, NV (Feb. 21, 2017) – Brian Parks, a seasoned pool player and owner of Cue Ball Billiards in Bakersfield, Calif., went undefeated through a full field of 128 players to earn the title of champion of the 21st Jay Swanson Memorial 9-Ball Tournament.
On Cue Billiards in La Mesa, Calif. hosted the tournament Feb. 18-19, 2017. The popular memorial tournament, produced...
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Alcaide is the Master!
The Final
David Alcaide (ESP) 8-7 Jayson Shaw (SCO)
Semi-Finals
Albin Ouschan (AUT) 6-8 David Alcaide (ESP)
Jayson Shaw (SCO) 8-3 Chang Jung Lin (TPE)
SPAIN’S DAVID ALCAIDE is the 2017 World Pool Masters champion as he beat Jayson Shaw in a thrilling final that went down to the final rack....
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Exciting News!! A new television series about the game of snooker has recently been launched, and people around the country are quite excited about it. “The Art of Snooker” is a 10 week tv series that covers the different aspects of our great game.
The main theme around the series is the Doubles Snooker Ontario Championships, however, there are several other fun things that...
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Down to the last four in Gibraltar
Quarter Finals
Albin Ouschan (AUT) 8-4 Naoyuki Oi (JAP)
Jayson Shaw (SCO) 8-7 Alex Pagulayan (CAN)
Omar Al Shaheen (KUW) 3-8 Chang Jung Lin (TPE)
THE FINAL THREE quarter-final matches were completed at the 24th annual Dafabet World Pool Masters at the Tercentenary Hall in Gibraltar. The victorious players were Albin Ouschan, Jayson Shaw and Chang Ju...
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Round one completes as Alcaide fires into semis
Round One
Niels Feijen (NED) 3-8 Omar Al Shaheen (KUW)
Chang Jung Lin (TPE) 8-6 Mark Gray (ENG)
Quarter Finals
Shane Van Boening (USA) 3-8 David Alcaide (ESP)
THERE WERE two final first round matches as well as the first of the quarter-finals as play continued in Gibraltar at the 24th annual Dafabet World Pool Masters. Taking pla...
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Naoyuki Oi (JAP) 8-6 Cheng Yu Hsuan (TPE)
Jayson Shaw (SCO) 8-3 Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)
Alex Pagulayan (CAN) 8-1 Stephen Webber (GIB)
PLAY CONTINUED at the Tercentenary Hall at the Victoria Stadium with three more first round matches in the 24th annual Dafabet World Pool Masters and there were victories for Japan’s Naoyuki Oi, Jayson Shaw (Scotland) and Alex Pagulayan.
Taking place in Gibra...
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Shane Van Boening (USA) 8-2 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (ESP)
David Alcaide (ESP) 8-3 Ralf Souquet (GER)
Albin Ouschan (AUT) 8-6 Mika Immonen (FIN)
THERE WERE wins for Shane Van Boening, David Alcaide and Albin Ouschan as the 24th annual Dafabet World Pool Masters got underway in Gibraltar on Friday evening. Taking place at the Victoria Stadium, the Masters sees 16 top international players comp...
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Immonen and Cheng are last minute subs
WITH TWO last minute drop outs due to visa issues, Matchroom Sport can announce the final line-up of the 24th Dafabet World Pool Masters, which gets underway tomorrow Friday, February 17 concluding on Sunday.
Cheng Yu Hsuan aka Kevin Cheng (Chinese Taipei), the 2015 US Open Champion, steps in to replace Wu Jiaqing (China) while Hall of Famer Mik...
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What a great tournament! 90 players, $3000 added, it does not get much better for the Toronto pool scene than this! First off let us say thank you to Shooters Snookerclub for hosting such a big event. This event did not go unnoticed with the likes of Mario Morra, Erik Hjorleifson, Brittany Bryant, who are all Canadian champions showed up to compete in this event. With 90 players the prize pool was...
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APA Southwest Challenge 8-Ball
March 23-26
Westgate Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
APA Spring Regionals
February 25-26 (alternate)
March 4-5
United States and Canada Locations
APA Northwest 8-Ball Invitational
April 20-23
Chinook Winds Casino, Lincoln City, OR
APA Poolplayer Championships
May 2-7
Westgate Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
APA Junior Championships
July 13-16
Sharkey’s, Davenport...
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DAFABET will be the title sponsors of the 24th World Pool Masters, which takes place from Friday, February 17 until Sunday, February 19 at Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar. 16 of the world’s best players will gather in the shadow of the famous Rock of Gibraltar to contest the Masters and determine the destination of the $20,000 top prize.
The Dafabet World Pool Masters XXIV will be broadcast live on Sk...
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The fifth stop of the Atlantic 9 Ball Tour Season 2 is now complete! This time 119 of the Atlantic Provinces best 9 ball players competed from 27-29 Jan 17.
Each of these events has $1,600 in added money. Also 1st place in each event is guaranteed $1000. The Grand Finale event will have a minimum of $15,000 in added money and is scheduled for 19-22 May 2017. You must have played in 4 events in or...
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