Players & Fans,Congratulations to stop # 1 winner Ron Casanzio ($1,000 - main event), Bruce Carroll ($300 - second chance event) & $1,900 Joss Cue raffle winner Chris Dixon.Stop # 2 of our 2021/2022 season will be at Brick House Billiards in N. Syracuse NY on October 9 & 10 for the first of two events there this season. Our hosts Mary & Brian Holmes have created one of the most be...
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By Keith Paradise
CSI Staff Writer
This month, Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp has had himself a pretty good year.
The 25-year-old began his September with a top 10 finish in the Diamond Las Vegas Open, then reached the semifinals of the Predator World 10-Ball Championships six days later. Following those performances, he traveled cross-country to Atlantic City where he reached the finals of t...
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By Keith ParadiseCSI Staff WriterThe only real problem with Thursday afternoon’s match between Russia’s Fedor Gorst and Albania’s Eklent Kaçi is that someone had no choice but to lose.Both competed in that way you’d expect two players who have won recent major championships to challenge each other, with Kaçi using a powerful break and smooth shot making while was Gorst sinking jump shots like he...
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By Keith ParadiseCSI Staff WriterThree weeks ago, Estonia’s Denis Grabe pitched a 4-0 shutout in first set of the semifinals of the Diamond Las Vegas Open only to lose out to Wu Kun-Lin in a sudden death shootout.
Playing in the second round of the Michigan Open Wednesday night, history basically repeated itself against Poland’s Konrad Juszczyszyn. Grabe breezed through the firs...
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David Alcaide believes his selection for the upcoming 2021 Mosconi Cup at Alexandra Palace, London, December 7-10 is the most special yet.
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The 2019 World Pool Masters champion became Team Europe's second pick from the Matchroom Pool World Rankings after a strong showing in 2021 which sees him join World No.1 Albin Ouschan on Alex Lely's side.
Alcaide wil...
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Carlo Biado has won The US Open Pool Championship beating Aloysius Yapp at Harrah's Resort, Atlantic City in partnership with Caesars Entertainment and the Atlantic City Sports Commission.
RESULT - Carlo Biado 13-8 Aloysius Yapp
Biado started the final the strongest of the pair going into a quick 2-0 lead with back-to-back break and runs. The Filipino got the crowd going in the third after...
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David Alcaide and Skyler Woodward will represent Team Europe and the USA respectively at the upcoming Mosconi Cup, Alexandra Palace, London, December 7-10 as the second players to be taken off the Matchroom Pool Rankings as automatic picks.
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Albin Ouschan is already on Europe's side and Shane Van Boening for the USA after both became the first picks with Ouschan becomin...
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Aloysius Yapp, Dennis Orcollo, Carlo Biado, and Naoyuki Oi are the four remaining players at the US Open Pool Championship heading into the final day of play at Harrah's Resort, Atlantic City.
Yapp has been a breakout star of recent months and continued from beating Shane Van Boening earlier today to beat Rodrigo Geronimo of the Philippines to book the first space in tomorrow's semi-finals whe...
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Home favourite Shane Van Boening is out of the US Open Pool Championship at Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City at the Last 16 stage as Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp secured a comprehensive 11-5 victory over the five-time champion.
Van Boening went into the penultimate day with eyes firmly set on becoming the most successful player ever at the US Open but Yapp came to spoil the party on the TV table wi...
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Defending champion Joshua Filler bowed out of the US Open Pool Championship at Harrah's Resort, Atlantic City as 9-ball's toughest tournament moved down to the last 16.
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Alexander Kazakis, Billy Thorpe, and Judd Trump were amongst the names to depart in the morning session before the afternoon and evening action got underway with Francisco Sanchez Ruiz coming from 5-0 down to def...
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World Pool Masters champion Alex Kazakis, America's Billy Thorpe, and Judd Trump were amongst the names to crash out on the US Open Pool Championship whilst Dennis Orcollo became one of the first names into the last 16 in the afternoon session on day four of action from Harrah's Resort, Atlantic City.
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Kazakis faced a gruelling battle in the losers’ section against Albin...
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Earl Strickland, Alex Pagulayan, Mika Immonen, Thorsten Hohmann, and Kelly Fisher were amongst the names to have their US Open Pool Championship campaigns cut short as the field went to the last 64 on day three at Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City.
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Fans inside the Diamond Arena were treated to a fantastic spectacle in the opening session of the day as reigning champion Joshua Fi...
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Matchroom Pool is delighted to announce the launch of The UK Open, a new open tournament and the latest addition to the Matchroom Pool Series set to take place for the first time in May 2022 London, with a total prize fund of $200,000.
The UK Open will feature alongside the most illustrious tournaments in 9-ball pool including The World Pool Championship, US Open Pool Championship, Mosconi Cup...
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Day two of the US Open Pool Championship at Harrah's Resort, Atlantic City in partnership with Caesars Entertainment and the Atlantic City Sports Commission saw the top seeds rumble on through into the next stage of the winners' rounds whilst many hopes and dreams were dashed as the first round of the losers’ bracket were concluded.
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Naoyuki Oi began the day as the focus on...
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The 2021 US Open Pool Championship got underway in style at Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City with reigning champion Joshua Filler out to join a select few who have defended their crown in what is known as the toughest tournament in 9-ball pool.
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In Matchroom Pool’s first visit stateside since the 2019 Mosconi Cup, Filler got his campaign off to the best possible start getting...
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By Keith ParadiseCSI Staff WriterThe only thing that could stop Albania’s Eklent Kaci on the final day of the World 10-Ball Championships was to turn off the lights.Playing in the second semifinal match of the day, Kaci had built an early 3-1 advantage against Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp when a thunderstorm knocked out power to the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino for a litt...
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By Keith ParadiseCSI Staff WriterDuring the day on Wednesday and the early part of Thursday, Shane Van Boening continued to flirt with disaster.Facing Mario He Wednesday night with a spot in the final 16 on the line, the South Dakotan missed a couple of shots early, spotted He a quick 3-1 lead, then came back and defeated the Austrian, 8-6. Van Boening had a similar start in his round of 16 match...
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By Keith ParadiseCSI Staff WriterIn professional golf tournaments, Saturday’s third round is commonly referred to as “moving day,” as competitors attempt to post a low round to move up the leaderboard and into contention for the final round’s play.Wednesday at the Predator World 10-Ball Championship could be referred to as the same, with players on the one-loss side of the bracket attempting to c...
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By Keith ParadiseCSI Staff WriterOne of the biggest surprise stories of pool this year has been the emergence of Omar Al Shaheen.After spending the last handful of years placing in the top five of regional American events, the young man from Kuwait offered up a breakout performance at this summer’s World Pool Championships, advancing all the way to the finals before falling to Albin Ouschan. Al S...
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By Keith ParadiseCSI Staff WriterUsually when a pair of pool’s most decorated young stars meet up in a major competition, the match occurs in the later stages, like during the quarter or semifinals.Today, spectators at the Predator World 10-Ball Championship were treated to such a match in the opening round, with Joshua Filler and Skyler Woodward squaring off in the first batch of play this morni...
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