There have been many discussions and debates on whether the seeding of players in a tournament is a wise decision.
On the one side, as the debate goes, this will attract the stronger players, and as a result, you are inclined to have a better show at the end of the tournament.
On the other side, this creates an unfair advantage for the strong players as they are sort of “protected” to not meet oth...
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Twenty-two players showed up at Petrina’s intent on taking home the spoils of victory. The eleven combatant teams played for over $2400 in prize and calcutta money. The event was handicapped with players racing to 3, 4 or 5 games dependant on their combined skill levels.
As all players were UHS members it was easy to pick partners. Go to www.billiards-uhs.com and find your best partner. The ev...
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The 8th installment of the 2014/15 ‘404’ 9 Ball season was held on the weekend of March 28/ 29, 2015 at the Shooters Snooker and Sports Club. Attendance remains strong for this long running series with 93 players ready to test their skills against both their amateur peers and the professionals. From 108 actual registrations the field was capped at 96 with 3 late withdrawals.
As a result of the siz...
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The EPBF were recently informed by its member, the German Billiard Union (DBU) that they regrettably have to withdraw a player from the team. The player withdrawn is Germany's rising star, Joshua Filler.
In his place, comes a strong young competitor from Poland, Patryk Statkiewicz who lost in the final of the 9-ball to his now teammate, Raphael Wahl. Poland has a good young crop of players, they a...
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2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters
Tickets now on sale for Masters in Manchester
TICKETS ARE NOW on sale for the 2015 PARTYPOKER WORLD POOL MASTERS which plays out for the 23rd time this summer. The Masters is pool’s longest running invitational event and the list of champions contains some of the greatest names ever to wield a cue.
Taking place from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th Augus...
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Saluc, producer of Aramith billiard balls, has agreed to become a partner in the inaugural Atlantic Challenge Cup. In an agreement reached this week, Super Aramith TV Pro-Cup Pool Ball Sets will be exclusively used during the inaugural staging of the event.
Each match will have its own set of balls and each set will be signed by the players who played that match. The sets will then be auctioned an...
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On May 7th, array of international stars gather in the first station of “the Grand Epoch City·Joy Cup”2015 World Chinese Eight Ball Masters. The former 9-ball world champion Pagulayan is challenged by folk master Shao Hongda at 19:00,and then a strong-strong dialogue begins. The match is forced to stop because of the time limitation after a disappointing draw 6:6. Thus the match goes into penalty...
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Ultimate Team Gear is Official MC Clothing Supplier
MATCHROOM SPORT can announce that ULTIMATE TEAM GEAR is the Official Clothing Supplier for the 22nd annual PartyPoker Mosconi Cup. Based in Austin, Texas, UTG will be producing all the team jerseys for the transatlantic showdown as well as replicas and event shirts for the fans.
Taking place from Monday December 7 to Thursday Decem...
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Snooker players from different parts of the world are practicing for an up and coming snooker event, and for the first time in quite some time, that event will be played in Canada.
Brasil, Belgium, USA, Israel, add a bus load of Quebecers coming and sprinkle a little bit of the rest of the country and things are starting to sizzle for the $20 000 Richler Cup.
Inquiries have also come in from Engl...
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The Billiard Congress of America proudly announces its team of four boys and two girls to face the Europeans during the inaugural staging of the Atlantic Challenge Cup. This long-awaited event will take place July 1-4, 2015 in Rankweil, Austria.
The first of the selected players for the U.S.A. team includes junior state and nationals champion Nick Evans. Evans has been a key part of the U.S.A. tea...
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Snooker meets it’s challenger. Chinese Eight Ball receives worldwide medias’ attention.
The annual world snooker championship is now in full swing in Sheffield, England,.In the meanwhile, the first station of the largest professional tournament of Chinese Eight Ball all over the world-- “the Grand Epoch City ·Joy Cup” 2015 World Chinese Eight Ball Masters is beginning. International news services...
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This past weekend Fargo Billiards one of if not the nicest room in North America held their annual Spring Shootout. There was three tournaments on the bill with the prestige event being a 32 player $90 entry 9 foot 10 ball tournament. Also on the bill was a $60 entry 7 foot 8 ball tournament with $2000 added and an amateur 9 ball tournament limited to players with a rating of 550 or less in the...
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It looks like there will be a full field of 64 players competing in The $20 000 Richler Cup this year, a nice increase from last year and a great show of spirit for Canada’s largest tournament.
Registrations have come in at an unprecedented pace from players in different part Canada and the world, partly because of the prize money, partly because of the television coverage, and definitely because...
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With the inaugural staging of the Atlantic Challenge Cup quickly approaching, the first partner to join the staging of this great event has spoken. Tweeten Fibre, best known for its Master Chalk, have signed on to support the event being held In Rankweil, Austria from the 1st to the 4th of July, 2015.
Tweeten Fibre President Skip Nemecek was extremely happy at the opportunity to support this even...
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The Corner Bank hosted its first 10 ball shootout this past weekend and it proved to be a huge success on all fronts.
Qualifiers were organized and run at venues in Quebec and in various clubs throughout southern Ontario including two at Petrina’s in Pickering. All in all a full field of 32 players was assembled with 6 players making the trip from LaBelle province to compete. The only criteria f...
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MARCUS CHAMAT, who was recently named as captain of the 2015 European PartyPoker Mosconi Cup team is on course to land one of the three automatic spots following a runners-up spot in the recent Portuguese Open on the Euro Tour.
The 39 year-old Swede was beaten by Poland’s Mateusz Sniegocki in the championship match, but the 16 pts earned coupled with his existing points tally, move him to a tie...
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On April 30th, known as the world’s largest Professional Chinese Eight Ball Tournament, the “CITIC Guoan Grand Epoch City·JOY Cup” 2015 World Chinese Eight Ball Masters, First staion(in Langfang) will be held in the CITIC Guoan Grand Epoch City in the Xianghe Economic and Technology Development Zone, Hebei Province, where it locates near Beijing. As far as it is known, near 400 players has registe...
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Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) and Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) have just won the Dynamic Billard Portuguese Open Euro-Tour in Vale do Lobo, Portugal.
The women’s division was once again dominated by Jasmin Ouschan. She made her way through the tournament undefeated and trounced Line Kjoersvik (NOR) in the final match with 7:3. On her way to the final match, Ouschan defeated Natalya Seroshtan (RUS) 7:6, Barbara...
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Another milestone for snooker has arrived in Canada and is sure to create more momentum for the future state of the game.
The 2015 Richler Cup will be produced for television at Humber College, and will include interviews, matches, and of course, the $1000 clear the colors contest, which will even be available to spectators coming to watch (yes, you can bring your own cue, if you like).
Special ar...
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In an all-German clash between two experienced players, BCA Hall of Famer Ralf Souquet defeated Ralph Eckert in a heartbreaker with 9:8. Ralf Souquet
The match took place in the winner’s round of the men’s division of the Dynamic Billard Portuguese Open Euro-Tour. Souquet had the better odds on his side. He has been active as...
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