CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (Feb. 13, 2015) – CueSports International (CSI) is proud to announce that the US Open 10-Ball and US Open 8-Ball Championships will return in 2015. Both events will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino during the BCAPL National Championships and be played on 7ft Diamond tables with Cyclop balls. These events are open to anyone. Players do no...
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2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup
USA Team Ranking – Super Billiards Expo is a points event
MATCHROOM SPORT can announce that the Open 10-Ball Pro Players Championship at the annual Super Billiards Expo will be included in the ranking list for Team USA selection for the 2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup.
Taking place from April 16-19 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Centre at Oaks, Pennsylvani...
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The first ever “China Billiard World Championship" was held from 28 January 2015 in the beautiful YuShan City (JiangXi Province) of China. A total prize money of RMB ¥ 3 million (approximately US$480,000), out of which ¥600,000 was awarded to the Men’s Champion, while ¥400,000 was awarded to its lady counterpart.
Although it might seem to be “odd cents" when comparing to most major snooker champ...
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Isaac Ramos & Ben Chang
The 5th RCC of the season was opened up and 46 players came out to try their skill against some of the best in Southern Ontario.
Congratulations to Ben Chang and Isaac Ramos, who split the finals, opting out of coming back for day 2 to finalize a champion.
Chang went through the A side undefeated,...
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Manila, Philippines- The greatest rivalry in women's billiards is about to re-ignite. On April 16-18th 2015 the second installment of the AM8.com Queens Cup will feature champions vs champions as the best women from Asia will take on the best in the West! Last year, Team Asia had a dominating performance over Team West in a 10-4 final score over the 3 days of competition. This year the quad squad...
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Snooker Canada is pleased to announce the venue for the final stages of The Richler Cup, which will take place at Humber College in Toronto.
Humber College, North Campus
The North Campus of Humber College has a beautiful setting in Etobicoke and will be the host of the latter part of this event. Thousands of students will be...
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Salzburg, Feb. 2015 – The personal billiards trainer in your pocket! The world-renowned player and coach Ralph Eckert and Checkbilliard Ltd., have successfully implemented their innovative and original vision of a training system for pool billiards. After over three years of development, SpryFlash Interactive Services and Checkbilliard have teamed up to provide this billiards training app, offe...
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Good day everyone today I would like to bring something up that I experienced while playing a regional tournament in London a couple of weeks ago. This was an Open tournament with no handicaps and I came in as a pretty big favourite. Most of the best players in Ontario were there but there was only one player that I would consider at a pro/world class level.
The draw was done in this 64 player fie...
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There is no preparing you for your first steps into the The Corner Bank. What you see will simply surprise you. But fear not; it’s a pleasant surprise. There are no fancy words to describe it and it’s only fair to use a word that all will understand – the place is HUGE! So much so that you want to step out and step back in again just to make sure you’re in the right place.
After you get over the i...
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Congratulations to Itaro Santos, of Brasil who had a decisive victory in the 3rd Pan American Snooker Championships in Bolivia.
This was accomplished with a 6-0 victory over the young Thadeu Nobres of Brasil as well. Countries that participated in this event include Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru and USA.
With this victory, Itaro Santos won a wild card spot for the next 2 years on the...
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Yesterday was the conclusion of the 9 day Derby City Classic marathon, where players participated in 3 tournaments and played an average of 10 hour days not including the evening gambling sessions. The games played this week were 1 Pocket, 9 Ball Banks, and 9 Ball. There were two other tournaments as well that did not add points to the "Master of the Table" title which was the 16 player Bigfoot Ch...
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Players & Fans,
Congratulations to our previous winners: Stop # 7, Kevin Guimond, ($1,000) at Raxx Pool Room in W. Hempstead NY & our Turning Stone Classic XXIII 9-Ball Open Champion, Jayson Shaw ($8,000) & Raul Alvarez ($500) Second Chance Winner
Stop # 8 of my Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will take place February 7 & 8 at the very popular Sharp Shooters Billiards & Sports Pub in Amsterdam NY. Sha...
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Yesterday was the final day of the 1 Pocket Division, those that tuned in last night to the Accu-Stats stream were treated two a few fantastic matches. The final three in this division were Canadian Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan, Mosconi Cup Team member Justin "Hollywood" Hall and a bit of a surprise as he is not known for this 1 pocket play was Mike "Fireball" Dechaine.
Just like in the Banks Divisio...
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Hailing from Peru, professional player Manny Chau fought his way through an elite field of open 9-ball division players, taking home the title at the Lone Star Billiards Tour Kick-Off event held January 24th-25th at Bogies Billiards & Sports Bar in Houston, Texas. Chase Rudder made a big splash with a short-lived hot seat victory over Houston south-sider Nick Hood, until meeting Chau in the fi...
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CueSports International (CSI) is proud to announce that all three (3) divisions of the US Bar Table Championships (USBTC) will be included in the ranking list for Team USA selection for the 2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup! On the heels of yet another Team USA defeat at the hands of the Team Europe, Matchroom Pool has decided that a slate of prominent USA tournaments, in which players earn points base...
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2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup
USA Team Ranking – More events added
MATCHROOM SPORT can announce that the 8 ball, 9 ball and 10 ball events at the forthcoming US Bar Table Championships will be included in the ranking list for Team USA selection for the 2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup.
All three tournaments take place from 16th to 22nd February at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. A...
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Last night cue sport fans who bought the Accu-Stats stream were treated to two fantastic bank pool matches. The first was the semi-final between Bank Pool Hall of Fame member Shannon "The Cannon" Daulton up against the legendary Efren "Bata" Reyes. Rotation games like 9 and 10 ball are widely considered a young mans game, thus the 60 year old Reyes has perhaps lost a step or two and is not as big...
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CSI Invitational 8-Ball Championship Matches Released on YouTube
CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (January 27, 2015) – CSI is pleased to announce that the 2014 CSI Invitational 8-Ball Championship matches have been released on the CSI YouTube channel. Fifteen (15) matches featuring some of the best players in the world, all filmed in the Predator Arena, can be viewed in their entirety a...
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This weekend in London, Ontario Star billiards hosted their first tournament since falling under new management a few months ago. The room has a very storied history in the London area, I noticed a picture on the wall of Mario Morra and Cliff Thorburn that appeared to be dated from the 70's. Located in Downtown London the room features 10 Black Crowns and 2 National 9 foot tables, 4 BCE snooker ta...
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Once again Shane Van Boening proved why another nickname besides the "South Dakota Kid" has emerged these past few years. " Mr. 10 ball" as he has been known lately, has been given to him based on his domination of any kind of 10 ball tournament or challenge match for several years now. His win yesterday was his second in back to back years of the Derby City Bigfoot challenge. Combine that with hi...
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