The Bigfoot 10 Ball Challenge continued this afternoon with some thrilling match-ups. First up was recent Turning Stone Champion Jayson Shaw against former World Champion Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan. With the way Shaw ran through opponents during the last few months and with Pagulayan playing more snooker than rotation as of late, the early betting odds most likely favoured Shaw.
It was a slow start...
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2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup
USA Team Selection – Reverts to ranking plus wild cards
MATCHROOM SPORT can announce that the selection process for Team USA at the 22nd annual PartyPoker Mosconi Cup will revert to rankings as well as wild cards. This follows two consecutive years when the side was handpicked.
The Mosconi Cup will be taking place from 7th to 10th December at a prestige venue in the US...
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MANNY PACQUIAO TO BRING WPA WORLD 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP TO THE PHILIPPINES IN FEBRUARY
Boxing sensation 'Pacman' teams up with the WPA to stage the return of pool's hardcore title in his hometown of General Santos City.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer Photo Courtesy Wendell Rupert Alinea
(Manila, Philippines)--After a four yea...
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2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup
European Team Selection - Top three players and two wild cards
WITH THE annual PartyPoker Mosconi Cup set for 7th to 10th December in the USA, Matchroom Sport can announce the selection criteria for the European side as they contemplate a sixth consecutive victory in the annual transatlantic 9 ball show down.
Having conceded just seven matches in the last two runnings,...
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A new set of dates have been announced for the opportunity to qualify for the largest snooker tournament in the country, which will again have a total prize purse of $20,000. Players will have a chance to compete at 2 different locations in the up and coming weeks.
On February 15, a qualifier will be played at Monte Carlo Billiards in Mississauga. Anyone interested in competing can contact tourn...
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The CBSA is pleased to announce that Simonis and Aramith have agreed to continue their sponsorship with the CBSA.
The CBSA would like to thank Ivan Lee, Simonis and Aramith for their support. Please visit both of their website’s for more information.
Simonis and Aramith will continue to support the CBSA along with Diamond Billiard Products, OB Cues, Kamui and Think Green Industries as major spons...
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On the weekend of January 17-18, thirty-five players were in attendance for the Four Points Tour at BigWigs Billiards in Newmarket, Ontario.
Erik Hjorleifson appeared to be unstoppable as he steamrolled each of his opponents on his way to the finals. Erik had wins over Chris Lee (10-2), Ben Chang (9-5), George Sokolowski (10-5), Mike Leigh (9-2), Dave Lettner (10-2) and Sumon Sarkar (9-2).
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With the Derby City Classic just around the corner it is a good time to remember the proper rules of conduct at the Horseshoe. Diamond Billiard Products and the Harrah’s chain have teamed to bring us this great event and we do not wish to do anything that would endanger the future of what has become the biggest fan-friendly event of the year.
The one thing that everyone needs to remember is that g...
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The pool playing universe in the GTA has found its natural place again. The 5th event of the 2014/15 ‘404’ series took place on January 3 & 4th, 2015 at Shooters Snooker and Sports Club with an expanded field of 72 players. Like the Shooters Amateur Event the preceding weekend, the ‘404’ tournament was over subscribed resulting in the need to expand the playing field beyond the typical 64 cap....
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After almost two years in the planning and construction phase, The Corner Bank is now open at 925 Warden Ave every day from 10 AM until 3 AM. This venue is destined to become one of the premier cue sports and entertainment facilities in the country. Boasting 28 Diamond pool tables and 8 Shender match snooker tables the quality and quantity of first class equipment is without question. A 55 foot...
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Hey everybody Happy New Year and all the best wishes for a prosperous 2015. Today I would like to shed some light on an aspect of the game that we all know is very important, which is the break. After playing at the Turning Stone event this week which was a winner breaks event, I was on the receiving end of a set where my opponent John Morra broke and ran about two thirds of the breaks and left me...
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The Corner Bank will be hosting two "direct entry" snooker qualifiers for this summer's Canadian Snooker championships slated for June 7-14.
The first of these will be played the weekend of January 24th & 25th and the second will be played March 21st and 22nd.
Following are the event details:
1. Registrations will be taken up to 11am on the day, random draw to follow. Event will be unsee...
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Complete results with prize money amounts for Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's, "Turning Stone Classic XXIII 9-Ball Open". Total prize fund $41,400. January 8-11, 2015. All players were paid in cash immediately upon their elimination from the event.
1st $8,000 Jayson Shaw (Scotland)
2nd $5,000 ...
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Jason Shaw has won Turning Stone XXIII by defeating a very hot-shooting John Morra 13-11. Morra caused quite a buzz in the room when he dominated Mika Immonen to win the hot seat 9-1 in less than thirty minutes. Morra got out every time that was even a remote possibility and locked Immonen up in a vault when he played safe.
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1st Place Split – Chen vs Duell
Another successful event saw 32 extremely strong players come out to compete in the Royal City 9 Ball Challenge.
Congratulations to Kenny Chen and Paul Duell, for their shared 1st/2nd Place Finish.. Kenny Chen’s day started off with a tough match against Naomi Williams, with Chen coming out the victor..he went forward on the A Side, sending his opponents to fight it...
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Today is day 3 from the $25,000 added Turning Stone Classic in Verona N.Y. Yesterday was mostly loser side brackets as the players who lost in the first two rounds began inching their way towards the money rounds. Going into today Canadians such as John Morra, Erik Hjorleifson, Alain Parent, Danny Hewitt, Martin Daigle and Brittany Bryant are all still in the mix.
I was lucky enough to drive down...
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Beijing Time 8th Jan 2015 evening, Joy Cup the 3rd Chinese 8-Ball Masters which hold by Joy had just finished, the final is between 2 Chinese players, Yang Fan, who was the first rank of 2015 beat Zheng Yubo and finally won the championship with 10 Break-and-Clean and won the prize money 300,000 RMB.
The 3rd Masters, all new regulation, the amount of native and international players increased from...
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Wow! What a turnout! The holiday special of the Shooters Amateur Event brought out 92 players when the field size for this new tournament was opened beyond the typical limit of 64 players. The word ‘Amateur’ seems to have some ‘magic’ to it in attracting players. The original vision for the Amateur was for a field of 32 but high demand has significantly overridden that number. The 92 player field...
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On January 7th, the first stage of the The Third World Joy Cup Chinese Eight-ball has finished in Qinhuangdao, China. Dennis Orcollo, the Philippino player, won himself a big victory with the score of 13-4, which has made him the first in his group. According to him, this great outcome is not in Orcollo’s expectation, however, he said that he was lucky and it is because his hard work.
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