GBE (Guangzhou International Billiards Exhibition) is a large Billiard Trade Exhibition held annually in China. The GBE2015 show will be held in Guangzhou Pazhou at the China Import and Export Fair Complex from May 9-11. GBE2015 will mark the 8th year for this very prestigious and successful show. The 2015 GBE will showcase 450 booths taking up an impressive 10000 square meters of floor space.
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The second annual Eastern Canadian Bar Box Championships hosted by Tailgators in Ottawa is now in the books. With this being a handicap event ranging from 4 to 8 with each player playing to their number, this truly was anyone's tournament to win. Even with this knowledge it still came as a surprise to see how many tournament favourites found themselves on the wrong side of the bracket early on.
Ot...
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Another amazing weekend of pool to play in and to watch! 31 players came out to participate and there was no lack of talent in this group. After the draw was done, play began and saw some extremely tough 1st Round Match Ups. Some of the rooms favorites, and past winners, Paul Duel vs Kenny Chen, Brittany Bryant vs Wayne Tate, Ray Jansen vs Rod Arsenault, Carlin Sanderson vs Jason Montgomery, but i...
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Players & Fans,
Congratulations to stop # 4 winners, Jeremy Sossei ($1,000 main event) & Willie Oney ($300 second chance event)
Stop # 4 winner,Jeremy Sossei
Stop # 5 of the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will be at the beautiful Snookers Billiards Bar & Grill in Providence RI on November 15 & 16 for the very prestigious, $5,000...
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Razor Pool is launching a new instructional aid for learning and practicing billiards called Bullseye Billiards. The instructional aid is played as a game and will be available for order on November 22nd at BullseyeBilliards.net
Albuquerque - Razor Pool has announced a new billiard (pool) instructional product called Bullseye Billiards. Players can use Bullseye Billiards to practice pocketing bal...
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Official Team Shirts now on sale
Matchroom Sport is delighted to announce that Official Team Shirts for the 2014 Party Poker Mosconi Cup are now on sale. Produced by Universe Clothing of Atlanta, Georgia, the stylish shirts represent the first time replica shirts have been available for pool’s No.1 event.
There are two separate shirts available for each side and they will be the exact same appare...
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Marc GarzaPhoto courtesy of Tim Smith
Marc Garza blazed through 42 open 8-ball players this past Saturday, November 1st, 2015, at the PxP Tour Finale held at Bogies Billiards & Sports Bar in Houston, Texas. Seasoned player and tour newcomer Garza took no prisoners as he forged ahead to victory and a piece of the almost $3...
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Enjoy the Process!Paul PotierStraight Pool or 14.1 Continuous is a game where you can shoot any ball you want and most shots are short shots. It is a game of patterns, and playing a lot of Straight Pool helps you understand and see the patterns in 8 Ball. For example, you will generally shoot a shot that will allow you to have...
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Two Time Space City Open 9-Ball Champion
Charlie "Hillbilly" Bryant
The Space City Open is in its third year, staged at Houston's largest and only 24 hour pool room, Bogies Billiards and Sports Bar. Last year's event yielded nearly $40,000 in payouts, crowning champions in (4) divisions.
Sponsors for this event include OnSitePool.com,...
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This past long weekend the Quebec Federation held their Provincial Championships at Le Skratch, Laval. All divisions C-Pro were all well attended and contested as this was one of the biggest weekends of the year for Quebec Pool outside Le Classique De Appalaches.
Being that last weekend was Thanksgiving and family being a priority I was unable to attend the entire event. However I was fortunate en...
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Last Saturday November 1st 44 players came to Le Skratch Laval for the second stop of Quebec Federation Pro Circuit. Alain "The Dancing Bear" Martel, who finished third in the first event held at Dooly's Valleyfield then followed that up by winning the Quebec Provincials a few weeks later, continued his winning ways in Laval.
Alain M...
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Attention all snooker players and fans !
The 147 Snooker Club has recently made the announcement that it has acquired the former Snooker Académie de Montréal.
This means that owner Stephane Martineau will now have access to a total of 13 snooker tables for all players and future events. This can only be good news for the game here in Canada.
Mr. Martineau is wasting no time and has already ordere...
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The 2nd leg of the 2014/15 404 season wrapped up this past weekend (November 1 &2) at Shooters Snooker and Sports Club. The 404 has been operating this year exclusively at Shooters and is using a somewhat controversial change to the handicap system designed to increase the pool of potential winners. The change to the handicap system attempts to make it more challenging for the professionals to...
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Players & Fans,
Congratulations to Stop # 4 winners, Jeremy Sossei $1,000 (main event) & Phil Davis $300 (second chance event)
Jeremy Sossei
Stop # 5 of the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's 2014-2015 season will be at Hippo's House Of Billiards in Utica NY on Nov 8 & 9 2014. This event will be the 6th annual "Al Conte Memorial",...
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New York City, New York- Pool fans hang onto your hats. The ladies are back! Dragon Promotions is bringing big time, world class women's pool back to the United States with the 6th Annual Women's International Pool Championship ! The event takes place December 16-21, 2014 featuring 64 elite women from around the world and hosted by Steinway Billiards Cafe in New York City, the epicenter of Americ...
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One of the most overlooked skills in pool is jumping. In reality it is a very big skill; being a strong jumper means that you will give up less ball in hands and jumping at a ball and pocketing it can change the complexion of a whole match. Some of you might remember Shane Van Boening's creative jump in the final of the U.S. Open this year where he wasn't able to reach the shot, so he used a stack...
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The 2nd installment of the Shooters Amateur 9 Ball Event was held this past weekend (October 25 & 26) at Shooters Snooker and Sports Club in North York. This amateur tournament will be held approximately every 4 weeks. The initial success of this tournament has spread quickly as there were many new players in this 2nd event. Like the first event a full 64 player field (with a waiting list) was...
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I received a call almost 2 years ago from a gentleman named Vince Jones. “I am calling from British Columbia, and I would like to do my part to get snooker going out here” he said, in a calm tone. I had heard these words before a few times in the past from callers, and unfortunately, not one person before him had sustained more than a few days of back & forth.
But there was something different in...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (October 27, 2014) – CSI is pleased to announce that three high-profile challenge matches have been released on the CSI YouTube channel. During the 2014 CSI Invitational Championships, the following three challenge matches were recorded and are now available absolutely free.
CSI Presents…The Kamui Challenge
Shane Van Boening vs. Ko, Pin-Yi
10-Ball...
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It was a great fall day as more than two dozen players gathered for King of the Hill in Ajax, at Petrina’s Taps and Billiards. The field was full of talent with the likes of Brian Belobradic, Erik Hjorleifson, Justin Kluznik, Al Porter, Jago Raghoo, and Grace Nakamura just to name a few. The format was simple – race to five, double elimination. The tournament was organized by Brian Belobradic n...
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