U.S. Bar Table Championships UnderwayU.S. Bar Table Championships / Reno, NV by Rick Davis The Sands Hotel and Casino in Reno, NV, is host to the U.S. Bar Table Championships, which got underway Wednesday, February 28. The action started with 9-ball and will run through the weekend, when 8-ball will start up and carry...
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Mason Makes it in Scarborough
Mason Makes it in ScarboroughCanadian 30K Tour / Scarborough, ONT by Willy Hermoza and Tony Butera The Canadian 30K Tour’s event at Shooters in Scarborough brought 42 fine billiard players out to enjoy a weekend of 9-ball. Held February 24-25, this event saw a surprise in the finals when Terri Mason took first place...
Cardenas Earns Senior Title
Cardenas Earns Senior Title Freindswoods Senior 9-Ball Tournament Breakers Billiards Breakers Billiards on NASA Parkway in Webster, Texas was the site of the second annual Friendswood Senior 9-Ball Tournament. Event promoter and director, Bill Tippit, filled the invitational event with 32 top seniors (55 and older), who represented more than a dozen communities in...
Archer Defends Title at Turning Stone
Archer Defends Title at Turning StoneTurning Stone Classic VIII by Rick Davis Starting the day on the one-loss side, Johnny Archer made his way through the gauntlet of matches to defend his title at the Turning Stone Classic, walking away with $8,000, the lion’s share of the $42,000 total purse.
Kim Wins Carolina Women's Billiard Classic
Kim Wins Carolina Women’s Billiard ClassicWPBA Carolina Women’s Billiard Classic Visit the Carolina Classic image gallery (/gallery2/v/Pool+Tournaments/Carolina_Classic/)
Xiaoting Pan Goes on to Finals
Xiaoting Pan Goes on to FinalsCarolina Women’s Billiard Classic Visit the Carolina Classic image gallery (/gallery2/v/Pool+Tournaments/Carolina_Classic/)
Ga-Young Kim Advances to Finals
Ga-Young Kim Advances to FinalsCarolina Women’s Billiard Classic Visit the Carolina Classic image gallery (/gallery2/v/Pool+Tournaments/Carolina_Classic/)
Turning Stone Reaches Top Eight
Turning Stone Reaches Top EightTurning Stone Classic by Rick Davis As Sunday afternoon arrives, the top eight remaining players will descend upon the Turning Stone Classic, all hungry for the championship title. Getting from the opening rounds to the final day has been a long road, and many top players did not endure the...
Xiaoting Pan
Xiaoting Pan Xiaoting Pan has been dubbed 9-Ball Pool Queen by the press in Asia. Born in China February 25, 1982, she now resides in Shanghai, China and travels to the U.S. to play in WPBA events. She represented China in the Asian Games in December of 2006. In that same year, she was...
Ga Young Kim
Ga Young Kim Ga Young Kim was born in Seoul, Korea. She developed a strong passion for pool and ventured to the US to play pool professionally. In her first year, she made a huge splash on the Women’s Professional Billiards Tour. Ga-Young Kim, the “Little Devil Girl,” first arrived on the U.S. scene...