Dagotdot Earns Revenge on Tri-State Billiards Tour Tri-State Tour / Edison, NJ by InsidePOOL Staff Daniel Dagotdot survived a late loss in the August 21 Tri-State Tour event to come back and take the title from Allen Wong in the finals. The $750-added 9-ball event was hosted by Sandcastle Billiards in Edison, NJ, and...
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On August 14th-15th the Lone Star Billiards Tour produced another successful event at Q Stix Billiards in Houston, Texas. The tour’s first 8-Ball event, with $1,550 added, drew a field of 50 open players and 22 ladies. The star studded field included Rene Rendon, David Gutierrez, Brandon Shuff, Sam Manaole and other notables who...
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Galveston World Classic Promoter Reopens Famed Bogies Billiards June of this year marked the end of an era as Bogies Billiards & Games was forced to close due to financial difficulties displacing a vast number of Houston area billiard enthusiasts. Bogies, a 20 year fixture in the Houston billiard community, was the state’s only...
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Robert Plaut on Tri-State Billiards Tour Tri-State Tour / New York, NY by InsidePOOL Staff Robert Plaut went undefeated to take first place at the Tri-State Tour’s July 31-August 1 event, defeating Ryan McCarthy to take the title. The $1,000-added event was hosted by Amsterdam Billiards and Bar in New York, NY, and featured...
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Women’s U.S. Open 9-Ball Kicks Off WPBA U.S. Open / Norman, OK by InsidePOOL Staff The Women’s Professional Billiard Association’s (WPBA) U.S. Open event has kicked off at Riverwind Casino in Norman, OK. There is a full 64-player field of ladies primed to attempt to wrest the title from Ga Young Kim, the defending...
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Taylor, Bryant, and Smith Rope Texas Billiards Victories Lone Star Billiards Tour / Houston, TX by InsidePOOL Staff The Lone Star Billiards Tour crowned three winners at their July 24-25 event, where 56 open 9-Ball, 9 one-pocket, and 11 open ladies’ 9-ball competitors battled it out for over $6,000 in cash, which included $1,550...
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Flawless Finish for Fontenot
Lone Star Billiards Tour / Houston, TX
by InsidePOOL Staff
The Lone Star Billiards Tour scored a record turnout the weekend of July 10-11, with 83 open players, 13 one-pocket players, and 16 ladies gathered to play for over $10,000 in cash. The tour was hosted by Bogies Billiards in Houston, TX, and...
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Double J Spells Double Doom
Lone Star Billiards Tour / Houston, TX
by InsidePOOL Staff
The action was hot and heavy on the Lone Star Billiards Tour with over $11k up for grabs the weekend of June 19-20. Q Stix Billiards in Houston, TX, hosted 86 total entries—54 in open 10-ball, 21 in open ladies’ 9-ball, and...
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Smith Sails to Victory on Great Southern Billiards Tour
Great Southern Billiard Tour / Asheboro, NC
by Lea Andrews
Two first-time finalists met up at the June 5-6 stop of the Great Southern Billiard Tour, and it was Brad Smith who emerged the first-time winner. Smith and runner-up Jerry Hilton faced off at Zoo City Billiards in...
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Abood, Ochoa, and Yi Lone Star Billiards Victors
Lone Star Billiards Tour / Port Arthur, TX
by InsidePOOL Staff
Louisiana’s own Gary Abood took top honors at the Lone Star Billiards Tour’s June 5-6 stop in the 9-ball division, while Sylver Ochoa winning the one-pocket event and Kyu Yi the ladies’. The tour visited Tony Nguyen’s million-dollar...
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