Saunders and Kennedy Come Out on Top of KF Cue Tour
KF Cue Tour / Spring Hill, FL
by Lea Andrews
Though they chose different routes to get there, George Saunders and Tommy Kennedy both ended up in the same place the weekend of January 9-10: the KF Cue Tour winner’s circle at Capone’s Billiards in Spring...
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Pan Advances to Finals
WPBA Tour Championship / Hollywood, FL
by Anne Craig
Kelly Fisher, the 2008 Player of the Year, and Xiaoting Pan, the number-two-ranked player on the WPBA Tour for 2009, were both looking for their first win of this season. With the cameras rolling and the crowd rooting on their favorite player, the second...
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Tri-State Tour / Parsippany, NJ by Lea Andrews After a grueling day of play, a 31-player field was whittled down to two men who agreed to skip the final set. Mike Aro and Joe Fego split first- and second-place money at the $500-added B-D Tri-State Tour event June 13, hosted by Comet Billiards in...
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Taylor is Overall Champion of Dr. Cue Classic Artistic Cup II Dr. Cue Classic Artistic Cup II / East Windsor, CT by Skip Maloney Dan Taylor not only won the overall championship of the Dr. Cue Classic Artistic Cup II, but in so doing, tallied a record 208 total points out of a possible...
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International Pool Tour Announces IPT Pro-Am Tournament The International Pool Tour (IPT) has anounced the IPT Pro-Am Tournament. Sixteen of the best players in the world will compete with an open field of players in a new and unique format November 8-9, 2008. The Pro-Am Tournament is open to any competitor who places...
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Van Boening Double Trouble for Archer Reno Open / Reno, NV by Rick Davis Shane Van Boening is the new Reno Open champion after coming out on top of the final four in the final day of play. After taking a loss to Johnny Archer earlier in the event Van Boening found himself in...
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See and Murphy Advance to US Open 10-Ball Hot Seat BoutThrillers on the A-side, six left with one loss in fourth Qlympics main event by Paul Berg, InsidePOOL Magazine Staff In dramatic contests with a certain déjà vu quality compared to their victories last night, Huidji See and Shannon Murphy have continued undefeated runs...
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In the last column, which I called “Shark Attack 101,” we looked at the insidiousness of intentional sharking. We saw that sharking is a matter of degree and that anyone can be sharked under the right conditions. I left you to ponder several questions in the search for viable strategies to handle such occasions:...
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As well as playing competitively, I enjoy teaching what I have learned over the years at my academy in Charlotte, North Carolina. I teach alongside my friend and competitor Gerda Hofstatter, or “The G-Force,” as she is known on tour. I thought this month I would write about what it is like to be...
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Samm’s Side Pocket Sponsors Viking Cue 9 Ball Tour Biliard Industry News – Samm’s Side Pocket is pleased to announce their involvement and participation as a sponsor of the Viking Tour. Providing fun and unique products for pool players created by a pool player, Samm’s Side Pocket Productions, LLC will harmonize perfectly with the...
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