ALCANO BLOWS FINAL 8 BALL, HANDS INCREDIBLE VICTORY TO CHINESE-TAIPEI TAIWAN DUO JOIN GERMANY, KOREA AND THAILAND IN WORLD CUP FINAL FOUR SUNDAY Ko Ping Chun and Ko Pin Yi Quarter Final Results Korea 9 – 5 Sweden Philippines B 9 – 1 Germany Thailand 9 –6 Poland Chinese Taipei 9 – 8 Philippines...
Hatch Takes Down Another Joss Billiards Event Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / Syracuse, NY by Lea Andrews Dennis “The Hatchet Man” Hatch, who last won a Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour event in February, went undefeated at the March 26-27 stop to earn his third tour win this season. The $1,500-added event drew 33 competitors...
Dennis Orcullo Bests World 8-Ball Field Our final day in Fujairah began with a playoff for third place between Darren Appleton and David Alcaide. Alcaide dominated the match as Appleton only came to the table sparingly. Alcaide won 9-2. Then it was time for the Championship match between Dennis Orcullo of the Philippines and...
Day One of the World 8-Ball Championships The first day of the group stages has now completed and about two-thirds of the field has played their first match. Earl Strickland of the USA, who with Vincent Facquet of France put on an excellent trick shot show for the opening ceremony, led Sumit Talwar 6-1...
Flamingo Billiards Tour / Stuart, FL by InsidePOOL Staff JoAnn Mason Parker, having friends affected by breast cancer, was even more motivated to bring awareness to the cause, and she did so when she won the Flamingo Billiards Tour’s “Cues for the Cause” breast cancer fundraising event, held in conjunction with the American CueSports...
Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / Waterville, ME by Lea Andrews Dave Fernandez, who has made it to the finals of a Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour event but never to the winner’s circle, chose the tour’s season opener, “The Maine Event IV,” to earn his first title. Fernandez and 36 others gathered at TJ’s Classic...
USA 8–7 Sweden Spain 8-5 Vietnam 2008 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool winners, Team USA, made their way into the last 16 after coming through a life or death struggle against the Swedish pair of Marcus Chamat and Thomas Mehtala. The American axis of Johnny Archer and Rodney Morris, currently ranked Nos. 1 &...
The final day of the U.S Open 10 Ball Championships at the Riviera in Las Vegas was filled with tense and exciting matches to culminate an already intense tournament. The battle for fourth place pitted Francisco Bustamante against Shane Van Boening. Both players kept the match tight until a safety battle in...
Caukin Cashes on Billiards Tour Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Gainesville, FL by Michell Monk Helene Caukin won her first Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour stop May 1, besting Nicolle Rasmussen in the finals. Hosted by the Art of Billiards in Gainesville, FL, the $250-added event attracted 11 of Florida’s top women players. The single-elimination event quickly wound down...
Karl Boyes Wins in World 8-Ball Finals Jerry Forsyth WPA Press Officer The World 8-Ball Championships final was a run-out fest between Niels Feijen and Karl Boyes. The First rack had a bit of back and forth action and was taken by Boyes. Then he broke and ran three consecutive racks to lead 4-0. When he came...