Thank you for reading my column. I try to answer your questions from my own personal experience, and I hope you enjoy it. Dear Allison, I have two questions: 1. Do you have to call a certain pocket when you’re on the 9? 2. Why have I seen people pocket the 9 ball intentionally...
Pool Etiquette Hi everyone, and thanks for writing to me with your questions. I would like to talk about etiquette in our sport. Having been a snooker player for the majority of my playing career thus far, I felt compelled to talk about the differences in sportsmanship between the two games. I have found...
Van den Berg Cruises Past Ouschan Nick van den Berg started the match by winning the lag at the Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee in Holland. He never looked back from there. It was the opening match of the third session of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters as Ouschan became only the second...
Wu Hits a Gear to Proceed Into Last Eight Wu Chia-ching cruised into the quarter-finals of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters with a stunning 8-1 victory against debutant Tyler Edey. The Canadian actually won the lag and claimed the opening rack but that was as good as it got for him as the...
Slivka Takes Two while Lac Lands Four Tiger Pool Tour / Laurel, MD by Rick Davis The Tiger Pool Tour visited Side Pockets in Laurel, MD, over the June 2-3 weekend, and Jerry Slivka came back from a late loss to claim his second win this season, while My-Hahn Lac continued her reign, going...
Undefeated 30K Tour Victory for Hjorliefson Canadian 30K Tour / Newmarket, ONT by Willy Hermoza and Tony Butera Thirty-two die-hard pool players gave up the sunny skies for a chance to compete in the 34th stop of the Canadian 30K Tour at Bigwigs May 19-20. Frequent winner Erik Hjorliefson went home with the first-place...
Alcano Wins the World 8-Ball Pool Championships Fujairah, UAE Two Filipino’s, sharing the same hotel room in Fujairah, began the evening sharing the stage and in quest of a single trophy. Current World 9-Ball Champion Ronnie Alcano and his roommate Dennis Orcollo are the best of friends, and it must be said that this...