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Wins for Gomez, Williams and Kuribayashi
THERE WERE THREE further Round 3 matches at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas as the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters reached its penultimate day. With all-round play rising to a high standard, there were wins for Charlie Williams, Roberto Gomez and Toru Kuribayashi.
In the opening...
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Frost Nips Ochoa for Derby One Pocket Title
As evening fell on Elizabeth, IN at the Derby City Classic there was talk of an upcoming storm and how cold the air felt outside. According to the National Weather Service, the storm is scheduled to hit Friday, but nobody watching the final day of action...
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Brumback Repeats as Derby City Classic Banks Champ
After four days of competition at the Derby City Classic, the Bank 9-Ball division ended Monday night with John Brumback successfully defending his title as Derby City Classic Bank Champion by defeating Filipino billiards legend Efren Reyes. In addition to being the defending Banks Division champion,...
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2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters HOLLAND’S NICK van den Berg became the first player through to the semi-finals of the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters as he held off the challenge of Johnny Archer to claim an 8-5 victory at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. It was nip and tuck for the first ten...
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Derby City Classic XI by InsidePOOL Staff Out of the 333 players who entered the one-pocket division at the Derby City Classic, one emerged triumphant after his final match against Scott “The Freezer” Frost. John “Mr. 403″ Schmidt surprised almost everybody by taking first place over the more seasoned Frost, with it the first-place...
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European Billiard Team on Brink of Mosconi Cup Glory Team Europe look set to retain the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup for the first time in the event’s storied history as they took the Saturday evening session 2-1 to take a 9-5 lead into the final day at the Hilton Hotel in Portomaso, Malta. Rodney Morris...
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Bustamante Busts Appleton U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships / Chesapeake, VA by InsidePOOL Staff The winners’-bracket matches kicked off the evening session of the 33rd Annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, leaving 16 players undefeated to return Thursday evening. Recently crowned 10-ball champion Darren “Dynamite” Appleton was sent west by crowd favorite Francisco Bustamante after their...
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Finals Set at Carolina Classic WPBA Carolina Classic / Durham, NC by InsidePOOL Staff Jasmin Ouschan and Jeanette Lee will face off in the final match of the WPBA Carolina Classic Sunday afternoon. This event is being hosted by the American Tobacco Historic District Campus in Durham, NC, and boasted a 64-player field. Newcomer...
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Singapore Billiard Team Ensures Asian Finalist The Singapore billiard team ensured there would be an Asian team in the final of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. They beat Austria 8-2 as only Asian countries – Philippines, China, Japan and Singapore – are left in the top half of the draw. The Singapore...
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Japanese Duo End Host Nation Hopes The host nation billiards team Holland A, consisting of Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg, were once again backed by a capacity crowd at the Outland Nightclub in Rotterdam, Holland as they faced off against Japan in their second round match. Satoshi Kawabata won the lag for...
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