MT. PLEASANT, MI – The Women’s Professional Billiard Association’s (WPBA) WPBA Masters kicked off with 11 am matches. The event is hosted by the Soraing Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI. The day session featured 32 unseeded players matching up to determine who would first face the top 16 seeds.

In the evening session, the top 16 played their first round. Upsets included Joanne Ashton over Cathy Metzinger; Dawn Hopkins over Gerda Hofstatter; Eleanor Callado over Line Kjorsvik; and Liz Ford over #5 ranked Monica Webb.

To view the chart and ongoing results, visit www.wpba.com and click on “2012 Soaring Eagle Tournament Board.” One-loss side matches begin at 11:00 a.m. Friday. The sixteen undefeated players compete at 3 and 6 p.m.

Ford upset number 5 seed Webb at the Saoring Eagle Casino WPBA event.

Round One (Unseeded) Results:

Jacqui Herrera d. Emily Duddy 9-5

Dawn Hopkins d. Emilyn Callado 9-2

Jessica Barnes d. Val Finnie 9-6

Joanne Ashton d. Susan Williams 9-7

Liz Cole d. Cheryl Pritchard 9-2

Belinda Calhoun d. Teresa Gifford 9-4

Liz Ford d. Teruko Cucculelli 9-3

Erica Park d. Janet Atwell 9-4

Laura Smith d. Barbara Lee 9-8

Morgan Steinman d. Lonnie Fox 9-5

Jana Montour d. Jennifer Chen 9-8

Eleanor Callado d. Tina Hess 9-3

Naomi Williams d. Rebecca Wagner 9-1

Maureen Seto d. Vicki Paski 9-8

Melissa Little d. Angel Paglia 9-6
Kyoko Sone d. Erin McManus 9-4

Round One (Seeded Round):
Ga Young Kim d. Jacqui Herrera 9-5
Dawn Hopkins d. Gerda Hofstatter 9-7
Ewa Laurance d. Jessica Barnes 9-5
Joanne Ashton d. Cathy Metzinger 9-6
Karen Corr d. Liz Cole 9-8
Brittany Bryant d. Belinda Calhoun 9-1
Liz Ford d. Monica Webb 9-6
Helena Thornfeldt d. Erica Park 9-3
Jasmin Ouschan d. Laura Smith 9-6
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River Spirit Casino in Tulsa to Host Its 2nd U.S. Open, June 6-10, 2012

TULSA, OK – The Women’s Pro Billiard Tour announced that the 2012 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships will return to the fabulous River Spirit Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma June 6-10, 2012. Great Britain’s Allison Fisher will be on hand to defend her title, won on this very stage on June 19, 2011. The quarter final, semi final and final matches will be taped by ESPN for seven one-hour national broadcasts.

The WPBA U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships is a major stop on the Women’s Pro Billiard Tour and is happy to make its home at the River Spirit Casino for a second year in a row. Said WPBA president Tamre Rogers, “The River Spirit Event Center and Casino staff were second to none, and Tulsa fans are simply the best! The event and staging were spectalular and the tour is already looking forward to returning to Tulsa in 2012.

“River Spirit Casino and the River Spirit Event Center are pleased to have hosted the 2011 Women’s US Open 9-Ball Championships and proud to have been selected to host the event again in 2012 and 2013,” commented Jerry Floyd, General Manager at River Spirit. “The Tulsa area and the entire state support and deserve world class events such as this one. We are committed to making this year’s event bigger and better than 2011.”

Already slated to compete are the best known names in the world of women’s pro billiards, including Jasmin Ouschan; famed “Black Widow” Jeanette Lee; Chinese sensation Xiaoting Pan, British “Kwikfire” Kelly Fisher; 2010 U.S. Open champ Ga Young Kim aka “Little Devil Girl”; Hall of Famer and defending champion Allison Fisher; USA’s own Monica Webb; and Ireland’s Karen Corr. The event will once again kick off with a charity pro-am on June 6, 2012 at 7 p.m. Open to the general public, fans have a chance to compete against top players while raising money for Komen for the Cure Tulsa.

The Women's Pro Billiard Tour announced that the 2012 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships will return to the fabulous River Spirit Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma June 6-10, 2012. Jerry Floyd (left) General Manager & Bob Dimmick (right) Director of Marketing River Spirit Casino present 2011 WPBA US Open Champion Allison Fischer will her trophy.

It all takes place at the River Spirit Event Center, adjacent to the River Spirit Casino at 81st and Riverside in Tulsa. Visit www.riverspirittulsa.com/entertainment/eventcenter for tickets and more information!

About River Spirit Casino and Event Center
River Spirit Casino, Tulsa’s $195 million casino project at 81st & Riverside, showcases 300,000 square feet of gaming space and is one of the largest gaming floors in Oklahoma. With over 2,600 high-tech electronic machines, 23 table games and 15 poker tables, River Spirit Casino offers the most current technology and latest games available. The facility features four dining and beverage venues including the largest casino buffet in Oklahoma, a steakhouse, a 24-hour café, a lounge and a sports bar. The newly renovated River Spirit Event Center is located at the site of the former Creek Nation Casino – Tulsa at 81st and Riverside Drive. The venue has nearly 20,000 sq. ft of useable space for sporting events, entertainment, conventions and meetings and all amenities. For more information on River Spirit Casino please visit www.riverspirittulsa.com.

As an active community partner, River Spirit Casino provides a positive Read more ...]]> http://www.cuesandpool.com/billiards/2012-dates-set-for-women%e2%80%99s-us-open-9-ball-championships.html/feed 0 http://www.cuesandpool.com/billiards/dagotdot-and-bonilla-best-predator-field.html http://www.cuesandpool.com/billiards/dagotdot-and-bonilla-best-predator-field.html#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:16:14 +0000 Pool and Billiards News http://www.insidepoolmag.com/?p=16427 Dagotdot and Bonilla Best Predator Field
Predator Pro-Am Tour / Lindenhurst, NY

by Alison M. Fischer, NYCgrind.com

Daniel Dagotdot won the Predator Pro-Am Tour’s amateur division the weekend of September 17-18, while Oscar Bonilla closed a win in the open/pro division. The tour held its eleventh tour stop of the season at the Lindenhurst, NY, poolroom Mr. Cue Billiards on Long Island.

With a field of 56 players for both events, the $1,000-added tournament got underway early Saturday afternoon, and by Sunday evening, only two players remained in the winners’ bracket. Two of the area’s strongest young amateur players faced off in the hot seat match to see who would lock down a spot in the finals.

Long Island player Erin McManus, who had not competed all summer since the WPBA U.S. Open in June, faced off against Dagotdot in the hot seat match. McManus and Dagotdot had a close battle, which ended in Dagotdot’s favor 8-5.

Victor Nau, the Predator Tour’s current number-one-ranked player in the A+ class, fought through the one-loss side to take on McManus in the semifinals after he defeated Andrew Waggoner in the quarterfinals 10-5. McManus continued her strong play to win 9-7 and earn her spot in the finals for a rematch with Dagotdot. It was another close match between Dagotdot and McManus in the finals, but Dagotdot again prevailed, with the final score ending at 8-6.

In the one-day open/pro 10-ball event, Joey Korsiak earned the hot seat with a win over Justin Muller 8-5, Scott Murphy 8-4, and Tony Robles 8-6.

Oscar Bonilla fell into dead stroke after a first-round loss to Jorge Rodriguez 8-6 and went through the one-loss side to meet Tony Robles in the semifinals. With the score 5-4 in Bonilla’s favor, Robles came up dry on the break, and Bonilla calmly proceeded to run three racks and out for the right to play Korsiak for the championship. Bonilla was not to be denied as he soundly defeated Korsiak 11-7 in the finals to win the day.

Daniel Dagotdot won the Predator Pro-Am Tour’s amateur division the weekend of September 17-18, while Oscar Bonilla closed a win in the open/pro division.

Amateur Results:
1st Daniel Dagotdot $900
2nd Erin McManus $600
3rd Victor Nau $400
4th Andrew Waggoner $300
5th Luis Novas $200
Christian Smith
7th Dan Cintron $150
Marvin St. John
9th Gail Glazebrook $90
Mike Ettl
Thomas Wan
Jerry Tarantola – $90

Open/Pro Results:
1st Oscar Bonilla $500
2nd Joey Korsiak $300
3rd Tony Robles $180
4th Jorge Rodriguez $100

Shane Van Boening Takes Derby City Classic Title

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Boynton Beach, Fla. (July 16, 2011) – The day paid off for some players who came out to the first men and women’s $500-added Open 9-Ball event hosted by the Flamingo Billiards Tour on Saturday at Slate Billiards in Boynton Beach, FL. Anthony Meglino of Tamarac, Florida, took the honors and $750 at the July Jam event which drew a variety of players from all around South Florida. Included in the special guest list was Mike Dechaine, in town to support friend and room owner Mike Bradford.

Mike Bradford, room owner; Curtis Kelley, 2nd, Anthony Meglino, winner, and John Foster, 3rd.

Meglino’s day was a breeze until he met up with veteran player John Foster, who quickly sent Meglino west 7-1. Not to be deterred, Meglino made it back to the semi-finals stopping FBT member Sue Roberts, 5-0, with a record four 9-ball combos. Meglino followed up by knocking out room owner Mike Bradford, 5-0, and Stan Ketchum, 5-1, to get to the semi-final match.
On the winner’s side of the bracket, Curtis Kelley made it to the hot seat ending John Foster’s winning day in a tight match that went to the hill. Foster, who earlier sent Meglino west, came back to the semi-final through the one-loss side only to have the favor returned by Meglino. Meglino also stopped David Broxson, 5-1, who earlier ended Mike Dechaine’s guest appearance at the event. Jerry Calderon was out early as well.

In the final race to 11, it just wasn’t the day for Kelley, who’s back in tournament mode after being on paternity leave for nine months. Meglino quickly took the lead, 8-3. Just as it looked like Kelley was going to make a come-back wining the next two matches to make it 8-5, Meglino took over and won the next three games and the event.

Some of the event’s matches can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/billiardcommunity-com.

The FBT, a WPBA-Recognized Regional Tour, is the stepping stone to the WPBA for women in Florida who want to qualify for Women’s Professional Billiard
Association events. This is the first FBT-non-points 9-Ball event open to both women and men.

Many thanks again to room owners Mike Bradford and Joe Sistarelli, (www.billiardcommuntiy.com), for being great hosts and to Boynton Billiards (www.boyntonbilliards.com) for their support of the Flamingo Billiards Tour.

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9th 9th
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RESULTS
($500-added, modified double-elimination)
Anthony Meglino ($750) Curtis Kelley ($450) John Foster ($250) David Broxson ($150)
Mike Dechaine ($100) Stan Ketcham ($100)
Mike Bradford ($75) Steve Giedratis ($75) Al Cashwell ($50) Debbie Barkley ($50)
Eric Barkley ($50) Sue Roberts ($50)
Emily Wilmoth Broxson won the paid entry for the FBT event.

by InsidePOOL Staff

Nicole Keeney bested a 44-player field at the April 16-17 stop of the OB Cues Ladies’ Tour to be crowned the WPBA Texas State champion. The event was hosted by Casper’s Billiards, San Leon, TX, and drew some of the top women players in pool vying for the WPPA U.S. Open qualifier spot.

Jennifer Kraber grabbed the qualifier over Orietta Strickland in the one-loss side, while on the winners’ side, it came down to Keeney versus Amanda Lampert and Ming Ng against Ricki Casper. Keeney won her match hill-hill, while Ng bested Casper 7-4. In the hot seat match, Keeney kept the streak going with a 7-4 win over Ng.

Nicole Keeney bested a 44-player field at the April 16-17 stop of the OB Cues Ladies’ Tour to be crowned the WPBA Texas State champion.

On the one-loss side, Terry Petrosino, winner of the November 2010 tour stop at Casper’s, was hanging tough as she won a hill-hill match against Lampert. Lisa Marr was able to get another chance against Casper, who, on Saturday, bested Marr 7-0. Marr avenged this loss Sunday 7-4.

Petrosino continued her strong play by scoring another hill-hill win against Marr, leaving Marr with a fourth-place finish. However, it was over for Petrosino when Ng bested her 7-4 in the semifinals.

In the double-elimination final match, Ng looked like she would force a second set, as she reached the hill in the first set 6-1. Keeney had to refresh and dig deep to make the score hill-hill. A safety battle ensued in the final game, and ultimately Keeney finished the match with a 6-7-8-9 run to win 7-6.

Results:
1st Nicole Keeney $750
2nd Ming Ng $550
3rd Terry Petrosino $400
4th Lisa Marr $260
5th Amanda Lampert $160
Ricki Casper
7th Orietta Strickland $100
Jennifer Kraber
9th Chris Fields $75
Cristina De La Garza
Belinda Lee
Amber Stone

WPBA Touring Pro Kim “Lone Star” White has launched a new pool website that dives in to her 20 year love affair with billiards and shares a personal glimpse into her past and present.

WPBA Touring Pro Kim “Lone Star” White has launched a new pool website that dives in to her 20 year love affair with billiards and shares a personal glimpse into her past and present. Www.LoneStarOfTexas.com includes an array of client services found in the “Appearances” Section and also lists Kim’s “Events Schedule”. The “News” page offers an inside look at her private exhibitions and projects in the works, soon to include the Comcast Network reality show film project, “Playing with Sharks” produced by Adam Taylor of Imaging Studios.

White hired www.PoolWebSites.com to produce the site which includes photography by Kim Coffman www.KimCoffmanPhoto.com and Melinda Bailey. For several weeks she collaborated with owner and operator Jeff Montigny on site design and content before going with a soft but energetic palate of colors and shapes. “I love this company because they cater to the customer’s vision for their site. They provide punctual updating, I.T. support, and a great peace of mind for your online business”, Kim says. PoolWebSites.com is based in Austin, Texas and offers online solutions for everyone in the billiards industry. Visit www.PoolWebSites.com and get your site up today!

by InsidePOOL Staff

Jasmin Ouschan swept through the 48-player field at the inaugural WPBA Masters tournament held January 6-9 to defeat the tour’s number-three-ranked player, Karen Corr, in the finals in a close 7-6 victory. The event was hosted by the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, MI.

Ouschan swept through the 48-player field at the inaugural WPBA Masters tournament held January 6-9 to defeat the tour’s number-three-ranked player, Corr, in the finals in a close 7-6 victory.

Corr went undefeated into Sunday’s matches after having dispatched the tour’s former number one, Ga Young Kim, in a delicate hill-hill match the evening before. In her semifinal match against Monica Webb, the score seesawed to 2-all in the short race to 7. Despite the crowd’s hopes of a close battle, it was all Corr as Webb was forced to sit in her chair and watch “The Irish Invader” run out time and again. The final score was 7-2 in Corr’s favor.

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The other semifinal match featured Ouschan going up against Kelly Fisher, the other undefeated player among the four. An unexpected scratch by Fisher gave Ouschan the first rack, and the Austrian ran with that momentum until she reached a 4-0 lead. But Fisher dug deep and fought her way back into the match, and soon the score was knotted at the hill 6-all. Despite that, though, it was Ouschan who advanced to the finals against Corr with a 7-6 win.

A cloud of tension surrounded the final match. Corr broke and ran out the first two racks to make her presence known. Ouschan countered by taking the next two—one after a miss by Corr on a 3-9 combo and one after Corr scratched on the 7 ball. They split the next two games, and then Corr took another two-rack lead after a couple of errors by Ouschan, making it 5-3. Another error by both players led to the score moving to 6-4 in Corr’s favor. At that point, though, Ouschan bore down. When Corr scratched on her next break, Ouschan swiftly dished up to draw within a game. She then broke and ran out to make it a hill-hill encounter. In the final rack, Ouschan smashed the rack and pocketed three balls on the break. Coolly she ran the remaining balls in under a minute to win the match 7-6 and take the title. With this victory Ouschan clinched the tour’s number-one spot on the rankings as well.

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The WPBA Masters event has narrowed down to its final eight undefeated players, with eight fighting it out on the one-loss side as well. This inaugural event is hosted by the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, MI, January 6-9.

The WPBA Master event has narrowed down to its final eight undefeated players, with eight fighting it out on the one-loss side as well.

Top-ranked player on the WPBA, Ga Young Kim is still going strong, besting Nicole Keeney 9-2 in the previous round. Her next opponent will be Ewa “The Striking Viking” Laurance, who just routed Jeanette Lee 9-1. The winner of their match will advance to meet either Karen Corr or Tamara Rademakers. Corr escaped Line Kjorsvik in the previous round, while Rademakers defeated Kim White 9-6.

Nipping at Young’s heels in the rankings, though, is Jasmin Ouschan, who dealt Julie Kelly a 9-5 defeat and will advance to play Monica Webb, who just defeated Jennifer Barretta 9-4. The winner of that match will go on to face the winner of the Allison Fisher / Kelly Fisher match. Allison defeated Helena Thornfeldt 9-6, while Kelly delivered Sarah Rousey to the one-loss side 9-3.

On the one-loss side, Lee rebounded from her defeat by besting Naomi Williams 9-6 and will next play Nicole Keeney, who eliminated Maureen Seto 9-5 earlier. Kim White and Line Kjorsvik will face off in the next round—White ousted Jennifer Chen in a hill-hill match, while Kjorsvik defeated Emily Duddy 9-5.

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Jennifer Barretta sent Laura Smith home 9-4 to advance to the next round, where she will play Julie Kelly, who survived a tight 9-7 match with Liz Ford. And Sarah Rousey and Helena Thornfeldt will face off in the last one-loss-side match. Rouse eked out a 9-8 victory over Cathy Metzinger, and Thornfeldt won 9-3 over Eleanor Callado.

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The Women’s Pro Billiard Association (WPBA) is ringing in the new year right out of the gate with the WPBA Masters tournament held at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, MI.

The Women’s Pro Billiard Association (WPBA) is ringing in the new year right out of the gate with the WPBA Masters tournament held at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, MI.

With the new year came a new format: Instead of a 64-player field, there are 48 players. After the first 32 kick off the first round, the top 16 seeds come into play in the second. The winners of the first round advance to play the top seeds, while the remaining 16 cool their heels and await an opponent—the losers of the second round. Instead of a redraw at the final sixteen players, the field will narrow to four—two on the winners’ side and two on the one-loss side—before redrawing into the semifinal matches.

With the new format in place and only two rounds being played, so far the top seeds have come out as expected, with only a few upsets. Jennifer “9MM” Barretta upset junior champ Brittany Bryant in a double-hill match, with Bryant going off to face Melissa Rademakers in the next round on the one-loss side. Nicole Keeney came out on top of New York player Liz Ford 9-5, while Ewa Laurance surprised Melissa Little in another hill-hill match. And Kim White, promoter of the Lone Star Billiard Tour, upended Vivian “The Texas Tornado” Villareal in yet another double-hill match 9-8.

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The tour’s number-one seed, Jasmin Ouschan, is poised to play Julie “Motor Molly” Kelly in the next round of the winners’ bracket, and the number-two seed, Karen Corr, will play Line Kjorsvik. Another classic match-up will be between Ewa “The Striking Viking” Laurance and Jeanette Lee in the same bracket.

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