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WPBL Semi-Finals: Outlaws outlast the Poison

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WPBL Semi-Finals: Outlaws outlast the Poison Minnesota Outlaws Face-Off against the Atlanta Scorpions in the Finals LAS VEGAS, NV (February 13, 2014) The second World Professional League semi-final match was played at the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas, NV. On Thursday February 13, 2014. The match-up featured the #2 seed Minnesota Outlaws vs. the #9 seed Pittsburg Poison. The Poison’s dramatic run in the WPBL Championship Playoffs ended with a heartbreaking 7-5 loss to the Outlaws Thursday February 13th, sending Minnesota to Saturday’s WPBL Championship game to face the Atlanta Scorpions. Pittsburgh needed to win the final game in regulation to stay alive, but failed to score when given the opportunities down the stretch. That left the door open for Minnesota to run out the clock in regulation and clinch the match. Pittsburgh fell behind in the match 4-0 in the first three games before storming back to take a 5-4 lead when Shawn Putnam outlasted Ralf Souquet in a singles shoot-out 27-19. Adam Smith, who played the biggest role in Pittsburgh’s comeback, tied the match […]

WPBL Semi-Finals: Scorpions prevail over the Pride

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WPBL Semi-Finals: Scorpions prevail over the Pride LAS VEGAS, NV (February 13, 2014) The first of two semi-final matches in the World Professional Billiard League’s Championship Playoffs were played at the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The #1 seed New York Pride took on the #12 seed Atlanta Scorpions on Wednesday February 12, 2014. The lowest seeded team in the WPBL will be moving on to the championship match after defeating the top seeded team in the semi-finals. The Scorpions will play in Saturday’s final after a 7-2 victory over the Pride. Atlanta will face-off in the title match against either the Minnesota Outlaws or the Pittsburgh Poison. The Wednesday semi-final was decided in the seventh game, when Earl Strickland’s comeback effort fell 6 points short to Shannon Daulton 25-20, giving Atlanta that game and the match. The night was dominated by shoot-outs, with only 1 of the seven games decided in regulation. Dennis Hatch defeated Larry Nevel 30-15 in the second singles game of the night, giving Atlanta a 6-2 lead and setting […]

Nick van den Berg wins the first Euro-Tour stop in 2014, the Dynamic Billard Italian Open

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Nick van den Berg wins the first Euro-Tour stop in 2014, the Dynamic Billard Italian Open The final match between started with a dominant phase from van den Berg. He ran out the first two racks and the capitalized from a mistake from Skowerski, turning the scoreboard to 3:0 after only 13 minutes. Then van den Berg scratched on his own break and allowed Skowerski to open up his account with 3:1. The next racks were equally shared and after 8 racks the score was 5:3 for van den Berg with Skowerski’s break shot coming up. At that point in time, van den Berg seemed to lose his domination in the match a bit. Skowerski broke the 9-ball and came within one point to van den Berg. The tide seemed to turn in the match. But van den Berg took his time-out and tried to remain cool. After 11 racks, the score was only 6:5 in favor of the Dutch. Rack 12 turned out to be the main rack in the match. Van den Berg […]

First Round WPBL Playoffs: Cruise upset the Hustlers

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First Round WPBL Playoffs: Cruise upset the Hustlers LAS VEGAS, NV (February 7, 2014) In the third match of the World Professional Billiard League’s 2013-2014 Playoffs the Houston Hustlers took on the Miami Cruise at the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas February 7, 2014. A difficult cut shot by Jose Parica clinched the match for the Cruise, who upset the Hustlers 7-4 in Friday’s first round of the WPBL Championship Playoff tournament.Miami only needed to avoid a shut-out in the match’s final game of 3 on 3, which happened when Parica sank a one point purple ball giving #10 seed Miami the win. Miami had a chance to clinch the match a game earlier in singles, however Hunter Lombardo couldn’t finish off Justin Hall in a shoot-out that Hall won 31-18, putting Houston within 7-4.The loss was the only one for Miami in singles, as Jose Parica and Corey Deuel knocked off Chip Compton and Jeremy Jones 30-9 and 30-10 respectively. Houston’s only regulation win came in doubles, when Compton and Hall defeated Parica and […]

First Round WPBL Playoffs: Scorpions upset the Wave – Florian “Venom” Kohler Performs at Halftime

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First Round WPBL Playoffs: Scorpions upset the Wave Florian “Venom” Kohler Performs at Halftime LAS VEGAS, NV (February 5, 2014) The World Professional Billiard League’s 2013-2014 Playoffs began today. First round action saw the #5 seed Los Angeles Wave vs. the #12 seed Atlanta Scorpions at the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas. Johnny Archer’s Atlanta Scorpions upset Oscar Dominquez’ Los Angeles Wave 8-2, capturing a victory in the first ever playoff match in the history of the WPBL. The Scorpions capitalized on several uncharacteristic Los Angeles mistakes, and picked up a pair of one point shoot-out wins in the first two games of the match. Dennis Hatch and Shannon Daulton knocked off Ernesto Dominguez and Louis Ulrich 30-6 in doubles, giving Atlanta their first regulation win of the match, lifting their lead to 4-0. Archer and Daulton picked up another regulation doubles win just before intermission bringing Atlanta’s lead to 6-0. Archer all but sealed the match as he easily handled Oscar Dominguez 30-1 in the first singles game of the match, for an 8-0 […]

Billard-Bestseller „Die letzte Freiheit“ nun erstmals im Set mit Ralph Eckerts Qpod

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Billard-Bestseller „Die letzte Freiheit“ nun erstmals im Set mit Ralph Eckerts Qpod (Wien, Februar 2014) Ralph Eckerts Billard-Bestseller „Die letzte Freiheit – Reflexionen eines Meisterschülers“ ist bereits seit 2011 am Markt. Qpod bietet nun ganz exklusiv das Buch im Set mit dem chinesischen Qpod Design des deutschen Pool-Profis und mehrfachen Trickshot-Weltmeisters an. Für nur 89,90 Euro inkl. MwSt. sind das Buch und der Qpod, designt von Ralph Eckert, im Set ab sofort in unserem Webshop www.qpod-billiards.com erhältlich. Zum Buch und den Autor: In 27 Kapitel reflektiert Ralph Eckert die philosophischen Weisheiten seines Mentors und väterlichen Freundes Mr. Kim, bei dem er 1982 als Jugendlicher mit dem Billardspielen begonnen hatte. Diese Weisheiten veränderten das Leben von Ralph Eckert und prägten nachhaltig seine Billardkarriere. Ein interessantes und inspirierendes Buch nicht nur Billardspieler, sondern für alle, die selbstverantwortlich ihren eigenen Weg in Zufriedenheit gehen wollen. Ralph Eckert wurde 1965 in Mannheim geboren, wo er auch noch heute noch lebt. Er ist seit vielen Jahren selbstständig im Billardsektor tätig und konnte zahlreiche großartige Erfolge im Pool und Trickstoß erreichen. […]

Florian “VENOM” Kohler performs twice during WPBL Playoffs

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Florian “VENOM” Kohler performs twice during WPBL Playoffs LAS VEGAS, NV (January 29, 2014) World renowned trick-shot artist Florian “Venom” Kohler will showcase his amazing talents twice during the World Professional League’s upcoming playoff matches being held February 5th-15th, 2014. All matches are being played in front of a live audience and broadcast throughout the world from the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Known for making and creating the most improbable tricks in the business, Kohler will amaze WPBL fans with his artistry liveat halftime of the WPBL’s opening night match February 5th. This match will feature Oscar Dominguez’ Los Angeles Wave vs. Johnny Archer’s Atlanta Scorpions. He will again take the stagein-between the playoff double-header February 9th. The day’s early match will begin at 1:00pm PT and will pit Scott Frost’s Phoenix Fire against the winner of the Wave vs. Scorpions match. The evening match will begin at 6:30pm PT and will feature Rodney Morris’ Chicago Rockets against the winner of the Toronto BlueSharks vs. Pittsburgh Poison match. Kohler’s shot making skill has […]

First Amateur WPBL Tournament held in Phoenix

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First Amateur WPBL Tournament held in Phoenix Scott Frost and Rodney Morris Host Bonus Ball Exhibition LAS VEGAS, NV (January 15, 2014) The World Professional Billiard Leagueheld their first amateur tournament in Phoenix, AZ on January 11, 2014. The tournament which featured the game of Bonus Ball, had a division for bothmen and women. Michael Bates owner of Bull Shooters hosted the event with the assistance of Tres Kane and Phoenix Fire captain Scott Frost. The facility which boasts 44 tables under 20,000 sq. ft. of space, drew 30 participants and numerous spectators. Fans and players gathered at noon for a two hour exhibition instructed by Frost, Chicago Rockets captain Rodney Morris and WPBL President Larry Chiborak. The exhibition consisted of teaching the six pocket amateur version of Bonus Ball. The rules for this version only require the use of one specialty shot, all six pockets and is handicapped for all amateurs to play. The double elimination tournament was won by Ed Gonzalez in the Men’s Division with Lenny Marshall as runner-up. Susan Wilbur took […]

Qpod und Kamui Kreide – die perfekte Synergie im Cue Sport

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Qpod und Kamui Kreide – die perfekte Synergie im Cue Sport „Striving for excellence“ oder „Streben nach Höchstleistungen“ ist das Credo der neuen Partnerschaft zwischen dem Billard Accessoires Hersteller Qpod und der bekannten japanischen Billard Zubehör Marke Kamui. Ab sofort kann man im Qpod Webshop in Verbindung mit einem Qpod Kreidehalter auch die neue Kamui Kreide 0.98 β erwerben. Diese wurde speziell den Innenmaßen des Qpods angepasst und zeichnet sich durch hohe Passgenauigkeit aus. Die beste Kreide im exklusivsten Chalkholder am Markt – die perfekte Synergie! Grundsätzlich passen sämtliche im Handel verfügbaren, würfelförmigen Kreiden in den Qpod Kreidehalter, mit der Kamui Kreide 0.98 β wurde allerdings eine Kreide entwickelt, die die geringsten Abweichungen in der Passform aufweist. Die Kamui Kreide besteht aus viel feineren Partikeln als eine Standardkreide, dadurch kann die Reibung maximiert werden und am Leder eine größere Angriffsfläche für mehr Effekt an der Spielkugel erzeugt werden. Außerdem reduziert die Kamui Kreide die Übertragung von Kreidematerial auf die Kugel. Kontakt: Mag. Erika Tomsich, MAS; Director Marketing & PR, erika.tomsich@qpod.at, Tel.: +43 1 355209-80 www.qpod-billiards.com

„Tension extreme“ in Dynamic Billard Castel Brando Open

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Many close results display the high quality of the matches Cison di Valmarino, Italy: This was probably one of the most dramatic rounds in the history of the Euro-Tour. Six out of eight matches went over the full distance and finished 9:8 with the other two matches being 9:7. This is a clear indication that the level of the top players in Europe is very close at this point in time. „If you could pick any name in the top 16 players of this event to win it, I would not know who to pick“, stated Daryl Peach, former 9-ball World Champion, „the level is so equal here and you have so many good players that it is really hard to predict who is going to take the title“, added Peach. In fact, the recent history of the Dynamic Billard Euro-Tour has proven that it is not possible for any player to get on top and put all other rivals behind him for a long time. The pole position in the rankings changes quite often […]