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2017 Mosconi Cup – Team USA standings after seven events

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13th April – 2017 Mosconi Cup Team USA standings after seven events WITH THREE more events played on the USA Mosconi Cup ranking, it’s that man again as Shane Van Boening once again tops the list after winning the Pro Players Championship at the Super Billiards Expo. That’s brings the total of events played up to seven as the South Dakota Kid looks to make his 11th appearance in the event. Despite missing the World Pool Series events in New York for personal reasons, Dennis Hatch stays in the upper echelons as he looks to make his fifth appearance in the Mosconi Cup. This year it’s about finishing in the top ten once the 16th and final event has been played out in early September. That’s when USA skipper Johan Ruijsink will be making his picks from the top ten finishing players. To give himself some leeway in this make or break year for Team America, Ruijsink will be selecting four players from the top ten plus another whose final ranking won’t be of significance. […]

Cliffhangers Galore – Day 2 Report from the World Pool Series

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Ralf Souquet Advances Via One of 12 Match-Deciding Shootouts As The Aramith Masters Goes Down To The Final 16 By Ted Lerner – WPS Media Officer Photos By JP Parmentier/WPS (New York City)–One of the unique new features of the World Pool Series is the implementation of the shootout to decide matches that end up tied with one rack left. The idea is to create excitement for fans, as each player is left with just one type of shot to make; 5 tries at a difficult full table cut on the 8-ball. It’s the ultimate pressure shot as players are forced to show full bottle and guts to try and advance. If day 2 of the Aramith Masters was any indication, fans can expect plenty of full throttle drama to decide matches going forward as we enter the business end of this, the second leg of pool’s newest tour. 72 matches were played today, and a whopping 12 of them were decided by shootouts. Three of those nerve rattling shootouts featured England’s Chris Melling, who […]

2017 World Pool Series: 2nd Series

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Eklent Kaci (ALB) gewinnt 2017 World Pool Series: 2nd Series im Finale gegen Carlo Biado (PHI) mit 2-0 Sätzen. Den 3. Platz belegen Darren Appleton (GBR) und Jayson Shaw (SCO). Die von Darren Appleton ins Leben gerufene 2017 World Pool Series wird ab morgen in New York mit dem 2. Event ihre Fortsetzung finden. Das erste Turnier dieser 8 Ball Turnierserie wurde von den Teilnehmern sehr gut angenommen. Auch bei den Pool Billard Fans rund um die Welt scheint dieses Konzept relativ gut anzukommen. Beim zweiten Turnier wurde das Turnierformat ein wenig angepasst, das erste Event wurde noch im Einfach-KO Modus mit recht hohen Ausspielzielen ausgetragen. Ab morgen wird bei der zweiten Veranstaltung bis zum Achtelfinale im Doppel-KO System mit geringeren Ausspielzielen gespielt. Bei Gleichstand einer Partie gibt es wie bereits beim ersten Turnier ein sehr interessantes Shoot-Out. Die genauen Details können auf der sehr übersichtlichen Website der World Pool Series nachgelesen werden. Insgesamt gehen bis zu 96 Spieler aus aller Welt an den Start, viele der besten Pool Spieler der Welt werden um ein […]

Open 10 Ball Pro Players Championship 2017

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Shane Van Boening (USA) gewinnt Open 10 Ball Pro Players Championship 2017 im Finale gegen Johann Chua (PHI). Den 3. Platz belegen Dennis Hatch (USA) und Carlo Biado (PHI). Während in Portugal am Donnerstag der nächste Euro-Tour Stopp stattfindet beginnt in den USA die Super Billards Expo 2017. Teil dieser Billard Messe sind u.a. die Open 10 Ball Pro Players Championship 2017. Neben vielen weiteren Amateur Events in unterschiedlichen Kategorien werden bei diesem Pro Event einige der besten Pool Billard Spieler der Welt aufeinandertreffen und um ein Gesamtpreisgeld von 47.000$ spielen. Während bei den unterschiedlichen Amateur Events mehr als 1.000 Spieler erwartet werden, sind es bei den Open 10 Ball Pro Players Championship lediglich 64 Spieler. Unter den Teilnehmern finden sich Namen wie Darren Appleton (GBR), Lee Vann Corteza (PHI), Carlo Biado (PHI), Shane Van Boening (USA), Jayson Shaw (SCO), Chris Melling (GBR), Alex Pagulayan (CAN), Thorsten Hohmann (GER), Mika Immonen (FIN) oder Cheng Yu-Hsuan (TW). Diese Spieler und viele weitere werden bei diesem 10 Ball Event für spektakuläre Matches sorgen. Gespielt wird in den […]

There’s A New Kid In Town

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20 year old American Billy Thorpe upsets two world champions to storm into the final 16 at the Molinari Player’s Championship in New York City. By Ted Lerner – WPS Media Officer Photos By JP Parmentier/WPS (New York City)–For several years up through 2015, Billy Thorpe made a name for himself on the American pool scene as a dashing young talent with a hot stroke who dared to play—and win– ridiculously high stakes money games. Then in 2016 the then 19 year old decided he wanted to transition into being a real pro, and for the last year he has slugged it out with the big boys in tournaments big and small, attracting attention from pool fans eagerly looking for the next great American player. Thorpe did create some noise in 2016, but history will surely show that it was in New York City on a cold Sunday in January, 2017, when the brash Dayton, Ohio native truly arrived as a professional, and stamped his mark as possibly that next great American pool player. Playing […]

2016 US Open 10-Ball Championship Matches Released on YouTube

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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (Nov. 28, 2016) – CSI is pleased to announce that the 2016 US Open 10-Ball Championship matches have been released on the CSI YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/csipool?sub_confirmation=1). Fourteen (14) matches featuring Shane Van Boening, Skylar Woodward, Alex Pagulayan, Rodney Morris, Justin Bergman, Mike Dechaine and more can be viewed in their entirety absolutely free! The 2016 US Open 10-Ball Championship was held July 20-22 at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Below are the featured matches: Match #1: Danny Smith vs Mike Dechaine Match #2: Oscar Dominguez vs Donny Mills Match #3: Corey Deuel vs Ernesto Dominguez Match #4: Justin Bergman vs Jason Klatt Match #5: Thorsten Hohmann vs Billy Thorpe Match #6: Shane Van Boening vs Skylar Woodward Match #7: Oscar Dominguez vs Alex Pagulayan Match #8: Rodrigo Geronimo vs Billy Thorpe Match #9: Shane Van Boening vs Rodney Morris (Hot Seat Match) Match #10: Oscar Dominguez vs Skylar Woodward Match #11: Rodrigo Geronimo vs John Morra Match #12: Skylar Woodward vs John Morra Match #13: Shane Van […]

Thorpe ends Hohmann’s hope of retaining US Open 10-Ball title

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Thorpe ends Hohmann’s hope of retaining US Open 10-Ball title CueSports International, Henderson, NV (July 20, 2016) Young gun Billy Thorpe, 20, of Dayton, Ohio, nixed Thorsten Hohmann’s chances to retain the US Open 10-Ball Championship title the German, who now lives in Florida, earned in 2015. Thorpe beat Hohmann 10-8 in a loser’s side match late Wednesday evening. John Schmidt, former U.S. Open 9-Ball Champion from California, put Hohmann on the B side of the double-elimination bracket during the first round, 10-5. Hohmann then had a bye before beating Danny Smith of Toledo, Ohio 10-3. Thorpe also lost his first-round match to Amar Kang of California and then beat Kyle Pepin of Maine before facing Hohmann. Only 22 players remain of the 52-player field that started play Wednesday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Thursday’s matches start at 10 a.m. with multiple world champion Shane Van Boening, of South Dakota, taking on Sky Woodward, of Kentucky, who has been on a winning streak this year, pocketing wins at the Chinook Winds Open, the […]