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Allison Fisher Completes Mighty Team West! JBET.com Queens Cup

Allison Fisher Completes Mighty Team West! JBET.com Queens Cup Manila, Philippines – 15x World Champion Allison Fisher is the final piece of the greatest western women’s team ever assembled in the sport of billiards. England, Austria, and the United States form the mighty Team West as they take on Team East from Asia which consists of China, Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines in this year’s JBET.com Queens Cup! The many times World #1 Allison Fisher will join fellow World Champions Jasmin Ouschan (AUT), Captain Kelly Fisher(ENG) and Vivian Villarreal (USA). The East vs West ultimate team showdown between the world’s greatest lady professional billiards players will take place at Resorts World in Manila, Philippines on November 5th-7th, 2013 . The Queens Cup will be played on MIN Table of Korea with Andy Cloth as the Official Cloth to be used during all televised matches. Official Team Clothing by Focused Apparel. OB Cues is the Official Cue of the JBET.com Queens Cup which is co-sponsored by Miracle Slots. The Queens Cup is produced by Dragon Promotions […]

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Taiwan for Team Asia: Penny Tsai in JBET.com Queens Cup

Taiwan for Team Asia: Penny Tsai in JBET.com Queens Cup Manila, Philippines – Taiwan will join South Korea and Philippines on Team Asia in this year’s JBET.com Queens Cup! World 10-Ball Championship silver medalist Tsai Pei Chen (Penny Tsai) has been selected as the 3rd member of the elite quad representing the East. Chen joins fellow powerhouses Captain Ga Young Kim of Korea along with Filipina Rubilen Amit . They will face the West Team of lady World Champions Jasmin Ouschan of Austria, America’s Vivian Villarreal and England’s Kelly Fisher the captain. One more member of the Asia Team will be announced as well as the Euro-USA Team. The East vs West ultimate team showdown between the world’s greatest lady professional billiards players will take place at Resorts World in Manila, Philippines on November 5th-7th, 2013 . The Queens Cup will be played on MIN Table of Korea with Andy Cloth as the Official Cloth to be used during all televised matches. Official Team Clothing by Focused Apparel. OB Cues is the Official Cue of […]

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JBET.com Joins Queens Cup

Vivian Villarreal Represents USA! Manila, Philippines – JBET.com has come on board as the title sponsor of the inaugural Queens Cup. Joining the Euro-USA West Team will be USA’s 19x Pro Tour stop winner Vivian Villarreal, a huge fan favorite on the pro circuit. Villarreal joins fellow champions Jasmin Ouschan of Austria and England’s Kelly Fisher who will captain the West Team. They take on powerhouse Asia led by Captain Ga Young Kim of Korea along with Filipina Rubilen Amit and two more players who will soon be announced in the JBET.com Queens Cup. The East vs West ultimate team showdown between the world’s greatest lady professional billiards players will take place at Resorts World in Manila, Philippines on November 5th-7th, 2013 . The Queens Cup will be played on MIN Table of Korea with Andy Cloth as the Official Cloth to be used during all televised matches. OB Cues is the Official Cue of the JBET.com Queens Cup which is co-sponsored by www.SabongKing.com. The Queens Cup is produced by Dragon Promotions and filmed by […]

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The 5th Annual Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Championship

The 5th Annual Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Championship Manila, Philippines-  Dragon Promotions is pleased to announce the fifth installment of the greatest women’s tournament in the world, the 2013  Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Championship!  This year’s edition will take place October 28th – November 4th,2013  to luxurious Resorts World Manila, an upscale hotel and casino adding onto the dynamic atmosphere of the coveted championship. Final Stage 1 Qualifiers will be held at Star Billiards Manila on October 28-29th and the pre-event press conference on October 30th. An elite 48 world class lady pros, the best of the best from 20 countries, will attend the event to decide who is the World Champion. This year’s event is again title sponsored by Yalin Tables, one of the premier billiard table manufacturers of the world. The Yalin World Championships will be live streamed on www.insidepool.tv and sponsored by www.JBET.com , Official Table YALIN, Official Cue OB Cues, Official Balls by Aramith, Official Cloth Championship, Official Chalk Master by Tweeten Fibre, Official Magazine Pool & Billiard Magazine, Star Paper Corporation,  www.SabongKing.com, and www.BaseGameph.com . […]

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Jasmin Ouschan Selected for West Team in Queens Cup!

Cup to be Played on Andy Cloth Manila, Philippines – Billiard superstar Jasmin Ouschan has been selected to play for Team Euro-USA in the inaugural Queens Cup! The Austria born World Champion will join Team Captain Kelly Fisher of England to face off against the powerful ladies of Asia. The East vs West team ultimate showdown between the world’s greatest lady professional billiards players will take place November 5th-7th, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. The event is produced by Dragon Promotions which has signed on Andy Cloth as the Official Cloth and OB Cues as the Official Cue of the Queens Cup. „I have always thought that the men team rivalries were great, and of course it would be great to have something like this as well for the women. Now I think fans will like the Queens Cup a lot because this team format makes it very exciting to watch“, said the 27 year old #1 Europe Ranked and former World 10-Ball Champion. Jasmin Ouschan continues,“You get some of the best female players in one […]

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Thorsten Three Times: Hohmann Wins Olhausen World Tournament 14.1

All Photos by Charles Eames Photography Official Photograpaher of the World Tournament 14.1 New York, New York –  Germany is once more back on top of straight pool with Thorsten Hohmann claiming the crown of World Tournament champion once more. The Fulda native defeated Englan’ds Darren Appleton to claim the title a record three times, more than anyone in 50 years.  Dragon Promotions and Dr. Michael Fedak brought another globally star studded field at this year’s 73rd Olhausen World Tournament hosted by Steinway Billiards in New York on August 19th-24th,2013.  Live stream broadcast was provided by www.insidepool.tv . Through additional support from such sponsors such as Olhausen Tables, Championship Cloth, Aramith Balls, Amsterdam Billiards, Pool & Billiard Magazine, Master Chalk, and now FURY Cues, the absolute best pool players from around the world arrived on the birth country of 14.1 once more to attend this prestigious event. All to vie for the coveted title of greatest straight pool player in the world. The finals started with Hohmann taking first blood with a 42 ball run. Appleton came back and tied the match. Both players […]

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DYNAMITE!! Darren Appleton Breaks World Record in 14.1 : Perfect 200 Run

All Photos by Charles Eames Photography Official Photograpaher of the World Tournament 14.1 New York, New York –  Darren Appleton of the United Kingdom has done something no player has done in the 102 years of pocket billiards championships. Appleton on his first opening offensive inning ran a perfect 200 point game. This put him in the record books with a 200 to 1 score over Filipino world champ Francisco Bustamante. Dragon Promotions and Dr. Michael Fedak have brought another globally star studded field at this year’s 73rd Olhausen World Tournament hosted by Steinway Billiards in New York on August 19th-24th,2013.  Live stream broadcast will be on www.insidepool.tv Bustamante made his first offensive attempt on a long distance ball but was then stuck with no easy shot next. He went for a tough combo and missed leaving the rack open for Appleton. Francisco would never leave his seat again. For the next 1 hour and 40 minutes Appleton ran rack after rack in precision. Eventually he broke the World Tournament record of 73 events with a 175 […]

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Hohmann Wins Showdown with Reigning Champ Schmidt

New York, New York –  Schmidt becomes the least American standing once again. Hohmann the last German standing. The semi-finals could have been set as a finals match in any other year. The two titans of 14.1 faced off for the right to play one match for the title once again. The stars are inching closer to the oldest title in the world. Dragon Promotions and Dr. Michael Fedak have brought another globally star studded field at this year’s 73rd Olhausen World Tournament hosted by Steinway Billiards in New York on August 19th-24th,2013.  Live stream broadcast will be on www.insidepool.tv USA’s John Schmidt had defeated nearly all the faavorite American players including Archer, Hatch, and Van Boening who all fell to Schmidt. Hohmann started the event a little slow and escaped Max Eberle and then proceeded to annihilate Jayson Shaw of Scotland. The semi-finals was highly anticipated as the fans quickly filled all the seats in the 11am session. Schmidt came with a great opening shot but then missed the next ball. Hohmann ran a 70 and played […]

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World Tournament 14.1 Day 4: Immonen Running Hundreds

New York, New York –  The Ice Man is heating up. Mika Immonen ran his second century with a 102 ball run against Johnny Archer. The win advanced Mika to the final 16 and eliminated Archer from the World Tournament. It is the first time Archer has not made it to the final stage of the event. This year’s World Tournament of 14.1 has seen the 48 invited players narrowed down to 16 and now battling in the final single elimination stage races to 200.  The stars are inching closer to the oldest title in the world. Dragon Promotions and Dr. Michael Fedak have brought another globally star studded field at this year’s 73rd Olhausen World Tournament hosted by Steinway Billiards in New York on August 19th-24th,2013.  Live stream broadcast will be on www.insidepool.tv USA’s #1 Shane Van Boening handed Immonen his first and only loss in the tournament 150 to 97. Reiging World Tournament 14.1 Champ John Schmidt ran 100 to eventually hand Johnny Archer a loss. THis setup the Archer/ Immonen match. After some deliberate safety […]

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Dennis Hatch & Wang Can Rule Day 2 of Olhausen World Tournament 14.1

New York, New York –  One of USA’s top guns Dennis Hatch and rising Asian star Wang Can have gone undefeated in all their respective 5 round robin matches.   This year’s World Tournament of 14.1 has all 48 players battling in the round robin stage inching closer to the oldest title in the world. Dragon Promotions and Dr. Michael Fedak have brought another globally star studded field at this year’s 73rd Olhausen World Tournament hosted by Steinway Billiards in New York on August 19th-24th,2013.  Live stream broadcast will be on www.insidepool.tv Dennis Hatch has been a freight train and demolished Johnny Archer, Charles Eames, Holden Chin, Robb Saez, and Scotland’s Jayson Shaw. He has won his Group #6 and will be one of the top 8 seeds in the next stage of the event in which he also earns one of the 8 available byes. „I grew up playing straight pool as a kid. Jimmy Mataya was one of my early influences and we played straight pool. So the World Tournament 14.1 is like going back to […]