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888.com World Cup of Pool 2013 – Down to the last eight in London

20th September, 888.com World Cup of Pool 2013 Down to the last eight in London Round 2 Japan 7-6 USA Holland 7-5 India England A 7-5 Italy WITH TWO days play left at the 888.com World Cup of Pool, the tournament is down to the last eight teams as Japan, Holland and England A all recorded second round wins at the York Hall in London. With England B already through to the weekend’s quarter finals, the A team followed them in as they came from behind to beat the plucky Italian pairing of Bruno Muratore and Fabio Petroni. The Italians enjoyed some good fortune and before long they were 4-1 to the good as the English team of Karl Boyes and Darren Appleton sank deeper into their chairs. England took the next, but the Italians though were in stroke and they took the next to move to 5-2 and put the English under extreme pressure. A blistering break from Muratore left them with no reward as the 1 ball was covered by the 2 and […]

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888.com World Cup of Pool 2013 – US, Singapore through as India win thriller

18th September, 888.com World Cup of Pool 2013 US, Singapore through as India win thriller USA 7-5 Kuwait Singapore 7-5 Poland   India 7-6 Canada THERE WAS some superb drama at the 888.com World Cup of Pool this evening as India came through a hill-hill thriller against Canada to move through to the next round where they will meet Holland on Friday evening. The York Hall was packed to the rafters with fired-up Indian fans and their team gave them plenty to cheer about in the end. Earlier in the evening, Team USA overcame an early stutter to find their feet and comeback to beat Kuwait to advance to the last 16 of the 888.com World Cup Pool. Shane Van Boening was a little anxious in advance as his partner Johnny Archer had left it very late to arrive in London but all was well in the end as they looked a smooth unit in the closing stages. Trailing 0-2 and then 3-5 to the Kuwaiti team made up of Omar Al Shaheen and Khaled […]

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2013 World Cup of Pool

„Team Philippines gewinnt 2013 World Cup of Pool gegen Team Holland mit 10-8. In einem sehr spannenden Finale sind Lee Vann Corteza und Dennis Orcollo ein wenig stabiler und gewinnen gegen Nick van den Berg und Niels Feijen hochverdient. Den 3. Platz belegen die Teams aus Taiwan (Ko Pin-Yi & Chang Jung-Lin) und Finland (Mika Immonen & Petri Makkonen)!“ Vom 17. – 22. September 2013 findet in der Londoner York Hall das wohl aufregendste Pool Billard Event des Jahres statt, der World Cup of Pool. Nach 6 Jahren kehrt die Matchroom Sport Veranstaltung zurück in die legendäre York Hall. An die Stätte, in der im letzten Dezember die Europäer beim Mosconi Cup erfolgreich waren. Neben dem Mosconi Cup ist der World Cup of Pool das wohl außergewöhnlichste und am besten organisierte Turnier des Jahres, nirgends ist das Publikum so nah an den Spielern und die Stimmung sucht ihresgleichen. Da es sich um ein Team Event bzw. Doppelevent handelt, sind die üblichen Einzelspielermechanismen außer Kraft gesetzt, hier ist der Druck auf die  Spieler noch mal um […]

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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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2nd Annual Steinway Classic 2013

„Shane Van Boening (USA) gewinnt 2nd Annual Steinway Classic 2013 im Finale gegen Earl Strickland (USA) mit 15-11. Den 3. Platz belegt Jayson Shaw (SCO)!“ Direkt im Anschluss an die 73. Ausgabe des World Tournament of 14.1 findet an gleicher Spielstätte das 2nd Annual Steinway Classic 2013 statt. Im Steinway Billiards in Astoria/New York wird ein erstklassiges Teilnehmerfeld vom 25. – 27. August bei diesem 10 Ball Event um den Titel kämpfen. Das Preisgeld wird mehr als 15.000$ Dollar betragen und davon sind alleine 7.000$ added Money. Die 2. Ausgabe der Steinway Classic sind ziemlich gut besetzt, da die meisten Teilnehmer des World Tournament of 14.1 natürlich auch an diesem Pool Billard Turnier teilnehmen werden. In diesem 64er Starterfeld werden u.a. Rodney Morris (USA – US Open 10 Ball Champion 2013), Charlie Williams (USA), Thorsten Hohmann (GER), Dennis Hatch (USA), Warren Kiamco (PHI), Mike Dechaine (USA), Jayson Shaw (SCO), Francisco Bustamante (PHI), Mika Immonen (FIN), Tony Robles (USA), Stevie Moore (USA), Oliver Ortmann (GER), Darren Appleton (GBR), Jose Parica (PHI), Johnny Archer (USA), Earl Strickland […]

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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 […]

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The 73rd World Tournament of 14.1

„Thorsten Hohmann (GER) gewinnt The 73rd World Tournament of 14.1 im Finale gegen Darren Appleton (GBR) mit 200-164. Den 3. Platz teilen sich Francisco Bustamante (PHI) und John Schmidt (USA). Im Halbfinale gewann Thorsten Hohmann gegen John Schmidt mit 200-18 und Darren Appleton gegen Francisco Bustamante mit 200-1, dabei gelang Appleton eine 200er Serie!“ Vom 19. – 24. August 2013 findet im Steinway Billiards in Astoria/New York die 73. Ausgabe des World Tournament of 14.1 statt. Das von Dragon Promotions organisierte 14.1 (Straight Pool) Event wird auch als die inoffizielle Weltmeisterschaft in dieser Disziplin gehandelt. In den letzten Jahren gab es immer weniger Straight Pool Turniere aufgrund des immer geringer werdenden Interesses. Dennoch schafft es Promoter Charlie Williams jedes Jahr aufs Neue die absoluten 14.1 Spezialisten an den Start zu bringen. Das Teilnehmerfeld lässt das Herz eines jeden Pool Billard Fans höher schlagen. Das komplette Teilnehmerfeld gibt es am Ende des Artikels, aber einige der Favoriten sollten kurz erwähnt werden. Z.B. Darren Appleton (GBR), Ralph Eckert (GER), Johnny Archer (USA), John Schmidt (USA), Oliver Ortmann […]

Mosconi Cup

Europe claim third Mosconi in a row

by Luke Riches 13th December: PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup latest news Europe 11 – 9 USA  Nikos Ekonomopoulos 3-5 Dennis Hatch Niels Feijen 1-5 Johnny Archer Darren Appleton 1-5 Shane Van Boening Chris Melling 5-2 Brandon Shuff Nick Van Den Berg 5-2 Mike Dechaine EUROPE HAVE retained the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup, defeating the USA 11-9 in front of a packed York Hall to make it three wins in row in the annual transatlantic team tussle. It was Holland’s Nick van den Berg who dropped the final 9 ball of the four day event to spark wild scenes of celebration. The Americans were on the floor after the Wednesday night session, trailing 9-6 going into the final day but they dug deep and turned the tide as they won the first three matches to level it at 9-9 and make it anyone’s match. It was Chris Melling though, a deserving MVP, who stopped the rot with a confident 5-2 over Brandon Shuff and then Nick Van den Berg who closed out a dog fight with Mike Dechaine […]

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Mosconi Cup 2012

„Team Europa gewinnt den Mosconi Cup 2012 nach hochdramatischen 4 Tagen mit 11-9. MVP der Veranstaltung wird Chris Melling!“ Vom 10. – 13. Dezember 2012 findet in der Londoner York Hall das absolute Pool Billard Topevent des Jahres statt. Der Mosconi Cup 2012 geht in seine 19. Auflage und die Europäer werden alles geben, um den Sieg vom Vorjahr zu wiederholen. Im letzten Jahr war das Match zwischen den USA und Europa in Las Vegas ein relativ einseitiges. Die Europäer dominierten vom 1. Tag an und waren in allen Belangen den Spielern aus Amerika überlegen. Europa gewann den Mosconi Cup 2011 mit 11-7. Dieses Jahr sind die Amerikaner, die insgesamt 12-mal gewonnen haben nur leichter Außenseiter in London. Das US-Team wird angeführt vom sogenannten Non-Playing Captain CJ Wiley, bei den Europäern ist es wie in den Jahren zuvor Johan Rujsink aus den Niederlanden. Die Spieler der USA (in Klammern die bisherigen Mosconi Cup Teilnahmen) sind Shane Van Boening (5), aktueller US Open 9 Ball Champion, der in den letzten Wochen auf überragenden Niveau gespielt hat. […]