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2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Mosconi Brits hit form

2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Mosconi Brits hit form 15th November – 2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Round One Karl Boyes (ENG) 8-1 Waleed Majid (QAT) Mark Gray (ENG) 8-4 Mika Immonen (FIN) Quarter Finals Karol Skowerski (POL) 8-3 Daniele Corrieri (ITA) THERE WAS double delight in Nottingham for England’s Mosconi Cup contingent as Karl Boyes and then Mark Gray won through their first round matches at the 2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters at the Portland Centre. They now complete the quarter-final line up, the first match of which was won by Karol Skowerski who is through to the last four on Sunday evening. Boyes made light work of Qatari hopeful Waleed Majid, winning 8-1 in just 45 minutes as he put on a break and run clinic to leave his opponent rooted in his chair. He can now look forward to a last eight match up against compatriot Chris Melling. Boyes said, “It is nice to win a match like that, especially in the first round. I broke off in the first rack […]

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2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Shane survives a scare to progress

2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Shane survives a scare to progress 15th November – 2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Round One Karol Skowerski (POL) 8-5 Wang Can (CHN) Chris Melling (ENG) 8-6 Dennis Orcollo (PHI) Shane Van Boening (USA) 8-6 James Georgiadis (AUS) US NO.1 SHANE VAN BOENING survived a nerve-jangling half an hour at the hands of young Aussie James Georgiadis as he edged his way through to the last eight of the 2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters at the Portland Centre, Nottingham, England. Van Boening, who returns to the UK in two weeks for his eighth Mosconi Cup appearance, looked to be in the driving seat as he free-wheeled through the racks in the winner breaks format to reach the hill at 7-1. However, facing a seemingly impossible situation, Georgiadis loosened up and began to claw the racks back with some excellent shot-making and tight safety play. Van Boening, by contrast, looked uncomfortable as he started to miss balls. In the end though, Georgiadis was up against it in the 14th game […]

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2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Mixed fortunes for Mosconi stars

2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Mixed fortunes for Mosconi stars 14th November – 2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Daniele Corrieri (ITA) 8-4 Niels Feijen (HOL) Nick Ekonomopoulos (GRE) 8-4Thorsten Hohmann (GER) Alex Pagulayan (CAN) 8-6 Darren Appleton (ENG) THERE WERE first round defeats for 2014 European Mosconi Cup team mates Niels Feijen and Darren Appleton at the 2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters while fellow team member Nikos Ekonomopoulos recorded a fine win over Thorsten Hohmann at the Portland Centre, Nottingham, England. Niels Feijen crashed out of as the 21st annual invitational event got underway as the Dutchman was beaten 8-4 by Italian danger man Daniele Corrieri. The break conditions employed at the Masters saw the three point rule scrapped and no balls tapped into place. That meant the players needed to hit the pack hard in order to give themselves every chance. The European No.8 from Rome looked focused throughout while World Champion Feijen made too many errors when it looked like momentum was shifting in his favour. Corrieri said, “It was a tense […]

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2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters

Shane Van Boening (USA) gewinnt 2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters im Finale gegen Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) mit 8-2. Den 3. Platz belegen Karol Skowerski (POL) und Chris Melling (GBR). Das nächste Pool Billard Highlight des Jahres findet am kommenden Wochenende vom 14. – 16. November 2014 im Portland Centre in Nottingham/GBR statt. Auch dieses Jahr bringt Matchroom Sport beim 2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters wieder 16 der besten Spieler der Welt an den Tisch und wird wie gewohnt für ein Event der Extraklasse sorgen. Dieses Top-Event, das jedes Jahr ausgetragen wird, ist ein reines Einladungsturnier. Matchroom Sport nominiert die Spieler zumeist nach ihren Erfolgen der letzten 12 Monate und natürlich werden auch wichtige Faktoren des Marketings in die Nominierung mit einfließen. Viele stellen sich z.B. die Frage, wieso ein Spieler wie Waleed Majid aus Qatar beim World Pool Master 2014 vertreten ist. Natürlich legt Matchroom Sport großen Wert darauf auch in anderen Teilen der Welt mit seinen Events Fuß zu fassen, dennoch muss man sagen das Waleed Majid schon ein sehr außergewöhnlicher Spieler ist. Er […]

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2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup – Boyes and Appleton complete Team Europe

23st October – 2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup WITH JUST OVER five weeks until the start of the 21st annual PartyPoker Mosconi Cup, Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes are named as the final two members of the European side charged with defending the title at the Tower Circus, Blackpool from 1st to 4th December. With seven previous Mosconi Cup appearances between them including six on the winning side, both players bring plenty to the table as Team Europe look towards their fifth consecutive win in the annual Europe v America 9 ball battle. Appleton, who made his debut in 2009 as Europe crashed to defeat, has been an ever-present in the side since, racking up a 52% win percentage from 29 matches. Commented Appleton, “I’m so excited to be picked! The last few days have been so stressful and I’ve not slept very well. I’ve been thinking about it every minute of the day since the US Open and I feel the Mosconi Cup has taken over my life – it’s that big and that exciting. […]

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2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Draw and Schedule

22nd October – 2014 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Draw and schedule set for 22nd Masters REIGNING PARTYPOKER World Pool Masters champion Niels Feijen begins his title defence against European No.8 Daniele Corrieri of Italy when the 22nd annual Masters takes place at the Portland Centre in Nottingham from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November. With 16 top players from around the world, there are some exciting first round matches as the quest for the title, and the $20,000 top prize gets underway. 2009 champion and last year’s runner-up Darren Appleton faces 2008 winner Alex Pagulayan, while the Englishman’s World Cup of Pool partner Karl Boyes faces a potential banana-skin in Qatari danger man Waleed Majid. Recent US Open champion Shane Van Boening faces Aussie youngster James Georgiadis while Dennis Orcollo, a replacement for Francisco Bustamante who is unable to travel, faces a tough one in world-class Englishman Chris Melling. Other intriguing match-ups see double World 9 Ball champ Thorsten Hohmann face Greek Mosconi Cup star Nikos Ekonomopoulos while Mika Immonen takes on England’s Mark Gray. […]

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2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup – Team USA Named

21st October – 2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup America’s five for Blackpool announced WITH JUST six weeks to go until the 21st annual PartyPoker Mosconi Cup breaks off at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, Team USA skipper Mark Wilson has named his five players to take on the huge task of winning back pool’s most prestigious team trophy. Having assembled a squad of eight players at the start of the year, Wilson has now reduced that to the five players who will do battle against their European counterparts. They are: Cory Deuel (7 Mosconi Cup appearances) Shane Van Boening (6 Mosconi Cup appearances) John Schmidt (1 Mosconi Cup appearance) Justin Hall (debut) Justin Bergman (debut) In order to maximise their chances of glory, Wilson will be bringing the whole squad to Blackpool with the three non-playing members filling very specific roles as he leaves no stone unturned. Jeremy Sossei is tasked as Offensive Coordinator in the build up and during the event while Oscar Dominguez fulfils the role of Defensive Coach. The eighth member of the […]

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2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup – Gray in for Europe

6th October, 2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup Gray: „It’s one of my biggest achievements.“ ENGLAND’S MARK GRAY gets a chance to win his second PartyPoker Mosconi Cup as he took the first of the automatic qualifying spots at the weekend. Gray, 41, completed a superb run at the Dutch Open in Leende, beating Nik Ekonomopoulus in the final to top the five event Euro Tour series. Gray, who was on the winning side in Malta in 2008, lost early in the event to Karl Boyes and had to battle his way through the losers side of the bracket to reach the straight knock-out last 32. “It’s amazing really that it goes all the way to the final to decide who gets the spot!” he said. “I’m over the moon to be playing in the Mosconi again as it’s only my second time on the team. Playing in 2008 in Malta was a great experience but I’m sure playing in Blackpool will be an even greater experience. “For me it’s one of my biggest achievements to get […]

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2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – England steals it in final rack!

28 September The Final England A 10-9 Holland ENGLAND are the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool champions after they broke Dutch hearts in a thrilling final rack shoot out where both sides had chances to take one of cue sport’s most prestigious titles. It was England’s first win in the storied history of the event and gives the two players a $60,000 pay day. Showing the bulldog spirit Karl Boyes and Darren Appleton came from 3-6 down and then 7-9 behind to force a final rack decider at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth in front of a sell-out crowd. It was Appleton who broke the last rack of the match, but he could only recoil in horror as the cue ball scratched into the centre pocket. With ball in hand, Niels Feijen and Nick Van den Berg were big favourites to take the title but with just two balls on the table, it all went wrong. Feijen missed the 8 ball trying to force a better position for the 9. Boyes came to the table […]

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2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – England and Holland complete semis line up

2014 Betway World Cup of Pool – England and Holland complete semis line up 27 September Quarter-Finals Holland 9-7 Germany England A 9-7 USA THERE IS certain to be a European winner of the ninth annual Betway World Cup of Pool as England A – Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes – put paid to Team USA in a tense quarter-final encounter at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth. The momentum ebbed and flowed as the English duo coasted into a 7-2 lead as the American pairing of Earl Strickland and Shane Van Boening looked patchy as they struggled to find a rhythm. That soon changed as the English grip on the match slipped away and at 7-7 the match was anyone’s. A dry break from Shane Van Boening though halted the USA’s ascendancy and the English ran out to get to the hill and then broke and ran the last for a great win and a semi-final berth against Finland. Appleton: “We made a dream start to get to 7-2 and the game was a bit […]