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Battle of the Billiard Beauties

Battle of the Billiard Beauties New York City–   See the greatest player in the world GA YOUNG KIM of South Korea take on #1 American JEANETTE LEE and Guam’s SHANELLE LORAINE & Japan’s AKIKO KITAYAMA as they get it on in a beauty slugfest!!  The ANDY CLOTH Battle of the Billiard Beauties  takes place at Steinway Billiards Cafe and sponsored by Andy Cloth,  J.Pechauer Cues , Viking Cues,  Steinway Billiards.  , Olhausen Balls, Pool & Billiard Magazine , the NAPL & Focused Apparel . Patron sponsors include Dr. Greg Diehl, Tom Gleich, and Dr. Michael Frank.  Media partners include PKE Partners, IB Sports, NYC Grind, Gotham City Technologies, Nona Photography, and Charles Eames Photography.  7 days of live pool will be filmed and streamed by Inside Pool TV.   Pay per view on www.Dragonpromotions.com for only $10 a day click „Special Event“ button or $50 for the entire week Including the Andy Cloth Women’s International Pool Championship  taking place December 16th-21st at the same venue. TV Schedule for December 14th: *Matches may begin earlier or later […]

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Women’s International Pool Championship Comes to America

Women’s International Pool Championship Comes to America New York City, New York–  Pool fans hang onto your hats. The ladies are back! Dragon Promotions is bringing big time, world class women’s pool back to the United States with the 6th Annual Women’s International Pool Championship ! The event takes place December 16-21, 2014 featuring 64 elite women from around the world and hosted by Steinway Billiards Cafe in New York City, the epicenter of American culture. The event is sanctioned by the WPBA and will be filmed by AZBTV. The event formerly known as the Women’s World 10-Ball, was created by Charlie Williams, Executive Producer for Dragon Promotions back in 2009. It has seen the rise of women’s pool in Asia and Europe. First time World Champions were made there such as Jasmin Ouschan (Austria), Kelly Fisher (England), Rubilen Amit (Philippines), and made Korea’s Ga Young Kim a 3 times World Champion. The championship has been produced in the Philippines for the past 5 years, so bringing the championship to the USA is a major […]

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ANDY Cloth 74th World Tournament of 14.1 Begins! LIVE Stream Now!

ANDY Cloth 74th World Tournament of 14.1 Begins! LIVE Stream Now! New York City, NY–  It’s started. The world’s oldest, longest running pool tournament has begun with this morning’s matches featuring an all star lineup! The ANDY CLOTH 74th World Tournament is taking place on August 4th-9th, 2014. Dragon Promotions and Dr. Michael Fedak are pleased to bring the 74th production of the oldest billiard event in the world . Also sponsored by Andy Cloth, Kamui Brands, OB Cues, Amsterdam Billiard Club, Realrealcool.com, Pool & Billiard Magazine , Aramith Balls, and George Beckman Kinetic Sculptures. Official patron 14.1 aficionados are Stu Mattana, Tom Gleich, Harold Siegel, and Dr. Greg Diehl Plastic Surgery.  A star studded field has made it back once again to the 14.1 extravaganza taking place at Steinway Billiards Cafe, who is once more hosting the world’s greatest straight pool championship. Watch online Pay Per View at www.worldstraightpool.com and order tickets for the 14.1 Hall of Fame Banquet. Monday August 4th Lineup for Live Stream TV table 11am   S. Cohen (FRA) vs (USA) […]

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3rd Annual Steinway Classic 2014

Warren Kiamco (PHI) gewinnt 3rd Annual Steinway Classic 2014 im Finale gegen Dennis Hatch (USA) mit 13-11. Den 3. Platz belegt Shaun Wilkie (USA). Die 3. Auflage des jedes Jahr sehr gut besetzten Steinway Classic findet am kommenden Wochenende vom 02. – 03. August 2014 statt. Im sehr beliebten Steinway Billiards in Queens/New York wird auch die 3. Auflage mit vielen internationalen Topspielern begeistern können. Das Steinway Classic ist Teil der Predator Pro/AM Tour und Titelverteidiger ist Shane Van Boening. Die Nr. 1 der Amerikaner bezwang im Vorjahr die Pool Billard Legende Earl „The Pearl“ Strickland im Finale mit 15-11. 2014 kommen wieder einige weitere prominente Namen hinzu und es gibt Added Money von 7.000$ zum Gesamtpreisgeld. Im Anschluss an diese Veranstaltung findet im Steinway Billiards das World Tournament of 14.1 (04. – 09. August 2014) statt und somit haben viele Teilnehmer die Chance sich auf die Gegebenheiten am Spielort einzustellen. Einige der Topfavoriten bei diesem 10 Ball Event, das in jeder Runde auf 9 Gewinnspiele gespielt wird, sind u.a.: Shane Van Boening (USA – […]

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Germany’s Lackner & Scharbach Book Tickets to New York for ANDY CLOTH World Tournament of 14.1

Germany’s Lackner & Scharbach Book Tickets to New York for ANDY CLOTH World Tournament of 14.1 By Patrick Baumann Berlin, Germany– The owners of brand-new Berlin-based pool hall Bata Bar & Billards didn’t think about it too long when they got the chance to host the only European qualifier for the prestigious ANDY CLOTH 74th World Tournament of 14.1. And so it came that 18 of the top european players met last weekend to fight for two spots for New York and 800 Euro each for travel expenses. The qualifier was played with a double elimination format, races to 125. Fans and players can attend the once a year special event August 4th-9th, 2014 at Steinway Billiards Cafe or watch online at www.worldstraightpool.com . It will be a star studded gala with billiard super stars such as Mika Immonen, Shane Van Boening, John Schmidt, Stephan Cohen, Johnny Archer, Darren Appleton & many more with Charlie Williams as the event MC. The ANDY CLOTH World Tournament of 14.1 is  sponsored by ANDY CLOTH, Kamui Brands, OB […]

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Andy Cloth Chosen for The World Tournament: European Qualifier Added!

Andy Cloth Chosen for The World Tournament: European Qualifier Added! Berlin, Germany –  Good news for Europeans! For the first time ever, Germany will host a qualifier for the World Tournament of 14.1 by new Bata Bar & Billiards in Berlin. Now the straight pool lovers in Europe will get their chance to partake in the greatest 14.1 championship ever. And they get to play it on the world’s greatest billiard cloth. Andy Cloth has been chosen as the Official Cloth of the World 14.1 and continues its massive growth internationally. Players from all over can pay a low entry fee and be able to take their chance to win a free spot against the world’s most extraordinary straight pool players! Each qualifier winner will be guaranteed a minimal of 5 round robin matches in the finale main event. The main event will take place once more in New York City. Dragon Promotions and Dr. Michael Fedak are pleased to bring the 74th production of the oldest billiard event in the world on August 4th-9th, […]

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Battle of the Atlantic

„Dieses Showmatch wurde wenige Stunden vor Beginn aus bislang noch nicht kommunizierten Gründen abgesagt!“ Am morgigen Dienstag, den 29. August 2013 wird es ein ziemlich interessantes Showmatch im Steinway Billiards, Astoria/New York geben. Das „Battle of the Atlantic“ beginnt um 20 Uhr Ortszeit (also 2 Uhr Freitagmorgen unserer Zeit). Es wird in einer Scotch Doubles Auseinandersetzung um das Preisgeld von 5.000$ gespielt. Die beiden Amerikaner Shane Van Boening und Earl Strickland spielen gegen Darren Appleton (GBR) und Jayson Shaw (SCO) einen Satz bis 30. Es wird 10 Ball gespielt mit Wechselbreak mit der Call Shot/Call Safety Regel. D.h. es unbeabsichtig gespieltes Save führt quasi zu einer Push-Out Situation. Dieses Showmatch im Steinway Billiards wird von Insidepool.tv via kostenlosen Livestream komplett übertragen. Der Livestream war bereits bei den letzten beiden Turnieren sehr gut anzuschauen und wird auch morgen das Geschehen perfekt einfangen. Steinway Billiards (offizielle Website), Steinway Billiards (Facebook), Insidepool.tv (Livestream)

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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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Oliver Ortmann Inducted into the Straight Pool Hall of Fame

Gene Nagy Honorary Induction New York City, New York-  One of the most decorated European players in the history of pocket billiards will finally be inducted into a Hall of Fame this year. Germany’s Oliver Ortmann will be inducted to the Straight Pool Hall of Fame along with New York City’s legendary Gene Nagy. The banquet will be held at Steinway Billiards on August 21, 2013 in the middle portion of the 73rd Olhausen World Tournament. The world’s oldest pool tournament, the Olhausen 73rd World Tournament of 14.1 is produced by Dragon Promotions and Dr. Michael Fedak which will bring another globally star studded field at this year’s show in New York on August 19th-24th,2013.  Through additional support from such sponsors such as Olhausen Tables, Championship Cloth, Aramith Balls, Amsterdam Billiards, Pool & Billiard Magazine, Master Chalk, and FURY Cues, the absolute best pool players from around the world will arrive 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 […]