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World Pool Masters – 2018 dates announced

15. November 2017 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

WORLD POOL MASTERS RETURNS TO GIBRALTAR The World Pool Masters will return to Gibraltar from Friday, March 2 – Sunday, March 4 as some of the biggest names from the 25-year history of pool’s most prestigious invitational event return to celebrate the tournament’s quarter-centenary. The Masters’ venue will once again be the Tercentenary Sports Hall, Victoria Stadium, with ticket details to be announced shortly. The World Pool Masters’ return to Gibraltar comes on the back of the success 2017 tournament held in the shadow of the famous Rock of Gibraltar, as David Alcaide fought off a fierce field to land his first Masters title. Commented Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn: “We are thrilled to be bringing the Masters back to Gibraltar. Matchroom have always had great success on the Rock with darts and snooker events and we were delighted with last February’s World Pool Masters at Victoria Stadium. “In 2018 we celebrate 25 years of pool’s biggest invitational tournament, and we will be bringing back many past champions to help celebrate this milestone. We’ll be […]

2017 dafabet World Pool Masters

12. Februar 2017 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

David Alcaide (SPA) gewinnt 2017 dafabet World Pool Masters im Finale gegen Jayson Shaw (SCO) mit 8-7. Den 3. Platz belegen Chang Jung-Lin (TW) und Albin Ouschan (AUT). Ab dem kommenden Freitag, den 17. Februar 2017 wird in Gibraltar die 24. Ausgabe des World Pool Masters ausgetragen. Bis zum Sonntag, den 19. Februar werden 16 der besten Pool Billard Spieler der Welt in der Tercentenary Sports Hall um das Gesamtpreisgeld von 80.000$ spielen. Der Gewinner bei diesem von Matchroom Sport organisierten Top-Event kassiert 20.000$. In den letzten beiden Jahren war es US Superstar Shane Van Boening der in sehr überzeugender Manier das World Pool Masters für sich entschieden hat. Hier gibt es alles zum World Pool Masters der letzten Jahre —> World Pool Masters. 2016 wurde das World Pool Masters nicht ausgetragen, wir können nur spekulieren und vermuten das einige Terminüberschneidungen mit anderen von Matchroom organisierten Veranstaltungen wie z.B. Snooker/Darts der Grund dafür sind. Leider wurde dies nicht kommuniziert und das World Pool Masters wurde genau wie der World Cup of Pool 2016 nicht ausgetragen. […]

2017 World Pool Masters – Field announced

4. Januar 2017 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

3rd January – World Pool Masters Full field announced WITH HALF THE 16 man field already announced for the 24th annual World Pool Masters, the remaining eight players can now be named to complete the line-up and make the field one of the strongest in recent years. The event will be taking place from Friday to Sunday 17th – 19th February at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar. They are: Albin Ouschan (Austria) – current WPA World 9 Ball Champion, two-time Mosconi Cup winner and World No.8 Alex Pagulayan (Canada) – former World 9 Ball and US Open Champion and current World No.5 Chang Jung Lin (Taiwan) – current World No.2 and former World 8 Ball Champion Wu Jiaqing (China) – 2005 World 9 Ball and World 8 Ball Champion and current World No.5 Wojciech Szewczyk (Poland) – Former World Cup of Pool finalist and current European No.6 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (Spain) – Current European No. 10 Omar Al Shaheen (Kuwait) – Highest ranked Middle-Eastern player in the world. Gibraltarian Qualifier – the winner of a qualifying […]

2017 World Pool Masters – Tickets now on sale

21. Dezember 2016 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

20th December – Masters tickets now on sale WITH THE 24th ANNUAL WORLD POOL MASTERS taking place from Friday to Sunday 17th – 19th February at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, Matchroom Sport can announce that tickets for the event are now on sale. With five sessions of play in total, all tickets are available from https://www.buytickets.gi/events/world-pool-masters-2017-87 Tickets are priced at £15 for the Friday evening and both afternoon sessions and £20 for Saturday and Sunday evening sessions. An all-session season ticket is £75. With a field of 16 of the world’s top pool shooters coming to Gibraltar to chase the $20,000 top prize, eight of the stars competing can be named today. They include the defending champion on the hunt for three Masters titles in a row – Shane Van Boening of the USA. Joining him will be two-time WPA World Champion Niels Feijen (Holland) and England’s recent Mosconi Cup hero Mark Gray. Current European No.2 David Alcaide (Spain) will be competing as well as Scotland’s Jayson Shaw, arguably the best player in the world […]

World Pool Masters – Masters set for Gibraltar in February

14. Oktober 2016 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

13th October – World Pool Masters Masters set for Gibraltar in February THE 24th ANNUAL WORLD POOL MASTERS will take place from Friday to Sunday 17th – 19th February as pool’s longest running invitational event moves to GIBRALTAR. 16 of the world’s best players will gather in the shadow of the famous Rock of Gibraltar to contest the Masters and determine the destination of the $20,000 top prize. The Masters’ venue will be the Tercentenary Sports Hall, Victoria Stadium and tickets for the event will be sold online via www.buytickets.gi Commented Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn: “We’re absolutely delighted to be bringing the Masters to Gibraltar. Matchroom have had great success on the Rock with darts and snooker events and I’m sure we will have similar success with pool. “All the big names from around the world will be heading to Gib for an action-packed three days. All in all, for any sports fan, the Masters will be unmissable!” The Minister for Sports, the Hon Steven Linares, said; “I am very excited with the news […]

RASSON announced as new Matchroom Pool table supplier

12. Juli 2016 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

11th July RASSON announced as new Matchroom Pool table supplier MATCHROOM SPORT is delighted to announce that RASSON BILLIARDS will be the Official Table Supplier at all Matchroom pool events over the next three years. The company, based in Jiujiang City in south western China, have made large in roads into the billiard world since setting up 26 years ago. Originally, they were a slate producing country, something that they still specialize in. Rasson will be bringing their top-of-the-range Victory table to the Mosconi Cup, World Cup of Pool and World Pool Masters. With the Mosconi Cup set for Alexandra Palace, London this December and details of the World Cup of Pool and World Pool Masters 23rd and 11th editions to be announced in due course, Rasson’s tables will be seen on pool’s global stage over the next three years. Rasson general manager, Junny Song said, “We’re thrilled to work with Matchroom. Matchroom Sport is a world leader in pool productions and does an excellent job on holding all three pool events. “We also feel […]

2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Shane is a two-time Master

17. August 2015 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

16th August – 2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters The Final Shane Van Boening (USA) 8-2 Darren Appleton (ENG) Semi-Finals Shane Van Boening (USA) 8-0 Liu Haitao (CHN) Darren Appleton (ENG) 8-4 Mark Gray (ENG) SOUTH DAKOTA’S Shane Van Boening became the first player in the 23 year history of the PartyPoker World Pool Masters to retain the title as he beat Darren Appleton (England) 8-2 at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. Alex Lely and Dennis Orcollo had reached the final in their defence of the title but Van Boening went one better with a blistering display of breaking to take the title and the $20,000 winner’s cheque. Van Boening also joins Ralf Souquet, Francisco Bustamante and Thomas Engert as multiple winners of the Masters. Commented Van Boening; “It feels awesome to win. Before I came here I practiced for almost a week and that work has paid off, it is amazing. The more you practice the better you get and that has really built up my confidence. “I don’t know what happened with the golden […]

2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Down to the last four in Manchester

16. August 2015 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

16th August – 2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Quarter-Finals Shane Van Boening (USA) 8-5 Waleed Majid (QAT) Darren Appleton (ENG) 8-5 Johnny Archer (USA) Ralf Souquet (GER) 6-8 Mark Gray (ENG) The 2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters is down to the last four as Shane Van Boening, Darren Appleton and Mark Gray all won through their afternoon quarter-final matches to join Liu Haitao in the semi-finals on Sunday night at the Victoria Warehouse. In the final match of the session, Mark Gray put in a terrific performance to defeat Ralf Souquet following an excellent comeback as the match slipped away from him. At 6-3 down Gray looked to have it all against him but a miss from the German put him back in and from there he never looked back. Said Gray, “I am well chuffed. I was 6-3 down and breaking very well. I took one rack away which I should have ran out and the other times I was breaking well but the white was getting kicked and wasn’t leaving me a shot. […]

2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Liu through to semis as Souquet and Archer roll back years

16. August 2015 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

15th August – 2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Round One Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) 3-8 Ralf Souquet (GER) Johnny Archer (USA) 8-2 James Georgiadis (AUS) Quarter-Finals Niels Feijen (HOL) 6-8 Liu Haitao (CHN) Liu Haitao, the 33 year-old from Neimenggu, China became the first man through to the semi-finals of the PartyPoker World Pool Masters as he overcame Holland’s Niels Feijen in a hard fought match at the Victoria Warehouse. Liu, the sharp-shooting World No.10, had a great start, aided by two misses by Feijen and it allowed him to take a 6-2 lead. Feijen though regrouped and won the next three to get within one rack of Liu. Momentum was stalled though when he broke dry in rack 12 and Liu ran out to move to 7-5. Feijen won rack 13 to stay alive but a push out to a jump with no shot on the 1 ball let Liu regain momentum with a quality jump shot. From there he took the rack and the victory. “I had the better luck in that match than […]

2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Double delight for English pair

16. August 2015 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

15th August – 2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Waleed Majid (QAT) 8-4 Daryl Peach (ENG) Ko Pin Yi (TPE) 5-8 Mark Gray (ENG) Darren Appleton (ENG) 8-4 Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) Mosconi Cup team mates Darren Appleton and Mark Gray both enjoyed first round wins at the 2015 PartyPoker World Pool Masters as first round play continued on Saturday afternoon at the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester. First Gray turned over highly fancied Ko Pin Yi in an upset and then Darren made light work of Poland’s Mateusz Sniegocki. Earlier England’s Daryl Peach was ousted by up-and-coming Qatari star Waleed Majid. In the opening match of the session, seeded player Waleed Majid took care of an out-of-sorts Daryl Peach (England) by an 8-4 score line. There were plenty of errors as each player gifted the other chances as the score moved to 3-3. With ball in hand following Majid’s failed escape from a snooker, Peach messed up as he missed the 6 to hand the rack back. The Qatari though scratched on the break and from there Peach […]