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No Stopping Nevel
June 10th, 2008 by webmaster No comments »No Stopping Nevel
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Monroe, NC
by InsidePOOL Staff
Professional billiard player Larry Nevel terrorized yet another tour the weekend of June 7-8—the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour. The open division, which he won, brought in 68 participants, including professionals like Dennis Hatch, Shawn Putnam, Ronnie Wiseman, and Sparky Ferrell. Burrkats Billiards in Monroe, NC, was the host location of this event, which boasted a $4,550 prize fund.
Nevel completely dominated the open division,…
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Ladies Get One Step Closer at GenerationPool.com Championships
June 9th, 2008 by Billiard News by Inside POOL Magazine No comments »Ladies Get One Step Closer at GenerationPool.com Championships
by InsidePOOL Staff
After Monday’s rounds at the GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships, held this week at the Charlotte Convention Center, the Women’s Professional Billiard Association’s (WPBA’s) ladies moved one step closer to determining a champion. Leading the pack are still the top four from the San Diego Classic last April—Allison Fisher, Gerda Hofstatter, Karen Corr, and Ga-Young Kim.
It was a fairly smooth ride for the final four, with Xiaoting Pan putting up the toughest…
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Olhausen Billiard Manufacturing Completes Reorganization
June 9th, 2008 by Billiard News by Inside POOL Magazine No comments »Olhausen Billiard Manufacturing Completes Reorganization
Press release:
Olhausen Billiard Manufacturing is pleased to announce that it’s comprehensive reorganization and restructuring has been completed. In the past 12 months we have reduced the debt incurred during our move to Tennessee by over five million dollars and we have established new banking relationships with local and national financial institutions who share our vision that “Made in America” still means something. We have survived some difficult times since moving our factory to Tennessee…
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GenerationPool.com Lady Winners Down to 8
June 9th, 2008 by Billiard News by Inside POOL Magazine No comments »GenerationPool.com Lady Winners Down to 8
by Skip Maloney
The possibility that the top four winners from the Women’s Professional Billiard Associaiton (WPBA) San Diego Classic in April could face off against each other in the winners’ side of the GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships in Charlotte, NC, remained intact after Sunday night. Allison Fisher, Gerda Hofstatter, Karen Corr, and Ga-Young Kim advanced to the final eight on the winners’ side and will look to get by Helena Thornfeldt, Kelly Fisher, Anna Kostanian, and…
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Morris Comes Back to Best Hundal
June 8th, 2008 by Billiard News by Inside POOL Magazine No comments »Morris Comes Back to Best Hundal
Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Raleigh, NC
by Skip Maloney
Professional pool player “Rocket” Rodney Morris followed up on a hill-hill hot seat defeat at the hands of Raj Hundal by returning in the finals to win 9-4, capturing the first-place prize in the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour the weekend of June 7-8. The $1,000-added event drew 25 billiard entrants to Babineau’s in Raleigh,…
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Albay and Raval Win Handicapped Billiard Event
June 8th, 2008 by Billiard News by Inside POOL Magazine No comments »Albay and Raval Win Handicapped Billiard Event
Tri-State Tour / Sunnyside, NY
by Skip Maloney
Wilfredo Albay came from that one-loss side and defeated Doug Rhee to win the C/D handicapped Tri-State Tour event June 7. The C/D side of the tournament drew 32 entrants to the $1,000-added (pro-rated with the A/B side) event held at Master Billiards in Queens, NY, while the A/B division drew 16, with Paul Raval taking…
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Abraham Snaps off First Predator Billiard Win
June 8th, 2008 by Billiard News by Inside POOL Magazine No comments »Abraham Snaps off First Predator Billiard Win
Predator 9-Ball Tour / Hempstead, NY
by InsidePOOL Staff
A field of 43 billiards players came out to support the eighth stop of the Predator 9-Ball Tour the weekend of June 7-8. The host room was Raxx Pool Room in Hempstead, NY, and Eddie Abraham walked away with first place.
Abraham battled all the way through the event undefeated. On the second…
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GenerationPool.com Billiard Qualifier Finished
June 7th, 2008 by Billiard News by Inside POOL Magazine No comments »GenerationPool.com Billiard Qualifier Finished
by Skip Maloney
The GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championship qualifier that kicked off Friday has finished, leaving 32 of the original 64 players returning to the main event Sunday evening.
The second round, overall, proved to be even tougher than the first. As a percentage, the second round saw more matches ending up in hill-hill or 9-7 battles (34% in the first round, 37% in the second), while the average points allowed by the winners was percentage points away from…
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Pankaj Advani
May 1st, 2008 by webmaster No comments »Pankaj Advani is known as India’s greatest snooker and billiard player. There is an expanded Pankaj Advani profile over in the pool players section of the billiards forum.
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Practicing Billiards – Another Look
April 13th, 2008 by webmaster No comments »Quickshot has composed a really interesting article on the elusive topic of practicing billiards. He explores the activity and comments on his own ideas.
It is a must see for sure.
