Hjorleifson Undefeated at Summer 9-Ball Event

Summer 9-Ball Tournament / Pittsburgh, PA
by Rick Davis
Billiard News – Breakers Billiards in Pittsburgh, PA (/mtree/sports/featured-pool-rooms-and-billiard-supplies/breaker%27s-billiards-in-pittsburgh%2c-pa/details.html), was host to the Summer 9-Ball Tournament that took place July 7-8 and offered up plenty of action. Besting the 37-player field, Eric Hjorleifson came through the double-elimination, race-to-7 format undefeated to take down the title.
On the winners’ side Hjorleifson quickly took charge and found his way…

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Predator World Straight Pool Championship Groupings Announced

Billiard News – Below are the Group 1 to 8 for this year’s Predator World Straight Pool Championship.
Players were seeded according to last year’s placement as well as country ranking and federation rankings. Players from the same country were also divided into seperate groups.
This first round robin stage will be races to 100 points and take place July 9-11. The top 4 finishers in each group will advance to the…

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Comet Billiards Official Poolroom of the Predator World 14.1 Championship

Billiard News – Dragon Promotions is pleased to announce Comet Billiards as the newest sponsor of the Predator World Straight Pool Championships. The World 14.1 event has thrived and grown because of the base supporters the game has. Comet Billiards, and its owner Bill Haley, has joined an elite group of patrons such as Randy Goldwater, Joel Schapiro, Predator Cues, Diamond Tables, Simonis Cloth, Master…

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Bustamante Busts Open Hard Times Billiards

Hard Times 9-Ball Summer Jamboree / Sacramento, CA
by Rick Davis
Francisco Bustamante lit up the West Coast as he went undefeated to take the Hard Times 9-Ball Summer Jamboree title. Taking place at Hard Times Billiards in Sacramento, CA, the event had been traditionally held soon after the Reno Open, and its sixth running took place June 19-21. A 72-player field turned out, including many top…

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Lopez Tops on Tri-State Tour

Tri-State Tour / Edison, NJ
by Rick Davis
Billiard News – Edison Billiards in Edison, NJ, hosted the June 16-17 offering from the Tri-State Tour, where Jose Lopez showed up the field of 32 competitors to take the event undefeated.
On the winners’ side it was Lopez versus Mike Amaya in the hot seat match, in which Lopez edged out Amaya 7-5 to claim the winners’ bracket….

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Ahola Undefeated at Hard Times Billiards

USPPA / Sacramento, CA
by Rick Davis
Billiard News – The Untied States Pool Players Association (USPPA) took over Hard Times Billliards in Sacramento, CA, where Gene Ahola bested the 102-player field through the 3-day event that began June 15. With 32 Gold Crown tables available for play, the handicapped double-elimination 9-ball event flew through the races to 8. Although the event was handicapped with no spot…

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Pagulayan Sails Through at Billiard Factory World Summit of Pool
Billiard and Pool News – The final day of Billiard Factory World Summit of Pool at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV was filled with excitement with three top notch matches. A sold out crowd filled the newly configured arena with one featured Olhausen Championship Pro table for the televised festivities. First up was Warren Kiamco making his ESPN debut against Francisco Bustamante, a veteran of ESPN events….

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USA Hopes Lie with Van Boening Again

Billiards News – Judgement Day at the World Summit as the final 4 players for the ESPN rounds would be determined. First the youngsters John Morra and Austin Murphy were schooled by Filipino Head Masters Alex Pagulayan and Francisco Bustamante,11-1. Kiamco kept the asian roll going with a win over Stevie Moore. Van Boening kept the USA alive on winner’s side with 11-4 domination of Dominguez and later…

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Immonen Captures Maryland 14.1 Open

Maryland State 14.1 Open / Arnold, MD
by Rick Davis
The Maryland State 14.1 Open drew in a power-packed 40-player field for their June 9-10 event at Bill Billies Cuesport in Arnold, MD. Coming through carnage unscathed, Mika “Iceman” Immonen took home the title. In addition, two qualifier spots were awarded for the upcoming World Straight Pool Championships.
Day one of the competition offered round…

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Halladay Sweeps Queens Billiard Stop

Tri-State Tour / Astoria Queens, NY
by Rick Davis
Robert Halladay was crowned king of the Tri-State Tour stop that took place June 10 at Break Bar and Billiards in Astoria Queens, NY. The C/D handicapped double-elimination 9-ball event offered up a 24-player field at one of the last remaining chances to qualify for the upcoming invitational event.
Sweeping through the winners’ bracket, Halladay met Adam Kosmin…

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