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December 1st, 2006Billiards Tour Gives Free Tour Cards for all Active Duty U.S. Military Personnel
November 30th, 2006Billiards Tour Gives Free Tour Cards for all Active Duty U.S. Military Personnel The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, the largest of the regional billiard tours in the U.S., with over $90,000 in added prize money each year, announced that they have made the following changes to the acceptance all Active Duty U.S. Military Personnel in their open 9-ball tournament events. The changes will take effect immediately. To encourage participation in our sport by U.S. Military Personnel, the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour will now be offering them free tour card fees (a $30 savings) to all of our $1,000- or $2,000-added open 9-ball tournament events.
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Billiards Tour Announces Goose Creek, SC Event
November 30th, 2006Billiards Tour Announces Goose Creek, SC Event The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, the largest and longest running open billiards tour in the United States with over 90 events per year announced the beginning of it’s 2007 schedule. One of the first events will be held in Goose Creek, SC on December 9Th and 10Th at Weekend Pub at 428 Redbank Road where they will host an Amateur event along with an Open event. All local amateur pool players are encouraged to participate in the events.
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Third Times a Charm for Hjorliefson
November 28th, 2006Third Times a Charm for HjorliefsonCanadian 30K Tour / Scarborough, ONTby Willy HermozaCanadas top shots came out to Shooters Billiards the weekend of November 25-26 for the Canadian 30K Tours stop. With a field of 45 fine billiard players, it was impossible to predict a winner, but frequent champion Erik Hjorliefson was the one to come through at the end.
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Billiards Tour Gives Free Entry Fees for Women and Junior Players
November 27th, 2006Billiards Tour Gives Free Entry Fees for Women and Junior PlayersThe Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, the largest of the regional billiard tours in the U.S., with over $90,000 in added prize money each year announced that they have made the following changes to the acceptance of women and junior players in our open events. The changes will take effect immediately. To encourage participation in our sport by non-professional women and junior players (Jr = age 17 under), the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour will now be offering them Free entry to all of our local $1,000- or $2,000-added events.
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Billiard Player Chen Holds Press Conference
November 22nd, 2006Billiard Player Chen Holds Press ConferenceWith all of the rumors swirling around regarding her alleged gambling debts and kidnapping, Women’s Professional Billiards Association pro Jennifer Chen held a press conference in Japan during the All-Japan Championship to clear up some of the misconceptions.
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Moore and Hatch Set for Hot Seat Match
November 18th, 2006Moore and Hatch Set for Hot Seat Matchby InsidePOOL StaffViking Tour Championship photo gallery (/pool_billiard_photos/index.php?cat=19)
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Newcomers Crash U.S. Amateur Billiards Championship
November 15th, 2006Newcomers Crash U.S. Amateur Billiards ChampionshipWinner of Mens and Womens Divisions Advance to 07 Pro EventTwo rookies to the U.S. Amateur Championship came to Mr. Cues II in Atlanta, Nov. 3-5, and shocked a field of the nations top amateur billiard players to advance to a pro event in 2007.The finals in the Womens Division pitted Michell Monk of Palm Bay, Fla., against Melinda Huang of Los Angeles. The two were both undefeated when they went head-to-head on the final day of the tournament. It was Huang who would advance to the finals with a 5-2 win. But with only one-loss, Monk still had a good shot at earning redemption. After she defeated Betty Sessions of Atlanta, Ga in the semifinals, the stage was set for the rematch.From the opening game of the 9-Ball set, Monk showed she would not be denied the second time around. She opened up a 4-0 lead before Huang was able to capitalize on a mistake to slow her momentum. Huang managed to win two of the next three games to get back in the match, but with the way Monk was playing, it was simply too late. Monk extended her lead to 7-4 with two more wins in the 9-Ball set.
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PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup Teams Complete
November 15th, 2006PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup Teams CompleteAlcaide and Schmidt Take Final PlacesDiscuss the Mosconi Cup (Schmidt%20(pictured%20above),%20the%2033%20year-old%20from%20Hesperia,%20California,%20broke%20clear%20of%20the%20pack%20in%20October%20with%20a%20fabulous%20run%20at%20the%20US%20Open%20that%20culminated%20in%20an%2011-6%20win%20over%20Rodolfo%20Luat%20for%20the%20title.%20He%20now%20becomes%20the%20second%20debutant%20in%20the%20American%20side%20after%20Mike%20Davis.Alcaide,%20the%2028%20year%20old%20from%20Malaga,%20Southern%20Spain%20had%20a%20good%20run%20at%20the%20recent%20Philippines%20World%20Pool%20Championship%20reaching%20the%20last%2016.%20He%20joins%20Imran%20Majid%20as%20the%20second%20newcomer%20on%20the%20European%20team.Barry%20Hearn,%20Chairman%20of%20promoters%20Matchroom%20Sport,%20said%20Good%20luck%20to%20John%20and%20David.%20Theyve%20earned%20it%20and%20Im%20sure%20both%20of%20them%20will%20cope%20with%20the%20pressure%20of%20the%20Mosconi%20Cup.%20Theyve%20both%20got%20a%20lot%20of%20experience%20in%20their%20respective%20sides%20so%20hopefully%20they%20can%20draw%20on%20that%20when%20the%20going%20gets%20tough.The%20teams%20are:USAJohnny%20Archer%20(Georgia)%20Rodney%20Morris%20(Hawaii)Earl%20Strickland%20(North%20Carolina)Mike%20Davis%20(Maryland)Corey%20Deuel%20(Ohio)John%20Schmidt%20(California)%20EUROPEMika%20Immonen%20(Finland)%20Imran%20Majid%20(England)Ralf%20Souquet%20(Germany)Thomas%20Engert%20(Germany)Nick%20van%20den%20Berg%20(Holland)David%20Alcaide%20(Spain)%20This%20is%20the%2013th%20running%20of%20pools%20answer%20to%20the%20Ryder%20Cup%20and%20the%20current%20score%20stands%20at%2010%20%202%20to%20the%20Americans.The%20official%20sponsors%20of%20the%202006%20PartyPoker.com%20Mosconi%20Cup%20are%20Brunswick%20Tables,%20Simonis%20Cloth,%20Super%20Aramith%20Pro%20Balls%20and%20Predator%20Cues.The%20events%20official%20website%20is%20www.mosconicup.com)
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Ronnie Alcano World Pool Champion
November 12th, 2006Ronnie Alcano World Pool ChampionWorld Pool Championship Brackets (/images/upload/world-pool-championship-bracket.pdf)Discuss the 2006 Philippines World Pool Championship (/forums/index.php)He now becomes the third Filipino following Efren Reyes in 1999 and Alex Pagulayan in 2004 to hold pools most coveted title.
