International Pool Tour News and Qualifier UpdateThe International Pool Tour congratulates the following players for qualifying to play in the IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship starting July 22nd, 2006 at the Venetian, Las Vegas:Anthony Ginn Corey HarperGary AboodJianbo FuJonathan Pinegar Karl BoyesLouis CondoScott Frost Teddy GarrahanWei Liu After placing first or second in their respective qualifiers this past weekend, these players will be playing for more than $2,000,000 in prize money and a first place prize of $350,000, as well as a place on the Money List! Doing well in the North American Open could result in being in the top 100 on the Money List at the end of 2006, thus qualifying for a 2007 Tour Card.
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International Pool Tour News and Qualifier Update
June 22nd, 2006Souquet Captures 2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters
June 18th, 2006Souquet Captures 2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool MastersHotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, HollandSunday 18 June The FinalRalf Souquet (Germany) 8 4 Alex Pagulayan (Philippines) Semi FinalsAlex Pagulayan (Philippines) 8 1 Raj Hundal (England)Ralf Souquet (Germany) 8 4 Wu Chia-ching (Taiwan) Germanys Ralf Souquet continued his fantastic run of form this year as he lifted the 2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters title, beating Alex Pagulayan 8-4 with a dominating performance.The Kaiser made it a record-breaking fifth Masters title and on this form he will certainly be knocking on the door of a Mosconi Cup spot.For Pagulayan, it was his best finish at the Masters but he could not keep up with Souquets relentless precision.
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2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters Quarter Finals
June 18th, 20062006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters Quarter FinalsHotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, HollandSunday 18 June Quarter FinalsAlex Pagulayan (Philippines) 8 5 Vilmos Foldes (Hungary)Ralf Souquet (Germany) 8 2 Imran Majid (England)Wu Chia-ching (Taiwan) 8 5 Tony Drago (Malta) Alex Pagulayan, the 2004 World Champion, made his way through to tonights semi-finals of the PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters at the expense of Hungarys Vilmos Foldes in an entertaining match.Neither player was at the top of his game but the Filipino had enough of the early exchanges to build up what proved to be an insurmountable lead. He now faces Raj Hundal in the last four.There was stuff I was doing out there that I should have been trying out on the practice table really, commented Pagulayan post match. The performance wasnt too bad and it was an improvement on yesterday.
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2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters Continues
June 18th, 20062006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters ContinuesHotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, HollandSaturday 17 JuneAlex Pagulayan (Philippines) 8-4 Steve Davis (England)Imran Majid (England) 8 3 Alex Lely (Holland)Ralf Souquet (Germany) 8 7 Efren Reyes (Philippines) The 2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters continued on Saturday afternoon in Egmond with three further first round matches and it was England, Philippines and Germany who saw representatives advance to the quarter final stages.With two more opening round games left to go, including the Ronnie OSullivan vs Wu Chia-ching, the event is finely poised.Alex Pagulayan was the first player into the last eight as he completed a comprehensive 8-4 victory against veteran Steve Davis.
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Bay State Invitational Tour Announced
June 17th, 2006Bay State Invitational Tour Announcedwww.baystateinvitational.com (http://www.baystateinvitational.com/). Once approved, players will recieve a tour card for the remainder of the year. Monthly events will be held at Maxamillians Billiards, in Tygnsboro, Ma., a beautiful Million Dollar room with Connelly Ultimate tables, covered with Simonis cloth.
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2006 PartyPoker.com World Pool Masters
June 17th, 20062006 PartyPoker.com World Pool MastersHotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, HollandFriday 16 June Raj Hundal (England) 8 5 Hiroshi Takenaka (Japan)Niels Feijen (Holland) 8 3 Rodney Morris (USA)Vilmos Foldes (Hungary) 8 7 Nick van den Berg (Holland)The 2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters got off to a flying start with the first three Round 1 matches taking place in front of a full arena in Egmond and there was something of the good, the bad and the ugly to the afternoons proceedings.In the opener, Englands Raj Hundal, defending the trophy he won so well last year, edged into the second round with an unconvincing 8-5 victory over Hiroshi Takenaka of Japan.The final score was 8-5 but The Hitman will need to sharply improve his performance if he is to make further progress.
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EnjoyPool.com 9-Ball Championship Begins
June 13th, 2006EnjoyPool.com 9-Ball Championship Beginsby InsidePOOL StaffVisit the Enjoypool.com image gallery (http://insidepoolmag.bizatomic.net/gallery.php?category=Enjoypool.com+Open+2006)
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International Pool Tour to Premiere on OLN
May 6th, 2006International Pool Tour to Premiere on OLNFor Immediate ReleaseKing of the Hill 8-Ball Shootout to Air in Prime-Time Starting Sunday, June 4Chicago, Illinois. (May 4, 2006) — The International Pool Tour, the richest professional pool tour in the world, has secured a major television package to air IPTs action-packed King of the Hill 8-Ball Shootout series on OLN. The network will carry the six IPT shows in prime time, with the first show set to premiere at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 4. The International Pool Tours King of the Hill 8-Ball Shootout features the worlds greatest players competing for more than $1 million in prize money, by far the biggest purse ever offered in pool. The series will be shown on OLN over six consecutive Sundays, culminating in a two-hour finale on Sunday, July 9.The Comcast-owned OLN is currently available in almost 70 million households and is considered one of the hottest sports cable networks in America. The national network is best-known for its coverage of the National Hockey League, the prestigious Tour De France, Americas Cup, Davis Cup tennis, the A1 Grand Prix series and the Survivor reality series in syndication.
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Viking Cues Photo Caption Contest Winner for April
May 3rd, 2006Viking Cues Photo Caption Contest Winner for AprilViking Cues Photo Caption Contest (/content/view/41) for the month of December. The winning caption was, Preparing to demonstrate his world famous Pinocchio shot , Deno starts with thinking of a really good lie. Steven has won a Viking Pool Cue (http://www.vikingcue.com/) that has a retail value of $300-400 and a one year subscription to InsidePOOL Magazine. InsidePOOL Magazine and InsidePOOLMAG.com host the Viking Cues Photo Caption Contest (/content/view/41) every month. The winners are announced on InsidePOOLMAG.com and in InsidePOOL Magazine. The photo for this month features Dennis Hatch and Frank Del Pizzo having a little fun before the finals at the Super Billiard Expo. Visitors can submit entries via email by going to the Photo Caption contest page. You can enter every day, one time per day.Submit your entry to the Viking Photo Caption Contest. (/content/view/41)Visit InsidePOOL Magazine for the Viking Pool Cues Photo Caption Contest. (/content/view/41)
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International Pool Tour Entry Form
May 1st, 2006International Pool Tour Entry FormIPT Entry Form part 1 (http://www.definitivesynergy.com/IPT/IPT_Form1.pdf)IPT Entry Form part 2 (http://www.definitivesynergy.com/IPT/IPT_Form2.pdf) (qualifier dates and locations)The concept is simple. Each player who signs up for a qualification tournament can specify a referrer, or someone who signed them up for the tournament. Whoever it is that is the referrer, whether it be an IPT Player, Room Owner, Tour Operator, Pool League, Pre-Qualifier Host, or Individual, will receive a 10% commission of the entry fee (a $1000 entry equals a $100 commission and a $500 entry fee equals a $50 commission) AND a bonus amount equaling 10% of the prize money won by that player in the tournament in which they qualified to play.
