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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
Corr Wins Her Fifth Joss Billiard Tour Event
Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / Providence, RI
by Skip Maloney
Women's Professional Billiards Association (WPBA) player Karen Corr is still the only woman billiard player to have ever won an event on the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, and on the weekend of May 3-4, she worked her way through a field of 60 entrants undefeated to become the only woman to win five of them. Corr defeated Ivaylo Petrov twice, once for the hot seat and again in the finals of the $2000-added event at Snookers Café and Billiards in Providence, RI.
Earlier on Sunday, the four finalists on the winners’ side battled to identical 9-5 scores to put Corr in the hot seat. Petrov defeated Bob Madenjian, while Corr moved past Randy Labonte. Petrov battled, but Corr prevailed in the hot seat match.
By Sunday, there were only four left on the one-loss side of the bracket, and the early matches there were close. Dave Fernandez and Ray McNamara battled back and forth through advances and ties, neither player moving further than a single game ahead of the other. Both had opportunities to close it out in the subsequent hill-hill game to win it, but it was McNamara...
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
Chau and Shea Make Strong Closings
Tiger Pool Tour / Rockville, MD
by Skip Maloney
Billiard player Manuel Chau started strong and finished strong in an undefeated romp at the Tiger Pool Tour stop on the weekend of May 3-4. The $1,250-added event drew 64 entrants to Orange Ball Billiards in Rockville, MD.
Chau started on Saturday with a decisive 9-2 victory in the tournament’s opening round, only to struggle through his next three match-ups. By the time he reached the final four on the winners’ side on Sunday, he’d lost 18 of 45 games in his middle three matches. His opponent in that final four, Joey Ryan, had lost 24 of his 54. By contrast, the other two opponents in the winners’ side final four, Shaun Wilkie and Brian Deska, had lost only 26 games combined. Both Deska and Wilkie had each shut out one of their opponents on their trip to the winners’ side final four.
As Wilkie and Deska struggled to a 9-6 Deska victory, Chau embarked on a closing run that saw him lose only 6 of his next 33 games. He defeated Ryan and then Deska 9-2 to move into the hot seat.
Over on the one-loss side of the bracket, Ryan McCreesh, Brandon Shuff, Eric Moore and...
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Saturday, 03 May 2008 |
Van Boening Vows to Defend USA at the Predator International 10-Ball Championship
USA has mobilized a wealth of its best billiards talent to halt the hordes of foreign stars attending the 8th Annual Predator 10-Ball Championship . Roughly twenty top pros will take on the task of countering their international adversaries. Leading the forefront will be USA's hottest professional Shane Van Boening and veteran mega star Johnny Archer.
The biggest outside threat will be the strong Filipino contingent led by Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, and Alex Pagulayan. USA has strong hopes within their own ranks as players like Van Boening have halted Pinoys such as Ronnie Alcano from winning the US Open and battling back and forth with lion hearted Alex Pagulayan. Other top hopefuls such as John Schmidt, who zoomed past Filipino legend Rodulpho Luat to win the US Open and long time force Johnny Archer, who's Scorpion sting has stung many champions from the eastern hemisphere such as Reyes and Bustamante for years.
I won the title for the USA last year, and I am confident we can keep the title this year. I know what we can do and what kind of firepower they will be facing when they play...
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Saturday, 03 May 2008 |
Top Seeds Advance at Korean Billiard Event
The top billiards seeds continue on through Day 2 of the Korea Championships. Defending Champion Charlie Williams USA moved on to the final 16 with his 9-6 win over Korea #6 Jin Hyuk Han. Japan's Syo Tsuken continued his domination with 9-5 win over Korea #3 Woong Dae Kim. Jundel Mazon PHI is looking to improve his last 5th place performance in Korea as he progesses to the final 16.
Raj Hundal (pictured), who recently gained citzenship in India, is playing for the first time under the banner of India. Hundal won a nail biter 9-8 over Korea #4 Min Hu Baek to advance to the Final 16.
It does feel a little strange to hear and see India by my name on the chart and announcements. But I like it. I plan on playing in more events in Asia and all the Dragon Promotions events in Korea. I want to represent India more and more on a global scale. says Hundal, who is former #1 in England and played for Europe in the Mosconi Cup.
Thorsten Hohmann of Germany dropped his match to Goh Takami JPN 9-7 after Takami made an amazing 3 rail kick shot. This was the second time they had played and second loss to Hohmann.
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
KPT Championships Kick off
Players from around the world once again arrived to take part in one of Korea's premiere events, The KPT Championships. The upscale Novotel Doksan is hosting this prestigious event and its second time working with Dragon Promotions under the leadership of Novotel Doksan GM Rodney Trutwein. Countries represented included Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Germany, USA, Guam, Philippines, India, Brazil, and Korea.
In the men's division top favorites include number 1 seed Charlie Williams, defending champion of the event, number 3 seed Ricky Zerna of Philippines, runner up in 2007, number 5 seed Thorsten Hohmann GER, number 7 seed Carlo Biado PHI, number 9 seed Goh Takami JPN, number 10 seed Mike Davis USA, and number 12 seed Raj Hundal IND. Korea favorites include number 1 Young Hwa Jeong, number 4 Hee Chul Kim, and now New York City bi-coastal Shin Yong Godzilla Park.
The women's division is also stacked with world class talent with defending Champion and World 9-Ball Championship quarter finalist Yun Mi Lim, Korea number 2 Eun Ji Park, and 2006 Korea Pro Tour Champion Yu Ram Cha. The top favorite of the event will be Taiwan's Yuan Chun Lin who is the...
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
Viking Billiards Tour Signs Million Dollar Deal
Viking Cue Mfg. Inc. and Mike Janis Productions dba, The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour have entered into an agreement that will provide the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour with over $1,000,000 in sponsorship for the operation of the Viking Tours over the next 10 seasons of the tour.
Barry Hart, vice president of Viking Cue Mfg., Inc., stated, “Viking Cue has always supported tournaments and players throughout the country with sponsorships and is proud to be associated with Mike Janis and the Viking 9-Ball tour. Viking believes industry sponsorships and investing in the promotion of our sport through tournaments is good for the future of pool.
Mike Janis, the founder of the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, added, “Having Viking Cues as our title sponsor for the past 10 years has been a blessing to our sport. Vikings sponsorship has allowed us to distribute millions of dollars in prize money to the players over the years along with relieving most the associated costs to room owners that host the tour events. I am really excited about the next 10 years with Viking Cue as our title sponsor. Together we will be able to continue to provide...
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