Skins Billiards Championship Begins on Friday  Presented by Billiards International, Ltd., and Allen Hopkins, the Skins Billiards Championship will begin on Friday, November 19. This two-day event is being held at the Hilton Casino Resort in Atlantic City, NJ, and is free to the public.
Boasting a $130,000 prize purse with $50,000 added guaranteed, this new skins format will feature 16 of the top male professional pool players in four different brackets: Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer – Player of the Decade for the 1990s, 2003 Player of the Year Corey Deuel – 2002 U.S. Open champion and 2004 Sudden Death 7-Ball champion Mike Massey – 2004 Trick Shot Magic champion Thorsten Hohmann – 2003 World Pool champion Niels Feijen – 2004 U.S. Open semifinalist Gabe Owen – 2004 U.S. Open Champion Fabio Petroni – 2003 Euro Tour champion “Rocket” Rodney Morris – 2004 Reno Open champion Santos Sambajon Jr. – 2004 World Summit of Pool champion Jeremy “Double J” Jones – 2003 U.S. Open champion Keith McCready – 2003 U.S. Open runner-up Larry Nevel – 2003 World All-Around champion Charlie “The Korean Dragon” Williams Bill Blanda “Machine Gun” Luc Salvas The quarterfinals begin at 1 p.m. on Friday, the semifinals begin at 3 p.m. on Saturday, and the finals are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The semifinal and final matches will be taped by ESPN. A skin is earned by winning three games in a row, and its value is determined by combining all game values since the last skin was awarded. There are four players in a bracket competing against each other. Rules will be standard express, and players are guaranteed to have equal breaking opportunities. Don’t miss watching 16 of the world’s best battling it out for $130,000 in prize money. Visit InsidePOOL for Skins Billiards Championship updates.
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