Hillbilly Wins Carolina Open Billiards Event Carolina Open / Goldsboro, NC by Skip Maloney, InsidePOOL Staff It was Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer looking to sting Charlie “Hillbilly” Bryant, complete with bibbed overalls, in the finals of the Carolina Open 10-Ball Tournament in the early hours of Monday, October 13. But in an epic battle to 15 that lasted [...]

Finals at World 10-Ball Championship Set World 10-Ball Championship / Manila, Philippines by InsidePOOL Staff The final match is set for October 5 at the World 10-Ball Championships in Manila, Philippines. Former world 8- and 9-ball champion Chia-Ching Wu of Chinese Taipei will face off against Darren Appleton of the U.K., while in the semifinal match, Niels Feijen [...]

Hofstatter Pushes Pan to the One-Loss Side WPBA Pacific Coast Classic / Lincoln City, OR by InsidePOOL Staff In a tightly contested match to see who would advance to the final eight undefeated at the WPBA Pacific Coast Classic, Gerda “G-Force” Hofstatter sent Xiaoting Pan to the west side with a 9-7 victory. Pan is currently ranked third [...]

Testa Takes Top Billiard Honors Blaze 9-Ball Tour / Drexel Hill, PA by Jose Burgos Drexeline Billiards hosted the September 28 stop of the Blaze 9-Ball Tour, with a field of 40 players coming out to play. Jose Parica, Eddie Abraham, Josh Brothers, Matt Krah, Many Chau, Mike Fingers, and Denise Reeves were among them, but it was [...]

Herndon, Steinman Lead on WPBA West Side WPBA Pacific Coast Classic / Lincoln City, OR by InsidePOOL Staff The second round of the eliminations has wrapped up at the WPBA Pacific Coast Classic, leaving only 16 top ladies remaining. The event is being hosted by the Chinook Winds Casino & Resort in Lincoln City, OR. Melissa Herndon, delivered to [...]

Eight Remain to Vie for World 10-Ball Title World 10-Ball Championships / Manila, Philippines by InsidePOOL Staff The 64-player single-elimination format employed at the World 10-Ball Championships has whittled the field down to its last 8 players. Only one Filipino player remains—Demosthenes Pulpul won his match over Furuta Kazuo 9-4 to match up with Yang Ching-Shun of Chinese Taipei. [...]

 IPT Determines Two More Billiard Teams The International Pool Tour congratulates the winners from week-two that qualified for Teams Immonen & Bryant! Click the pro names to see results from those tournaments. There are two tournaments this weekend around Chicagoland. Don’t forget that the top six get to play in the main even: : Team Deuel Qualifier October 4-5, 2008 Rudy’s [...]

Kelly Fisher Toppled at Pacific Coast Classic WPBA Pacific Coast Classic / Lincoln City, OR by InsidePOOL Staff The second round of the WPBA’s Pacific Coast Classic saw Kelly Fisher taking a journey to the west side of the chart after a 9-7 defeat at the hands of Yu Ram Cha. Fisher, who took over the top spot [...]

First Round Complete at WPBA Pacific Coast Classic WPBA Pacific Coast Classic / Lincoln City, OR by InsidePOOL Staff The first round at the WPBA’s Pacific Coast Classic, hosted by the Chinook Winds Casino & Resort in Lincoln City, OR, has wound down, with some surprising upsets along the way. Perhaps the most surprising result of the first-round matches [...]