The ACS Midwest 8-Ball Championships returns for a third year in Hubertus, Wisconsin (near Milwaukee), at the Richfield Chalet, November 14-16! The event will feature singles and 3-person team divisions for ACS and CCS-sanctioned league players with four weeks of play since June 1, 2008. Any pool league can sanction or dual-sanction with the ACS simply [...]

American Pool Deluxe Racks up on Wii™ The Ultimate Pool & Billiard Simulation Coming This Fall “The most realistic pool game on the market to date!” Eric “The Preacher” Yow, WPA Massé World Champion “The only game that can actually make you a better pool player on the real felt!”  Jennifer Barretta, Women’s Professional Billiards Association Austin, TX – September 9, [...]

Lanuto Logs Tri-State Billiards Win Tri-State Tour / Edison, NJ by Skip Maloney Sal Lanuto went undefeated to take first place in the Tri-State Tour stop September 27. The $500-added, B,D-handicapped event drew 30 entrants to Sandcastle Billiards in Edison, NJ. Positioned among the winners’ side final four, Lanuto first sent Gary Murgia to the one-loss side with a [...]

Ranola Wins Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour Event Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour / Tempe, AZ by Skip Maloney Iris Ranola fought off a strong challenge by Susan Mello from the one-loss side and captured her second straight win on the Arizona Women’s Billiards Tour the weekend of September 27-28. Ranola, who’d won the stop in Tucson late in August, [...]

Powers Holds off Laney to win at Diamond Billiards Club The Great Southern Billiard Tour / Chattanooga, TN by Skip Maloney Rick Powers withstood a strong challenge from the one-loss side by Mike Laney to take first place in the Great Southern Billiard Tour’s amateur stop the weekend of September 27-28. The $2,000-added event drew 52 amateur pool [...]

Roberts Returns to Win Legends of Bank Pool Legends of Bank Pool / Lexington, SC by Skip Maloney Josh Roberts avenged a shut-out defeat at the hands of Scott Rabon and returned to defeat him in the finals of the first Legends of Bank Pool tournament, held the weekend of September 27-28. The $1,000-added event, hosted by Grady’s [...]

Kennedy Takes Long Road to Billiards Victory J. Pechauer Southeast 9-Ball Tour / Savannah, GA by Skip Maloney Tour director Tommy Kennedy was defeated in the opening round of play on his J. Pechauer 9-Ball Open stop the weekend of September 27-28 but proceeded to battle through ten opponents to capture first place. The $1,500-added event drew 46 players [...]

Roberts Rules Inaugural K F Cues Billiard Event K F Cues Amateur 9-Ball Tour / New Port Richey, FL by InsidePOOL Staff James Roberts came through to take top honors at the K F Cues Amateur 9-Ball Tour’s inaugural event, hosted by the brand-new TJ’s Billiards in New Port Richey, FL. Hosted the weekend of September 27-28, this [...]

Frisby Finishes First in Chicago Wheelchair Billiards Event Vaughan PVA Tournament / Darien, IL by Skip Maloney Bill Frisby worked his way through two double-hill matches to defeat Charlie Hans in the finals of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) 8-ball tournament September 28. While 25 wheelchair players signed on to compete in the $2,800-added event at Q [...]

K F Cues 9-Ball Tour / New Port Richey, FL by InsidePOOL Staff Tony Crosby’s inaugural tour, the K F Cues 9-Ball Tour, kicked off the weekend of September 27-28, with Jonathan “Hennessee From Tennessee” Pinegar taking it down in prime fashion. The host room was the brand-new TJ’s Billiards in New Port Richey, FL, and the [...]