TAR To Cover CueSports International National Championships CueSports International, LLC (CSI), the parent company of the BCA Pool League (www.playbca.com), the United States Bar Table Championships (USBTC) and the Jay Swanson Memorial Tournament, would like to announce that The Action Report (TAR) will be video taping and LIVE streaming each of the national finals of the [...]

Hohmann Runs 149 in Accu-Stats 14.1 Invitational Accu-Stats Straight Pool Invitational / Parsippany, NJ by Dave Thomson Thorsten Hohmann is the man to watch as he cruised undefeated in the first-night action of the 20-match, double round robin format of the Accu-Stats Straight Pool Invitational, hosted by Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ, September 4-8. Late last night, Hohmann [...]

Viking Cues Photo Caption Winner for July/August Congratulations to Joe Smolar of FL for submitting the winning entry in the Viking Pool Cues Photo Caption Contest for the month of July/August. Joe has won a Viking Pool Cue that has a retail value of $300-400 and a one year subscription to Inside POOL Magazine. The winning caption was, “Showing [...]

Record Crowds and Payouts at APA National Championships More Than $1 Million in Prize Money Awarded by InsidePOOL Staff The American Poolplayers Association’s (APA) 28th Annual National Team Championships saw a record number of teams compete in this year’s nine-day extravaganza, sponsored by Cuetec Cues. More than eighteen hundred 8-ball, 9-ball, doubles, and masters teams made the trek [...]

U.S. Open Press Release Due to rumors of the World 9-Ball Championship being possibly cancelled, The U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships has opened the field to give all the great players from America and all over the world the opportunity to play in this year’s U.S. Open. Players you must have your $600.00 entry fee paid by October [...]

Chavez Cashes First Predator Tour Win Predator 9-Ball Tour / Parsippany, NJ by InsidePOOL Staff Ignacio Chavez tore through the Predator 9-Ball Tour’s August 30-31 to trounce Mike Davis in the final match. The stop boasted a full field of 64 players and was hosted by Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ. Battling through the one-loss side after losing their [...]

Gokhul Takes Aruba 10-Ball Classic by Roland Acosta Thirty-two players from eight countries competed in the Caribbean Mercantile Bank Aruba 10-Ball Classic the weekend of August 30-31.  The Caribbean Billiards Union event, sanctioned by CPB, was also a qualifier to the next year’s 2009 Predator International 10-Ball Championships to be held in Las Vegas, NV.  Well-known pro [...]

Van Boening Takes Texas Open Texas Open / Round Rock, TX by Skip Maloney Shane Van Boening battled Gabe Owen twice to capture first place in the Texas Open, which concluded in the early hours of Tuesday morning after Labor Day weekend. The $3,250-added event drew 128 competitors to G-Cue Billiards in Round Rock, TX. Late Monday evening, Van [...]

Van Boening and Owen to Battle for Texas Open Hot Seat Texas Open / Round Rock, TX by Skip Maloney, Inside POOL Magazine As Labor Day came to close at midnight Monday, the field of 128 entrants who had signed on for the $3,250-added men’s division of the Texas Open had been reduced to six players. Shane Van [...]

Lampert Logs Victory at Texas Open Texas Open / Round Rock, TX by Skip Maloney, Inside POOL Magazine Amanda Lampert withstood a final challenge from Bonnie Plowman to win the $750-added Texas Open Ladies’ Tournament Labor Day weekend. The event, held simultaneously with a men’s event, drew 28 entrants to G-Cue Billiards in Round Rock, TX. Among the winners’ [...]