Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Amateur Nationals / Marietta, GA by InsidePOOL Staff The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour’s Amateur Nationals held its fourth event of the five-event series August 30-31 at Side Pockets Cue Club & Billiards in Marietta, GA, which hosted 108 participants in the events this weekend.  Ron Gilbert won the event to rack up his [...]

Lubis Comes From West Side to Win Tri-State Tour / New York, NY by Skip Maloney Teddy Lubis fell to a single opponent in the third round of play at the Tri-State Tour’s Labor Day weekend stop and then clawed his way back to the finals, handing Karim Moumen his only defeat and capturing the first-place prize. The [...]

Texas Open Continues in Round Rock Texas Open / Round Rock, TX by Skip Maloney Shane Van Boening, Sylver Ochoa, and Jeremy Jones headed a list of 128 players who signed on to the $3,250-added men’s competition of the Texas Open, hosted by G Cue Billiards in Round Rock, TX, Labor Day weekend.  Split into two brackets, the [...]

Ranola Visits the West Side Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour / Tucson, AZ by Skip Maloney Iris Ranola defeated Emily Wilmoth twice to take first place in the Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour stop Labor Day weekend. The two were among 26 entrants who signed on to the $500-added event at Pockets in Tucson, AZ. The matches played out among the [...]

Feijen is Predator World 14.1 Straight Pool Champion By Inside POOL staff After six strenuous days filled with nothing but straight pool, Niels Feijen has come out on top of a 64-player field at the Predator World Straight Pool Championships. Hosted by the Hilton Hotel, this prestigious event brought the finest players in the world together to [...]

Final Four Set at Straight Pool Championships Predator Straight Pool Championships / East Brunswick, NJ by Skip Maloney The final four are set at the Predator Straight Pool Championships at the Hilton Hotel in East Brunswick, NJ. Niels Feijen will join Nick Van Den Berg, while the Philippines’ Francisco Bustamante and Jasmin Ouschan meet in a final single-elimination [...]

Ouschan Defeats Immonen to Advance to Final Eight Predator Straight Pool Championships / East Brunswick, NJ by Skip Maloney Action at the Predator Straight Pool Championships in East Brunswick, NJ, moved into the final round of eight early Friday evening with Oliver Ortmann, Francisco Bustamante, Huidji See, Niels Feijen, John Schmidt, Thorsten Hohmann, Nick Van Den Berg, and [...]

Defending Champ Ortmann Fallen but Not Out Predator World Straight Pool Championships / New Brunswick, NJ by InsidePOOL Staff Sixteen players are still fighting for the prestigious Predator World Straight Pool Championship title in New Brunswick, NJ, at the Hilton Hotel. Held this week through Sunday, this event began with 64 of the world’s top 14.1 players and [...]

Allison Fisher Nominated for Sportswoman of the Year Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) superstar Allison Fisher has been nominated for “Sportswoman of the Year” award for her exemplary performance in billiards by Women’s Sports Foundation. The selection process was not an easy task this year with the consideration of all the Olympic athletes, so this is a [...]

As play continued at the Predator World Straight Pool Championship in East Brunswick, NJ, several top players were eliminated including Johnny Archer, Tony Robles, Mike Davis and Charlie Williams.  The tournament has seen several upsets and surprises thus far, but with some of the pre-tournment favorites and round robin monsters out of contention, it seems [...]