A three tournament series of National three-cushion billiard tournaments
Hosted in loving memory of Mr. Jose (Joe) Diaz.
An open to the public series of events sponsored and sanctioned by the Illinois Billiard Club and cosponsored by the historical Iwan Simonis Billiard Cloth Company.
By Bert van Manen
We all use chalk on our tip, to prevent a miscue. If we do miscue though, we do not blame the chalk. We blame the tip. We put on our “œI hate this shaft ““ face” and take another one from our bag. This second shaft is not as good as the first one; we started the match with the other one for a reason. The substitution is merely to tell the audience that the miscue was not our fault. (It was).
PHOENIX, AZ (June 4, 2010) – The United States Professional Poolplayers Association’s (UPA) League of Champions invades Hamilton County Indiana (Indianapolis area) courtesy of new league operator Jerry Adamson.
Dave Van Lokeren 2nd Dan Kolacz 1st, Joe DeAmato 3
The 2010 USBA TOUR continued at World Class Billiards in Peabody, Massachusetts for an exciting “œB” level tournament. Twelve players entered so a round-robin format was used which gave everyone plenty of bang for their buck, eleven matches each in three days.
On May 29-30, the Ozone Billiards Predator 9-ball Tour brought a crew of 64 players to Master Billiards for the $1,000 added eighth tour stop of the 2010 season. The tour’s A/B/C/D division hosted a number of the New York area’s toughest amateur players”¦ including Mike Wong, Wali Muhammed, John Alicea, Scott Simonetti, Michael Yednak, and many others.
Among the field were also a number of NY’s top female players, including house player Diana “Snooky” Rojas, Borana Andoni, Yomaylin Feliz, 2010 BCAPL Women’s Open Champion Gail Glazebrook, Sandie Patarino, Kim Meyer, and Olga Gashkova. Of these ladies, Borana Andoni, who often plays in Master Billiards’ weekly tournaments, was the highest finishing female in the event, tying for 9th place.
The first stop of the USBA Tour was held in Hooksett, New Hampshire, at Cue & Cushion Billiard Lounge, owned by 2006 USBA Champion, Mazin Shooni. The guest of honor at the tournament was 3-time USBA Champion, Pedro Piedrabuena, owner of College Billiards in San Diego, California.
The 5-ball bank is set up so that the angles from the first-rail contact point to the side pocket and the corner pocket are the same. Note how the axis of the cue passes over the middle of the corner pocket and how the 5-ball is aimed at the second diamond.
While the temperature was unseasonably cool in Las Vegas during the 34th BCAPL National 8-Ball Championships, the pool playing was hot. Held May 14-22 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino, approximately 7000 amateur and professional players traveled from across the world to battle for their chunk of the $750,000 prize fund and be crowned the best in their respective divisions.
It’s hard to believe that the high school billiards program here in Dallas, Texas has completed it 8th year of competition. The program started back in late September of 2001 when everyone was still in shock from the tragic day of 9/11.
1 Pool Player, Mika “œThe Iceman” Immonen, says the new “œProShot Glove is designed for better stroke control.”
A revolutionary new teaching aid promotes cue stroke control, minimizes lateral wrist movement; the primary reason for missing straight shots. The ProShot Glove is also legal to use in competition.
He Beats ‘Unknown’ Kuribayashi for Title
OVER 750 players from around the world attempted to win the 2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters but in the end after five days of play at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, it was Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines who claimed the title and with it the $20,000 first prize.
He beat the relatively unknown 25 year-old Japanese player Toru Kuribayashi 8-3 in front of an enthusiastic Las Vegas crowd to cement his position of one of the world’s top players. For Kuribayashi it was a week of superb performances and his name will now be known throughout the pool world.
Two Filipinos, a German and a Japanese Vying for Title
64 CAME but only four remain as the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas reaches its conclusion tonight with two semi-finals and the final.
The first is an all-Pinoy affair between Dennis Orcollo and Roberto Gomez, while the other features two players who won through to Vegas via the Masters extensive qualifying system ““ Germany’s Oliver Ortmann and Toru Kuribayashi of Japan.
ACTION CONTINUED at the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas as the final two quarter-finalists were determined and Dennis Orcollo became the first player to reach the semi-finals.
