Author: Paul

July 1st-4th, 2010″” In honor of Richard Sweet The Viking Cue-Olhausen Billiards Classic Tour and Mr. Cues II in Atlanta, GA hosted the 1st Annual Richard Sweet Memorial the event drew in 414 entries and paid out $8000 in the three event series.

The event kicked off Thursday night with a $500 Guaranteed Prize Fund 8-Ball Mini Tournament with a field of 124 players which would be won by Cliff Joyner. Ike Runnels took 2nd Place and Shawn Putnam would claim 3rd. Friday night’s $500 Guaranteed Prize Fund 9-Ball Mini Tournament hosted a field of 146 players. Keith Brinton from Florida defeated Larry Nevel in the finals to take 1st place. John Maikke claimed 3rd place in the event.

Ahmed Aly El Sayed has successfully defended his United States National Snooker Championship title, with a sensational 5-4 defeat of Yi Fei Mei in the final at the Embassy Billiards Club in San Gabriel, California.
Aly, who has become the first player to win back-to-back Championships since Tom Kollins in 1999, was for the second year running involved in a tense final frame shoot-out after a tremendous tussle where he forged ahead then lost the advantage. Yi, who won the United States Snooker Association Tour event at the Embassy Billiards Club last year but was making his debut in the National Championship, got off to a solid start as a run of 42 helped him secure the first frame of the finals to settle his nerves.

Francisco Bustamante has finally put the demons from the past to rest and has won a world championship. He defeated Kuo Po-cheng of Taiwan today 13-7 at the World Pool Championships in Doha, Qatar to finally be known no longer as the finest player not to have won a World Title.

Hennessee wins the 2010 Summer Classic! 1st – Hennessee -t$1650/c$1000 2nd – Tony Fargo – t$1250/c$750 3rd – Chuck Raulston – t$820/c$500 4th – Josh O’Neal – t$420/c$500 5/6th – Randy Cole/Louis Demarco – t$160 7/8th – Dustin Vo

On June 26-27, 2010, the 10th tour stop of the Predator Tour season was hosted by Raxx Pool Room, Bar & Grill in West Hempstead, NY, where 70 players came out to compete in the $1,000 added Amateur A/B/C/D event and the Open/Pro 10-ball event.

World’s Largest Pool League Sends 23 Players to BEF National 9-Ball Championships

Midwest 9-Ball Tour Results – Side Pockets

Chuck Raulston, Joyce Wells, Evelyn Dysart, Gabe Owen

Morris and Archer Aim for US Win No.2
WITH THE PARTYPOKER.NET WORLD CUP OF POOL taking place in Manila from Tuesday to Sunday 7th to 12th September, Matchroom Sport can announce that the USA will be represented by the Nos. 1 & 2 players on the BCA Men’s Point List, Johnny Archer and Rodney Morris.

Danny Harriman, Wins 2nd year in a row

This year a 35 player field of the top Straight Pool players in the country began to filter into Maryland for Friday afternoon warm-ups, check out the venue, the tables and equipment, new Simonis 860 cloth, Centennial balls.  Players were anxious to get in a few hours of practice, as competition this year was going to be about the strongest ever.

So many divisions!  So many winners and multi-division champions!  As with each of the six National Championships produced by the American CueSports Alliance (ACS) ““ and this year welcoming its new league and championship sponsor: Lucasi Hybrid Cues ““ the annual spectacle at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, June 6-12, showcased formats that encouraged many different winners”¦in many different formats”¦for many different skill levels”¦along with multi-titlists in the higher-skilled divisions.

GTS Update 6/16/10 – After a very busy 6 days in Nairobi we are taking a much needed break during the day with a tournament and GTS show this evening.  Tomorrow we are hoping to go on a safari and do some shopping before winding up on Friday with another big day.  We will be part of a sport’s day with a GTS Show at a Christian school in the Kariobangi slums.  Then on Friday evening we will be doing a series of short GTS shows at three sports bars in Nairobi during the World Cup Soccer as the USA plays that night.  We leave early Saturday morning and head for home.  Praise God!