Pool & Snooker Success Stories

March 26, 2008

I’m getting tired of all these weird pool twilight stories – it is getting too depressing. Therefore, this post is dedicated to positive pool & snooker success and victory stories.

Dennis Orcollo Tops 2008 Japan 9-ball Open

Dennis Orcollo is the winner of the 2008 Japan 9-Ball Open held last week in Japan. A week after beating fellow Filipino Ronnie Alcano in San Miguel Beer-Quezon City 9-Ball, “The Philippines’ Money-game King” grabbed the Japan 9-Ball Open Championship title from Japanese Ryoji Aoki after defeating him 9-2.

Snooker’s Rising Star

15 years old John Roberts is introduced by Liverpool Echo as a rising star in snooker. The young cueist has recently won an older and wiser contestant in a recent under 19s snooker tournament. Roberts is already receiving professional guidance from a former World Snooker Championship referee and personal coach of Mark Williams and Paul Hunter, Reg Davies who grows high expectations from the snooker protégé.

Pakistan’s New Snooker Champion

Muhammad Sajjad Butt of Punjab, Pakistan has gathered the 33th National Snooker Championship title after beating former World Championship runner up Saleh Muhammad 7-3 in Tuesday’s final match. It was the first participation in a national ranking event for the new snooker champion.

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New Face to BCA 9-Ball Pool Championship

January 30, 2008

The BCA (Billiard Congress of America) 9-ball pool championship, will be called, as for 2008 GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships. Additionally, the prestigious 9-ball tournament will be held along with the International Billiard & Home Recreation Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina. The closing events of the 9-ball pool championship will take place on June 11-12 while the billiards expo is scheduled to June 12-14, 2008. About the same time, the BCA will also be inducting its fifty-second member into the BCA Hall of Fame.

 

The name of the 9-ball pool tournament is not the only detail changed this year by the governing body, the Billiard Congress of America. According to the BCA President, Ivan Lee, the arena, the format, the production techniques, and the environment will be changed as well.

 

GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2 throughout 2008. The sports network intends to cover 3 hours from both the men’s and women’s GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championship events in 2008.

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Southeast Asian Games

December 14, 2007

The Philippines billiards team is ruling the 24th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). The men’s 8-ball singles gold was gained by Ronnie “Toothless” Alcano, former World 9-ball pool, who’ve beat his Singapore contestant. The women’s gold in 9-ball singles was captured by Rubilen Amit, while Philippines’ currently number 1 8-ball pool player had only made it to the bronze in the women’s 8-ball singles.

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Breaking News: New Breaking Rules on 2007 Mosconi Cup

December 10, 2007

New 9-ball breaking rules will come into effect at the he 2007 Mosconi Cup, which is scheduled to take place on December 13 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. Instead of the recently dominant soft break, the power break will be brought back to the scene. According to the new breaking rules, the breaker will be required to:

  1. Rack the balls higher up the table with the 9-ball resting on the spot.
  2. Strike the cue ball from within a break box in the center of the table.
  3. At the end of the break shot, three balls must pass the head string (including pocketed balls excluding the cue ball).
  4. Strike the rack lightly

I guess we’ll have to wait and see how these changes will affect the teams’ performances…

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Korea Pro 9 Ball Tour

November 22, 2007

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Charlie Williams who is known by the nick name of “The Korean Dragon” had won the recent 2007 Korea Pro 9-Ball Tour over the weekend in Incheon, Korea, while defeating Zerna.

Williams’ winning gave him a money prize of $15,000 and his 3rd international title in Korea.

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9 Ball Pool Alive!

June 28, 2007

I am happy to announce that the 9 ball pool application of Play89 is alive and kicks!!!
Since the online pool site Play89 found his way to the heart of pool and billiard players, starting with only 8 ball pool games, many of us have been waited for the american popular game – The 9 ball pool game.
Now there’s no need to wait anymore…9 ball games at Play89

Just get into Play89’s pool application.
Choose your game mode (for money or for fun).
Go to 9 ball folder (at the top)
and start playing 9 ball pool game!!!
 

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