Archive for August, 2009

Preview of 8-ball tournament play in Las Vegas

Written by Black Entertainment USA
I’m still in Las Vegas for a while more, but I decided to put together a quick little video of the Endicott team (playing for the Guys & Dolls pool hall) arriving at Circus Circus, and playing at the APA National 8-ball Pool Tournament held in the Riviera.
This is a [...]

Video of APA Las Vegas National Pool Tournament

Written by Black Entertainment USA
Here is the promised video of Round 2 of the Guys and Dolls 8-ball team at the Las Vegas 2009 APA National Pool Tournament. The quality is not perfect but it is the best that we could make without disrupting the other teams.

Vegas has been fun so far. The tournament is [...]

Live from Las Vegas 2009 APA National Pool Tournament

Written by Black Entertainment USA
Hey everyone. Well I arrived in Las Vegas Monday afternoon. A bit of jetlag and tired from the 3 planes we had to take to get here(the plane and room was paid for by the APA). The entire Guys and Dolls team from Edicott NY arrived safe and sound.
We got lucky [...]

Chamat wins 2009 Austria Open, Euro Tour event #100

Submitted by Billiard Pulse Blog
Sweden’s Marcus Chamat won the 2009 Austria Open.
Chamat defeated reigning 10-ball world champion Darren Appleton (England) 9-6 in the final to earn the €5000 first prize. Majid received €3000 for second place.
In the semi finals Chamat beat virtual unknown Jakob Belka from Germany 9-6 and Appleton downed five-time ET winner Niels [...]

Second US Open title for Ga-young Kim

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Ga-young Kim from South Korea won the 2009 US Open after edging Ireland’s Karen Corr 7-5 in the final.
Gerda Hofstätter (Austria) and Allison Fisher (England) finished joint third.
Defending champion Kelly Fisher (England) lost 9-7 to Allison Fisher in the last 16.