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Finland’s Mika Immonen successfully defended his title by winning the 2009 US Open 9-Ball Championships.
The 2008 champion earned $40,000 by defeating 2002 winner Ralf Souquet (Germany) 13-10 in the final. Souquet earned $20,000.
Donnie Mills was beaten 11-10 by Immonen in the losers’ final to finish third. That was worth $10,000 for [...]
Ouschan bags 2009 Pacific Coast Classic
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Jasmin Ouschan from Austria won the 2009 Pacific Coast Classic.
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Peach wins 2009 Portugal Open
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England’s Daryl Peach won the 2009 Portugal Open.
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It’s four from four as Robertson nicks 2009 Grand Prix
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Australia’s Neil Robertson won the 2009 Grand Prix for his fourth win in as many ranking finals
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Ga Young Kim is victorious in the 2009 Colorado Classic
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Ga Young Kim (South Korea) won the 2009 Colorado Classic.
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Ortmann bags 2009 Dutch Open
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Germany’s Oliver Ortmann won the 2009 Dutch Open.
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O’Sullivan pockets 2009 Shanghai Masters
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Ronnie O’Sullivan from England won the 2009 Roewe Shanghai Masters.
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Pankaj Advani wins 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship
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India’s Pankaj Advani won the 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship.
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See also
2009 World Professional Billiards Championship (Wikipedia)
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Defensive shots in APA 8-ball
Written by Black Entertainment USA
In 8-ball making shots always feels good. But when you are playing in the APA league there are times when making a crazy 4 bank or more shot is not the best answer. In fact, regardless of skill level, there are times when a properly place defensive shot will be the [...]
APA challenge - can a rank 4 beat a rank 7 in 9-ball?
Written by Black Entertainment USA
From time to time I have discussed the American Poolplayers Association league that I play in. Located in Endicott New York, I play in the 8-ball and 9-ball leagues.
Most notably I have commented on how my 8-ball team qualified and went to the Las Vegas APA National Tournamnet this summer. And [...]
Planning for APA Las Vegas Nationals in 2010
Written by Black Entertainment USA
I really haven’t posted any of my APA pool league videos in a while. Actually since I got back from Las Vegas and the tournament there. So for those that follow how my teams and I are doing, a quick update. (I’m still ranked a 5 for the time being in [...]
Normal service will resume shortly
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Because of health issues there won’t be any posts for a while.
Normal service will resume shortly. In the meantime, here is a short rundown of recent results:
World Cup of Pool: Philippines B (Reyes, Bustamante)
World Professional Billiards Championship: Pankaj Advani (India)
Shanghai Masters (snooker): Ronnie O’Sullivan (England)
Next up is the Carolina Classic (WPBA) [...]
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
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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.
Jaspers goes one better to claim gold in 2009 World Games
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2005 three cushion runner-up Dick Jaspers from Netherlands was one of the winners in the 2009 World Games.
In the 2005 final Jaspers lost 42-41 to Daniel Sanchez (Spain). He got his revenge by beating Sanchez 40-26 in the semi finals and Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden) 40-18 in the final.
Austrian Jasmin Ouschan was [...]
Results from recent polls
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Here are the results from some recent polls:
What’s the toughest world title to win?
According to the visitors snooker is the toughest cueball discipline in which to win the world championship. That option was selected by 65 (43%) of the 150 voters. Combined the disciplines in American Pool received 55 votes. Unfortunately [...]
Thompson nicks ninth gold in the 2009 World Eightball Pool Championships
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Sue Thompson (Scotland) and Phil Harrison (England) came out on top in the 2009 Foster’s World Eightball Pool Championships.
Thompson defeated England’s Emma Cunningham 8-6 in the women’s final.
Thompson has reached the final in 14 of her 15 attempts with this being her ninth win. These two have now contested five of [...]
Merckx finally finds success in 2009 Porto World Cup
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Eddy Merckx from Belgium could lift his first World Cup trophy after capturing the World Cup event in Porto, Portugal.
In the final Merckx edged Nikos Polychronopoulos (Greece) 3-2. The frame scores were 15-6, 2-15, 15-6, 9-15 and 15-2.
Surprise men Jae Ho Cho (South Korea) and Jeremy Bury (France) lost out in [...]
Immonen wins Qatar Open
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Finland’s “Iceman” Mika Immonen won the 2009 Qatar International Open 9-Ball Championship.
In the final Immonen defeated Taiwan’s current junior world champion Pin-Yi Ko 13-9. The victory was worth €40,000 with Ko getting €20,000 for second place.
Immonen trounced Antonio Gabica (Philippines) 11-3 in the semi finals. Ko beat England’s reigning world 10-ball [...]
Ouschan conquers all in 2009 Great Lakes Classic
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Austra’s Jasmin Ouscan captured her third career win on the WPBA Classic Tour by taking the 2009 WPBA Great Lakes Classic.
In the final she dominated England’s Kelly Fisher 7-2.
Karen Corr (Ireland) and Xiaoting Pan (China), finished joint third.
Defending champion Allison Fisher (England) lost 9-4 to Kelly Fisher in the quarter finals.
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Hogan and Evans win European Snooker Championships
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David Hogan (Ireland) and Wendy Jans (Belgium) won gold medals in the 2009 European Snooker Championships.
Hogan defeated fellow Irishman Mario Fernandez 7-4 in the final of the men’s event while home favourite Jans whitewashed Anna Mazhirina (Russia) 5-0.
Hogan blanked Germany’s Sascha Lippe in the semis while Fernandez beat yet another Irishman, [...]
Rubilen Amit wins inaugural 10-ball World Championship
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Rubilen Amit from Philippines won the 2009 Women’s World 10-Ball Championship on home soil.
In the final she defeated two-time world 9-ball champion Shin-mei Liu (Taiwan) 10-4 to grab the $20,000 first prize and become the first world champion in women’s 10-ball. Liu received $9,000 for second place.
Amit defeated Japan’s Akimi Kajitani [...]