Category: Features

Colt 45 Strong Beer, Summit Natural Drinking Water & Motolite Headline Philippines Supporters of Predator Billiards Championship

Francisco Bustamante, Efren Reyes, Jasmin Ouschan, Thorsten Hohmann, Ralf Souquet, Darren Appleton, & Mika Immonen during yesterday’s press conference dinner at the Crowne Plaza in Ortigas

Manila, Philippines-  Asia Brewery Incorporated and Motolite are putting their popular brands behind billiards supporting this week’s 11th Annual Predator International Championship.  Colt 45 Strong Beer, Summit Natural Drinking Water, and Motolite will sponsor the long running championship that will be airing on ABS-CBN’s popular networks Balls and Studio 23. Sixty-four pool masters from around the world will be vying for the $10,000 1st place prize and title of Predator Champion. The event is starring celebrity professionals such as defending champion Efren “Bata” Reyes, Mika “Iceman” Immonen of Finland, Thorsten “Hitman” Hohmann of Germany, Charlie “Dragon” Williams of the USA, and Women’s World Champion Jasmin Ouschan of Austria.

Introducing the New Simonis Cloth Classic Tours

Iwan Simonis Cloth Signs on as the new Title Sponsor
of the former Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour. “œThe basic operations, format and
added monies of the tour events will remain the same for the players.
However our room owners and sponsors will see added benefits as a result of
this change”, stated Mike Janis the tours founder.  Janis added “œThe change
in the title sponsorship will now allow us to give our sponsors increased
advertising and sales opportunities along with allowing us to be more
flexible in the sponsors we accept as we can now offer sponsorship to
additional products and cue brands. The room owners will see reduced rates
in tournament fees along with additional benefits related to Simonis Cloth when hosting events as a result of Iwan Simonis Cloths sponsorship.”

2011 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool Super Germany are World Cup champs!

Super Germany are World Cup champs!

Final Result
Germany 10 ““ 4 Thailand

GERMANY became the first ever European winners of the PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool as they made light work of shock finalists Thailand to record a superb 10-4 victory and claim the gold medals, trophy, $60,000 and more importantly the title at the SM Mall North in Manila.

Thorsten Hohmann and Ralf Souquet put in an inch perfect performance to run away with the match in sharp contrast to their semi-final game earlier in the day when they laboured to a pedestrian win over Korea.

They clearly gave themselves a good talking to between matches as they returned with the type of form that has made them two of the most feared players in the world. For Souquet it was a culmination of a magnificent seven days that saw him win the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters last Monday and his total haul for the two events has been $50,000.

“œIt’s still hard to believe and it hasn’t sunk in yet. We really worked hard for the title and held ourselves together,” said a jubilant Souquet.

 

Quarter Final Results

Quarter Final Results

Korea 9 ““ 5 Sweden
Germany 9 ““ 1 Philippines B 9

Thailand v Poland
Philippines A v Chinese Taipei

TEAM GERMANY, made up of Thorsten Hohmann and Ralf Souquet, did a job on the Philippines side of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante to silence the big crowd at the SM Mall North and progress to Sunday afternoon’s semi-finals at the PartyPoker.net World  Cup of Pool.

9-1 was the score line and the Pinoys narrowly avoided the whitewash as they won the fifth game but the match was all Germany. Reyes looked completely out of sorts, making countless errors, while Bustamante who looked the hotter of the two in the earlier stages, soon joined his team mate.

Championship LLC announced today they have become the Exclusive Distributor of Silver Cup Chalk.

Silver Cup has been manufacturing colors to match our wide selection of colors for years so it seemed very natural said Fred Cohen, Championship’s president.

We’ve worked together when ever we’ve introduced a new color of cloth to make sure the market would have a matching chalk to use.  We can now boast that we have 31 colors of Championship Cloth and we have a Silver Cup Chalk to match them ALL.

Orcollo/Alcano through as USA tumbles out

TEAM USA, sporting the most garish pairs of strides this side of John Daly, were shocked out of the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool as they went down to the wire with Singapore and came out second best at the SM Mall North in Manila.

Their exit followed on from the dismissal of England at the hands of Estonia, China by the Swiss and Holland by the Thais to leave the event wide open.

The American pair of Mike Dechaine and Corey Deuel looked the part in their outlandish costumes but soon found themselves in a fight as the Singaporeans took the game to them, as veteran Bernard Tey and Chan Keng Kwan were clearly not fazed by their more illustrious opponents.

More than $1 Million will be awarded at this year’s championships.

 

“Now What” Wins National 9-Ball Championship!

The finals of the Open 9-Ball Division featured N.J.’s Breakers of Metuchen, N.J., versus Now What of Dayton, Ohio.  Lead by a dominant performance by team captain Alex Olinger, it was Now What winning $15,000 and a national title.  The strong showing by N.J.’s Breakers in the tournament earned them a respectable Runner-up finish and a $7,000 payday.

Thorsten Hohmann World Tournament of 14.1 Champion Again

Dr.Louis Pannullo, Charlie Williams(Bronze), Mike Davis (Silver), Thorsten Hohmann (Gold), Alex Pagulayan (Bronze) & patron sponsor Dr.Michael Fedak during the closing ceremonies.

New Brunswick, New Jersey-  Germany once again reigns supreme in straight pool as Thorsten Hohmann dominated the 71st World Tournament of 14.1.  USA’s Mike Davis had no answer for Hohmann’s precision game and knowledge of 14.1. Both players played their very first match of the event against each other, and met once again in the very end.

The matches went longer than expected, and lasted to 3:00am before finished. But a large number of die hard fans stayed till the very end including for the closing ceremonies.

“I really say thanks to the fans who stayed here to watch me play to the very end”, said Hohmann in his appreciation for the fans.

“There’s no fans in the world like the ones that come to the World Tournament of 14.1 each year. I recognize 90% of them each year because they love the event and keep coming back”, said Cindy Lee, CEO of Dragon Promotions.

Delta-13 Trick Shot Video Contest Awards $20,000

DENVER, CO/September 1, 2011/Executive Billiards/, manufacturer of the Delta-13 billiard ball rack, announced today that they are hosting a pool trick shots contest for novice and amateur players on “œYouTube.” “œThe Delta-13 International Amateur Trick Shot Contest” will give away over $20,000 in quality billiard accessories, including a 7′ Diamond Sport pool table. Four winners will also receive airfare plus three nights stay in Las Vegas from May 11-12, 2012.

Pool Tricks Add Excitement to Home Recreation

“œWe are promoting artistic pool and trick shots during the four month contest to expose the home recreation market to this exciting sport. Young and old alike, who have access to a pool table, will find trick shots are a terrific activity to entertain family and friends,” says Terry Taggart, President of Executive Billiards.

The process for competing in the contest requires 4 easy steps:

An American Will Make the Finals: Ortmann Ousted by Williams

Photos by Charles Eames

Williams beats Ortmann again and makes the quarter finals of the World Tournament for the 3rd year in a row.

New Brunswick, New Jersey-  The USA will make the finals of the World Tournament of 14.1. Guaranteed. For the first time in over twenty years, an American will have a shot at the title that has been dominated by Europeans in modern times. And on the other side of the coin, a foreign player will also be guaranteed in the finals. Philippines, Germany, and the USA.

GTS/RACK TEAM RACKS UP A VICTORY FOR VETERANS IN ORLANDO

Tom “œDr. Cue”Â® Rossman, Steve Lillis, and Mike Massey Reunite as GTS/RACK Team; Perform Benefit to Honor Veterans and Armed Forces in Orlando, Florida

Tom “œDr. Cue”Â® Rossman, BCA Chaplain Steve Lillis, and Mike “œTennessee Tarzan” Massey combined their Artistic Pool talents with their inspirational stories of faith in a benefit performance to entertain, encourage, and honor Military Veterans and Armed Forces in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the Hard Rock Hotel® at Universal Orlando®.  Special guest, Rob “œThe Hurricane” Peacock, released days earlier from the hospital and still recovering from critical injuries sustained in an auto accident several months ago, performed a brief Trick Shot segment and shared his compelling testimony with the audience.  Canine Companions for Independence® supported the event with a presentation on their Wounded Veterans Initiative Program that provides highly skilled assistance dogs to Disabled Veterans, free of charge.

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