Category: Features

TAP, LLC returns from another roll of the dice, in Las Vegas NV !

Little River, SC. Nov. 23rd, 2011 -  TAP Players from all over the USA and Canada. The best of the best from each TAP territory, won their trips to the TAP Nationals event held in Las Vegas, NV  November 9^th through the 14^th.

Photo by John Hall

Ga Young Kim Wins WPBA Tour Championship!
Kim Defeats Hall of Famer Allison Fisher 7-5 in ESPN Televised Final
LINCOLN CITY, OR – After defeating Vivian Villarreal by a convincing 7-2 score in the semifinals of the WPBA Tour Championships, #1 ranked Ga Young Kim defeated Hall of Famer Allison Fisher 7-5 to take the tour’s culminating season title!

Fisher looked prime to be a favored contender against Kim after her sound defeat of Jeanette Lee 7-1 in her semifinal match. But Kim came on strong in the final match, opening with a two rack run. A scratch in the third rack put Fisher at the table to run out 2-1, and with a break and run quickly tied the match 2-2. Fisher then pulled ahead 3-2, only to be answered by another win from Kim to tie it up 3-3.

Ga Young Kim won the next three racks to lead 6-3, just one game away from the title, but Allison fought back with a clever masse in game ten, followed by a break and run to trail 5-6. She broke, played safe on the one, but left Ga Young Kim a long cut shot. Kim made the cut and ran out to take the game, match and title victory!

Manila, Philippines-  Great Britain’s Kelly Fisher accomplished her life goal of becoming the World Champion in pool. Fisher maintained her undefeated run in Manila to race to the Yalin World Championship title with her 10-4 dismantling of Taiwan’s Pei Chen Tsai. Fisher excelled in a field that had 70 pro players worldwide vying for the title, and fought for 5 days winning 9 matches in a row in the sport’s hardest tournament to win.

New Location

The Super Billiards Expo moves down the road to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks PA and TAP’s 16th annual Rally in the Valley Dream Team event goes along,

Haining, China-    15 times World Champion Allison Fisher finally snapped off her first win in China at the 2011 Haining Cup. She defeated friend and fellow top Brit Kelly Fisher. The event hosted all the top stars of China including World 9-Ball winner Bi Zu Qing, Fu Xiaofang, and the sensational Chen Siming. Foreign stars such as Ga Young Kim and Yu Ram Cha also participated.

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2011 European Mosconi Cup Rankings Latest

Appleton to the fore as Team Europe named

DARREN APPLETON$B!G(JS second successive US Open title ““ only the third man in history to successfully defend the biggest title in American pool ““ saw him move to second spot in the final European rankings and secure a second successive PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup appearance.

Ron Gabia wins his first Tri-State at Eastside  Billiards’ A/D 9 Ball event.  Ron was in great form going undefeated.  His tournament trail included wins over 2011 Tri-State Invitational winner Paul Ravel 7 – 6; Carl Yusuf Khan 7 – 5; up and coming Ed Culhane 7 – 4; Joe Landi 7 – 0 and William Zarzour 8 – 6 for the Hot Seat. With the remaining players battle fatigued, the positions for 1st thru 3rd were decided by relative strength of the players and their standing through a mutual agreement to conclude the event. The ever threatening Dan Cintron placing 2nd with a 9/1  win/ loss record and William Zarzour, finishing 3rd, deserve recognittion for their solid performances.  Please provide a thank you to Sterling-Gaming, Ozone Billiards, Ron Tarr Cues, Kamui Tips, Phil Capelle, BlueBook Publishing, Human Kinetics for their sponsorship leading to this event.

Photo by Ricky Bryant

It’s Appleton Again at the 2011 US Open

By Samm Diep, PoolTipJar.com

The final day of the 36^th Annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships concluded with a flawless performance by the explosive British player “œDynamite” Darren Appleton. He defeated Shawn Putnam in a single-set finals match with a convincing score of 13-6. Appleton is the third player in U.S. Open 9-Ball history to claim back to back titles since Mika Immonen in 2008/2009 and Nick Varner in 1989/1990.

TAP’s 2011 National Championships return to Las Vegas Nevada at Bally’s Casino and Hotel November 10th ““ 13th. This event represents 8-ball and 9-ball team Champions and singles from areas throughout the United States and Canada. Let’s not forget the “Welcome Party” November 9th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. which launches the beginning of a great time.