Category: Features

If you’re attending this year’ APA National Team Championships, or if you simply live in Las Vegas, you can support the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) this week while challenging legendary ‘The Dutchess of Doom’ Allison Fisher. OB Cues graciously welcomes the Hall-of-Famer these next three days in their booth for challenge matches open to everyone.

‘The challenge games are $20 per person and 100% of all of the money raised will be donated to the Billiard Education Foundation. Allison will be appearing at the following times: 11am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm on Tuesday August 19^th, Wednesday August 20^th and Thursday August 21^st,’ said Shane Sinnott, Director of Sales & Marketing for OB Cues.

Pictured L to R: David ‘Doc’ Reyes (from OB), Raymond Linares (OB player rep), Allison Fisher and Shane Sinnott (from OB)

SVB making it look easy. Even without needing a supernatural break in 14.1, Shane shows that he has all around skills for all disciplines

Photo courtesy of World Tournament of 14.1  Charles Eames

The 13^th WPA World Artistic Pool Championship finished after 4 days of exciting competition from July 17 ““ 20, 2014 at the luxurious Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.  This event was held during the 38^th BCAPL National Championships under the sponsored venue umbrella of CSI (Cue Sports International).  There were 26 Artistic Pool Playing Artists from around the world competing for 9 separate world titles (1 overall + 8 discipline champions).

By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer

The World Pool-Billiard Association is pleased to announce that multiple world champion and current WPA World number 2 ranked player Kelly Fisher of Great Britain has successfully undergone surgery for her heart condition, and is now recovering in hospital. CLICK ON READ MORE

Pin-Yi Ko defeated his younger brother Ping-Ching Ko 11-9 in an all Taiwanese final to win the CSI Invitational 10-Ball Championship on Sunday night at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The CSI Invitational 10-Ball Championship kicked off on Friday with sixteen of the top players in the world competing in a round robin race to 9 event. Players were split into four groups of four players with the top player from each group advancing to a single elimination bracket.

Group A play saw Shane Van Boening defeat Thorsten Hohmann 9-7 and Warren Kiamco 9-5. Van Boening trailed Hohmann 3-0 early, but took control of the match late when Hohmann fouled while addressing the cue ball and gave up ball in hand. Other Group A action saw Kiamco defeat Pin-Yi Ko 9-5 and Ko defeat Hohmann 9-7. If Van Boening can defeat Ko on Saturday, he will win the group. A Ko victory would lead to either Ko winning the group or a three way tie depending on how the Kiamco/Hohmann match turns out.