Category: Features
2013 PartyPoker.com World Pool Masters
2013 PartyPoker.com World Pool Masters Back in the UK for first time since 2005 THE 21st annual running of the PartyPoker.com World Pool Masters will take place from 25th to 27th October at the...
Str8 Shots Qualifies Six Juniors for National Championships
March 30, 2013 (Englewood, CO): On March 23rd, despite the biggest snow storm of the year and highway closures, the Str8 Shots team and Felt Billiards staff gave a packed house of pool fans and players a warm place to spend their Saturday. Headed by Mark Cantrill, the Legends & Champions Pool Tour treated the mile high city to an unforgettable engagement. 8-time world champion and hall-of-famer Nick Varner was joined by two-time world champion Thorsten Hohmann of Germany for an extravaganza dedicated to raising money for the juniors of the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF).
Amazin Billiards Warm up for USBA NATIONALS
MALDEN ““ Four US Champions will battle it out in one of the most difficult billiard sports around as they warm up for United States Billiard Association (USBA) Three-Cushion championship in a special tournament at the exclusive club, A’Mazin Billiards.
Gabriels Billiards take initiative for the promotion of 3C in China.
#1 World Ranked Torbjorn Blomdahl To Play
USBA – partner Gabriels Billiards has taken the initiative to promote three cushion billiards in China by presenting a three-cushion billiards exhibition. The event. known as the Gabriels 3-cushion billiards challenge 2013 will take place at the Guangzhou International Billiards Exhibition (GBE) from April 3 to 5, 2013, at the China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou, China. Now in its 7th year, the GBE has become an important business destination for the billiards industry, featuring vendors from around the globe.
1st Annual TAP Vegas Masters Singles MVP State Championship Tournament Series
John Walker, undefeated in Skill Level 6/7
Tina Moden, who went undefeated in Skill Level 2/3
Carlo Butto, Skill Level 4/5
The 1st Annual TAP Vegas Masters 8-Ball Singles MVP State Championship was held on March 9 & 10 at the Las Vegas Cue Club with 53 players, each competing In one of 3 tournament brackets. Congratulations to the 2013 8-Ball Nevada State Champions:
What Would a Sucker Do?
If you look around the room and don’t see any suckers.YOU are the sucker! You made all of your stripes and are now on the 8-ball. Your opponent has one solid left. What do...
Klatt and Frideres Crowned 2013 USBTC 8-Ball Champions
Klatt and Frideres Crowned 2013 USBTC 8-Ball Champions
CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (March 3, 2013) ““ The 20th US Bar Table Championships final divisions concluded Sunday, March 3rd at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. Jason Klatt from Canada and Jessica Frideres from Iowa fended off their respective and highly competitive fields to be crowned the champions in the USBTC men’s and women’s 8-ball divisions.
Winners of Facebook Free Cue Giveaway Sweepstakes Announced
Winners of Facebook Free Cue Giveaway Sweepstakes Announced
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI (March 1, 2013) ““ McDermott Cue Mfg. LLC is a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of pool cues, performance shafts and billiard accessories. McDermott is excited to announce Frank Rachuba as the grand prize winner of the Facebook Free Cue Giveaway Sweepstakes.
The American Cuemakers Association
The American Cuemakers Association (ACA) is proud to present three special awards at this year’s annual banquet at the Allen Hopkins’ Super Billiards Expo. The Expo will be held April 4-7, 2013, at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison, NJ. The ACA was formed in 1992 to both educate the public on and promote the American made cue, as well as establish a standard of excellence in the art of cue making.
Licensee Of The Month – TAP
After playing in pool leagues for the past 20 years and giving players the chance to play in a home grown cash league the opportunity to build TAP in Southwestern Ontario came along. As we enter into our 9th year we reflect on our growth and pleasures we have received from being part of the TAP family.
2013 marks the 50 year anniversary of J. Pechauer Custom Cues
In 1961 Jerry Pechauer was working under a truck mechanic apprenticeship for the International Harvester Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A fellow employee there shared an interest in pool and they played a match. A wager was made and Jerry was victorious. But rather than accepting money he received a broken Willie Hoppe cue as his prize