Category: Features

OB would like to announce the winners of our May contest which was a name a cue contest! We asked people to come up with the names of 4 of our new 2013 cue models and then we picked our favorites. The winners are as follows:

Working Together to Revive Boys and Girls Clubs Billiard Program May 30, 2013 (Colorado Springs, CO): Str8 Shots, CueSports International (CSI), and the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) have been working together to revitalize a...

LAS VEGAS (May 30, 2013)

The World Professional Billiard League launched the inaugural 2013 season at the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas, NV last night to a packed house. The season’s first match-up featured the New York Pride against the Atlanta Scorpions.

Corey Deuel has made a successful transformation to snooker as the former U.S. Open 9-Ball Pool Champion has now added the 2013 United States National Snooker Championship title to his collection with victory at Snooker 147 Bar & Grill in Houston, Texas.

It has been an incredible event for the 35-year-old from Florida as he was fortunate to qualify from the group phase after suffering two defeats out of four matches, placing runner-up to the five-time champion Tom Kollins, but he slowly forged his way into the Championship and gathered momentum with each match played to reach the final against the defending champion, Sargon Isaac.

              

Left Front:    2nd place – Kyle Bubet;  Center: 1st place Thomas Rice; Right: twin sister Kristin Rice; in the background owner Kevin Buckley Fourteen year old Thomas Rice wins at Gotham City Billiards’  A/D...

(Shanghai)–Playing with his trademarked calm and cool demeanor, all the while exhibiting a deadly stroke and a fierce, quiet fortitude, the Philippines Lee Vann Corteza staked his claim to stardom today as he defeated Taiwanese veteran Fu Che Wei to win the 2013 China Open 9-ball in Shanghai.

The World Professional Billiard League has announced that top female pro Jennifer Barretta has signed to play for the Los Angeles Wave as an alternate.  Barretta who has been playing professionally for 10 years, will be the first woman to compete amongst the league’s current roster, consisting of 59 of the world’s top male players.

The World Professional Billiard League has expanded its previous roster of 48 players (36 fulltime and 12 alternate) to 60 by adding a second alternate to each team. The WPBL season will kick off Thursday May 30^th at 6pm PST with a free live broadcast from the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas, NV.