During the first two nights of the preliminary rounds at this year’s USBA national three-cushion championship, pool players lined up three deep to accept Professor-Q-Ball’s challenge: a race to five against one of the billiard players in the tournament, with the pool player getting the break shot and some instruction from a three-cushion player.
OB would like to announce our May contest which is a name a cue contest! The 3 week contest runs from May 1st 2013 until May 22nd 2013 at 11:59pm EST. The winners will...
The photo of players from left to right are as follows:
Left 3rd place – Steve Wade; 1st place – Paul Bramwell; 2nd – Adrian Daniel
Paul Bramwell undefeated at BQE’s A/D Tri-State Tour event. His tournament trail included wins over Paul Raval 7 – 0; Carl Yusuf Khan 7 – 5; Keith Adamik 7 – 1; and Steve Wade 8 – 5 for the Hot Seat.
By Bert van Manen
Frédéric Caudron is still a young man (Jan. 1968), but he has experience beyond his years. No, this is not a quip about his love-life, and it has nothing to do with his business ventures. It is not even about those estimated 500 caroms a week for 30 years, matches and practice hours combined, which is three quarters of a million points in his memory banks. I am referring to just the last few weeks of his life, wherein two things happened that may never happen to another human being. For those who missed it, here are the plain facts.
Wolford & Hunkins Dominate Juniors Divisions at Super Billiards Expo-By Ricky Bryant
April 18, 2013 (Englewood, CO): On April 7, 2013, 13-year-old Shane Wolford of Virginia and 11-year-old Kaiden Hunkins from Wisconsin both went undefeated through their respective fields in the juniors events of the 2013 Super Billiards Expo (SBX) in Edison, NJ. Wolford, was one of the youngest players in the 64-player 17 & Under division, defeating Zachary Hampton in the finals.
The World Professional Billiard League will launch the inaugural 2013 season Thursday May 30th at 7pm PT. The entire season will be played at the new 13,000 sq. ft. WPBL arena in Las Vegas, where 48 of the world’s top players will compete over the course of 26 weeks to become the first ever WPBL Champions.
OB Cues Ladies Tour Stop #2 was held at Jamaica Joe’s, Midwest City, OK, March 9th/10th weekend. Jamaica Joe’s, a regular host site for the OB Cues Ladies Tour hosted 29 ladies who ventured from Texas (Houston, DFW, Austin, and Sherman) and the local Oklahoma vicinity. Jess Massey and her crew were fabulous as always and we do have to say that the renovations are truly magnificent and top notch. We are so excited about always being at Jamaica Joe’s that we will return for another tour stop visit the weekend of September 21st/22nd, 2013 and hope to see more lady Oklahoma players step up to the challenge of taking on the Texas ladies.
Photo By Ricky Bryant
The Men’s Diamond 10 Ball at the 2013 SBE had a strong field of 61 but came down to two great champions. The final match was a thriller going hill ““ hill at one race apiece. The third and final race would go to Shane Van Boening coming out victorious over Thorsten Hohmann. This was Shane’s fourth win at the Super Billiards Expo, 2008 (9 Ball), 2010, 2012 and 2013.
Pedro Piedrabuena WINS 3 years in a row.
2013 USBA NATIONAL THREE-CUSHION CHAMPIONSHIP
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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...
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).
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.
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.
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 proud to announce the March 2013 Custom Cue of the Month Giveaway.
