Category: Features

left to right:       2nd Place -  Nicholas Chan;  1st Place   – Koka Davladze ;   3nd Place  -  Joe Palone

Koka Davladze wins  Tri-State event at $1250 Added B/D 9 Ball event held at Gotham City Billiards in Brooklyn, N.Y. His tournament trail of 6 wins  and 1 loss, included wins over Tony Ignomirello 8 – 7; Edie Perez 7 – 4 ; Quin Y. Chen 8 – 5;  and Tyronnie Harlee 9 – 7;  before suffering a loss to Nicholas Chan 7 – 4 for the Hot Seat. From the loss side Koka Joe Palone 7 – 1, to face Nicholas a second time in the finals.  Koka finished the Finals in solid fashion with a 9 – 4 victory.

The final day of the 2012 Super Billiards Expo would find 4 players remaining in the Pro 10 Ball event. There were two on the winner’s side, Darren Appleton and Stevie Moore. On the one loss side was Raj Hundal playing Shane Van Boening.  Stevie knocks Darren to the one loss side 10 to 7. Shane is running like an unstoppable machine taking out Hundal 10 to 1 then eliminating Darren 10 to 2.

The event started with 68 top players.  The event is double elimination race to 10. Day one saw the following top ranked players go to the one loss side, Johnny Archer, Earl Strickland and Shane Van Boening.  But the big move from day one to day two is not the players but a cue ball change. Day one saw the use of the Red Dot cue ball.

March Rally In The Valley

Dream Team and Singles Event

March 8th-11th starts off with another Sell Out for the 16th historical Rally In The Valley Dream Team amd Single Events.  The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks In Pennsylvania , landmarks our new location for great moments, great times and grand memories .If you have any questions, please feel free to call 800-984-7665 or visit our help desk to the right of this page.Click Here For Dream Team formats special hotel, event information and event schedule.  Visit the TAP facebook if your interested in adding TAP to your area or visit our Expo booth #335 and #415.

TAP Las Vegas awarded $270 to the ladies of TAP for their excellence in playing pool!

The day started with 17 players on 6 beautiful Diamond tables in a double elimination 8-ball tournament.  In the end, first place was earned by Marilyn Kamealoha who went undefeated the entire day!  In addition to the cash, Marilyn won a place in the Western Women’s Charity Event to be held March 31 at the Rum Runner where she will compete in a 9-ball tournament.   Congratulations also to Debbie Evans in 2nd place, to Cindy Chappell in 3rd place, Leslie Weishar in 4th place, Nicole Civetz and Teresa Howard in 5^th/6^th place.

The winner of Event 8 on the 2011-12 USSA Tour, Paul Carbin (pictured left),
with runner-up, Yan Y. Zhen

Paul Carbin has repeated the United States Snooker Association (USSA) Tour success he had last season at the Prince Snooker Club in Brooklyn, New York, as he captured Event 8 on the 2012 USSA National Tour, sponsored by Aramith Billiard Balls.

The inaugural year at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, CSI’s 19th Annual US Bar Table Championships concluded Sunday, with Jeff Beckley going undefeated in the 8-Ball Division. It was a week of championship caliber pool, with outstanding performances in all six divisions: both Open and Women’s 10-Ball, 9-Ball and 8-Ball and with a record 502 entries.

CHANG JUN LIN POWERS HIS WAY TO THE 2012 WORLD 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH AN 11-6 WIN OVER FU CHE WEI IN AN ALL-TAIWAN FINAL

  The Fury 14.1 Challenge will be held at the Super Billiards Expo, March 8-11, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks this year, offering both amateur and professional players a chance to compete in the most prestigious discipline of pocket billiards at the biggest consumer expo in the billiards industry. Presented by Diamond Billiards, Bob Jewett, and CME-Images, this year’s event promises more money and prizes than previous events, and will include a new Ladies Division.

16th February  Shane gets off to the perfect start

AS THE RACE for Mosconi Cup spots gets underway in earnest, it’s America’s top player Shane Van Boening who leads the way after the Turning Stone Winter Event which took place in December.

Van Boening, who came top of the US Mosconi Cup rankings in 2011, beat the likes of Mike Dechaine, Ralf Souquet, Dennis Hatch and Rodney Morris before over-turning Raj Hundal in a close fought final.