Category: Billiard Tours
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Final Twelve at Great Southern Billiard Tour Championship
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Final Twelve at Great Southern Billiard Tour Championship By Michael Basha Shane Van Boening was meticulously counting the bracket spaces on the tournament board, counting aloud to add up how many matches he would have to win to snap off the tournament. Van Boening defeated a tough string of opponents…
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Hamlet Holds off Pureza
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Hamlet Holds off Pureza Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Fuquay Varina, NC by Rock City Promotions On The Snap Billiards in Fuquay Varina, NC, hosted the January 19-20 stop of the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour. A field of 42 players braved the cold weather and threat of snow…
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Fargo Surpasses Ring Game Competition
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Fargo Surpasses Ring Game Competition By Michael Basha Late-breaking news on the Great Southern Billiard Tour’s finale saw Shane Van Boening best Johnny Archer 11-5 on the one-loss side just after midnight in the fourth round. Van Boening’s offensive power was helped along by a few 9 balls on the…
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Great Southern Billiard Tour Delivers Excitement
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Great Southern Billiard Tour Delivers Excitement By Michael Basha If Shane Van Boening plans on winning the Great Southern Billiard Tour event this weekend, he will have to do it from the B-side. Jesse Middlebrook managed to defeat Van Boening in the second round 11-10 after building a 9-4 lead.…
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Great Southern Billiard Tour Championship Underway
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Great Southern Billiard Tour Championship Underway By Michael Basha The Diamond Billiard Club is playing host to Shannon Daulton’s Great Southern Billiard Tour Championship January 24-27 in Chattanooga, TN. This race-to-11, double-elimination event guaranteed $10,000 added with a field of 64, and with 78 players it’s well above the mark.…
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Bustamante Performs to Expectations
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Bustamante Performs to Expectations Ask the billiards aficionados and 4 out of 5 would have predicted an easy victory for Filipino Francisco Bustmante in the much hyped East versus West IPT Challenge match with former U.S. Open champion Corey Deuel. The experts nailed the prognostication process as Bustamante dismantled a…
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Wilder is the Big Billiards Winner in Decatur
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Wilder is the Big Billiards Winner in Decatur Pechauer All-American Tour / Decatur, IL by InsidePOOL Staff Mike Wilder took down the January 19 stop of the Pechauer All-American Tour over Mike Dunklin. Hosted by Starship Billiards in Decatur, IL, this $500-added event drew 63 players in a double-elimination 8-ball…
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Inside POOL Magazine to Stream Live Shows from IPT Challenge
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Inside POOL Magazine to Stream Live Shows from IPT Challenge Pocket billiards players Francisco Bustamante and Corey Deuel will face off against each other January 23, 2008, LIVE on Internationalpooltour.com starting at 8 p.m. EST. InsidePOOLmag.com will take part in this historic event by broadcasting two live shows starting at…
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Shane Van Boening Double Dips Fellow Young Gun
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Shane Van Boening Double Dips Fellow Young Gun Snares 21st Annual Music City Open By Michael Basha Shane Van Boening captured the 21st Annual Music City Open defeating 25-year-old Tommy D’Alfonso two sets in a row, 11-9, 11-8 to take the first-place prize of $3,000 and a custom Gibson guitar.…
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Park Earns First Joss Billiard Tour Win
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Park Earns First Joss Billiard Tour Win Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / Latham, NY By Rick Davis The first Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour stop of the new year took place over the January 19-20 weekend at Diamond Eight Billiards in Latham, NY, where a 45-player field tried in vain to…