Category: Billiard Tours

Thweib, Gurel, & Torres Win 8-Ball Titles at Ozone Billiards US Amateur Open Zaid Thweib (TX), Neslihan Gurel (NY), and Carlos Torres (FL) all captured the 8-Ball division titles at the Ozone Billiards US Amateur Open. The 4th Annual Ozone Billiards US Amateur Open 8-Ball was presented by Mezz Cues…

White Diamond Billiards Annual Summer 9-Ball Extravaganza / Lafayette, LA by Lea Andrews On the weekend of August 8-9, the bar box action was at White Diamond Billiards, where Jeremy “Double J” Jones zipped through a 128-man field to clinch first. The much-anticipated $1,000-added White Diamond Billiards Annual Summer 9-Ball…

Carolina Billiards Tour / Monroe, NC by Lea Andrews Despite a brief setback which came courtesy of Kelly “Kwikfire” Fisher, “The Duchess of Doom” Allison Fisher came back in the finals to earn her revenge and become the first winner on the Carolina Billiards Tour, a WPBA-sanctioned regional tour founded…

Despite the heavy storms which have hit the North Eastern U.S this summer, players from all over the U.S traveled to Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ (Home of the Accu-Stats Arena) for the first NCS 14.1 National Championship. Held August 1-2, it was not only the first U.S straight pool…

Great Southern Billiard Tour / Duluth, GA by Lea Andrews Horace “Groundhog” Goodwin overshadowed each opponent that crossed his path in the August 8-9 Great Southern Billiard Tour stop, taking home first place and the lion’s share of the prize money. The $1,500-added A/B event drew 56 players to The…

Yuko Tsukagoshi, left, holder of a Ph.D., tastes a chocolate as she chats with Charles Chocolates owner Chuck Siegel on July 16 at a reception in San Francisco organized by Jobnob to introduce Stanford graduates to startup firms seeking volunteers to work at least five hours a week in exchange…

2009 Mezz Classic by InsidePOOL Staff Mika “Iceman” Immonen followed up his stellar 2008 year with another victory in 2009, this time at the Second Annual Mezz Classic, winning the 10-ball invitational division over “Rocket” Rodney Morris in the finals. The 48-player, four-day event was hosted by Corner Pocket Billiards…

Fast Eddie’s Olhausen 9-Ball Tour / College Station, TX by Lea Andrews Charlie “Hillbilly” Bryant, who topped several Fast Eddie’s Olhausen 9-Ball Tour stops last year and split first at the last stop, went undefeated at the August 8-9 event to score his first solo win on the tour this…

2009 Mezz Classic by InsidePOOL Staff Only eight players returned to the Mezz Classic 10-Ball Invitational August 9 to vie for top honors. Corner Pocket Billiards in Orlando, FL, is hosting the Second Annual Mezz Classic, in which the 10-ball division began with 48 players. 2008 World Cup dutch double…

Tri-State Tour / Parsippany, NJ by Lea Andrews Duane Dailey, who is still somewhat new to the Tri-State Tour, suffered a late loss August 8 before rebounding to win it all. The $500-added, B-D event drew a field of 34 to Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ. Dailey arrived in the…