Category: Billiard Tours

Gokhul Takes Aruba 10-Ball Classic by Roland Acosta Thirty-two players from eight countries competed in the Caribbean Mercantile Bank Aruba 10-Ball Classic the weekend of August 30-31.  The Caribbean Billiards Union event, sanctioned by CPB, was also a qualifier to the next year’s 2009 Predator International 10-Ball Championships to be…

Van Boening Takes Texas Open Texas Open / Round Rock, TX by Skip Maloney Shane Van Boening battled Gabe Owen twice to capture first place in the Texas Open, which concluded in the early hours of Tuesday morning after Labor Day weekend. The $3,250-added event drew 128 competitors to G-Cue…

Van Boening and Owen to Battle for Texas Open Hot Seat Texas Open / Round Rock, TX by Skip Maloney, Inside POOL Magazine As Labor Day came to close at midnight Monday, the field of 128 entrants who had signed on for the $3,250-added men’s division of the Texas Open…

Lampert Logs Victory at Texas Open Texas Open / Round Rock, TX by Skip Maloney, Inside POOL Magazine Amanda Lampert withstood a final challenge from Bonnie Plowman to win the $750-added Texas Open Ladies’ Tournament Labor Day weekend. The event, held simultaneously with a men’s event, drew 28 entrants to…

Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Amateur Nationals / Marietta, GA by InsidePOOL Staff The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour’s Amateur Nationals held its fourth event of the five-event series August 30-31 at Side Pockets Cue Club & Billiards in Marietta, GA, which hosted 108 participants in the events this weekend.  Ron Gilbert…

Lubis Comes From West Side to Win Tri-State Tour / New York, NY by Skip Maloney Teddy Lubis fell to a single opponent in the third round of play at the Tri-State Tour’s Labor Day weekend stop and then clawed his way back to the finals, handing Karim Moumen his…

Texas Open Continues in Round Rock Texas Open / Round Rock, TX by Skip Maloney Shane Van Boening, Sylver Ochoa, and Jeremy Jones headed a list of 128 players who signed on to the $3,250-added men’s competition of the Texas Open, hosted by G Cue Billiards in Round Rock, TX,…

Ranola Visits the West Side Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour / Tucson, AZ by Skip Maloney Iris Ranola defeated Emily Wilmoth twice to take first place in the Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour stop Labor Day weekend. The two were among 26 entrants who signed on to the $500-added event at Pockets…

Feijen is Predator World 14.1 Straight Pool Champion By Inside POOL staff After six strenuous days filled with nothing but straight pool, Niels Feijen has come out on top of a 64-player field at the Predator World Straight Pool Championships. Hosted by the Hilton Hotel, this prestigious event brought the…

Final Four Set at Straight Pool Championships Predator Straight Pool Championships / East Brunswick, NJ by Skip Maloney The final four are set at the Predator Straight Pool Championships at the Hilton Hotel in East Brunswick, NJ. Niels Feijen will join Nick Van Den Berg, while the Philippines’ Francisco Bustamante…