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The North Jersey 14.1 Straight Pool Pro-Am Quarterly held its second quarter event for 2009 the weekend of June 6-7 at Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ, and even with a short field of eight players there was a lot of action and heated battling, especially in the final match between…

Johnny Archer, Allison Fisher GAIN BCA HALL OF FAME ELECTION Dominant stars become first-ballot inductees in Greatest Player category Broomfield, Colo. – June 8, 2009 – Johnny Archer and Allison Fisher, the most dominant male and female pool players of the past 15 years, have been elected for induction into the Billiard Congress…

Bryant Fends Off Ochoa for Lone Star Win Lone Star Tour / San Leon, TX by Lea Andrews After an entire weekend of strong play, Charlie “Hillbilly” Bryant emerged the winner despite Sylver Ochoa’s best efforts at the Lone Star Tour stop June 6-7. The $1,000-added event, run by WPBA…

Great Southern Billiard Tour / Spring Hill, FL by Lea Andrews A-ranked player Dan Dennis made an undefeated run through a field of 32 to emerge the winner of the $1,500-added Great Southern Billiard Tour event, defeating Cliff Tyler in the finals. The June 6-7 event was hosted by Rocky…

J. Pechauer Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour / Columbus, GA by Lea Andrews Arlo Walsman took down everyone in his path to first in the J. Pechauer Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour the weekend of June 6-7. The $1,000-added tournament drew a field of 53 amateur and semi-pro players to Players Billiards…

Shaw Comes out on Top Again Mid-American Ladies’ Tour / Bristol, TN by Lea Andrews Kim Shaw, who took first place May 30-31 at her first Carolina Ladies’ Tour event, dominated another field of ladies the weekend of June 6-7, taking top honors at the Tennessee State Women’s 9-Ball Championship,…

May/June 2009 Issue of Inside POOL Magazine Available for Free Download The May/June 2009 issue of Inside POOL Magazine, which features John Schmidt on the cover, has been made available for free download at InsidePOOLmag.com. This month the download features new technology in online magazine viewing such as flipping pages,…

Tri-State Tour / Sunnyside, NY by Lea Andrews June 6 was John Alicea’s day to shine, and his undefeated run through a field of 48 earned him first place on the Tri-State Tour stop. The $1,500-added double points A-D event was hosted by Master Billiards in Sunnyside, NY, and was…

Rubilen Amit Wins Women’s World 10 Ball Championships Three matches were on schedule for the final day of the Inaugural Women’s World 10 Ball Championships. The first semifinal that was played was between host country favorite Rubilen Amit (PHILIPPINES) and Akimi Kajitani (JAPAN). The second semi was between reigning European…

Dechaine Wins World Summit of Pool, Morris Forfeits World Summit of Pool / Las Vegas, NV by InsidePOOL Staff Mike Dechaine defeated Thorsten “Hitman” Hohmann at the World Summit of Pool, taking home the lion’s share of the prize fund and top honors to boot. Hosted by the Riviera Hotel…