Author: PoolRoom

Dennis Orcollo, who also recently won the U.S. Bar Table 8-Ball Championship and the Hard Times IPT Qualifier, proved he can hold his own in 9-ball as well, with a run through the field of 159 players at the Reno Open. Orcollo was smoking the competition, scoring notable wins over Corey Deuel, Ti…

The 2006 Reno Open is underway at the Sands Regency in Reno, Nev., yielding a field of 156 players. Tournament coordinator Mick McMillin said that the number of players at the tournament, usually at or above the 200 mark, has decreased this year due to the International Pool Tour qualifiers. N…

Recent Hall of Fame inductee Earl "The Pearl" Strickland was born 45 years ago today, on June 8, 1961, in Roseboro, North Carolina. Happy birthday Earl!! …

Tom Gearhart, co-owner of the Toledo, Ohio-based Glass City Open with partner Tom Elder, gave a glassy-eyed eulogy for the 22-year-old independent 9-ball tournament via press release yesterday. "Although record crowds packed the seats every night, it still wasn't enough for this great tournament …

The World 14.1 Straight Pool Championship got underway May 30 at the Hilton in East Brunswick, N.J., the first competition of its kind in over 15 years. The 64-player field included some of pool's elite players, including Mika Immonen, Nick Varner, Mike Sigel, Allen Hopkins, and Oliver Ortmann. T…

The International Pool Tour has announced its newly-minted deal with Eurosport and British Eurosport, which will show live, prime-time coverage of every round of all major IPT events in 2006. The Pan-European network will also air a number of produced IPT highlights programs, including the recent…

International Pool Tour founder Kevin Trudeau, along with IPT Executive Director Jon Denny and IPT Tour Director Deno Andrews, is expected to make several major announcements about the global television deals that have been signed by the tour, including unprecedented live coverage of all 2006 events…

Billiard legend and Hall-of-Famer Steve Mizerak passed away on May 29, after being hospitalized since January when he was admitted for gall bladder problems. "The Miz" had been in a coma for the past few months, never having fully recovered from a stroke he suffered in 2001. He was 61 years old. …