Author: PoolRoom

[caption id="attachment_2672" align="alignright" width="150"] Fisher took a crushing victory.[/caption]Allison Fisher took a decisive 7-2 victory over her constant rival, Karen Corr, in the final of the Women's Professional Billiard Association's Midwest Open, June 9-13 at the Par-A-Dice Hotel and C…

[caption id="attachment_2669" align="alignright" width="150"] Shuji Nagata[/caption]Day one of the 6th Japan Cup is complete with most of the top seeds from the field of 83 players advancing to day two untouched. After the first day of play, Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, Ralf Souquet, Thorst…

Johnny Archer earned his second big win this year with an undefeated run through the field of 64 players at The 4th Annual Predator Central Florida Pro Open, held at Pro Billiards in Orlando, Fla., May 27-30. Archer went undefeated to the title at this same event last year. This year, after a fir…

Tony Robles and Karen Corr won their respective divisions at the BCA Open 9-Ball Championships on May 22nd. Robles went undefeated and beat Santos Sambajon 7-2 in the finals, which were taped for later showing on ESPN. Robles held a 4-0 lead before Sambajon was able to win a game and Sambajon fin…

[caption id="attachment_2660" align="alignright" width="150"] Liu remained placid, even after winning a momentous title for her country.[/caption]In a surprisingly one-sided final match, Taiwan's Sin-Mei Liu took the $20,000 prize at this year's Amway Cup in Taipei, Taiwan in a final against top-ran…

[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignright" width="150"] Yang took his second-ever San Miguel win.[/caption]The San Miguel Asian 9-ball Tour crowned Yang Ching Shun as the Hong Kong leg champion after he beat Hsia Hui Kai, 11-9, in an all-Taiwanese final, taking home US$10,000. The match bet…

The World Pool Championships have announced the prize breakdowns for this year’s event, to be held July 10-18 in Taipei, Taiwan. They have added $50,000 this year’s prize purse, bringing to total purse to $350,000 and pushing last year’s $65,000 first-place prize up to $75,000. Last year’s runner-up…

[caption id="attachment_2652" align="alignright" width="150"] Ewa Laurance enjoyed a moment with special guest Jerry Orbach at Laurance's Hall of Fame induction ceremony.[/caption]After speaking with actor Jerry Orbach, star of NBC's Law & Order, Billiard Congress of America Executive Director Steph…