Ewa Laurance won the second annual Women's Trick Shot Challenge, organized by Matt Braun's promotional company Billiards International and held at the ESPN Zone in Las Vegas, Nev., on Oct. 4. Laurance beat Allison Fisher, 10-7, in the final match. Both semifinals and the final match were taped fo…

Marketing maven Kevin Trudeau's new International Pool Tour has announced the 150 players who were accepted for membership in the IPT for its first regular tournament season, which kicks off with the IPT Masters' 8-Ball Championship, January 31-February 4, 2006, at the Orlando Convention Center in O…

Alex Pagulayan ran undefeated through a 256-man field to win the 30th Annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, which this year could well have been called "The Philippine Open" after placing three Filipinos in the top three spots. "A win is a win is a win," an ebullient Pagulayan said after beating…

The giants all fell from the winners' bracket on Friday night at the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship in Chesapeake, Va., as Johnny Archer, Francisco Bustamante, Efren Reyes, Ralf Souquet, Niels Feijen and Jeremy Jones dropped to the one-loss side in the same round of matches. The carnage started at…

[caption id="attachment_2967" align="alignright" width="150"] Gabe Owen is the defending champ.[/caption]The U.S. Open is going into its third day, and there are already a few upsets on the board. Pablo Matheu defeated Tony Robles and David Grossman beat Rodney Morris. But many favorites are stil…

[caption id="attachment_2964" align="alignright" width="150"] Behrman (l.) with 2003 Open runner-up Jose Parica.[/caption]Here’s your chance to chew the fat with one of pool’s most celebrated and controversial figures — U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship promoter Barry Behrman. Behrman will make himse…

[caption id="attachment_2961" align="alignright" width="150"] Hundal made a prize winning comeback.[/caption]Playing against American powerhouse Rodney Morris, Raj Hundal was down. He was way down, in fact — behind 7-1 in a race-to-8 final at the 888.com World Pool Masters, held Sept. 2-4 in Doncast…

[caption id="attachment_2923" align="alignright" width="150"] Mike Sigel leaned on his experience to secure pool's biggest bundle.[/caption]For one of the few times in his pool career, Mike Sigel was left overwhelmed and speechless following his straight-sets, 9-2, 9-2 win over Loree Jon Jones in th…