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Corner Bank 10-Ball Series Postponed

NewsJune 21, 2016April 23, 20170

For the second time in less than two months, pool fans and players in Canada have had the rug pulled out from beneath them. First, the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) announced in March that the 2016 World 8-Ball Championship would be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in August. A group of inv…

Behrman dead at 70

NewsMay 4, 2016April 23, 20170

BARRY BEHRMAN, the colorful founder and promoter of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships and longtime owner of Q Master Billiards, died April 23, in Norfolk, Va. He was 70. Behrman contracted a bacterial infection in late February and spent the remainder of his days at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Nor…

Behrman Hospitalized

NewsFebruary 29, 2016April 23, 20170

(Editor's Note: Behrman is scheduled to be moved out of ICU and into a rehab facility Tues., March 1) Feb. 25 — Longtime promoter and poolroom owner Barry Behrman remains in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Va., three weeks after being found unres…

The Best Pool Rooms in Las Vegas

NewsJanuary 5, 2016January 5, 20160

Going to Las Vegas can mean only one thing: having an awesome time by playing various games! Why would you go to Vegas if not to have some fun at casinos or pool rooms? You want to watch the scenery and the city? Go to Los Angeles or some other big city. Vegas is for games! Casinos in Vegas are eas…

Destiny’s Child

NewsOctober 10, 2015January 24, 20170

Fulfilling the promise of his vast potential, Taiwan's Pin Yi Ko wins the World 9-Ball Championship, dashing Shane Van Boening's hopes of bringing the title back to the U.S. By Mike Panozzo Photos by Richard Walker There is little argument that the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) Worl…

Orcollo Undefeated at Carom Room Fall Classic

NewsAugust 31, 20150

Early on, it looked as though one way or another, it was going to be over quickly. Dennis Orcollo and Johnny Archer met up in the finals of the $10,000-added Carom Room Fall Classic up in Benoit, WI, a 10-ball, bar table event held on the weekend of August 28-30. They broke and ran their way thr…

Ortmann, Ursitti Elected to BCA Hall of Fame

NewsAugust 13, 2015August 16, 20150

Just as Jose Parica is credited with leading the Filipino invasion of professional pool in the United States, Germany’s Oliver Ortmann did the same for European players. Ortmann, whose stunning upset over Steve Mizerak in the Billiard Congress of America U.S. Open 14.1 Championship finale in 1989 sp…

All Systems Go for U.S. Open

NewsJuly 28, 2015August 6, 20150

The start of the 40th U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships is almost three months away, and the full $75,000 in added money has been accounted for, according to Accu-Stats Video Productions owner Pat Fleming. In a July 27 release, Fleming added that the World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA) is satisfied …

BCA Hall of Famer Butera Dead

NewsJune 25, 2015July 27, 20150

Fast-shooting former world champion and Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer “Machine Gun” Lou Butera passed away June 25 in Los Angeles. Butera, 78, had been battling Parkinson’s disease for several years. Born in Pittson, Pa., Butera learned to play in a poolroom owned by his father. A devot…

The Hustlers

NewsMay 29, 2015July 27, 20150

Can "The Hustlers" garner the mass appeal of "Pawn Stars" or "The Deadliest Catch?" Will Jennifer Barretta gain the notoriety of a Kardashian or a Braxton? Is Mike Dechaine pool’s version of Gordon Ramsay? The answers to those and other questions will begin to take shape after TruTv’s new pool-focus…

Corner Bank 10-Ball Series Postponed

Behrman dead at 70

Behrman Hospitalized

The Best Pool Rooms in Las Vegas

Destiny’s Child

Orcollo Undefeated at Carom Room Fall Classic

Ortmann, Ursitti Elected to BCA Hall of Fame

All Systems Go for U.S. Open

BCA Hall of Famer Butera Dead

The Hustlers

An ‘A’ in Chemistry

December: Too Much of a Good Thing?

Mind & Body

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