Tag: IPT

At the fifth and final International Pool Tour qualification event in Weert, The Netherlands, David Alcaide of Spain and Daryl Peach of England nabbed the final two spots on the 150-player roster for the 2006 season. After defeating Peach on Saturday night in a hill-hill nailbiter, Alcaide showed…

The International Pool Tour gained two new players after its fourth qualification event ended Feb. 26 at in Chelmsford, Mass. Warren Kiamco of the Philippines advanced steadily through the the winners’ side, scorching Furuta Kazao 10-2 and then besting George Breedlove 10-10-8 in the winners’-sid…

It’s gut-check time in the world of pro pool as 78 players prepare to fight it out in the last U.S. qualifier for the International Pool Tour, held this weekend at Country Club Billiards in Boston. Only four more spots are open on the 150-player tour for the 2006 season, and two will be awarded i…

If you thought the first two qualifiers for the International Pool Tour were tough, you haven’t seen anything yet. Qualifier No. 3 begins today at Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, Calif., and a full field of 78 players has registered to compete for two open spots on the million-dollar 8-ball t…

Santos Sambajon of the Philippines and Glenn Coutts of New Zealand have been bumped from the International Pool Tour’s debut season after failing to submit their player agreements, according to IPT officials. That means that there are two more open spots for the multimillion-dollar 8-ball tour, s…

[caption id="attachment_3034" align="alignright" width="144"] Miller's Time: Jason dominated at Derby.[/caption]It’s wasn’t too bad a week for Jason Miller, a sports bar owner from Dayton, Ohio. After hardly playing pool for a year, Miller arrived at the Eighth Annual Derby City Classic and wrest…

Four qualifying tournaments will be held by the end of Februrary to fill eight vacancies in the 2006 season of the lucrative International Pool Tour. Anyone can vie for the final spots on the 150 player roster, although each qualifier requires a $2,000 entry fee. Tournaments are double-elimination a…

Prior to the International Pool Tour giving Mike Sigel the nickname of "Mike the Mouth", he was simply known as "Captain Hook". After Sigel's match against Efren Reyes on Sunday at the IPT's King of the Hill Invitational 8-Ball Shootout, he might want to start calling himself "Captain Hooked". Sigel…