Tag: U.S. Open

[caption id="attachment_2970" align="alignright" width="150"] Ochoa's play is turning some heads.[/caption]The 256-man full-capacity field has been cut in half on the fifth day of the 30th annual U.S. Open 9-ball Championships in Chesapeake, Va. there were no gimme matches left as several big name h…

[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…

Saving his best for last Gabe Owen completed an unlikely run to the 29th U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship Sunday night in Chesapeake, Va., with a nearly flawless 11-3 drubbing of 2003 WPA World 9-Ball champion Thorsten Hohmann of Germany. The 26-year-old Owen, who lives in Tulsa, Okla., took advanta…

Chesapeake, Va. - Whether its natural disasters or continued trouble with the law, embattled U.S. Open promoter Barry Behrman just can't seem to right his ship. On Oct. 10, a judge found Behrman guilty of violating probation a second time since his conviction last year on illegal gambling charges…

Hurricane Isabel has hit land, with the eye of the storm centered just south of Ocracoke Island, N.C., and about 70 miles southeast of Chesapeake, Va., the site of the currently-delayed U.S. Open. While the Chesapeake Conference Center, where the event is being held, has closed for the day, their ou…

WITH WHAT U.S. Open promoter Barry Behrman has been through in the past three years, the threat of a hurricane must seem like a minor nuisance. Nonetheless, Hurricane Isabele, which is expected to rattle the eastern seaboard in the next two days, will cause the 28th running of the U.S. Open to sh…

IT'S UNLIKELY that the Chesapeake Convention Center, site of the upcoming U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, will ever look better to pool promoter Barry Behrman than it will look when the 28th running of American pool's premier tournament kicks off next Monday, Sept. 15th. Behrman, who has spent the…