It was a different opponent in the finals, but the same result for Efren Reyes over the weekend at the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour stop in Taipei. Reyes, vieing for his third tour win this season, faced off against Young-Hwa Jeong from Korea in the finals and trailed 10-8 late in the match. Reye…

[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…

Mark Griffin, a poolroom owner and partner in table manufacturer Diamond Billiard Products, has agreed to purchase the Billiard Congress of America’s 60,000-player amateur league system, despite the efforts of a group of regional league officials to form their own association in opposition to the sa…

Johnny Archer won the Brunswick Men's Professional Players Championship, held March 25-28 at the Super Billiards Expo in Valley Forge, Pa. Archer took a surprise second-round loss to Frankie Hernandez, 10-2, and then charged through 10 straight matches in the left bracket for the win. Notable vic…

Matchroom Sport, producer of The Mosconi Cup, has taken another step forward in its mission to pave inroads for pool in major media outlets by striking a deal to air a one-hour highlights package from the 2003 Cup on Fox Sports Net. The program will air at 5 p.m. in all time zones on Sunday, Apri…

Continuing his recent run for the top, Mike Davis won the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour stop held March 20-21 at Renaissance Billiard Club in Quincy, Ma. Other Davis wins of note in the past season include a third-place finish at an early-March 111-player Planet Pool Tour stop, ad a top-place finish at…