Unlocking the Safe - A series of articles by Blackjack David Sapolis
"Blackjack" David Sapolis Professional Pool Player, Instructor, Author Currently residing in El Paso, Texas He originally hails from: Live Oak Orlando Florida USA E-mail: blkjackds12@yahoo.com
9 September 2006
The second of a series of articles from instructor and author "Blackjack" David Sapolis. This excerpt, from his latest book, "Lessons in 9 Ball" is reprinted here with permission. Contact David directly for details of how to purchase his books.
Factors of Proper Execution
The safety is one of the most complex subjects in 9 ball. If you lack the ability to properly execute safeties, your game will surely suffer.
Many beginners fail to recognize the safety option, and tend to go for the shot at all costs in all situations. Just as there are factors to running the rack, there are factors that come up when you are faced with no shot options.
When faced with no option to pocket the object ball, we need an alternate solution that gives the table back to our opponent - but at the same time limits his options.
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Paddy Mc Laughlin (Down) the winner of the Dublin American 8Ball Open, pictured with Manny Byrne (Down) the runner-up.
Ireland Pool Players Involved In Feast Of American Pool Events
Last weekend saw a feast of high profile American Pool Events take place on Irish soil and on the world stage. The Irish events saw a host of top local Irish players, a good number of top Scottish players and a lot of other players representing other European Countries all making there way to TJs American Pool Club in Newry Co. Down for the staging of the two official ranking tournaments in American 8 and 9 ball categories on Irelands American 8 & 9 Ball Tour.
But it was a few days before that all Irish interest was on Paddy Mc Laughlin and Tommy Donlon when they were representing Ireland under the bright lights of the TV cameras in the 2006 World Cup of Pool which took place in Newport South Wales.
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2025 LiveSB.io US Open Pool Championship - Day 4 Report
DAY FOUR: GORST CHARGES INTO LAST 16 AS BIADO BOWS OUT | 2025 LIVESB.IO US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
2025 LIVESB.IO US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
World No.1 Fedor Gorst stormed into the Last 16 of the 2025 LiveSB.io US Open Pool Championship on day four, keeping his title defence firmly on track, while reigning world champion Carlo Biado suffered a heartbreaking exit at the hands of Denis Grabe.
The 2025 LiveSB.io US Open Pool Championship — the 48th edition of the World Nineball Tour’s most prestigious major — continues at the iconic Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from 18–23 August.
Defending champion Fedor Gorst looked untouchable, sweeping aside Karl Gnadeberg and Szymon Kural with two commanding wins to reach the penultimate stage of his title defence.
Fedor Gorst
“It feels good to be back in the Last 16. Today was solid — I played well, broke well, and kept control in both matches. But this is where the tournament really begins. Every match from here is a battle, so I’ll be ready to fight for every rack. I came here to defend this title, and that’s still the goal.”
For Carlo Biado, however, the dream of becoming the first Filipino to win two US Open titles came to an abrupt end with a 9-4 defeat to Grabe in the Last 64 stage.
Carlo Biado
“I didn’t start well and Denis took full advantage. He played excellent and never really gave me a chance to get back into the match. That’s the US Open — you can’t afford a slow start at this level. Of course I’m disappointed, but I’ll come back stronger in the next tournament. I wish Denis and the other Filipino players the best of luck.”
Jayson Shaw continued his charge towards a second US Open crown, producing impressive wins over Max Lechner and Emil Gangflot to book his spot in the Last 16.
Jayson Shaw
“I felt really good today. Max beat me in Florida so I wanted a bit of revenge, and I came in with the right attitude. I’ve been playing solid all week, and I’m happy with where my game is. The Last 16 is always tough, but I feel like I’m in good shape to go deep this year.”
Joshua Filler also underlined his credentials, dismantling Lo Ho Sum before edging out Chang Yu Lung in a thrilling contest.
Joshua Filler
“Chang played unbelievable — some of the jump shots he made were incredible. At the start I struggled with the break and it gave him chances, but towards the end I found my rhythm and that made the difference. The US Open is one of the toughest tournaments in the world, maybe the toughest. I’ve won it once, but to do it again would be even more special. There’s still a long way to go, so it’s all about staying sharp and taking it one match at a time.”
Meanwhile, the Hanoi Open champion Johann Chua battled past Thorsten Hohmann and Alexander Kazakis to join his compatriots in the Last 16.
Johann Chua
“I’m really happy to make it through. Against Thorsten I struggled, but I stayed positive and my second match felt much better — my focus and my game were both where they needed to be. Winning the US Open would be a dream, not just for me but for the Philippines. I’ll keep working and hopefully carry this form into tomorrow.”
With the field now narrowed to 16, the stakes rise higher than ever as the world’s best eye pool’s most prestigious prize in America.
Be part of the action as history is made in Atlantic City – secure your tickets now.
Fans can follow the full draw and live rack-by-rack scoring at www.wntlivescores.com, with coverage of the action shown on WNT TV in the USA and other selected international territories. Full broadcast list can be found here.
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2025 US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
HARRAH'S RESORT - ATLANTIC CITY - USA
THE LAST 16
Fedor Gorst ---vs--- Wiktor Zielinski
Duong Quoc Hoang ---vs--- Michael Baoanan
Albin Ouschan ---vs--- Niels Feijen
Aleksa Pecelj ---vs--- Johann Chua
Aloysius Yapp ---vs--- Jefrey Roda
Oscar Dominguez ---vs--- Joshua Filler
Ko Pin Yi ---vs--- Jayson Shaw
Wu Kun Lin ---vs--- Denis Grabe
IT'S THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT AS JUDGEMENT DAY TAKES ITS TOLL AT THE CHINA OPEN 9-BALL
Theres nothing quite like Judgement Day in the world of professional pool. Otherwise known as the Day of Reckoning, its when dozens upon dozens of matches take place in the group stages, all trying to determine who will still be around for the money rounds, and who will be sent packing without a dime to spend on even a soft drink. Yes, pool can be a cruel sport, but its also the reason those who follow it love the action. Sometimes whole careers ride on the smallest turn of the ball.
And so it was on Day 2 of the 2013 China Open in rainy Shanghai. Inside the cavernous and chilly Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium arena, the emotions were running on overdrive with the worlds best men and women pool players each desperately trying to reach the single elimination knockout stage of their respective tournaments which begin in earnest Saturday.
For the men, their field began with 64 players on day 1 and has now been whittled down to 32. For the women, the field started with 48 players and is now down to the final 16.
Few were immune to the drama today. World 9-ball Champion and world number 3 Darren Appleton thought he was cruising through to the knockout stage as he was up 7-3 in a race to 9 on the TV table against Chinas 19 year up and comer Wang Can. But Can, who has spent some time playing pool in the US, turned the tables on the Brit and stormed back and grabbed an 8-7 lead. Appleton went from counting his chickens, to realizing he might have to play again later to stave off a shock elimination. But if anyone can play with their back against the wall its Appleton, and the 9-ball king grit his teeth and pulled out the win to advance.
Appleton was clearly ecstatic afterwards and said he was nearly overwhelmed by the magnitude of the moment.
I was under serious pressure at the end, he said. It was like a semi-final at the world championship.
Appleton has few if any weaknesses in his stellar game, but he revealed that he sometimes lets his attention lapse when he gets a big lead.
In every major tournament Ive won I never make it easy. I consider myself a bulldog, a fierce player. I like to scrap, sort of like a counter puncher in boxing. But when I have a big lead I tend to lose that intensity. I need that scrap. My mindset was when I was 8-7 down that I will probably dog the shot, so I might as well go for it. I need to sort out my attitude when I get a big lead.
While Appleton went off to breath easy, Cam had to do it all over again, this time against Dutch star Niels Feijen. Feijen had lost his first match yesterday against the former two time world champion Wu Jiaqing(formerly Wu Chia Ching) who now lives and plays out of Shenzen, China. Feijen had earlier beat his good friend and countryman Nick Van Den Berg in a do or die match, 9-7. Against Can, Feijen was up 8-5, but Can fought his way back to tie it at 8 for a one rack decider. Feijen pulled it out to advance while Can was left to wonder what might have been.
The pressure matches kept popping up around the arena. Greeces Nick Ekonomopolous, who had earlier lost to Wu, went hill-hill with Venezuelas Jalal Yousef, who was sure he was about to claim one of his biggest scalps. But a fluked 4-ball off a jump propelled the burly Greek into the knockout stages, while Yousef stormed out of the arena in disgust.
Germanys Thorsten Hohmann advanced but not without some heart palpitations, as he won two straight hill-hill matches. Hohmanns countryman, Hall of Famer Ralf Souquet, had to battle back from the losers side and barely got by Chinas Liu Haitao in a do or die match, 9-8.
Photography courtesy of Jin Li / TOP147.com
The Philippines two biggest stars played drama free as defending champion Dennis Orcollo advanced to the final 32 with an airtight 9 7 win over Austrias young gun Albin Ouschan 9-7. Lee Van Corteza also advanced with his second straight, a 9-6 win over Vietnams Do The Kien.
The Philippines Jeffrey De Luna will surely be trying to forget Judgement Day. De Luna flew to China without a place in the tournament and won one of the brutally tough qualifiers earlier in the week. Yesterday De Luna was millimetres away from a spot in the money rounds, only to lose on the last ball. Then today, playing against fellow Pinoy Carlo Biado, De Luna squandered his fortune again losing 9-8 after up being 8-7. Biado advance and De Luna hit the road.
The Philippines fourth player in the final 32 has turned quite a few heads in the last few days and is definitely worth a mention. Johann Chua, who originally hails from Bacolod City but has resided in Manila for the last ten years, is one of those gems that periodically emerges from the Philippines bustling pool halls. Chuas aggressive, confident style and dead eyed stroke had even the partisan Chinese fans talking.
To give you an idea of his confidence, Chua, like De Luna, came to China without a spot in the tournament and won a qualifier to earn a place in the main event.
After easily beating Chinese Zeng Zhaodong 9-3 on day 1, Chua tangled with WPA world number 6 Ko Pin Yi of Taiwan. Despite the fact that Ko had much more world class experienc, Chua played and acted to Kos equal and, indeed, he took the match to a one rack decider before falling 9-8.
Not to be deterred, Chua then came right back and booked his spot in the final 32 with a resounding 9-1 pounding of the strong Albanian, Nick Malaj.
Afterward Chua revealed that hes been playing pool for ten years, mostly gambling in Manilas hard core money-game scene and entering tournaments when he can. In November, 2012 he took 3rd place in the prestigious All Japan Open. Whats great about Chua is that he plays and thinks aggressively, and clearly has the game to back it up.
Im an aggressive player because you have to be aggressive here, there are a lot of good players. Pool is my life. I love pool.
Chua's biggest test to date comes right out of the gates on Saturday. He plays defending champion and fellow Pinoy Orcollo in the round of 32.
Perhaps the strongest looking contingent so far have been the players from Taiwan, who bring seven players into the final 32, all of them extremely capable. It would be surprising not to see a player from Taiwan in the semi-finals.
On the womens side, the script went nearly to plan as most of the sports biggest stars have booked their spot in the final 16. Defending champion Kelly Fisher was down 4-1 to the legend Pan Xiaoting in front of a packed house on the TV table. Fisher, though, caught one of her now famous gears and ran Pan off the table, 7-4.
Pan then went to the losers side and lost to Japans Chichiro Kawahara to exit stage left from the building, much to the disappointment of her legions of fanatical fans. Another marquee matchup then took place on the TV table as Hall of Famer Allison Fisher went to the brink with World 10-ball champion Ga Young Kim. Fisher took the match 7 6, sending Kim out of the tournament.
Austrias Jasmin Ouschan looks the goods as she easily advanced to the final 16 with two straight wins.
Both the womens and mens single elimination knockout stages begin on Saturday at 1:30pm Shanghai time(GMT +. The men are playing race to 11 alternate break, while the women are playing race to 9, alternate break.
The womens final will be played on Sunday with $30,000 going to the winner. The mens semi-finals and finals will be played on Sunday as well with $40,000 going to the winner. The total prize fund is $301,000.
CHINA OPEN - DAY 1 - RETURN OF THE BOY WONDER
Photography courtesy of Jin Li / TOP147.com
TWO TIME WORLD CHAMPION WU JIAQING (FORMERLY WU CHIA CHING) MAKES SURPRISE SPLASH IN ACTION PACKED DAY 1 AT 2013 CHINA OPEN
You dont come to the China Open with the gall thinking you are going to win this tournament. You just hope to survive long enough, say to the semi-finals, where you then have as good a chance as anyone to pull off a career defining victory.
Its not only the stacked field comprised of most of the worlds best male and female pool players that makes the odds so long. Its the conditions. Lightning quick tables, generous pockets, template racking which practically guarantees one, two and sometimes even three balls on the break. The result is the ultimate equalizer, a wide open shootout with the worlds best gunslingers letting it all hang out.
Welcome to the Wild West of professional pool.
Its really hard to say whats good and whats bad out here because its so easy to pot balls, said 2011 China Open champion Chris Melling, after he staved off elimination on day 1 with a losers side win over American Oscar Dominguez. The pockets are so big and the cloth is so fast. Everyones making two and three balls on the break. It makes the whole tournament level. I think were going to have a surprise winner here.
Maybe or maybe not. Things may look topsy turvey at the beginning, but the pressure that is unique to professional pool at this level tends to favor the best and the bravest. And pool generally follows the tenets of that famous phrase, the crme always rises to the top.
Indeed day one of the 2013 China Open 9-ball inside the Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium arena in Shanghai produced plenty of nail biting, down- to-the-wire drama, but few shockers.
Leading the pack in the mens event, which features 64 players divided into 8 groups of eight playing double elimination, was the defending champion Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines. Orcollo had no time to get loose as he immediately found himself in a dog fight with unknown Taiwanese Ahen Yuxuan. Yuxuan had the race to 9 match tied at 7 but succumbed to the pressure late and handed Orcollo a 9-7 win.
Chinas number one player Li Hewen, who came within one rack of winning the 2012 World 9-ball Championship in Qatar, came from behind in a TV table match against Orcollos talented countryman, Carlo Biado, and won 9-8. Later on, Li laid down his marker when he easily beat Canadas John Morra to advance to the knockout stage of 32. Biado, who is due to go far in a major tournament, later got his feet back under himself with a 9-1 drubbing on the losers side over Chinas Zhou Long.
Taiwan looks set to put its usual dent in the proceedings as world number 1 Chang Jung Lin, along with Ko Pin Yi and Fu Chei Wei all won handily with Fu already advancing. In all, Taiwanese players won 8 out of 11 matches today.
As befitting a major tournament, there were some high quality matches straight out of the gates that could have easily been contested as finals. Former World 9-ball champion Alex Pagulayan went up against former World 8-ball champion Karl Boyes in the first round. Pagulayan took advantage of just a few mistakes by Boyes and won 9-5.
European Mosconi Cup teammates Nick Van Den Berg of Holland and Nick Ekonomopolous of Greece took their match to a one rack decider with the Nick the Greek squeaking by, 9-8.
One of the most intriguing matches of the day pitted Hollands talented Niels Feijen against two time former world champion Wu Jiaqing(formerly known as Wu Chia Ching.) Wu, who made pool history back in 2005 when he won the World 9-ball championship when he was just 16 years old, and then went on to win the World 8-ball championship just five months later, only recently completed a 16 month stint in the Taiwan military. And this was on the back of four straight years of personal drama and intrigue which has left the sport without one of its biggest stars. In the military Wu was forced to mop floors and clean windows for the entire time and he never once touched a cue stick. In addition, in August of last year, Wu was diagnosed with Lukemia. Fortunately doctors caught the blood disease in its very early stages and Wu says it can be controlled with medication.
Having only practiced for one month since being discharged from the military, Wu came into the match against Feijen with no expectations. Wu, however, looked like the boy wonder of old as he thumped the Dutchman 9-4.
Im happy with the way I played today, Wu, who now resides in China, said afterwards through an interpreter, but to be honest I have no confidence that I can win the tournament. Of course nobody who knows pool believes that.
On the womens side, which features 48 player divided into 8 groups of six, defending champion Kelly Fisher kept the express train barrelling down the tracks with a 7-0 win over Chinas Liu Jia. The match took an incredible 20 minutes to complete.
Hall of Famer Allison Fisher won her first match, then had to face old rival Ga Young Kim of Korea in a marquee affair. Kim won 7-4.
Chinese stars Fu Xiaofang, Pan Xiaoting and Chen Siming all won their opening matches.
The group stages continue on Friday in Shanghai. After completion of play on day 2, the mens field will be down to 32 players and the womens field will be down to 16. Both tournaments will then be single elimination knockout through to the finals on Sunday.
THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - MEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE GROUPS
GROUP A 1. ChangJung Lin (TPE) 2. So Shaw (IRA) 3. Zhu Hongming (TPE) 4. Al Shaheen Omar (KUW) 5. Han Haoxiang (CHN) 6. Zhu Xihe (CHN) 7. Xu Kailun (TPE) 8. Oi Naoyuki (JPN)
GROUP B 1. Yukio Akagariyama (JPN) 2. Nguyen Ann Tuan (VIE) 3. Salaheldeen Hussein (UAE) 4. M. Ahmad Al-Bin Ali (QAT) 5. Phil Burford (GBR) 6. Seungwoo Ryu (KOR) 7. Ke Bign Zhong (TPE) 8. Thorsten Hohmann (GER)
GROUP C 1. Fu Che Wei (TPE) 2. Sharik Aslam Sayed (SIN) 3. Dang Jinhu (CHN) 4. Fu Jianbo (CHN) 5. Kenny Kwok (HKG) 6. Rafath Habib (IND) 7. Alex Pagulayan (CAN) 8. Karl Boyes (GBR)
GROUP D 1. Li Hewen (CHN) 2. Carlo Biado (PHL) 3. John Morra (CAN) 4. Zhou Long (CHN) 5. Oscar Dominguez (USA) 6. Afrinneza Isral Nasution (IND) 7. Jeffrey De Luna (PHL) 8. Chris Melling (GBR)
GROUP E 1. Darren Appleton (GBR) 2. Jalal Yousef (VEN) 3. Cristian Tuvi (URU) 4. Wang Can (CHN) 5. Niels Feijen (NED) 6. Wu Jiaqing (CHN) 7. Nick Ekonomopoulos (GRE) 8. Nick Van Den Berg (NED)
GROUP F 1. Ko Pin Yi (TPE) 2. Chu Bingjie (CHN) 3. Zeng Zhaodong (CHN) 4. Johann Chua (PHL) 5. Tursaikhan Amarjargal 6. Nick Malai (ALB) 7. Lee Van Corteza (PHL) 8. Do The Kien (VIE)
Jasmin Ouschan Celebrates Reaching World No.2 Spot
Women's Tour Ranking Lists World Pool-Billiard Association Women's Professional Billiard Association www.wpa-pool.com www.wpba.com
29 August 2006
WOMEN'S TOUR RANKINGS SUMMARY
Rank
WPA
WPBA
1
Ga-Young Kim
Allison Fisher
2
Jasmin Ouschan
Karen Corr
3
Shin-Mei Liu
Monica Webb
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Lucky Londoners get another 9 Ball League for 2009
New Hounslow Pool League Rileys American Pool & Snooker - Hounslow 236 High Street Hounslow Greater London TW3 1HB. Tel: 020 85704261 www.rileysltd.com
Every Friday 2009
New Hounslow Pool League
Zain Yousef is keen to set up a new 9 Ball League in Hounslow for players of all abilities to compete on a level playing field.
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Empire Pool Tour Announces The 2006 Midlands 8-Ball Open
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EMPIRE POOL TOUR MIDLANDS 8 BALL OPEN
After the massive success of the recent London Open, the Empire Pool Tour are expecting to rewrite the record books once again in Solihull.
Anyone who played in the London Open will know why this next event will have a full field, as they are expecting to bring the same big names to the event that were in London, plus some new star faces to boot, so don't leave it too late if you are thinking of entering!
The deadline for entries will be on the Wednesday before the actual event at midnight. The draw will then be done on the Thursday before the event, and published on the internet on Thursday afternoon.
Due to popular demand, we will be posting LIVE match results on the internet for ALL future EPT events.
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PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool - Day 6 Final Results
The World Cup of Pool The Newport Centre Venue The Newport Centre 1 Kingsway Newport South Wales UK NP20 1UH Tel: 01633 656757 www.worldcupofpool.com
Tuesday-Sunday 22-27 August 2006
PHILIPPINES TAKE FIRST EVER PARTYPOKER.COM WORLD CUP OF POOL
The Filipino dream team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante become the inaugural PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool Champions as they hammered Team USA 13-5 in front of a packed arena at the Newport Centre, South Wales.
The American duo of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris were expected to make a match of it but a combination of bad luck and loose shots on the part of the Americans and unrelenting skill from the Filipinos meant there was only one winner.
With upwards of 900 people in the arena including a large contingent of expatriate Filipinos, the atmosphere was electric and the tension mounted as the two teams shared the first eight racks of the race-to-13 final...
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Chuey eats up the competition at Mickeys Poker Heat 8
New face takes the top prize and one of the few seats left in the $5,000 final.
New player Chuey took the monster final pot and won himself an entry into the MickeyFlynnsPoker.com $5,000 Final Table by wining the latest qualifier on Sunday.
A mere 22 runners eventually entered Qualifier No.8 - a tragically low number... If this was a pool tournament with $5,000 added there would be hundreds of runners, so many people missing this opportunity - maybe they can't play poker!
Ah well, more money for me - although I managed to miss the start of this one myself after my brother and sister paid me a surprise visit.
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Jayson is a Shaw Thing for the IPT
IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship, Reno, USA - Qualifier Rileys American Pool & Snooker 16 Semley Place VICTORIA Greater London SW1W 9QJ Tel: 020 7259 9753 Fax: 020 7259 9753 www.rileysltd.com www.internationalpooltour.com
Friday-Saturday 25-26 August 2006
Scottish Pool sensation, 17 year old Jayson Shaw.
Jayson Shaw the 17yo Scottish sensation claimed the last remaining place into the IPT World Open in Reno next week by beating Rico Diks of the Netherlands, Shaw was devastating from start to finish and even earned high praise from Tony Drago.
Qualifying for the World Open was no fluke either as the list of players he beat along the way will tell you, Andy Barnett, Christian Reimering, Andy Worthington, Vilmos Foldes, Mark Gray and of course Rico Diks to qualify..
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. The men are playing race to 11 alternate break, while the women are playing race to 9, alternate break.
