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 WORLD POOL SERIES - LARSSON LEAVES LITTLE DOUBT

8 BallWorld Pool Series - 1st Series
Steinway Cafe-Billiards
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Astoria
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14–17 January 2017 - Molinari Players Championship
15–17 January 2017 - Cheqio Challenge Championship


4-time World 9-ball Wheelchair Champion Henrik Larsson of Sweden advanced to the final 64 at the Molinair Players Championship in New York.
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Day 1 report from the World Pool Series
Article - Ted Lerner - WPS Media Officer
Photography - ©JP Parmentier/WPS


England’s Darren Appleton promised his fellow players that his new World Pool Series would give the players exactly what they’ve always wanted; a players’ centered tour with rules and a setup designed to test the world’s best pool players to the limits of their skills.

If the results of Day 1 of the tour’s first event, the Molinari Players Championship, are any indication, that promise has already been fulfilled.

Long races, pockets at a stingy 4.25 inches, breaking outside the center box, having to “take what you make” on the break, 3-foul rule, shootouts on hill-hill matches, and single elimination; these tweaks to traditional 8-ball rules all came together Saturday to prove that the world’s most popular cue game can truly be a hardcore test of pool.



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 8-BALL TAKES CENTER STAGE WITH THE WORLD POOL SERIES

8 BallWorld Pool Series - 1st Series
Steinway Cafe-Billiards
3525 Steinway St.
Astoria
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USA
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14–17 January 2017 - Molinari Players Championship
15–17 January 2017 - Cheqio Challenge Championship


Jayson Shaw is the hot favorite as the sport’s newest pool tour gets ready to kick off in New York City.
Article - Ted Lerner - WPS Media Officer
Photography - ©JP Parmentier/WPS


It’s common at big international pool tournaments wherever the greats of the game come together, that a buzz of anticipation courses through the hotel lobby or the arena where the players gather the day before at the players meeting. But at Steinway Billiards in the Astoria, Queens section of New York City on Friday night, that buzz had some noticeable extra juice to it.

That’s because the newly formed World Pool Series, a four event tour that begins Saturday and will play out over the course of 2017, seems to have all the ingredients to finally offer long suffering professional pool players something they haven’t had in a long time; a player centric tour with a solid plan for growth. The fact that it’s all been put together by one of the game’s greatest and most respected players, England’s Darren Appleton, has surely boosted players’ belief that this tour will be a major part of their future as players.

The first event of the new 8-ball tour, The Molinari Players Championship, kicks off at Steinway Billiards in New York City on January 14 and concludes on Jan. 17. 119 players from 35 countries will be slugging it out in 8-ball for over $100,000 in prize money. The winner will collect $20,000.

The next three events, The Aramith Masters Championship, The RYO Rack Classic Championship, and the Predator World Series Championship, tentatively also scheduled to be held at Steinway, will be held in April, July and September respectively, with the final event being billed as the Grand Finale. The total prize fund for the four events will be around $425,000 with $85,000 of that being added money.



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 Simply The Best - New Tiger C2 Classic Series

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 WPS - Molinari Players Championship/Cheqio Challenge Championship

8 BallWorld Pool Series - 1st Series
Steinway Cafe-Billiards
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World Pool Series - 1st Series

Everyone at World Pool Series is extremely excited to welcome you to the first ever World Pool Series, Molinari Players Championship jan 14-17th Steinway Billiards ,NY

Thanks to everyone thats signed up so far or Qualified 120 players Over 30 Countries Represented ,So 8 places left if you know anyone that would like to participate get them to contact us ASAP

Everyone at World Pool Series have worked hard to get the venue ready and make a great tournament with a Tv Arena ,Lights,Smoke machine,Walk on Music,and lots of Player interviews.



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 Watch our man Karl Boyes go to war January 20-21

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 McDermott Announces Cue of the Month Giveaway for January 2017

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McDermott Announces Cue of the Month Giveaway for January 2017

McDermott Cue Mfg., LLC is a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of pool cues, performance shafts and billiard accessories. McDermott is proud to announce the Custom Cue of the Month Giveaway for January 2017.

Each month, McDermott gives away a free pool cue to a lucky contestant. The giveaway cue for January is the G208C2, a customized version of their popular G208 model. It features a custom black forearm & sleeve with custom “Blush Blue” silver speck pearl rings. The G208C2 comes standard with McDermott’s high-performance G-Core shaft.

To enter the contest, visit www.mcdermottcue.com/giveaway and fill out the simple survey. There is no limit to the number of times you can enter the contest. At the end of the month, McDermott will randomly select a winner to receive a free G208C2 pool cue. McDermott would like to congratulate last month’s winner — Kelli Arnold of San Antonio, TX — who won a G321C2 pool cue.

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 2017 World Pool Masters - Full field announced

9 Ball2017 World Pool Masters
Tercentenary Sports Hall
Victoria Stadium
Bayside Road
Gibraltar
UNITED KINGDOM
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Friday - Sunday 17-19 February 2017


Full field announced

WITH HALF THE 16 man field already announced for the 24th annual World Pool Masters, the remaining eight players can now be named to complete the line-up and make the field one of the strongest in recent years. The event will be taking place from Friday to Sunday 17th – 19th February at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar.

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 GB9 Launches 2017 Tour

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GB9 Launches 2017 Tour

The GB 9 Ball Tour are pleased to announce their plans for the 2017 season. Applications are now being taken with the closing date for applications and deposits extended until 15 January 2017..

We are pleased to announce that the tour will once again host all five of its events at the stunning Park Inn by Radisson Hotel in Telford and are hugely grateful for the continued support given by the hotel and its staff.

The tour can only continue with the dedicated support that has been previously shown by its members and we require at least 90 signed up members (applications and deposits) by 15 January 2017. If the required number of members do not sign up for the tour the hotel are likely to not want to continue its support and the tour will not proceed, which is something that nobody wants to happen.

The tour will be limited to the first 96 signed up members and we have already began receiving player applications. Once all spots have been filled your name will be added to a reserve list and you will be contacted if a spot becomes available. If you are not one of the first 96 registered players your deposit will be refunded.



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 The Predator British Wheelchair 9-Ball Championships 2016

BWPPA2016 BWPPA Ranking Event No.5
- The Predator British Wheelchair 9-Ball Championships 2016

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Guttmann Rd
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
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Saturday/Sunday 19.20 November 2016


Daniel Lee is the Predator Cues British wheelchair 9-ball Champion and takes top spot

12 months on from claiming his first main event title on the BWPPA tour Daniel Lee became the British 9-ball champion again, but this time the win came with added significance as Lee ends the season as the UK's number 1 wheelchair pool player.

The Wheelchair Cuesports Academy at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury was once again the setting for the final tour stop of the season. Before the first ball was struck it was a three horse race for the top spot, with Fred Dinsmore and Roy Kimberley also in the running, but Lee knew if he progressed further than Dinsmore or Kimberley, then he would be assured of his place at the summit of the worlds largest wheelchair pool tour.



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 Get sponsored for 2017

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Merry Christmas to all American Billiards Enthusiasts
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Is your partner still struggling to find you a perfect gift for Christmas? Easy!

Ask them to enter you into our January tournament at Brooklyn Bar & Billiards and they could be buying you a sponsorship opportunity to play GB9, or a Eurotour event plus an additional opportunity to capture £800 in prize money. See above poster for details, entries by 1st January to qualify.

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You may not be aware that the UK’s latest billiards bar has now opened in the beautiful surrounding of the Surrey Hills. We are without doubt the South East’s premier venue boasting 10 American tables, 8 Snooker tables and 8 soon to be 13 English supreme tables. Our recently and continued venue refurbishment feature perfectly reconditioned tables and now play host to many of the country’s finest cue-sport players.

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"Best billiards bar in the south and it's been a long time coming, very exciting. Has been completely done out and refurbished, now has loads of high quality 8 ball, 9 ball and snooker tables all with the best lighting money can buy, great rates, friendly staff/owners, excellent atmosphere and lots of upcoming entertainment / events to look forward to. Enjoy!!"



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