Pool & Snooker Success Stories

I’m getting tired of all these weird pool twilight stories – it is getting too depressing. Therefore, this post is dedicated to positive pool & snooker success and victory stories.

Dennis Orcollo Tops 2008 Japan 9-ball Open

Dennis Orcollo is the winner of the 2008 Japan 9-Ball Open held last week in Japan. A week after beating fellow Filipino Ronnie Alcano in San Miguel Beer-Quezon City 9-Ball, “The Philippines’ Money-game King” grabbed the Japan 9-Ball Open Championship title from Japanese Ryoji Aoki after defeating him 9-2.

Snooker’s Rising Star

15 years old John Roberts is introduced by Liverpool Echo as a rising star in snooker. The young cueist has recently won an older and wiser contestant in a recent under 19s snooker tournament. Roberts is already receiving professional guidance from a former World Snooker Championship referee and personal coach of Mark Williams and Paul Hunter, Reg Davies who grows high expectations from the snooker protégé.

Pakistan’s New Snooker Champion

Muhammad Sajjad Butt of Punjab, Pakistan has gathered the 33th National Snooker Championship title after beating former World Championship runner up Saleh Muhammad 7-3 in Tuesday’s final match. It was the first participation in a national ranking event for the new snooker champion.

New Face to BCA 9-Ball Pool Championship

The BCA (Billiard Congress of America) 9-ball pool championship, will be called, as for 2008 GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships. Additionally, the prestigious 9-ball tournament will be held along with the International Billiard & Home Recreation Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina. The closing events of the 9-ball pool championship will take place on June 11-12 while the billiards expo is scheduled to June 12-14, 2008. About the same time, the BCA will also be inducting its fifty-second member into the BCA Hall of Fame.

 

The name of the 9-ball pool tournament is not the only detail changed this year by the governing body, the Billiard Congress of America. According to the BCA President, Ivan Lee, the arena, the format, the production techniques, and the environment will be changed as well.

 

GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2 throughout 2008. The sports network intends to cover 3 hours from both the men’s and women’s GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championship events in 2008.

Double Wins for Indian Billiards Champ

Indian billiards master Pankaj Advani is ending 2007 holding two major titles: World Billiards Championship (for the 3rd time) and the National Billiards and Snooker championship.

For Advani, it is the third World Billiards Championship title and the second time holding both billiards and snooker titles at the same year;  Advani enjoyed double wins back in 2005.

Breaking News: New Breaking Rules on 2007 Mosconi Cup

New 9-ball breaking rules will come into effect at the he 2007 Mosconi Cup, which is scheduled to take place on December 13 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. Instead of the recently dominant soft break, the power break will be brought back to the scene. According to the new breaking rules, the breaker will be required to:

1. Rack the balls higher up the table with the 9-ball resting on the spot.
2. Strike the cue ball from within a break box in the center of the table.
3. At the end of the break shot, three balls must pass the head string (including pocketed balls excluding the cue ball).
4. Strike the rack lightly

I guess we’ll have to wait and see how these changes will affect the teams’ performances…