A total of almost forty players took the opportunity to get ready for May’s BCA Nationals in Vegas with the BCA Warm Up tournament on April 21st at Stingers in Phoenix. The format was the same as the players will face in Vegas and as usual, Arizona players proved that they are quite competitive at [...]
Mitch Ellerman showed that he plays the “non rotation” games pretty well too, with an undefeated run through the field at Bullshooter’s One Pocket Madness event on April 21st. The field included the usual assortment of one pocket talent, including such notables as Bernie Pettipiece, Preacher Ronn, “Fast” Lenny Marshall, Tres Kane, Gus Briseno and Bobby [...]
Stinger’s Sports Bar along with AZPoolScene.com joined together to start up the ever popular Marathon Tournament Series that Alexander’s Bar (RIP) use to run in previous years. The first installment was barbox 9-ball on the 12 Diamond Smart Tables from Stinger’s. 32 players were invited for the event and the field was filled with many [...]
James Lewis held off Tom Leutz to win the April 7’s & Under and Kittys on April 7th. Lewis looked unstoppable early in the event and captured the hot-seat with a strong 7-1 win over Tom ‘Tommy Gun’ Leutz. On the one loss side, Travis Jackson was mowing down opponents after a first round loss [...]
So you practice, you play league and you go to your Friday tournaments thinking that when you walk into a room like the NDA or similar you are about to be a force to dominate your level… then BAM, you are out!!! “How can I be out? Don’t these guys know I work hard at [...]
Mike, Why do so many people get excited about the NDA Vegas tournament, they seem to plan a year in advance to go? It is a special tournament that you have to go at least once to understand what it is about. One great thing is you can be a beginner and play people from [...]
Jerry Briesath, a man long considered by many people to be this country’s foremost pocket billiard instructor, has finally come out with another DVD. This second DVD titled, A Pool Lesson, is a great follow-up to Jerry’s BCA produced, HOW TO PLAY POOL RIGHT. In A Pool Lesson, Jerry again provides all the basic instruction [...]
APA Phoenix Metro held its 1st Annual Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) Junior National 9-Ball Championship Qualifying Tournament April 29th at Bullshooters in Phoenix. 2 entries were up for grabs in the 14 and under boys and 1 for the 14 and under girls. The BEF will host their 24th Annual Junior National 9-Ball Championships on July [...]
John Smith took the longest route possible to the finals and put on a dominating performance in those finals to capture the third Desert Classic Tour stop of the season at Skip and Jan’s on March 31st and April 1st. With the third stop’s game being bar-table 8-ball, a strong field was expected and that [...]
Stinger’s Sports Bar & Grill, in Glendale, Arizona, hosted Stop #2 of the Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour on April 14th & 15th. Longtime AWBT favorite, Susan Williams was the winner, 7-3, over Terri Johnson-McCauley. Susan would claim her first title in over a year. For Terri, who traveled all the way from Farmington, New Mexico, it [...]
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