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Matthew's Pool / Billiards Blog April 2007 Archive

By Matthew Sherman, About.com Guide to Pool / Billiards

Predator World 10-Ball Championship Announced

Monday April 30, 2007
96 top players will converge in Jacksonville, Florida for the world's first "World 10-Ball Championships" May 22-27. The event, formally known as the "Predator Florida Open" was the first event ... Read More

I Think "Billiards", Therefore I Am

Sunday April 29, 2007
In a takeoff of Saint Thomas Aquinas' logic and pursuit of ultimate truth, an anonymous philosophy student recently utilized the humble sport of Pool as part of his "proof of ... Read More

Dragon To Air Korean Pool

Saturday April 28, 2007
Dragon Promotions has set to launch airing of Korean Pool on 5 international networks soon, including ESPN in America. Dragon has further renewed its options with the ESPN affiliate in Korea ... Read More

India Cues for Glory

Friday April 27, 2007
The craze for pool joints may have subsided, but cue sports is where India is making a mark. Is there any sport where India can boast of having won not one ... Read More

Billiards Meets Politics

Thursday April 26, 2007
On a recent cold, windy day, in a banquet hall attached to a pool hall, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, spoke "passionately" about subjects ranging from predatory lending to ... Read More

Take Me Out to the Pool Hall

Tuesday April 24, 2007
“Take me out to the pool hall, Leave the yupp-i-fied crowd, Rent me a table and crack the rack, I don’t care if you never spot back! For we’ll run, run out, and keep ... Read More

The Stance Secret Revealed

Monday April 23, 2007
Online today is an all-time top tip for improving your pool game. I estimate less than 1 in 100 pool players stands to the table accurately. Most beginners err by placing ... Read More

45 Degrees or How?

Sunday April 22, 2007
A debate has been raging for decades in pool regarding the "correct" stance or alignment to the table for the player. Is there one particular way you should step to ... Read More

More Than One Stroke

Saturday April 21, 2007
The myth promulgated by "top" instruction books insists that most all pool strokes are the same. They certainly are not--and some of my favorite variations on the classic pool stroke ... Read More

Bahrain Seeks World Snooker Recognition

Saturday April 14, 2007
A Bahrani youth development program has blossomed in sports, including a first ever Snooker tournament for young people. “I will meet you exactly one year from today and I will promise ... Read More

Efren Reyes is Back on Top

Friday April 13, 2007
Filipino billiards star Efren "The Magician" Reyes has regained his status as the top pool moneymaker in professional pool, while newly-crowned world champ Ronnie Alcano follows hot on his heels. Reyes ... Read More

Underage Pool Shooters, Beware!

Thursday April 12, 2007
"Woman Charged With Teens Playing Pool!" may seem an unlikely headline, or perhaps a resurrected news story from the 1930's, but residents in one community are speaking out now in ... Read More

Jeanette Lee Opens Black Widow Billiards Centers

Wednesday April 11, 2007
Jeanette "The Black Widow" Lee, once a cocktail waitress at Amsterdam Billiards, now an international pool celebrity, and called by Rolling Stone "One of the truest stars anywhere on television", ... Read More

Amsterdam Finds 2nd Pool Home

Tuesday April 10, 2007
Amsterdam Billiard Club, ranked the best billiards club in the nation by Billiards Digest, is finding success in its new digs, having moved from New York's Upper West Side to ... Read More

Cruise and Shoot!

Tuesday April 10, 2007
Pool and billiards players have often felt homesick on seagoing cruises. The rocking motion of most cruise liners prohibits shooting pool but now, an intriguing innovation allows 9-ball, 8-ball and ... Read More

Alcaide Wins Grand Masters of 8-Ball

Monday April 9, 2007
Spaniard David Alcaide won the inaugural 8-Ball Grand Masters in Cambridge, England over a recent weekend. Is Eight Ball competition at long last moving into its proper international context? The tournament ... Read More

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