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U.S. Open Billiards Event Set to Begin
U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships / Chesapeake, VA
by Skip Maloney, InsidePOOL Staff
The gathering has begun in Chesapeake, VA. With top-ranked players coming from the four corners of the globe, tournament officials are expecting between 240-275 entrants in the 33rd U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships at the Chesapeake Conference Center this weekend. [...]

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Team Poison Races For The Cure
In addition to donating profits from the Pink Ribbon Poison cues sales, a team of Poison employees is participating in the 2008 North Florida Race for the Cure. 
The race is taking place Saturday, October 18 in Jacksonville, Florida.  We have gathered a a group of employees, friends, and family running [...]

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Second Round Finished at Seminole Billiards Event
Seminole Pro Tour / Jacksonville, FL
by InsidePOOL Staff
The second round of the winners’-bracket matches has wrapped up at the Seminole Pro Tour’s Jacksonville, FL, stop. Hosted by Bankshot Billiards, this $10,000-added event boasted a field of 48.
There have been no eliminations yet, but early favorites such as Steve Moore, [...]

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Finals at World 10-Ball Championship Set
World 10-Ball Championship / Manila, Philippines
by InsidePOOL Staff
The final match is set for October 5 at the World 10-Ball Championships in Manila, Philippines. Former world 8- and 9-ball champion Chia-Ching Wu of Chinese Taipei will face off against Darren Appleton of the U.K., while in the semifinal match, Niels Feijen [...]

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Hofstatter Pushes Pan to the One-Loss Side
WPBA Pacific Coast Classic / Lincoln City, OR
by InsidePOOL Staff
In a tightly contested match to see who would advance to the final eight undefeated at the WPBA Pacific Coast Classic, Gerda “G-Force” Hofstatter sent Xiaoting Pan to the west side with a 9-7 victory. Pan is currently ranked third [...]

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Testa Takes Top Billiard Honors
Blaze 9-Ball Tour / Drexel Hill, PA
by Jose Burgos
Drexeline Billiards hosted the September 28 stop of the Blaze 9-Ball Tour, with a field of 40 players coming out to play. Jose Parica, Eddie Abraham, Josh Brothers, Matt Krah, Many Chau, Mike Fingers, and Denise Reeves were among them, but it was [...]

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Herndon, Steinman Lead on WPBA West Side
WPBA Pacific Coast Classic / Lincoln City, OR
by InsidePOOL Staff
The second round of the eliminations has wrapped up at the WPBA Pacific Coast Classic, leaving only 16 top ladies remaining. The event is being hosted by the Chinook Winds Casino & Resort in Lincoln City, OR.
Melissa Herndon, delivered to [...]

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Allison Fisher Set to Defend Pacific Coast Billiards Title
WPBA Pacific Coast Classic / Lincoln City, OR
by InsidePOOL Staff
The Women’s Professional Billiard Association’s Pacific Coast Classic begins Thursday, October 2, with a full field of 64. Hosted by the Chinook Winds Casino & Resort in Lincoln City, OR, this event will conclude Sunday, October 5.
Fifth-ranked Allison [...]

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Poison Donates 100 Percent Of Pink Ribbon Profits During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Players’ Cue Purchases In October Give Extra Support For A Cure
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Poison Products is donating 100 percent of profits made in October on its Pink Ribbon cues toward breast cancer research initiatives, in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month [...]

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Bourbeau the Best on New England Women’s Pool Tour
New England Women’s Pool Tour / Woburn, MA
by Skip Maloney, Inside POOL Magazine
Stacie Bourbeau tallied three straight 7-4 victories to complete an undefeated day at the New England Women’s Tour stop September 28. The $250-added, WPBA qualifier event drew 16 entrants to Silver Cue Billiards in Woburn, [...]

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