APA Team Name Contest

The APA is holding a team name contest open until July 5 to teams qualified for the 2010 National Team Championships. To enter, fill out the form on www.poolplayers.com telling the story behind your team name.

Selected entrants will be posted on www.poolplayers.com from July 14 to August 13 for voting. Winners will be named for each National Championship category (8-Ball Open, 8-Ball Ladies, 9-Ball). Winning teams will be photographed at the tournament and will be included in the American Poolplayer® Magazine Fall Edition. Each winning team member will receive a commemorative plaque containing a laminated copy of the magazine article.

Upcoming Pool Tournaments for the Week of May 24-30

May 25-26

Team CSI Duo (Corey Deuel & Earl Strickland) Exhibitions and Clinics
Showboat Lounge
Redding, CA

May 27

Team CSI Duo (Corey Deuel & Earl Strickland) Exhibitions and Clinics
Hard Times Billiards
Sacramento, CA


May 27-June 5

VNEA 30th Anniversary International Pool Championships
Riviera Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, NV


May 29-30

15th Annual Open 9-Ball Memorial Day Tournament
Shotze's
Everett, WA


May 29-30

Tri-State 9-Ball Tour
Amsterdam Billiards & Bar
New York, NY


May 29-31

Mezz/Seminole Memorial Day 10-Ball Tournament
Hollywood Billiards
Los Angeles, CA

May 30

Mezz Pro-Am Tour
Riley's Concord Billiards
Boothwyn, PA

U.S. Open 10-Ball Championships Final Scores

Title holder Lee Van Corteza with Sunny Griffin

Photo courtesy of OnTheBreakNews.com

U.S. Open 10-Ball Championships Results

1st	Lee Van Corteza, $20,000 + Entry into U.S. 9-Ball Open and 2011 U.S. 10-Ball Championship
2nd	Lo Li-Wen, $12,500
3rd	Shane Van Boening, $8,500
4th	Francisco Bustamante, $5,700
5th	Mika Immonen, $4,000
5th	Manny Chau, $4,000
7th	Charlie Williams, $2,800
7th	Rodney Morris, $2,800
7th	Mike Dechaine, $2,000
7th	Darrel Appleton, $2,000
7th	Roberto Gomez, $2,000
7th	Edwin Montal, $2,000

NYC Grind's Kiss of Death Web Series Episode 8: "Vegas Bound"

The eighth episode of NYC Grind's 12-week web series "Kiss of Death" is now available. This series, which originally airs weekly on YouTube and Blip.tv (Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. EST), follows the ladies of the team "Kiss of Death" throughout the weeks leading up to the BCAPL National 8-Ball Championships, where they will compete in the Masters Team Division.

In this episode ("Vegas Bound"), the team prepares for the 34th Annual BCAPL 8-Ball Championships, where the girls will compete in individual, doubles and team competitions. Also, sixth team member Alison Fischer gets in some practice at Mickey's Billiards in Wisconsin.

Winners Circle: Pool Tournament Winners for the Week of May 10-16

May 12-13

BCAPL 9-Ball Challenge
Riviera Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, NV


May 12-16

World Pool Masters
Riviera Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, NV

Congratulations Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines for claiming the World Pool Master title!!!!!!!!

Photo courtesy of InsidePoolMag.com

Final brackets

May 14-16

North Georgia Billiards Amateur Tour
Breakers Sports
Knoxville, TN


May 14-22

BCAPL National 8-Ball Championships
Riviera Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, NV

Scoring brackets


May 15

British Amateur Tour
Club 147 Pool & Snooker Club
Leicester, UK

May 15

Tri-State 9-Ball Tour
Castle Billiards
East Rutherford, NJ

Tri-State 9-Ball Tour Results

1st	Scott Simonetti, $930
2nd	Tony Eglesias, $560
3rd	John Trobiano, $365
4th	Paul Raval, $240
5th	Ed Culhane, $100
5th	Sandie Paterino, $100
7th	Ken Debroskie, $90
7th	Scott Bannon, $90
9th	Guy Iannuzzi, $70
9th	Raj Vannala, $70
9th	Kyle Bubet, $70
9th	George Osipovitch, $70

May 15-16

Great Southern Billiard Tour
Gate City Billiards
Greensboro, NC

Great Southern Billiards Tour Results

1st	Adam Stanton, $1,000
2nd	Thomas Sansone, $500
3rd	JR Post, $250
4th	Wayne Briles, $150
5th	Dennis Crist, $100
5th	Brian Simpson, $100
7th	Rocky Hawk, $50
7th	TJ Moore, $50

May 15-16

Jacoby Custom Cue Carolina Tour
Sharks-N-Shooters
Rocky Mount, NC

Winner B.J. Ussery

Photo courtesy of InsidePoolMag.com

Jacoby Custom Cue Carolina Tour Results

1st	B.J. Ussery, $1,000
2nd	Tommy Kennedy, $500
3rd	Michael Fuller, $250
4th	Sam Monday, $100
5th	Steven Page, $75
5th	Glenn Russell, $75

May 15-16

McDermott Gambler Pro Tour
"Sharkbite Classic"
Hammer Heads Billiards
Holiday, FL

Winner Mike Davis

Photo courtesy of AZBilliards.com

Gambler Pro Tour Open Event Results

1st	Mike Davis, $500
2nd	Adam Wheeler, $350
3rd	Mike Staubes, $225
4th	Julio Aquino, $150
5th	Bobby Livrago, $80
5th	Jerry Troisi, $80

U.S. Open 10-Ball Championships Day 4 Results

Thursday Round 3 Results

Andrew Pettinger vs. Max Eberle

Imran Majid vs. Liz Ford

Frankie Hernandez vs. John Morra

Steve Lillis vs. Jeff Jimenez

Sal Butera vs. Dennis Hatch

Gabe Owen vs. Vivian Villarreal

PJ Massicotte vs. Toru Kuribayashi

Jose Parica vs. John Schmidt

Ronnie Wiseman vs. Marcus Chamat

Chris Melling vs. Daryl Peach

Hennessee Pinegar vs. Brendan Crockett

Mike Davis vs. Chris Bartram

Yukio Akakariyama vs. Tony Drago

Melissa Little vs. Karl Boyes

Kim Davenport vs. Marco Tschudi

Mark Gray vs. Tommy Najar

Al Lapena vs. Mike Dechaine

Kazuki Nishimura vs. Pin Yi Ko

Lee Van Corteza vs. Francis Crevier

Earl Strickland vs. Po-Cheng Kuo

Edwin Montal vs. Francisco Bustamante

Manny Chau vs. Sylver Ochoa

Stan Tourangeau vs. Dennis Orcollo

Larry Nevel vs. Rodney Morris

Jason Klatt vs. Roberto Gomez

Ronnie Alcano vs. Thomas Engert

Mika Immonen vs. Dan Heidrich

Warren Kiamco vs. Ralf Souquet

Lo Hi-Wen vs. Oscar Dominguez

Rafael Martinez vs. Corey Harper

Darren Appleton vs. Shane Van Boening

Thorsten Hohmann vs. Charlie Williams

Gayoung Kim vs. Shaun Wilkie

Youtarou Yamaguchi vs. Rory Hendrickson

Tony Robles vs. Ben Nunan

Jeremy Jones vs. Tyler Edry

Jeremy Sossei vs. Huidji See

Hunter Lombardo vs. Carlos Cabello

Corey Deuel vs. Raj Hundal

Efren Reyes vs. Johnny Archer

Max Eberle vs. Imran Majid

John Morra vs. Steve Lillis

Dennis Hatch vs. Gabe Owen

Toru Kuribayashi vs. Jose Parica

Marcus Chamat vs. Chris Melling

Hennessee Pinegar vs. Mike Davis

Tony Drago vs. Melissa Little

Marco Tschudi vs. Mark Gray

Thursday Round 4 Results

Shaun Wilkie vs. Larry Nevel

Rory Hendrickson vs. Dennis Orcollo

Tony Robles vs. Sylver Ochoa

Jeremy Jones vs. Francisco Bustamante

Jeremy Sossei vs. Earl Strickland

Carlos Cabello vs. Francis Crevier

Friday Morning (11 a.m.) Matches

Raj Hundal vs. Kazuki Nishimura

Johnny Archer vs. Al Lapena

Imran Majid vs. Thorsten Hohmann

John Morra vs. Shane Van Boening

Dennis Hatch vs. Rafael Martinez

Toru Kuribayashi vs. Oscar Dominguez

Marcus Chamat vs. Ralf Souquet

Hennessee Pinegar vs. Dan Heldrich

Tony Drago vs. Ronnie Alcano

Friday Afternoon (1 p.m.) Matches

Mark Gray vs. Jason Klatt

Mike Dechaine vs. Pin Yi Ko

Lee Van Corteza vs. Po-Cheng Kuo

Edwin Montal vs. Manny Chau

Stan Tournageau vs. Rodney Morris

Roberto Gomez vs. Thomas Engert

Mika Immonen vs. Warren Kiamco

Lo Hi-Wen vs. Corey Harper

Darren Appleton vs. Charlie Williams

Live scoring

Brackets

Live streaming coverage @ TheActionReport

U.S. Open 10-Ball Championships Day 3 Results

Wednesday Round 2 Results

Rafael Martinez vs. Ben Nunan

Corey Harper vs. Vince Chambers

Darren Appleton vs. Stevie Moore

Youtarou Yamaguchi vs. Shane Van Boening

Thorsten Hohmann vs. Ryoko Onaga

Gayoung Kim vs. Charlie Williams

Paul Juarez vs. Peter Dimmick

Shaun Wilkie vs. Keith Bennett

Yu Ram Cha vs. David Alcaide

Bill Dunsmore vs. Rory Hendrickson

Tony Robles vs. Charlie Bryant

Jasmin Ouschan vs. Christian Johannessen

Adam Kielar vs. Kenichi Uchigaki

Oliver Ortmann vs. Kelly Fisher

Jennifer Barretta vs. Jeremy Sossei

Dave Grau vs. Neil Cummins

Hunter Lombardo vs. Mark Haddad

Carlos Cabello vs. Ricky Yang

Allen Hopkins vs. Corey Deuel

Tron Engebakk vs. Raj Hundal

Naoyki Oi vs. James Baraks

Jayme Goodwin vs. Matt Krah

James Roberts vs. Andrew Pettenger

Bob Weimar, Jr. vs. Imran Majid

Bill Stock vs. Frankie Hernandez

Bob Lewis vs. Steve Lillis

Sal Butera vs. Fabian Louison

Turk Berberodiu vs. Gabe Owens

PJ Massicotte vs. Danny Louie

Beau Runningen vs. Jose Parica

Marc Vidal Claramunt vs. Ronnie Wiseman

Chris Melling vs. Brandon Shuff

Hennessee Pinegar vs. Ryan Solleveld

Mike Davis vs. Veronique Menard

Yukio Akakariyama vs. Jason Robichaud

Mike Yednak vs. Melissa Little

Kim Davenport vs. Gus Briseno

Gregory Harada vs. Mark Gray

Wednesday Round 3 Results

Paul Juarez vs. Gayoung Kim

Shaun Wilkie vs. Ryoko Onaga

Yu Ram Cha vs. Youtarou Yamaguchi

Rory Hendrickson vs. Stevie Moore

Tony Robles vs. Vince Chambers

Christian Johannessen vs. Ben Nunan

Adam Kielar vs. Jeremy Jones

Oliver Ortmann vs. Tyler Edey

Jeremy Sossei vs. Sarah Rousey

Neil Cummins vs. Huidji See

Hunter Lombardo vs. Tommy Tokoph

Carlos Cabello vs. Ernesto Dominguez

Corey Deuel vs. Chieh Yu Chou

Raj Hundal vs. Glenn Atwell

James Baraks vs. Efren Reyes

Jayme Goodwin vs. Johnny Archer

Thursday Morning (11 a.m.) Matches

Andrew Pettinger vs. Max Eberle

Imran Majid vs. Liz Ford

Frankie Hernandez vs. John Morra

Steve Lillis vs. Jeff Jimenez

Sal Butera vs. Dennis Hatch

Gabe Owen vs. Vivian Villarreal

PJ Massicotte vs. Toru Kuribayashi

Jose Parica vs. John Schmidt

Ronnie Wiseman vs. Marcus Chamat

Thursday Afternoon (1 p.m.) Matches

Chris Melling vs. Daryl Peach

Hennessee Pinegar vs. Brendan Crockett

Mike Davis vs. Chris Bartram

Yukio Akakariyama vs. Tony Drago

Melissa Little vs. Karl Boyes

Kim Davenport vs. Marco Tschudi

Mark Gray vs. Tommy Najar

Thursday Evening (6 p.m.) Matches

Al Lapena vs. Mike Dechaine

Kazuki Nishimura vs. Pin Yi Ko

Lee Van Corteza vs. Francis Crevier

Earl Strickland vs. Po-Cheng Kuo

TBD

Thursday Night (8 p.m.) Matches

Edwin Montal vs. Francisco Bustamante

Manny Chau vs. Sylver Ochoa

Stan Tourangeau vs. Dennis Orcollo

Larry Nevel vs. Rodney Morris

Jason Klatt vs. Roberto Gomez

Ronnie Alcano vs. Thomas Engert

Mika Immonen vs. Dan Heidrich

Warren Kiamco vs. Ralf Souquet

Lo Hi-Wen vs. Oscar Dominguez

Thursday Night (10 p.m.) Matches

Rafael Martinez vs. Corey Harper

Darren Appleton vs. Shane Van Boening

Thorsten Hohmann vs. Charlie Williams

Live scoring

Brackets

Live streaming coverage @ TheActionReport