Winners Circle: Pool Tournament Winners for the Week of October 25-31

October 28-31

Midwest 9-Ball Tour
Shooter's
Olathe, KS

Midwest 9-Ball Tour Open Pocket Results

1st	Shane McMinn, $800
2nd	Chip Compton, $500
3rd	Beau Runningen, $350
4th	James Davis, Jr., $250
5th	Joey Gray, $200
5th	Dan Olson, $200
7th	Gary Lutman, $150
7th	Mickey Brandt, $150
9th	Todd Carpenter, $100
9th	Jason Wilderman, $100
9th	Dan Tull, $100
9th	Whitey Walker, $100

Midwest 9-Ball Tour Open Results

1st	Jesse Bowman, $2,000
2nd	Beau Runningen, $1,500
3rd	Shane McMinn, $900
4th	David Matlock, $600
5th	Chad Vilmont, $400
5th	Eric Obermier, $400
7th	David Jordan, $300
7th	Chip Compton, $300
9th	Jeff Montgomery, $175
9th	Dan Olson, $175
9th	Whitey Walker, $175
9th	Dustin Gunia, $175
13th	Pun, $125
13th	Mike Henderson, $125
13th	Dan Angstead, $125
13th	Will Freeman, $125
17th	Tommy Tokoph, $100
17th	David Heinonen, $100
17th	Mike Banks, Jr., $100
17th	Dave Coon, $100
17th	Jordan Davis, $100
17th	Rick Carlton, $100
17th	Gary Lutman, $100
17th	Mike Durbin, $100

Midwest 9-Ball Tour Ladies' Event Results

1st	Nicole Keeney, $425
2nd	Karen Lincoln, $300
3rd	Jessica Frideres, $200
4th	Apryl McGill, $100

October 29

N.W.P.A 9-Ball Championships
The Rack
Memphis, TN

N.W.P.A 9-Ball Championships Results

1st	Johnny Holland
2nd	Terry Guess
3rd	Bill Frisby

N.W.P.A 9-Ball Championships Results

1st	Dan Hall
2nd	James Winston
3rd	Houston Lewis

October 30

Mezz Women's Tour
Mr. Cue Billiards
Lindenhurst, NY

Mezz Women's Tour Results

1st	Caroline Pao, $200
2nd	Borana Andoni, $130
3rd	Gina Kim-Lipsky, $80
4th	Theresa Intelisano, $50

October 30

Tiger Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour
Ultimate Billiards
Fort Pierce, FL

Tiger Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour Results

1st	Richard Broumpton, $500
2nd	Mike Davis, $350
3rd	Tom Karalis, $250
4th	Anthony Meglino, $175

October 30

Tri State Tour
Sandacastle Billiards
Edison, NJ

Tri State Tour Results

1st	Mike Gasper, $785
2nd	Rob Piersa, $510
3rd	Pete Brennan, $320
4th	Bernard Vogelsang, $190
5th	Scott Simonetti, $125
5th	George Osipovitch, $125
7th	Jeff Kerr, $95
7th	Glenn Andaya, $95

October 30-31

Joss North East 9-Ball Tour
Raxx Pool Room and Grill
West Hempstead, NY

Zion Zvi

Photo courtesy of Diana Hoppe - Pool Pics by Hoppe

Joss North East 9-Ball Tour Results

1st	Zion Zvi, $1,100
2nd	Tom D'Alfonso, $750
3rd	Mika Immonen, $550
4th	Jeremy Sossei, $400
5th	Mike Fingers, $250
5th	Manual Chau, $250
7th	Phil Davis, $100
7th	Mike Zuglan, $100

Like Pool and Computer Programming? Have We Got A Tournament For You!

If you can write software and like pool, this may just be the competition for you! The Fourth Annual Computational Billiards Championships (ICBC-11) will be held in July and August of 2011, with the finals taking place during the AAAI-11 Conference in San Francisco from August 7-11, 2011. Entry is free and remote participation is possible, so you do not have to travel to the finals.

The ICBC-11 is designed to advance research in computational pool and give researchers a place to compare and test their ideas. Software programs will compete in a simulated game of pool, deciding automatically which shot to attempt in any situation to see which program performs the best.

For further information, visit the tournament website.

Strickland Endorses USA Pool League

Earl "The Pearl" Strickland endorses the new USA Pool League "USAPL" created by CueSports International.

The new pool league was created to solve some of the issues commonly associated with other national handicapped pool leagues, such as "sandbagging" and tight team handicap limits. USAPL would allow all players to enter national championships, regardless of whether they participated in local or regional tournaments; and would give at least half of all monies collected back to amateur league players and a sizeable portion to help promote professional players.

A CueSports International press release on the endorsement is reprinted below.

Strickland Endorses USA Pool League - Calling for a Pool “Revolution”

Earl “The Pearl” Strickland is one if not the most decorated U.S. player of his generation. Equally passionate about the sport, “the Pearl” and industry leader CueSports International (CSI) both agree it is time for a “revolution in pool” and that revolution is the USA Pool League (USAPL).

In his 27 years as a professional pool player Strickland’s record include 5 world championships, a record holding 5 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, and participating on the U.S. Mosconi Cup Team an astounding 13 times. In the past several years Strickland has devoted much of his time to holding clinics and exhibitions, including from 2008 – 2010 as a member of Team CSI. For his extraordinary accomplishments Strickland was inducted in the BCA Hall of Fame in 2006. While a member of Team CSI, Strickland became more aware of the goals CSI has for the new USAPL.

Believing many of the issues commonly associated with national handicapped pool leagues should be addressed CSI launched the USAPL in late 2009. Some of the issues the USAPL is designed to tackle are “sandbagging” and the constricting policies of tight team handicap limits. Additionally, CSI believes all players should be allowed to enter national championships to test themselves should they choose and not rely on a pyramid of local and regional tournaments in order to be allowed to compete at the national level. This is a philosophy that “the Pearl” also believes – that all players should be allowed to play.

Strickland additionally endorses the USAPL because CSI set up the USAPL to give at least 50% of all monies collected back to the amateur league members on the local level and a sizable portion of CSI’s USAPL proceeds into developing more exposure and support of professional players. “The USAPL is a league that works on behalf of the players, not one where the players work for the league. CSI puts its money where its mouth is. This I can get behind”, said Strickland.

CSI is actively recruiting and screening prospective USAPL Managers. All USAPL Managers have free protected territories and use the LeagueSys online scoring and scheduling system. Currently there are active USAPL leagues in 11 U.S. states including: Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Alabama, Indiana, Oklahoma, Florida, Michigan, Colorado and Maryland with new leagues being organized and developed almost weekly all over the U.S.

CueSports International is dedicated to creating more choices for all players. CSI is the parent company of the BCA Pool League and the USA Pool League. CSI also produces independent events such as the U.S. Bar Table Championships, the Jay Swanson Memorial and the U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship. Visit www.playcsipool.com, www.playbca.com and www.playusapool.com for more information about CSI and its divisions.
By Press Release - 2010-11-02

2010 Mosconi Cup Teams Finalized

This year's PartyCasino.com Mosconi cup featuring two five man teams representing Europe and the USA will take place from Thursday December 9 through Sunday December 12, 2010 at East London's Famous York Hall.

Both team lineups have been finalized and are as follows:


Team USA

Rodney Morris
Shane Van Boening
Corey Dueul
Johnny Archer
Dennis Hatch
Captain: Nick Varner


Team Europe

Ralf Souquet (Germany)
Mika Immonen (Finland)
Nick Van den Berg (Holland)
Darren Appleton (England)
Karl Boyes (England)
Captain: Johan Ruijsink (Holland)


All tickets for the 2010 PartyCasino.com Mosconi Cup are available exclusively from www.seetickets.com/mosconicup  

More Info

2010 U.S. 9-Ball Open Video Recaps

Video from Inside Pool Magazine recapping the 2010 U.S. 9-Ball Open

2010 U.S. Open Champion Darren Appleton



Corey Deuel vs. Warren Kiamco - 2010 U.S. Open Semi Finals (Part 1)




Corey Deuel vs. Warren Kiamco - 2010 U.S. Open Semi Finals (Part 2)





Shane Van Boening vs. Johnny Archer




Jesse Engel



A brutally honest interview with Raj Hundal at the 2010 U.S. Open

Jasmin Ouschan Wins 2010 Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship

From APPB "A Pool Players Blog":

Jasmin Ouschan – New Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Champion

As first reported by APPB, Jasmin Ouschan won against Ga Young Kim 10-6 in the finals to capture the Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Champion title.

Commentary on the final four from AZBilliards.com.

Scoring Brackets

Winners Circle: Pool Tournament Winners for the Week of October 18-24

October 17-23

2010 US Open 9-Ball Championship

Chesapeake Convention Center

Chesapeake, VA

2010 US Open 9-Ball Championship Results

1st	Darren Appleton, $40,000
2nd	Corey Deuel, $15,000
3rd	Mika Immonen, $10,000
4th	Warren Kiamco, $8,000
5th	Jason Klatt, $6,000
5th	David Alcaide, $6,000
7th	Ralf Souquet, $4,500
7th	Rodney Morris, $4,500
9th	Shane Van Boening, $3,000
9th	Thorsten Hohmann, $3,000
9th	Francisco Bustamante, $3,000
9th	Li Wen Lo, $3,000
13th	Efren Reyes, $2,000
13th	Chris Melling, $2,000
13th	Charlie Williams, $2,000
13th	Johnny Archer, $2,000
17th	Tommy Kennedy, $1,500
17th	Nick Varner, $1,500
17th	Jessica Engel, $1,500
17th	Robb Saez, $1,500
17th	Jayson Shaw, $1,500
17th	Huidjie See, $1,500
17th	Gabe Owen, $1,500
17th	Roman Hybler, $1,500
25th	Mike Davis, $1,250
25th	Ramil Gallego, $1,250
25th	Dan Heidrich, $1,250
25th	Ronnie Alcano, $1,250
25th	Rory Hendrickson, $1,250
25th	Erik Hjorleifson, $1,250
25th	Keith Bennett, $1,250
25th	Demitrius Jelatis, $1,250
33rd	Jeremy Sossei, $1,000
33rd	Stevie Moore, $1,000
33rd	Chris Orme, $1,000
33rd	Raj Hundal, $1,000
33rd	Beau Runningen, $1,000
33rd	Earl Strickland, $1,000
33rd	Tommy Tokoph, $1,000
33rd	Ricky Yang, $1,000
33rd	Adam Smith, $1,000
33rd	Daryl Peach, $1,000
33rd	Mike Sigel, $1,000
33rd	Stan Tourangeau, $1,000
33rd	Manual Chau, $1,000
33rd	Eddie Little, $1,000
33rd	Michael Wong, $1,000
33rd	Marc Vidal, $1,000
49th	Alex Pagulayan, $750
49th	Antonio Lining, $750
49th	Dennis Haar, $750
49th	Mike Dechaine, $750
49th	Donnie Mills, $750
49th	So Shaw, $750
49th	Lee Vann Corteza, $750
49th	Paul Song, $750
49th	Adam Kielar, $750
49th	Karl Boyes, $750
49th	Ron Park, $750
49th	Ernesto Dominguez, $750
49th	Chris Bartram, $750
49th	BJ Ussery, $750
49th	Jeff Crawford, $750
49th	Jundel Mazon, $750
65th	Rob Phillips, $500
65th	Olli Turkulainen, $500
65th	Joshua Burbul, $500
65th	Tomoo Takano, $500
65th	Richard Broumpton, $500
65th	Chip Klein, $500
65th	Shawn Putnam, $500
65th	Oscar Dominguez, $500
65th	Hunter Lombardo, $500
65th	Bahram Lotfy, $500
65th	Dennis Orcollo, $500
65th	Chris Futrell, $500
65th	Ivaylo Petrov, $500
65th	Jose Parica, $500
65th	Jonathan Pinegar, $500
65th	Max Eberle, $500
65th	Gerda Hofstatter, $500
65th	Zion Zvi, $500
65th	Danny Mastermaker, $500
65th	Carlos Carter, $500
65th	Larry Kressel, $500
65th	Michael Fuller, $500
65th	John Schmidt, $500
65th	Sammy Monday, $500
65th	Brandon Shuff, $500
65th	Nigel Francis, $500
65th	Ralph Eckert, $500
65th	Gary Lutman, $500
65th	Cleiton Rocha, $500
65th	Brian Parks, $500
65th	Brent Boemmels, $500
65th	Kenichi Uchigaki, $500

October 23

Lucasi Hybrid SW 10-Ball Tour
Twin Strokes
Blue Springs, MO

Lucasi Hybrid SW 10-Ball Tour Results

1st	Jordan Davis, $400
2nd	Mike Banks, Jr., $225
3rd	John Jones, $150
4th	Troy Kirkendoll, $75

October 23-24

Arizona Women's Billiard Tour
Bull Shooters
Phoenix, AZ

AWBT Results

1st	Susan Williams, $200
2nd	Susan Wilbur, $140
3rd	Susan Mello, $90
4th	Sunny Griffin, $60
5th	Jeri Engh, $40
5th	Claudia Justus, $40
7th	Edwidge Cavanna, $25
7th	Kristie Ortega, $25

October 23-24

Great Southern Billiard Tour
Murfreesboro Billiard Club
Murfreesboro, TN

Great Southern Billiard Tour Results

1st	Alex Olinger, $800
2nd	Ryan Stone, $550
3rd	Steve Lagace, $350
4th	Josh O'Neal, $160
5th	Nicholas Hickerson, $75
5th	Hamilton Boss, $75

October 24

New England 9-Ball Tour
Boston Billiard Club
Nashua, NH

New England 9-Ball Tour Results

1st	Jeff Pike, $400
2nd	Josh Rupard, $200
3rd	Mark Small, $150
4th	Brad Pepin, $100
4th	Eric Charlton, $60
5th	Gareth Steele, $60
5th	Dan Simoneau, $45
7th	David Lemay, $45