Hard Times Billiards in Sacramento is hosting the 3rd Annual (CMMT) Chuck Markulis Memorial 9-Ball Tournament on October 9-10, 2010. A day before that, October 8, Friday, there will be a 9-ball Mini Tournament, Challenge Matches against the top two best pool players in the world today, Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco. The most awaited […]
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The Socal Ladies 9-Ball Tour held their second event of the season over the weekend of September 1819 at Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, California. A field of twenty six ladies came out looking for their share of the $1600 in prize money. The biggest surprise on Saturday was the elimination of last event’s winner
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Hard Times Billiards in Sacramento, California will be hosting the 2010 3rd Annual Chuck Markulis Memorial Tournament on October 9-10. This will be the third straight year Hard Times Sacramento is hosting this memorial event, the two previous tours were successful and it gets bigger and bigger every year. This year should be more exciting
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Filipino cue artist Lee Van Corteza hacked out an 8-5 victory over American Rodney Morris in the finals to capture the Predator Sweet 16 title at SM North Edsa in Quezon City Tuesday night. The pride of Davao City, whose stint was supported by Kopico and Energen, came back from a 0-4 deficit by scoring
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“Chinoy”. This word is a combination of being a Chinese and Pinoy. Chris was born in the Philippines from Chinese parents. At first look, there’s no doubt he is a Chinese; but fellow Pinoys, beware of saying something in Tagalog behind his back because he can understand and speak the language fluently and maybe better
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It does not matter how much someone puts Mary down, she never gave up her fight. Long were the days when she could not afford to go and practice every other day…most of it on 10 x 5 snooker tables. Mary doesn’t ever want to stop improving. She knows that was only the beginning. Mary
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On Labor Day weekend, Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, CA, will host the First Annual TAD CUP 2010. Sponsored by J & J America, the winner of this Amateur Handicapped tournament will get a 4 Prong TAD Cue. It’s a $50.00 entry fee double elimination race to 5 on the winners side and a race
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Have you met a person bearing a name that sounds like a last name? Probably yes, but very rare, right? In the pool and billiard world, either you are in the Philippines or USA, that name sounds familiar to everybody. He is Santos Sambajon. Pool enthusiasts here in the US called him “The Saint”. Santos,
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Great pool and billiard players have one thing in common — they played the game at a very early age and grew up in billiard halls. Francisco Bustamante is no exception. He first picked up a cue when he was 12 years old and played every day in the billiard hall owned by his brother
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Jundel Mazon is aiming to compete in the longest-running U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships after his victory in the recent 2010 Guinness World Series of Pool 10-Ball Challenge held in Jakarta, Indonesia. He expressed gratitude to NBS President Jonathan Sy and Coach Christopher Palses for the opportunity, stating his commitment to making the most of it.
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