BY LUKE RICHES (Las Vegas)--EUROPE has successfully defended the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup following a convincing 11-7 victory over the USA at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It was Holland's Niels...
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ON THE EDGE OF GLORY
BY LUKE RICHES (Las Vegas)--TEAM EUROPE is now one match away from retaining the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup after a one-sided blitz on the American team in front of a standing room only crowd at the...
LAYING DOWN THE GAUNLET
BY LUKE RICHES (Las Vegas)--AFTER the first day's play at the 2011 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup, Team Europe holds a commanding 4-1 lead as they cashed in on some tentative play from the Americans at...
A YEAR TO REMEMBER
Chen Siming, the 17 year old pool prodigy from China, has been named the World Pool and Billiard Association(WPA) women's player of the year for 2011. Chen won the WPA's top individual honor by...
BI-G THING IN A SMALL PACKAGE
BY TED LERNER PHOTOS COURTESY OF MY147.COM (Shenyang, China)-- Bi Zhu Qing stands no more than 4'11". But Sunday night in Shenyang, this tiny woman became a giant of women's pool and a sporting hero...
THUMBS UP FOR THE HOME TEAM
BY TED LERNER PHOTOS COURTEY OF MY147.COM (Shenyang, China)--The semi-final cast is set at the 2011 Women's World 9-ball Championship in Shenyang, and, in what is essentially a shot across the bow...
THE PRODIGY VS. THE UPSTART
BY TED LERNER PHOTOS COURTESY OF MY147.COM (Shenyang, China)--Bi Zhu-Qing, a 23 year old relative unknown from Beijing, spoiled what was supposed to be a showdown between the two best players in the...
THE QUEEN IS BACK
BY TED LERNER (Shenyang, China)--Riding an unstoppable wave that she helped create, Chinese superstar Pan Xiaoting moved into the quarterfinals of the 2011 Women's World 9-ball Championship today,...
PHILIPPINES-B WALTZ INTO QUARTER FINALS
BY LUKE RICHES (MANILA)--TWO-TIME PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool winners Philippines B - Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante - comfortably progressed to the last eight of this year's competition...
ASIAN INVASION!
BY TED LERNER Photos by Alison Chang for the WPA (Shenyang, China)--Monica Webb and Brittany Bryant must be wondering just what they've gotten themselves into. Sure, the two talented players are...
DOOMSDAY FOR THE DUCHESS
BY TED LERNER IN SHENYANG, CHINA Photos by Alison Chang September 22nd, 2011 will be a day Allison Fisher would love to soon forget. Fisher, one of the greatest women players of all time and a four...
AN UPHILL CLIMB TO THE TOP
BY TED LERNER Photos by Alison Chang (Shenyang, China)--For some pool players, like defending champion Fu Xiaofang of China, Austria's Jasmin Ouschan, and Korea's Ga Young Kim, the only satisfaction...