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Archive for March, 2010

Here’s news for you. For the third time, Turkey team won the World Team Three Cushion Championship that was held at Festhalle Viersen in Viersen, Germany last February. With Adnan Yüksel and Murat Naci Coklu, Turkey won the finals with the 2-0 score over Daniel Sánchez and Ruben Legazpi of Spain. Of all 21 competing countries, two teams tied for the third place which is the Netherlands and South Korea. For the record, Turkey already won the 2003 and 2004 title while the five-time defending champion Sweden lost to Spain in the quarterfinals. The team that got the highest general average of 1.82 is Netherlands. For the players, it is Dick Jaspers of the Netherlands team that got the highest general average of 2.253 while Yüksel had a 2.812 to top the single game averages as well as Colombia’s Carlos Campino had the highest run with 15. Will Turkey be undefeated next year? What do you think?

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Some were quite disappointed with the long wait for the pool player Danny Diliberto to be inducted to the BCA Hall of Fame. Aside from playing the game for more than five decades, Diliberto already won major championships in every pool discipline as well as in the One Pocket Hall of Fame. Diliberto, who is also in the Boxing Hall of Fame, has 14.1 continuous straight pools as his strongest game with one pocket a close second. Diliberto showed vast of knowledge as a popular commentator for Accu-Stats while sharing some fun war stories. He also has a released book entitled Road Player that tackles about recounting pool and gambling stories and now available at selected book dealers like Bebob Publishing and Accu-Stats. He is also busy nowadays travelling around the world where he usually shares his knowledge through lessons. One good example is when Diliberto was thanked by a French player for winning a major European straight pool title.

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Not just people and other living things can be abused. If you look into the history of some famous sports you can encounter drastic acts done on some precious game equipment. Take the pool cue as an example. During the Mosconi Cup, a pool cue was smashed either due to frustration, innate bad behavior or burst of emotions by Earl Strickland. This happened just recently but not that unique at all. A similar incident happened in 1945 where famous Ralph Greenleaf broke his pool cue during a match-up with Mosconi. It was also Greenleaf’s last world championship challenge of Mosconi. Some also made the pool cue like a spear during a tournament. If there is anything good with what happened is that most people went curious over the game and watched the game over and over again. The Strickland incident was viewed for about 200,000 times through the internet. What is your opinion about this?

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If you think that the male population dominated the sports world then wait for few more years because the female would not stop showcasing their talents and skills even in billiards. An emerging professional pool player that shows extreme focus and passion on the game, that is Emily Duddy. Duddy, who is originally from Los Angeles, competed in the 2010 WPBA Regional Tour Championships at Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, California. This game is designed to give women aspirants a chance to have a spot on the WPBA women’s professional tour where big names like “The Duchess of Doom” Allison Fisher, Ga-Young Kim, Kelly Fisher, and “The Black Widow” Jeanette Lee were famous for. As supported by her friends and family, Duddy had her first pro event at the WPBA San Diego Classic against New York player Liz Ford with a hill-hill win. Even if Duddy has lots of things ahead in terms of experience and time, she shows well-equipped package to go on with the said journey as she is part of the team “Kiss of Death” who won the 2009 Open BCAPL Team 8-Ball Championships.

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Do you think that in any way that gambling can be good? If yes, can you cite some examples while setting for saying that the ends does not justify the means? Gambling nowadays is highly associated with pool games and has negative effects with the said sport because it limits the audience and turns off potential sponsors. As presented mostly in the movies and television programs, most bad people could be found playing pools, saying nasty words and even end up creating a commotion. Why can we do something about it in the real world? Aside from that, gambling undermines pool’s great tournaments and limits sponsor money because of much controversy and risks. Gambling by top players also encourages others especially fans to do the same and even beyond their limits like hustling, sandbagging and crimes. This kind of illegal action also promotes cheating that degenerate character of the player because of fast bucks. Of course, in case of emergencies people are highly tempted with high generating sports even if it means doing some dirty jobs. Maybe the answer to this query is to set a good example in ourselves as well as those famous personalities that can possibly influence the most of the people. Let’s hope that next time we can watch movies where billiards means sportsmanship, honesty and good character.

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Billiards can be a fun way to enjoy family time with your children that can be perfectly attained if you have a pool table inside the house. If you have a big house and you can allot a space or a room for this purpose then you will have no problem at all. You can even purchase a cheap billiard table made especially for children so that they could enjoy the game while the adults do the same. This fun indoor game could be a good family sport that is really entertaining while having some quality time bonding with relatives. You can also ask your close friends to hang out in your house and you can set men against women pool games. The consequence for each loss can vary from funny dares to revealing secrets. You can also have a pool game during family reunions where siblings can go against each other. During boys’ night outs, all you need are just few drinks and the fun can continue. You can also have fun all by yourself while practicing for a competition.

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It could be a dream came true for someone to have his own billiards room in the house especially if he is a sporty fan of game that enjoys entertainment as well. But setting an entertaining billiard room is not an easy task at all. You should not settle for anything less especially the quality of every essential piece just to have it done. The idea is to have enough space to fit the billiards table where you and others can freely move around during the game while creating the perfect atmosphere for the game itself and its accessories. This grand luxury can utilize an old dining room or large basement area to set your pool table as a distinct artistic masterpiece that will just need some lighting, paints and furnishings. You can have lots of choices for designs like billiard prints, neon signs and even mini-refrigerator so that everyone can be impressed.

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Developed in 2005 by PixelStorm, the software game Bankshot Billiards offers choices such as Euro 8 Ball, 8 Ball, 9 Ball, 3 Ball, Cutthroat, 14.1 Continuous, Time Trial and Golf that can be played by anyone. Aside from multi-player game, this entertaining game has good graphics and friendly controls. This game of bankshot billiards utilizes the property of the bank to bounce back the contact ball and even changes its trajectory.

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In basic terms, this article would like to give you an insight on how the two famous games in a playing table differ. First and foremost, billiard table has larger holes that complement its larger balls in comparison with snooker table. Moreover, the billiards balls have numbers on it. Aside from that, billiard game aims that one player win over the other by shooting his set of target balls earlier than the opponent while with the snooker game the idea is to get a higher point at the end of the game by shooting the colored balls with higher value more often than the other. The rules for both games also have lots of differences like on potting and replacing the target balls after every shot that is evident on a snooker game. With regards to ball types, billiards has white, yellow and red while snooker has 15 red balls, a cue ball and 6 colored balls.

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If you want to practice trick shots, you need to do the exact shot on the same exact billiard ball configuration to perfect your technique while analyzing how the shot works. To be able to do this, you need to setup and position both the object balls and the cue ball by tracking the balls’ alignment even in clusters. You can use the center-to-center lines of two balls or the tangent line between two balls as well as having these as reference points on the table. You can also make a diamond intersection or ½ diamond increments to make smaller adjustments. Lastly, you can tap the balls gently into place that will create a small divot in the cloth that you can find later because the balls are frozen. Having the shot videotaped can also help you analyze the missed shots.

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