Diamond Billiards Products Announces No Excuse Program

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Diamond Billiards Products Announces No Excuse Program
Diamond Billiard Products has announced the No Excuse Program, a plan to get Smart Tables into locations across the country. The program was developed to increase saturation of the Smart Table into the market by offering financing for bar and poolroom owners, vendors, and operators.

“We have special financing plans for vendor/operators, bar/room owner, and league operators”, said Brian Miller Director of Sales of Diamond Billiard Products, Inc..
“There is no excuse for not playing on good equipment. Our first priority is to work through vendor/operators, as they are currently set up to work with the locations that have pool tables installed for league play. The next priority is the bar/tavern owner where the tables are being placed. If neither the vendor/operators nor bar/tavern owners are interested, then we will work with the amateur pool league operators (any league) to place tables in suitable locations.”
To learn about the details of this exciting new program:
Contact Diamond Billiard Products at (812)288-7665.

Abraham Takes First Billiard Tour Win

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Abraham Takes First Billiard Tour Win

Blaze 9-Ball Tour / Parsippany, NJ
by Rick Davis
The fourteenth stop of the Blaze 9-Ball Tour visited Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ, May 27, where David Abraham bested the 33-player field to take his first tour win of the season.
Abraham tore through the winners’ side, where he only once gave up more than two racks during his four-match winning streak that put him in the hot seat match. Playing just as well and dominating the other half of the chart was Mark Vidal, who also took four strong wins to reach the hot seat match. Fighting tooth and nail, Abraham just managed to take a lead over Vidal, propelling him to the 7-5 win.
On the one-loss side Bucky Souvanthong was working on a comeback. Souvanthong ousted Joey Kong in the quarterfinals then proceeded to eliminate Vidal, who had sent Souvanthong west several rounds earlier 6-3 in the semifinals, for the right to face Abraham.
In the finals Abraham was on top of things from the start, and before long he had run away with the match, defeating Souvanthong 7-2 and cementing his first title.
Results:
1st David Abraham
2nd Bucky Souvanthong
3rd Mark Vidal
4th Joey Kong

BCAPL Announces New Rule Book

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BCAPL Announces New Rule Book
The BCA Pool League (BCAPL) today announced the creation of a new rule book designed exclusively for BCAPL play. Over one year in the making, The Official Rules of the BCA Pool League becomes effective October 1, 2007. At that time, BCAPL play will be governed by the BCAPL Official Rules.
According to Mark Griffin, The BCAPL believes the time is right for the introduction of its own set of rules. We feel our loyal and valued members deserve a single, easy to understand document covering all aspects of BCAPL play. Our new book will ensure consistent application of the rules regardless of whether you play in a local, state, regional or national event.

The driving force behind the project was the BCAPL’s observation that the recent development of billiards rules has not been very user-friendly to its players. Rule changes, wording changes, and vague statements were frequently confusing, incomplete, or contradictory. Rule interpretations by various governing bodies were not always made available in print. The upcoming BCAPL publication eliminates those problems by providing you with the most complete and carefully written set of rules the industry has ever seen.

As for the game we all love, don’t worry! We didn’t change the game – we just made it clearer to understand and easier for you to play. In fact, there are only a few changes to the games you’ve been playing for years.

Our mission has and always will be to serve our membership and give them the most enjoyable playing experience possible. This is just another step in that direction. Thank you all for your support.
The Official Rules of the BCA Pool League will be available on September 1, 2007.

Mark Griffin Bill Stock
CEO Rules Administrator
Director of Referees

Ewa Laurance to appear on National Bingo Night

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Ewa Laurance to appear on National Bingo Night

World Billiard Champion Ewa Mataya Laurance, The Striking Viking, appears on ABC this Friday night June 1, 2007 at 9:00 PM EST, on ABC’s popular new game show, National Bingo Night.

As one of the winningest players on Tour, Ewa is a member of the BCA Hall of Fame and has won every major event the sport has to offer, including European, US and World titles.

Ewa is one of the most entertaining people in the sport and has had numerous appearances on other national shows, including Late night with David Letterman, LIVE with Regis and Kelly, The Best Damned Sports Show, Period, Current Affair, The Montel Williams show, CBS Morning Show, and The Today Show. Ewa also provides color commentary for ESPN’s billiard programming, and has co-hosted GSN’s Ballbreakers.

Ewa will be performing some of her trick shots while trying to help contestants win cash and prices.

For more information on Ewa, log on to http://www.strikingviking.com/ (http://www.strikingviking.com/)

Van Boening Crushes World 10-Ball Championships

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Van Boening Crushes World 10-Ball Championships

Predator 10-Ball Championships / Jacksonville, FL
by Rick Davis
After the 96-player field of the Predator World 10-Ball Championships shrunk to a mere 16 billiards players, the field was shuffled into a new single-elimination board where those who remained continued to battle for the title and payout.
Taking into account matches won, then games won, and finally games lost, the top 16 took shape with recent EnjoyPool.com 9-Ball Championships winner Dennis Orcollo at the number-one seed. Orcollo eliminated the number-one-ranked Japanese player, Naruki Oi, 11-8, then slipped past Atlanta’s Steve Moore 11-5 to face Shane Van Boening in the top four. The other final pairing included Cliff Joyner, who iced Danny Harriman 11-4 and Manual Gama double-hill, and Alex Pagulayan, who survived a stacked lower half of the board, knocking out Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer 11-7 and Francisco Bustamante in another double-hill showdown.
After Van Boening and Orcollo had met just a week previously in the EnjoyPool.com finals with a complete whitewashing by Orcollo it was clear Van Boening was out for redemption. With an 11-9 score he achieved that soon enough and earned a spot in the finals, where he faced Joyner thanks to yet another double-hill win, this time over Pagulayan. With only one match remaining Van Boening wasted no time defeating Joyner 13-11, and after the dust settled he was declared the Predator 10-Ball Championship champion.
Results:
1st Shane Van Boening
2nd Cliff Joyner
3rd Dennis Orcollo
Alex Pagulayan
5th Steve Moore
Warren Kiamco
Manual Gama
Francisco Bustamante