Francisco “Django” Bustamante, the World 9-Ball Champion who was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame has added the 2012 Derby City Classic Fatboy 10-Ball Challenge held at the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Elizabeth, Indiana, to his list of triumphs. Bustamante, who together with bosom buddy Efren Reyes forms the one-two punch of pool [...]

    Feijen brings it home for Europe   Europe 11– 7 USA     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 Feijen, in his seventh Mosconi Cup, who downed the winning 9 ball which [...]

      Europe 4 – 1 USA       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 the MGM Grand.   Aside from Archer and Putnam’s solid show in the first [...]

Efren “Bata” Reyes and inaugural World Women’s 10-ball champion Rubilen Amit teamed up to win their second World Mixed Doubles Championship at the Liberation Shopping Center in Hangzhou, China Friday night. Reyes who is 54 still had some magic still left in him and together with Amit  who has played steady pool all throughout the [...]

ON TOP OF THE WORLD THE PHILIPPINES DENNIS ORCULLO IS THE 2011 WPA PLAYER OF THE YEAR TV host, pool commentator and boxing writer Ted Lerner reports that Dennis Orcullo, who once upon a time was an itinerant fisherman in a remote and poor part of the Philippines, has now reached the pinnacle of the pool [...]

JEANNETTE LEE, JOHNNY ARCHER LEAD US CHALLENGE IN WORLD MIXED DOUBLES POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS/Ronnie Nathanielsz  . Veteran Johnny Archer and the stunningly attractive  Jeanette Lee will team up for the very first time to go against the world’s best teams at the Taobao World Mixed Doubles Championships which opens on November 30.today .  The two legendary players will be [...]

    —       Van den Berg: “They’re weaker than last year; we’re stronger”   HOLLAND’S NICK van den Berg believes the European Mosconi Cup team is stronger than ever, while the American side is getting weaker. That was the Dutchman’s candid assessment of the respective sides, and he is confident of victory [...]

Players from the first World Mixed Doubles This event offers a unique drama to fans and players alike Reyes & Amit are the Champs Efren “Bata” Reyes and Rubilen Amit will defend their World Mixed Doubles title in Hangzhou, China in the 2ndAnnual Championships in Guangzho, China beginning on November 30 Dragon Promotions which has [...]

        CHARLIE WILLIAMS will captain the USA team at the 18th annual PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup which takes place at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from 8th to 11th December.   It will be Williams’ debut as a captain although he has played in the event five times (2001-2005) [...]

(Story courtesy of Charlie Williams) Newly crowned World Champ Kelly Fisher is congratulated by Yalin President Eric Ding pics by Karis Ren of wwwmy147.com and Li Xiaolong of www.top147.com Manila, Philippines- Great Britain’s Kelly Fisher accomplished her life goal of becoming the World Champion in pool. Fisher maintained her undefeated run in Manila to race [...]