All Entries in the "Pool & Billiards" Category
THE VIEW FROM ABOVE
Dominant after an early loss at the World 10-Ball Championship, Mika Immonen further distanced himself from the field as the greatest player on the planet. BY TED LERNER IN BILLIARDS DIGEST MAGAZINE
BANGING BALLS WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
BY TED LERNER
(Manila, Philippines)–When I walked into the One Side billiard hall in the Malate section of Manila on Tuesday night, I pretty much knew what to expect; a few hours of watching the best pool players in the world play money games in the finest “action” on earth. For sure what I most [...]
Liu Shasha is New Women’s World 9-Ball Champion!
-Jerry Forsyth, WPA Press Officer-
The pool world has a new World Champion and she is only 16 years old. Liu Shasha of China has defeated Karen Corr of Great Britain 9-5 to claim the title and set her career in motion in grand style.
When the last day of the Kappa 2009 Women’s World 9-Ball [...]
IS 10 BALL THE PERFECT GAME?
With the 2nd World 10 Ball Championship set for Nov. 25th-30th in Manila, it’s clear that the relatively new discipline has taken its place alongside older games like 8 ball and 9 ball. Some in the know even say 10 Ball may be the perfect billiard game. BY TED LERNER
GERMAN POOL LEGEND RALF SOUQUET COMING TO ANGELES CITY!
German pool legend, Ralf Souquet, the current WPA World Number one, and one of the greatest pool players of all time, will be making his first visit to Angeles City, Wednesday, November 18th. Ralf will be playing any all challengers at the Mirrors bar, inside the Clarkton Hotel.
Souquet boasts one of the most impressive resumes [...]
WOMEN’S WORLD 10 BALL FEATURE IN THIS MONTH’S BILLIARDS DIGEST
Tiny Rubilen Amit’s incredible victory in the first ever Women’s World 10-Ball Championship back in June surprised the pool world and put the friendly Filipina up there with the likes of Efren Reyes, Alex Pagulayan, and Ronnie Alcano. I covered the tournament for Billiards Digest magazine, the leading pool magazine in the US, and the feature story I wrote just came out in the August issue of the magazine. And now it’s yours to read, absolutely free.
WORKING CLASS HERO
When I wrote this feature for Manila’s Businessworld newspaper back in 1995, Efren “Bata” Reyes was considered by many at the time to be the best pool player ever. From tracking down the elusive great, to meeting and interviewing him, and to watching him perform his special magic, here in its entirety is one of the earliest accounts of the man whom many Filipinos considered then, and now, a walking, breathing Philippine folk legend.
INPUT DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUAL OUTPUT
World reknowned Dutch pool star Alex Lely’s rambling letters reveal a startling universal truth. What you put into an endeavor does not always equal that which comes out. Sometimes in life, you simply have to stop giving a rip. by TED LERNER
A BEER, A DATE, A BET AND THE ‘AMERICAN’ GAME OF POOL
In a seedy provincial Philippine town reminiscent of the American Wild West, the American game of pool took hold, thanks to a giant American Air Force base next door, GI’s with plenty of idle time and a local hero who became the greatest player to ever hold a cue stick. –by TED LERNER
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- Finally found some moments to upload some new content here on tedlerner.com, all of which you can check out as it spins up and down in the features section just above. I was lucky enough to be ringside doing the tv commentary for the Brian Viloria-Carlos Tamara world title fight here in Manila Jan.23rd and I've found some youtube video of the incredible last two rounds. Mika Immonen's awesome run to the World 10-Ball Championship in Manila is captured in my feature article in the Jan, 2010 issue of Billiards Digest magazine. And Saipan based author Joe Race is back with a tale of the Trung Sisters of Vietnam. Now these are some serious sisters I'd like to meet! Thanks Joe!--Ted aka "Hey,Joe"
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