WPBA.com has launched its new facelift this week. Fans are invited to follow all of the action at the WPBA Atlanta Classic on WPBA.com. The live stream can be found at www.wpba.com/tournaments/2010-atlanta-classic and will kick off with a behind the scenes look at the Classic Tour with a Membership Drive Telethon which will feature player interviews, tips, and a live stream of the players meeting for the Atlanta Classic.

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Mike Sigel. Photo by David Thomson mediumpool.com

Accu-Stats presents World Champion Mike "Captain Hook" Sigel vs. NYC Grind's Jerry Tarantola in a 14.1 Player Review®, 125 Point Straight Pool Match, Monday Night, 9/27/10, 8:00PM EDT.

Sigel is back…and taking no prisoners!

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The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) today announced it has finalized an unprecedented national partnership with Coca-Cola that provides pool room members of the association with national account pricing on the Coca-Cola family of products.  In addition to preferred pricing, members of the Billiard Congress of America committing to exclusively pour Coca-Cola product receive free state-of-the-art equipment, national promotions and business building support. 

"We are thrilled that the recognized global leader in the beverage industry has committed to being the 'Official Soft Drink of Billiards,'" said Billiard Congress of America CEO Rob Johnson.  "A partnership with Coca-Cola enables the Billiard Congress of America to better fulfill our mission of 'enhancing the success of our members and promoting the game of billiards.'  Pool room operators will realize bottom-line savings and outstanding support and partnership from Coca-Cola, while the entire industry is going to benefit from Coca-Cola's commitment to promoting the game of billiards."

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Efren Reyes is now the official Champion of the 10th Annual Predator International Championship.  Young gun Gomez took over the match early leading 5-1 and later 7-4, but could not keep Reyes from the title.

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Reyes and Alcano being interviewed by sports announcer Anthony Suntay

Manila, Philippines –  Efren Reyes will be having a longer haul to make it to the finals as Ronnie Alcano detoured him to the loser's side in the double elimination format. The former World Champion Reyes started off strong in the match with a 2-0 lead, but then saw it dwindle as Reyes made several unforced errors.

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Manila, Philippines –  Reigning World 9-Ball Champion Francisco "Django" Bustamante (pictured) fell to fellow top Filipino Roberto "Superman" Gomez 8-5 tonight. In a field full of both Filipino and foreign international talent, Bustamante knew this was not going to be an easy tournament to win. The Predator International Championship is taking place now at SM Mall North Edsa September 15-18, 2010 all this week.

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An amateur 9-Ball tournament will be held this fall concurrently with the famed U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship. CueSports International (CSI), one of the largest creators of pool events in North America, is introducing the BCAPL Chesapeake 9-Ball Challenge at the Norfolk Marriott Chesapeake in Chesapeake, Virginia on October 20-23, 2010.

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CHINA, represented by Fu Jianbo and Li Hewen (pictured), won their second PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool crown as they dismantled the Philippines by a 10-5 scoreline and silenced a huge home crowd at the Robinsons Place Mall in Manila. It was the second time that the deadly Chinese duo have now lifted this prestigious crown – they beat Finland in a hill-hill thriller in Rotterdam in 2007 – and they never let up from the opening rack as the home team felt the pressure and never really got going.

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Day 3 and it was Holland – Niels Feijen and Huidji See – who negotiated a potentially tricky match up with Austria, represented by Jasmin Ouschan and 17 year-old Mario He, to run out 8-3 winners. “I was a little nervous but Huidji played well and we both broke well,” said Feijen. “We have to step up our game but we’re playing good and have got a lot of potential. This was Huidji’s first ever match on television and he handled it very well. We just have to play solid, we’re breaking good and I like that and if you we get more relaxed we could go on a run.”

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Another action-packed day of pool at Robinsons Place, Manila, the 2010 PartyPoker.netWorld Cup of Pool reconvened at midday Wednesday and it was England and France who made their way through to the next round in a couple of low-calibre matches.

England looked on the brink of defeat as they finally laboured to victory, 8-7 over minnows Qatar. Sporting World Champions, Daryl Peach and Karl Boyes never looked comfortable at any stage as they struggled to settle and find a rhythm.

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