The Sky Ute Casino Resort in Ignacio, Colorado will host the WPBA September 16-20, 2009.

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe in conjunction with Sky Ute Casino Resort are pleased to announce that the Casino/Resort will be hosting the Women's Professional Billiards Association's Colorado Classic, taped to air October 18th, 2009 on ESPN. The competitive field will be made of 45 WPBA Exempt Professionals for 2009 with the remaining spots going to qualifiers and invited players.

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The much anticipated JBETpoker.net Women's World 10-Ball Championship takes place in Manila, Philippines at the SM Mall in North Edsa June 2-6. 48 women pros from around the world will vie for gold to become the Women's World 10-Ball Champion. ABS-CBN and ESPN Star Sports conglomerate will combine 20 hours of live coverage and 20 hours of taped matches.

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Ozone Billiards will be this year's lead sponsor as they present The 9th Annual Predator 10-Ball Championship with a world class field of 112 players at the Riviera Hotel & Casino May 11-16, 2009. Marquee players include World Cup Champion Rodney Morris of USA, French Champion Stefan Cohen, highest internationally ranked Indian player Raj Hundal, and top women's player Gerda Hofstatter of Austria. Ozone Billiards is also joined by Predator Cues, Simonis Cloth, Diamond Tables, Laser Rack, Uni-Loc, and the event host BCA Pool Leagues in this Dragon Promotions production.

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Poison Billiards, a division of the Predator Group, will be the Official Cue of the BCAPL National 8-Ball Championships. The event celebrates its 33rd year May 8-16, 2009 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The BCAPL National 8-Ball Championships will include 23 divisions in singles, teams and scotch doubles played on 220 tournament 7' Diamond Smart Tables, two tremendous pro events; the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters and the 9th Annual Predator International 10-Ball Championship. For more information about the BCAPL visit www.playbca.com

The Poison Cues Challenge Match Series will tour at two locations in the Chicago area featuring Francisco Bustamante, Charlie Williams, and 2008 P&B Player of the Year Mika Immonen. The first event on February 4, 2009 takes place at Pressure Billiards in Chicago, and then on February 7 at Palace Billiards in Villa Park. The three champions will entertain fans with trickshots, pool tips, challenges, and a finale with pro round robin matches. Dragon Promotions will produce this series of showdown matches sponsored by Poison Billiards.

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Recently CueSports International (CSI) announced the NCS 8-Ball Championship will be held at the gorgeous Golden Nugget in Las Vegas February 13-15, 2009. Based on the 64 player field, below is the breakdown of the payouts:

1st Place: $6000 (winner will represent the United States to the WPA 8-Ball Championship in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates April 5-11, 2009 with air, hotel and spending expenses plus cash balance, approximately $2500 - $3000)
2nd Place: $4800
3rd Place: $3700
4th Place: $2700
5th-6th Place: $2000
7th-8th Place: $1400
9th-12th Place: $900
13th-16th Place: $500
17th-24th Place: $300

For more details about the NCS 8-Ball Championship visit the CSI website or call the CSI office 702-719-7665 or you can email holly@cuesportsintl.com

The 3rd International Billiards Exhibition, GBE 2009, will take place in Guangzhou, China March 10-12, 2009. International Manager Eva Deng says that the Exhibition is "The largest and most famous billiard Exhibition in Asia." The show will take place at the China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex. The Billiard Exhibition is slated to be "the main section of the 6th China (Guangzhou) International Leisure Expo," commonly referred to as GILE2009.

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Matchroom Sport has announced that the captain of the American team at this year's PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup will be four-time event winner Nick Varner. Varner successfully captained America to Mosconi Cup victory, initially as a player and then as non-playing skipper in 2003, when he inspired a famous last day comeback to secure victory.

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Get your entry fees in ASAP (deadline is October 10th). Tournament is played on 7' Diamond Smart Tables and there are several divisions - men's open division, women's division, men's masters division, senior division, and a scotch doubles division.

Format will be 8-ball: Race to 7, triple elimination (masters) Race to 5, triple elimination (men, women, and senior) Race to 5, double elimination (scotch) Scotch play begins at 9 AM Friday Singles will start at 9AM Saturday

Entry Form: www.playbca.com

Deadline to Enter: Oct. 10th, NO ENTRY WILL BE TAKEN AFTER THE DEADLINE.

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The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that NINE junior players will represent the United States in the 2008 World-Pool Billiard Association (WPA) Junior World 9-Ball Championships, November 30th thru December 3rd in Reno, Nevada. The Billiard Congress of America (BCA), the North American member to the WPA, has made plans for the USPPA to host this prestigious event at the Sands Regency Hotel. Over fifty players from six continents and over twenty countries will compete for the world title in both male and female divisions. Junior players who earned an entry by virtue of their performance in the 2008 BEF Junior Nationals include:

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