Posted in UPA Tour on May 7th, 2008
Official US Pool Player Rankings Announced
Official United States of America Billiards Rankings Released
PHOENIX, AZ (May 6, 2008) - The United States Professional Poolplayers Association (UPA) has released the official and updated rankings for the United States men’s professional billiard scene to avoid any confusion as to which rankings are the accurate and [...]
Posted in UPA Tour on May 5th, 2008
United States Professional Poolplayers Association Takes Stand Against World-Pool Billiard Association
Press Release
PHOENIX, AZ (May 5, 2008) - The United States Professional Poolplayers Association (UPA) announced today that the organization and its players plan to take a stand against the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) effective immediately due to its meddling within [...]
Posted in UPA Tour on Apr 28th, 2008
Archer Earns Top Gun Honors
10-ball Desert Shootout / Tempe, AZ
by Skip Maloney
Veteran billiard player Johnny Archer struggled through some middle matches in the 10-ball Desert Shoot-Out but roared back in the double-elimination finals to defeat Mika “Iceman” Immonen twice and take home the $12,500 first prize.
Immonen got off the first shot in the hot [...]
Posted in UPA Tour on Apr 26th, 2008
Archer and Immonen to Meet at High Noon
10-ball Desert Shoot-Out / Tempe, AZ
By Skip Maloney
It’s only fitting that the last two winning billiards “cowboys” still standing in the 10-ball Desert Shoot-Out in Tempe, AZ, will meet in the desert at high noon on the tournament’s last day. Johnny Archer continued his blistering pace on [...]
Posted in UPA Tour on Apr 25th, 2008
UPA Desert Shoot-Out Down to Winners’ Final Eight
10-ball Desert Shoot-Out / Tempe, AZ
by Skip Maloney
As the sun set over the desert, the winners’-side bracket of the 10-ball Desert Shoot-Out in Tempe, AZ, was down to eight players. In five of the eight matches on Friday at Kolby’s Korner Pocket [...]
