PoolDawg Billiards Blog

Just a quick note to let everyone know that PoolDawg’s offices will be closed on 7/2 and 7/3 in observation of the holiday weekend.  Any orders placed after 1PM MST on 7/1 will not be shipped out until Monday.

Have a fun, safe and happy 4th of July weekend everyone!

As many of you know, rumors have been swirling around that the BCA Leagues will be banning phenolic tips.  We received a message from a BCA referee explaining the following about the new rule:

“The cue tip on break cues must be made of leather with no non-leather materials added to the contacting surface.”

Apparently this rule does not apply to jump cues, as it looks like the BCA Leagues are only banning the use of phenolic tips on breaking cues, so if you own a Predator Air or any other jump cue with a phenolic tip, you can continue to use those in league play.  Break cues like the crazy popular 27oz Heavy Breaker though, are now officially against the rules.

Anne over at the WPBA just let me know that the seeding is up for the WPBA satellite event at Borderline Billiards.

1. Kelly Fisher
2. Karen Corr
3. Monica Webb
4. Allison Fisher
5. Gerda Hofstatter
6. Sarah Rousey
7. Kim Shaw
8. Melissa Herndon
9. Julie Kelly
10. Tiffany Nelson-Crain
11. Line Kjorsvik
12. Ewa Laurance
13. Belinda Calhoun
14. Sueyen Rhee
15. Liz Ford
16. Megan Smith

The seeding is based on 2008’s end of year WPBA rankings. If you haven’t done so already, be sure to register for our free pick’em game. Also, don’t forget that we’ll have the live stream of this WPBA event all the way though the finals along with the WPBA and AZ Billiards.

We’ll be officially announcing this tomorrow, but our blog readers get to hear it first.  Since the turnout was so strong for the first WPBA pick’em event, we’ve decided to do another one before the WPBA US Open.  With that, we’re pleased to announce that PoolDawg’s WPBA at Borderline Pick’em is now open!

For those who haven’t heard, the WPBA is putting on a satellite event which is open to WPBA players as well as regional players who haven’t made it on the tour yet.  This event will be held July 10th through July 12th at Borderline Billiards in Bristol Tenessee.  In addition to WPBA regulars like Allison Fisher, Kelly Fisher, Gerda Hofstatter, Karen Corr and Frank’s favorite temporary handler Sarah Rousey, you’ll also see the likes of up and comers like Rachel Eliazar, Briana Miller and most of the team that won the 2009 BCA Team Championships including Gail Glazebrook, Borana Andoni, Emily Duddy and Olga Gashkova.

Same rules as before.  You pick who you think will finish in the Top 8.  Points are awarded starting at 160 points for first place, 150 for second place all the way down to 10 points for 16th place.  The picker with the most points wins.  Just like last time, we’ll be giving out gift certificates to the Top 5 pickers:

1st Place: $100 PoolDawg Gift Certificate
2nd Place: $50 PoolDawg Gift Certificate
3rd Place: $25 PoolDawg Gift Certificate
4th Place: $10 PoolDawg Gift Certificate
5th Place: $10 PoolDawg Gift Certificate

Picks have to be in by midnight on 7/9/09.  The game is now open, so head over and make your picks.  If you played last time, just log in with your existing credentials and pick away.

PoolDawg’s WPBA at Borderline Pick’em

First off, thank you to the hundreds of people who participated in the first ever WPBA Pick’em game.  The points have been tabulated and here are your winners:

First Place: Raymond Blanton, Clover, SC
Second Place: Charles Griffith, Fort Meyers, FL
Third Place: Al Javier, Savannah, GA
Fourth Place: John Budz, Tinley Park, IL
Fifth Place: Deb Coulter, Summersville, WV

Gift certificates have been sent to each of the winners, so if you’re on the list, check your email and claim your prize!  As for the next event, we were going to wait until the WPBA US Open, but we decided to do another pick’em for the WPBA Borderline Billiards satellite event.

More details to follow, so stay tuned…