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Some New Video Releases – MMTV 15

February 6, 2012 / The_Teach / No comments

Last week we released all 23 videos from the Money Match TV 15 event in Wakefield. This featured players such as Craig Dixon, Mike Gibney and Mark Lunn all playing in head-to-head matches in a race-to-rack winner breaks format.

The direct video links are listed below:

Elliott Sanderson v Alex McElhatton
Sanderson v McElhatton – Part 1 of 8
Sanderson v McElhatton – Part 2 of 8
Sanderson v McElhatton – Part 3 of 8
Sanderson v McElhatton – Part 4 of 8
Sanderson v McElhatton – Part 5 of 8
Sanderson v McElhatton – Part 6 of 8
Sanderson v McElhatton – Part 7 of 8
Sanderson v McElhatton – Part 8 of 8

Mark Lunn v Daz Cooper
Lunn v Cooper – Part 1 of 8
Lunn v Cooper – Part 2 of 8
Lunn v Cooper – Part 3 of 8
Lunn v Cooper – Part 4 of 8
Lunn v Cooper – Part 5 of 8
Lunn v Cooper – Part 6 of 8
Lunn v Cooper – Part 7 of 8
Lunn v Cooper – Part 8 of 8

Mike Gibney v Craig Dixon
Gibney v Dixon – Part 1 of 7
Gibney v Dixon – Part 2 of 7
Gibney v Dixon – Part 3 of 7
Gibney v Dixon – Part 4 of 7
Gibney v Dixon – Part 5 of 7
Gibney v Dixon – Part 6 of 7
Gibney v Dixon – Part 7 of 7

The edit from MMTV 16 will be started this week so expect content from this event by the weekend.

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6 Great Places to Watch Live Pool (When we’re not streaming)

January 24, 2012 / The_Teach / No comments

There are a number of great people out on the web providing some really good quality live streaming, you may have seen some of them but I hope that some are new to you. However, you are only allowed to watch them when Cuesport TV are not live streaming!

I have not ranked them in order of preference, the list is simply there to make it easier to read:

  1. InsidePool.TV – probably the best pool/billiards magazine on the market, they have been involved with live streaming for a number of years now, they make use of both the Youtube and UStream platforms which makes access very easy.
  2. TheActionReport – They have been doing this since 2007 (about the same amount of time as us!) and the quality has just got better and better over the years, expect multiple camera angles, live commentary, interviews and also a live podcast now as well. Probably the one website that most ‘streamers’ aspire to.
  3. Pool Action TV – Operated by Ray ‘BigTruck’ Hansen PoolActionTV have done a number of differing productions over the last 2 years. Along with regular coverage of Pro/Am events they have also covered the Ultimate 10-Ball Championships and a number of money matches.
  4. OTBNTV -On The Break News operate a number of smaller pool magazines and also got invloved with the live streaming of tournaments from their area a while back. Again utilising the Ustream platform to provide live and VOD coverage.
  5. MaxLeePool – It is great to see someone else trying to push the UK game forward and this site provides live streaming as well as a tour that they operate up in Scotland, great if you are a fan of Blackball or the UK 8-Ball game.
  6. OnTheRail TV – Established in 2008 (07/08 almost seems to be the birth of live streamed pool!) they create high quality match-ups and stream pro-am tournaments from the Arizona region of the US. Many top names have featured including Efren Reyes, Earl Strickland and Darren Appleton with One Pocket seeming to be a speciality.

This is just a small list of live streaming resources, please send me links to other live streaming websites/companies/profiles on the web and I will try and update this list over time. If I have made any glaring errors then please let me know.

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UK Pool Blog Writers

October 14, 2011 / The_Teach / No comments

The web is full of great content and there are some really good blogs and websites that cover snooker and the US disciplines of pool. The one thing I can never find is a blog dedicated to the UK game of pool. By this I mean World Rules or Blackball.

Does anyone know of any out on the web?

Whilst I am writing this post I came across an article written by the Dilbert Cartoon creator Scott Adams on his blog. (I will also mention that I found it via Fast Mikie’s: Diary of a Pool Shooter Blog – worth a read).

The articles focus is on that of winning and in his post Scott Adams made a very massive point about how we become winners, and this is not just in pool, it could be applied to any part of life in general, or at least where success is required.

Scott Adam’s Writes, “winning happens before the game starts” – You can find the whole article here and it is a short but interesting read.

It is along the old adage that ‘Practice makes perfect’ and I believe that planning, practice and time spent on a task will make significant improvement. Those players that are at the top of the game in snooker, 8-ball or 9-ball are there because they have put in the hours and dedication to the task. And with the right workload the majority of people could get somewhere close.

Your thoughts?

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Match Video Downloads Now Available

August 2, 2010 / The_Teach / No comments

Ever since we launched Cuesport TV back in 2008 we have been talking about a suitable way to make videos available for download in a cost-effective way.

That time has now arrived! From today selected content from Cuesport TV will be available to download on a paid service.

At the moment we are looking at around £2.49 ($3.99 approx) to download an entire match to your hard drive.

Longer videos like money matches will command a higher fee as storage and delivery costs are increased.

As fans of the site you are going to have to tell us what videos you want to download. Only selected content will be available at any one time and certain videos may only be available for limited periods.

The downloaded file comes as a ZIP file, within the compressed zip the actual WMV videos files will be contained that you can play back on your PC or Laptop.  MAC users will need to download VLC media player or Windows Media PLayer 9 for MAC. VLC is a great player and plays almost any video file thrown at it!

With your purchase you get 48 hours access to download the video files. Once on your computer they last for as long as you want them to.

Payment can be made with credit or debit card but you will need to login in order to purchase.

Currently available in the download store:

Craig Marsh v Kristie Caulfield – EBA Masters Final 2010

Tony Drago V Jayson Shaw – GB9 British Grand Prix 2009 – HD

Chris Melling v James Kay – GB9 British Grand Prix 2009 – HD

We need your help to make this a success, please download the videos this will help towards keeping live and on-demand video free. If you want to see a certain match/video available then please drop us an email or comment on this blog.

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Predator International 10-ball Well Underway

May 15, 2009 / The_Teach / One comment

The 9th Annual Predator International 10-ball Pool championships, being held at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, is well underway.

The event won by Tony Drago in 2008 is a favourite amongst pool players and has once again attracted a very high quality field of international pool playing stars.

The tournament is split into two sections the double elimination concluded last night and play will resume today from the Last 32 single elimination stage. The defending champion is through on the winners side and is joined by a whole host of British players, including Darren Appleton, recent winner of the World Pool Masters.

The last 32 Draw is as follows (British players in Bold):

  • Gomez (PHI) v Williams (USA)
  • Schmidt (USA) v Alcaide (SPA)
  • Drago (MAL) v Orcollo (PHI)
  • Folan (GBR) v Luat (PHI)
  • Deuel (USA) v Peach (GBR)
  • Majid (GBR) v Hohmann (GER)
  • Van den Berg (HOL) v Morris (USA)
  • Kiamco (PHI) v Takenaka (JAP)
  • Immonen (FIN) v Ortmann (GER)
  • Moore (USA) v Souquet (GER)
  • Putnam (USA) v A. Fisher (GBR)
  • Gama (POR) v Archer (USA)
  • Boyes (GBR) v Ouschan (AUT)
  • Robles (USA) v Cha (KOR)
  • Appleton (GBR) v Dominguez (USA)
  • Pagaluyan (PHI) v Facquet (FRA)

One interesting point to make is that three female players have made it through on the losers side to qualify for the knockout stages. Britain’s Alison Fisher, Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan and Korea’s Yu Ram Cha.

Updates over the weekend.

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Forthomme and Jaspers Reach the Semi Finals

March 13, 2009 / The_Teach / One comment

World number 7 Roland Forthomme has reached the semi-finals of the AGIPI Billiard Masters after a tough and tense encounter with Jeremy Bury of France.

The Belgian carom star booked his place in the last four with a a very close 50-49 victory in a match that created a high run of 9 points and an average of 1.52. The biggest part was that both players were tied at 46-46 and it seemed to take an age before another point was scored, both players feeling the pressure of the occasion and the will to get over the line.

Joining Forthomme in the semi-finals is World Number 1 Dick Jaspers of Holland. He came through his match against Eddy Merckx 50-44 in a match that also had a 9 point high run and a slightly higher average of 1.92 from Jaspers.

Today see’s the second two 1/4 finals being shown live on Eurosport 2 from 17:00 UK time.

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John Brumback Wins All-Around Title

February 3, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

The Winner of the DCC Banks event, John Brumback did just enough to win the $20,000 Master of the table title as well.

Rather than me regurgitate what has already been said read the great article below on Billiard Pulse:

John Brumback is Master of the Table in 2009 Derby City Classic

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Derby City Classic Underway

January 29, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

I have just had 6 days without access to the Internet thanks to Talk Talk, however I am now back and available.

Most of you that are in the know will realise that the 11th Annual Derby City Classic is underway in Elizabeth, Indiana (yes I know it’s not Kentucky, but the venue has changed to facilitate a larger tournament).

The annual ‘Hustlers Convention’ – a phrase I have blatantly stolen from Mika Immonen’s Blog – features tournaments in 9-ball, One Pocket and Bank Pool with every notable pro and road player converging on the hotel for 10 days of action.

This year you can watch live action from two sources:

The Action Report are streaming from the TAR Pit, with challenges and money-match ups. Some days are free others are PPV.

Likewise Accu-stats will be producing and streaming coverage of the main event, this is only available on PPV.

I have put the Action Report stream embedded below:

Live streaming video by Ustream

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Live 9-ball Pool Courtesy of AZBTV

December 12, 2008 / The_Teach / No comments

Our friends over at AZBilliards are offering a free live web stream of the 2008 Reno Open 9-ball Tournament this week. The stream is available below:


Watch live video from azbtv on Justin.tv

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Majid’s Majestic Run Comes to an End!

September 1, 2008 / The_Teach / No comments

Imran Majid has failed in his attempt to win all 6 of the Main Tour events on the GB 9-Ball Tour this year. After winning in Scarborough in July he had won all four of the title to date going into this weekends event in Manchester.

It was looking very good for Imran to lift yet another title as he reached another semi-final, this time against Darren Appleton.

Unfortunately for him Appleton was in fine form and sent Imran out – his first lost in a GB9 Main Tour event!

It was Appleton himself that went on to lift the title defeating reigning 9-ball World Champion Daryl Peach 11-7 in the final.

The Challenge Cup was won by Chris Robson, his second Challenge Cup win in a row and a player that looks almost certain for promotion to the Pro Cup next year.

In the Pro Cup we saw one of the best finals ever as new boy Jayson Shaw (a 19-year-old Scot) demolidhed the field with his fast and loose style. En route to the final he beat Imran Majid, Kevin Uzzell and Craig Osborne.

In the final he came up against European number 1 – Mark Gray, in a very fast final he eventually saw off Gray to pick up the trophy and winners cheque by an 11-8 scoreline.

All results are available on the official tour website: www.GB9BallTour.com

Matches from Manchester were recorded by CueSport TV and will be available in the next couple of weeks.

Matches recorded were:

  • Imran Majid v Jayson Shaw – Last 32
  • Phil Burford v Pat Holtz – Last 16
  • Karl Boyes v Mark Gray – 1/4 Final
  • Mark Gray v Stewart Colclough – Semi Final
  • Craig Osbore v Jayson Shaw (Clips) – Semi Final
  • Jayson Shaw v Mark Gray – Final
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