Monthly Archives: August 2010

Joss Tour’s Turning Stone Classic XV Down to the Final 2 Players!

The Joss Tour’s Turning Stone Classic XV pro 9-ball event is down to the final two players, Johnny Archer & Rodney Morris.  Watch the finals … Continue reading

Saturday’s Eliminations Leave Eight Players at Turning Stone

SATURDAY 4:00 PM MATCHES By NYC Grind Contributor, Geoff Conway On Saturday, August 21, we saw the Joss Turning Stone Classic XV drawing to its … Continue reading

The Biggest Names in Pool are in the Heat of the Battle on Turning Stone Day 3

By NYC Grind Editor, Alison M. Fischer The Joss Tour’s Turning Stone Classic XV is well underway, and now in the second round of Day … Continue reading

Pool Instruction: CueTips #33 – An Important Lesson to Improve Your Pocketing Skills

By NYC Grind Contributor, Mark Finkelstein I just came back from Philadelphia teaching with Tom Simpson at Hot Shot Billiards in Deptford, NJ.  Hot Shot … Continue reading

Zee Shan Safba Breaks Through in the Predator Tour at Mr. Cue Billiards

By NYC Grind Editor, Alison M. Fischer The Ozone Billiards Predator 9-ball Tour was hosted by Mr. Cue Billiards in Lindenhust, NY on August 14-15th. This … Continue reading

Team 9-Ball Season Heats Up at Amsterdam Billiards Club in NYC

While the sport/game of pool is mainly looked at as an individual game… NYC serves as an impressive hotbed for competitive team billiards play. Amsterdam … Continue reading

Rooftop Films to Conclude Their Summer Series This Friday

Image courtesy of www.cartoonsaloon.ie As summer is coming to a close, so is Rooftop Films’ 2010 Summer Series.  In closing their 14th year of presenting … Continue reading

Ed Culhane Rounds Out an Undefeated Run At Masters to Win His First Tri-State Tour Event

By NYCgrind Editor, Alison M. Fischer With a field of twenty-five players, the Tri-State Tour headed to Master Billiards in Sunnyside, Queens for their B/C/D … Continue reading

The Joss Tour’s Turning Stone Classic XV Kicks Off This Thursday

This Thursday, August 19, will mark the kickoff of one of the biggest pro pool events of the season… the Joss Northeast 9-ball Tour’s Turning … Continue reading

Caroline Pao & Dawn Hopkins Share a Victory on the Mezz Women’s Tour

By NYC Grind Contributor, Alison M. Fischer On August 7th, 2010, the Mezz Women’s 9-Ball Tour held its second stop of their inaugural season at Main … Continue reading

Amsterdam Billiards 14.1 League Helps the Tradition of Straight Pool Stay Alive and Invites all League Players to Party on the House!

Through the last century’s evolution of pocket billiards… one game has remained the “gold standard” for measuring the class of great players: 14.1 continuous–straight pool. … Continue reading

This Weekend in Pool on the Grind…

As summer is winding down, many of the Tri-State area pool players are ramping up for some of the biggest events of the season, including … Continue reading

Pool Instruction: CueTips #32 – Some Uses For Inside English

By NYC Grind Contributor, Mark Finkelstein I wanted to give you another skill for your pool arsenal today.  Developing this skill gives you the ability … Continue reading

John Alicea & George Sansouci Co-Champion the Mezz at Raxx on Ginky’s Birthday

Written by Jerry Tarantola, NYCgrind.com For the Mezz Pro/Am 9-ball Tour’s 17th stop of the season, a field of 31 top NY-area players came out … Continue reading