Orcollo Chalks Up “1st” At The 3rd Annual Hard Times 10-Ball Open

 

Press Release – 05/10/12                

Photo and Story by: Barbara Lee

The “Home of Champions” is what Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, CA is all about . They more than lived up to their name this last weekend during the $5000 added Open 10 Ball Open!  Gracing the tables at this event were none other than the likes of Shane Van Boening, Francisco “Django” Bustamante, Rodney “The Rocket” Morris, Raj Hundal, Oscar Dominguez, Dennis Orcollo, Louis Ulrich, Kenichi Uchigaki, Ernesto Dominguez, Scott Frost, Max Eberle, Santos Sambajon, John Morra, Rafael Martinez, Manny Chau and many more, representing some of the top ranking players in the world.

A packed house was

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Listen up all you Pool Hall Owners!

Article By: Barbara Lee

Let’s start at the beginning.  Before you became the owner of a pool hall, the majority of you either a) had good stick yourselves, or b) had a passion for the game, or a combination of both.  Most of you probably hung out in halls for hours and hours, playing, and observing all the action that goes on in a hall.

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Winning from the “chair”!

Article By: Barbara Lee

I’m sure most everyone has sat in the chair watching their opponent at the table running balls and thinking “I would have shot that ‘this way’…

. . .now look, they are in trouble”.  The fact is we can ALWAYS win from the chair!  Easily!

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