Final Four Set for WPBA U.S. Open

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Final Four Set for WPBA U.S. Open

Top seed Allison Fisher faced down some heavy opposition Saturday after reaching the final 16. After besting Vivian “The Texas Tornado” Villareal 9-4 in the final 16, single-elimination format, she went on to defeat Jennifer “9 Millimeter” Barretta 7-3 to reach the semifinals Sunday.
Fisher’s opponent, Ga-Young Kim, faced an equally unstable factor in her march to the semifinals. She battled to a double-hill match with the steady Gerda Hofstatter of Austria and prevailed 9-8, only to go on to face Atlanta’s Monica Webb, whom she showed the door 7-3.
In the lower bracket, Xiaoting Pan eliminated Jeanette “The Black Widow” Lee with a resounding 9-3 win, and then matched up with Kelly Fisher. Kelly had faced off with Laura Smith in the final 16, prevailing 9-5. She went on to play a close match with Pan but survived to advance 7-5.
Kim Shaw also did not have an easy run of things. In the final 16, she faced off against Sarah “Velvet” Ellerby and won a close match 9-7, only to have to face the WPBA’s number-two player, Karen Corr. Corr, just off a win against the tough-playing Tiffany Nelson 9-4, was forced to go up against the determined Shaw, who ultimately won the double-hill match 7-6.
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Sunday’s matches are as follows: Allison Fisher versus Ga-Young Kim in the first semifinal match, and Kelly Fisher and Kim Shaw in the second semifinal match.
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Dragon Promotions Hosts Elite Billiards Party at W Hotel

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Dragon Promotions Hosts Elite Billiards Party at W Hotel
The creme de la creme of society came out to join the first ever red carpet party held for billiard super stars. The purpose of the party was to bring together forces outside the billiards industry and introduce them to the sport of pocket billiards and have potential future involvement.

Celebrities from movie, film, modeling, and music industries as well as CEOs of multi-million and billion dollar corporations attended the festivities. The guests were treated to trickshot performances and challenge matches with Jeanette Lee, Yu Ram Cha, Shanelle Loraine, and Mike Massey. Korean pop singer Seo Ge Young also performed a special concert and later challenged The Black Widow Jeanette Lee a game of 8-ball.
We invited over 100 of our top clients, VIPs and guests. We didn’t expect it, but they all came. It’s incredible. We would not hesitate to host a billiard party with Dragon Promotions again in the future. said Nick Heath, General Manager of the W Hotel Seoul.
The social party event had such a high demand that over 100 media outlets from TV, newspapers, magazines tried to register to get invited. The very chic Woo Bar could not contain the volume and the day before the event only 30 select guests from the media were allowed to cover the event.

One of the highlights of the event was when Jeanette Lee performed a shot shooting the ball out of the mouth of Richard Shim, VP of TV giant CJ Media which controls 12 TV networks. My jaw hurts a little, but I think I’m ok. chuckled the good natured Shim.
Billiard Party at the W Hotel image gallery (/gallery2/v/Billiards+Industry/pool_party/)
This was an incredible success. I talked to a few of the billiard industry guests that came tonight, and they all mentioned in their wildest dreams they could not imagine an event like this. It’s just been a fabulous event and we are all extremely delighted . said Cindy Lee, President of Dragon Promotions.