Poison Challenge Matches at Pressure Billiards & Palace Billiards with Bustamante, Williams & Immonen
Chicago, IL – Poison Cues Challenge Match Series will tour at two locations in the Chicago area featuring Francisco Bustamante (PHI), Charlie Williams(USA), and 2008 Player of the Year Mika Immonen(FIN). The first event on February 4,2009 at Pressure Billiards in Chicago and then on February 7 at Palace Billiards in Villa Park. The three champions will entertain fans with trickshots, pool tips, challenges, and finale with pro round robin matches. Dragon Promotions will be producing these series of showdown matches sponsored by Poison Billiards.
The stars of the event begin with Finland’s Mika Immonen, in most fan and media opinion the world’s current greatest player and winner of the 2008 US Open, All Japan Championships, and Mosconi Cup. Next is USA’s Charlie Williams, currently ranked #5 in the USA and winner of last year’s Lucasi 10-Ball Classic. Finally, Filipino legend Francisco Bustamante, 2008 World All Around Champion, rounds out the trio. This will be the first time all three professionals have teamed up together for a tour, and a first for the Midwest.
“Chicago is my hometown, and I’ve been here my entire life. Even though our billiard productions take me around the world during the year, it’s nice to be able to bring something like this home. These exhibitions are important and a way billiards can stay alive in a tough economy.” explained Cindy Lee, CEO of Dragon Promotions.
Other sponsors have caught on with the grass roots buzz to keep billiards promoted in communities. Delta-13 Rack, Simonis Cloth, Brunswick Billiards, and Master Chalk are all sponsoring the events in Chicago that week produced by Dragon Promotions.
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Pressure Billiards will host the first Poison Challenge February 4 at 7:00pm in their location featuring thirteen Brunswick Metro tables. Pressure Billiards opened in 2005 and is a billiard room with an eclectic cafe menu servicing drinks like Hot White Mocha, Iced Cafe Lattes, and exotic drinks such as the Avocado Chilled Bubble Tea. They also host several APA teams and cater to serious players and new faces alike. Visit www.pressurebilliards.com/ 6318 N Clark St Chicago, IL 60660 1(773) 743-POOL
“We’re really excited about the pros coming here. Our league players and everyday customers have never seen players of this caliber before. The clinic will help our players learn more and get more enjoyment out of playing, not to mention a lifetime of memories mingling with Bustamante, Immonen and Williams,” said Wahib Merchant, Owner of Pressure.
Palace Billiards will host the second installment of Chicago’s Poison Challenge at 7:30pm on Feb 7 in Villa Park, an area just minutes outside Chicago. Palace earlier in the day will be hosting the very prestigious and successful Predator Pro Pool School program developed by Dragon Promotions featuring Immonen, Bustamante, and Williams. The school continues through Sunday with students spending a total of 15 hours face to face with the champions, learning the secrets of professional pool. Palace Billiards info can be found at www.myspace.com/palacebilliards
For questions and info on hosting a challenge match exhibition or Pro Pool School, please contact DP at 407-782-4978 or email dragonpromotionsnews@gmail.com
Poison Billiards, an international billiards industry leader, is a high-performance recreation pool cue producer focused on bringing cutting-edge designs, with Predator engineering for best-in-class playability, to billiards players worldwide. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, Poison Billiards is a division of The Predator Group whose core brands also include Predator Cues and Uni-Loc®. For more information regarding The Predator Group, visit www.thepredatorgroup.com. For information on Poison Billiards visit www.poisonbilliards.com.
Dragon Promotions is one of the leading producers of billiard programming in the world today. Dragon produces over 40 events a year airing on networks in USA, Korea, India, and Europe such as ESPN, MBC ESPN, XTM, XPORTS, and Euro Sport. Events include The World 14.1 Championship, The Predator International 10-Ball Championship, King & Queen of Carom, Empress Cup, Pro Pool Schools, Women’s Trickshot Challenge, World Junior 10-Ball Championships, Korea vs USA, and many more. Dragon also manages some of the world’s best players including Raj Hundal, Shanelle Loraine, Rodney Morris, Charlie Williams, Jeanette Lee, Mika Immonen, Mike Davis, Yu Ram Cha and many more.
Visit www.dragonpromotions.com or www.dragonpromotions.co.kr
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