Deno J. Andrews (born 1971) is an American former professional
three cushion billiards
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player, a tournament promoter, and a coach to some well-known
pool
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champions.
In September 2005, Andrews became Tour Director
for the
International Pool Tour
The International Pool Tour was a professional sports tour created in 2005 by Kevin Trudeau and hosted by Rebecca Grant. It aimed to elevate pool to the level of other modern sports. Closely modeled on the PGA Tour, the IPT offered the largest pri ...
(IPT), a major professional pool tour at that time. He ran the inaugural IPT event, the
King of the Hill Shootout, an invitational tournament of 42 players from around the world, including many of the
Billiard Congress of America
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's living
Hall of Famers
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. The tournament paid out
US$
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1,000,000 in total prize money, with a prize of $200,000 for the first-place finisher,
Efren Reyes
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.
In private life, Andrews is a collector of antique billiard artifacts.
References
External links
Video:IPT’s Deno Andrews Discusses Mike Sigel and John Schmidt
American carom billiards players
Pool coaches, managers and promoters
1971 births
Living people
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