Estonian pool meka Baribal Pool Club in Tallinn was the host of the Mezz Cues Baltic Pool Leagues fourth stage. Similarly to the last year estonian players were not good hosts as they managed to win six out of the eight first places in mens division. Estonian Denis Grabe repeated his last years win in Tallinn and Katerina Polovinchuk (UKR) claimed her first stage win in Womens and Oldboys division.

Grabe Was Barely Tested

The best proof of estonian dominance in the mens division was the all Estonian final between Grabe and Mark Mägi. The action packed final went Grabe's way as he won 7:5. In the semi-final Grabe won 7:2 over another estonian Mihkel Rehepapp who has been in a fine form lately on Estonian tournaments. The only Lithuanian in the last four was Martynas Aleksonis who lost his semi-final to Mägi 7:5. 

his week Mezz Cues Baltic Pool League circuit went back to the roots with a great recognition. It was the first time that the event had more than 100 entries and that in the pool hall with the very suitable name for this occasion and where the first ever Baltic Pool League (BPL) stage was held. The venue was a Lithuanian pool dome CLUB ENTRY in the city of Kaunas. The winners of this historical stage were in mens division Andreas Madsen from Denmark and women and oldboys division Genadijs Kaminskis from Latvia.

The city of Riga and BAMS Pool House were the hosts of the second stage of the 2016 season of Mezz Cues Baltic Pool League. To the delight of the home fans the mens division was won by Latvian Marius Vartiks, but it was Margarita Fefilova from Belarus that continued her domination in the event and denied a sweet double gold for the hosts. 

Slow Start But Strong Finish From Vartiks

Mens division was a real gem as both of the finalists never made it to the final before.
After a shacky 7:6 win over Ivan Yurchenko (BLR) in the first round Vartiks was put to a test again only in the semi-final when he had a tricky match against Joonas Saska (EST). After many thrilling events Vartiks managed to close the match by 8:7 and made his way to the final. Another finalist Martynas Aleksonis did not leave it that late and bagged a comfortable 8:5 victory over young gun Mark Mägi (EST). The tense final was a real nail-biter which Vartiks managed to turn on his side with a 8:6 win. 
The overall leader of the mens ranking list is Dmitry Chuprov (BLR) .

The 2016 season of the Mezz Cues Baltic Pool League kicked off this weekend in Minsk, Belarus. The host of the first stage was beautiful pool hall "Start" and the event was dominated by Belarusians as both men and women and oldboys division were won by local superstars, mens division by Dmitriy Chuprov and womens and oldboys by Margarita Fefilova. 

Chuprov Domination In Mens Division

The mens division was all about the local players as six of them managed to finish in the top eight. The best of them was Chuprov who did not lost a single match and went all the way. One of the foreigners in the last eight and reaching the final was Paulius Giedraitis (LIT). The final turned out quite one sided as Chuprov won 7:2. Another foreigner in the last four was the reigning European 8-Ball Champion Vitaliy Patsura (UKR) and after a tense semi-final he had to shake Giedraitis's hand to acknowledge a 7:5 defeat. Chuprov dominated the semi-final as he won his match against Timofei Sereda (BLR) 7:3. It was a great achievement from Chuprov as he defended his last years victory in Belarus.