Reed Pierce

{{short description|American professional pool player (born 1963)}}

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| birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.

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Reed Pierce (born April 24, 1963, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional pool player. Notable tournament wins include the 1995 US Open Nine-ball Championship, the 1998 Camel Tour Kasson Open, and the 1994 PBT Dallas Open. He was selected to represent the U.S. twice in the Mosconi Cup, in 1997 and 1998.

Today, Reed Pierce and his brother, Ronnie, own an upscale billiards sports bar and restaurant, bearing Reed Pierce's name in Byram, Mississippi.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=clarionledger&f_site=clarionledger&f_sitename=Clarion-Ledger+%28Jackson%2C+MS%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=JCLB&p_action=search&p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=Reed+Pierce&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=keyword&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0= "Upscale Game Viewing"], The Clarion-Ledger 2006-08-23. Retrieved 2007-08-12 2018 the bar and grill has been closed. Inside the restaurant is an actual pool room named 9-Ball Lounge, and it has eight Diamond regulation-size pool tables.[http://www.reedpierce.com/main.cfm Reed Pierce's Restaurant], ReedPierce.com. Retrieved 2007-08-12

Professional career

The 20th Annual US Open Nine-ball Championship was captured by Reed Pierce in 1995, defeating Efren Reyes, the 1994 US Open Nine-ball Champion, 11-6 in the finals, denying Reyes back-to-back wins.[http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp951002/10020152.htm "Pierce Pockets U.S. Open Pool Tourney"], The Virginian-Pilot, 1995-10-02. Retrieved 2007-08-12

Reed Pierce was selected twice to compete in the Mosconi Cup, a pool tournament named after Willie Mosconi, in 1997 and 1998, as one of six members to represent Team America, an annual nine-ball tournament contested between Europe and the United States. Both years, Team America captured the Mosconi Cup title.[http://www.mosconicup.com/staticPage.asp?article_id=28 1997 Results], MosconiCup.com. Retrieved 2008-08-12[http://www.mosconicup.com/staticPage.asp?article_id=27 1998 Results], MosconiCup.com. Retrieved 2007-08-12

Titles

References

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before=Efren Reyes|

title=US Open Nine-ball Champion|

after=Rodney Morris|

years=1995}}

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{{1997 United States Mosconi Cup team}}

{{1998 United States Mosconi Cup team}}

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Category:American pool players

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Jackson, Mississippi

Category:1963 births

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