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The winner of the Turning Stone Classic XLI will be determined today, and it will be one of only eight players. On the winner’s side, 9 time winner Jayson Shaw will face another former winner, Moritz Neuhausen on one table, with John Morra facing Martin Dangle on the other. Meanwhile, the one...

With day three in full swing at the Turning Stone Classic XLI, the story of the day so far is the strong play from the junior contingent. Jake Jackson from nearby Medina, NY brought the house down with his Saturday afternoon win over #2 ranked Bucky Souvanthong. “I felt like I’d been playing a...

A few months over 11 years ago (Aug., 2014), Arkansas native, Devin Poteet traveled to Myrtle Beach, SC to compete in a stop on Shannon Daulton’s Great Southern Billiard Tour. He went undefeated to claim the event title, chalking up the win in what was only his second (recorded) cash payout in a...

Day two is underway at The Turning Stone Classic XLI at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, NY. Day one saw all 128 players in action, with very little as far as major surprises. The 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM rounds of play are on the one loss side, with the noon and 4:00 PM rounds on...

Unfortunately, no. Nothing I can do about this one.

The Rack Race is back in GA/SC and opened its 2026 season with a $1,000-added stop that drew 41 entrants to Rack & Grill II in Augusta, GA this past weekend (Jan. 3). Josh Roberts took the season-opening title in the series, slated to mount between 16 and 18 events in the year ahead. Roberts’...

The Turning Stone Classic XLI kicks off today at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, NY. The field of 128 players is stuffed with the top regional players and a smattering of pro players competing for their share of nearly $50,000 in prize money. Notable names in the event include...

The brackets will be posted right after the players meeting on Thursday. That’s usually around 3:00. We will know the first days matches then. They will be at 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 and 10:00 on Thursday. Mike is a stickler for match start times so those times are solid.

In what is (as far as we know) his first win in a regional tour or independent event, only his third cash payout since March of ’22 and his latest since March of ’23, Jimmy Tanner took two out of three matches against Matt Lucas to claim title to the first 2026 stop on the Q City 9-Ball Tour...

AS THE EURO Tour enters the second year of its landmark partnership with the Predator Group, the impact on European pool is already impossible to ignore. Only a short time ago, discussions centred on reducing Men’s prize money from €45,000 to €40,000 per event. Instead, the opposite has...

My Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour’s $25,000 Added Turning Stone Classic XLI 9-Ball Open is just a few days away. Once again our event will be in Turning Stone’s beautiful Event Center with free admission for all. There are no bad seats in the house. There will be a limited number free posters with...

We've got seven hours of pool queued up and ready to go, starting at 2pm today. 2PM EST: Feijen vs Bustamante 2009 Derby City Classic One Pocket 3PM EST: 2009 Derby City Classic Game Show 4:15 EST: Reyes vs Daulton 2010 Derby City Classic Banks 5:45 EST: Pagulayan vs Van Boening 2012 Make It...

It was just one of those things. By the time that the $1,000-added, 3rd Annual TOP (The Open Player) Tour Championship (Dec. 27-28) had whittled down to four of its original 34 entrants and spilled over into Sunday morning, its host venue, Breaktime Billiards in Clemmons, NC was already into...

Split-bracket tournaments are everywhere these days and they seem to be working out for regional tours and independent events from coast to coast. And, it can be argued, the players who compete. The tour director or independent event operator sees increased entrant numbers at tournaments that...

The 2025 KAMUI WPA Women’s 9-Ball World Championship delivered a final for the ages, as Korea’s Seoa Seo completed her long-awaited redemption by defeating Kristina Tkach in a rematch that has become one of the defining rivalries in women’s professional pool. One year after suffering a...