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Five-time US Open Champion. Three-time World Champion. One of the greatest to ever pick up a cue—Earl “The Pearl” Strickland is ready to make history once again. This August, the legend returns to the World Nineball Tour stage, taking on two of the biggest events on the calendar: the Florida...

Junior competitor Jordan Helfery (14) is surprise winner in Day One first round (Wed., July 2) It is kind of a big deal. Or, as WPBA Tour Director Jerry Stuckart put it “a very, very big deal.” There’ll be more on this as our coverage continues through to the final of the 2025 Oneida WPA Women’s...

DCP, they are burning as I type this. Should be in the mail by tomorrow morning. Mike

Canada’s Kathie MacDonald checked a lot of ‘boxes’ with her undefeated run to claim Stop #3 on this year’s Northwest Pool Association Tour (NWPA), an event known as the Martha Hartsell Memorial, held as it is traditionally, at Phil’s Bar & Grill in Salem, OR this past weekend (June 28-29). First...

Since its inception, our coverage of national and international pool events has always featured a healthy influx of new names entering our database with a first-ever (recorded) cash payout and/or major/regional tour win. While Kentuckian Phillip Crechale made his entrance into this database in...

Veterans of the Predator Tri-State and Garden State Pool Tours (GSPT), Michelle Brotons and Levie Lampaan battled twice to claim this past weekend’s (Sat., June 28) win on the GSPT; Brotons, looking for her first (recorded) regional tour victory since she won her first on the Tri-State Tour four...

Battles Ada Lio twice to complete six-match run to the finish line In their six meetups in the finals of stops on the J. Pechauer Northeast Women’s Tour (JPNEWT) since March of 2024, Briana Miller and Ashley Benoit have split the top two prizes four times. Benoit won the last final match of the...

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Wins 9-Ball/One Pocket with Hayden Ernst runner-up in both, Kashton Keeton wins Banks The $3,000-added, 2025 Junior World All-Around, held last weekend (June 18-22) at Railyard Billiards in Louisville, KY is modeled on the Derby City Classic to the extent that a ‘junior competitor’ is anyone...

Bringing Together the Best in Residential Design and Professional Performance Houston, TX – 26 June 2025. Presidential Billiards is proud to announce its U.S. distribution partnership with Rasson Billiards, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of professional pool tables. This strategic...

In 2015, Ko Pin Yi achieved what few players ever dream of—he conquered the world of pool. In one remarkable calendar year, Ko won the World 9-Ball Championship, the World 10-Ball Championship, and the World Cup of Pool. It was a golden treble that established him as one of the game’s true...

The ladies behind the Cue Queens project gathered at the famous Amsterdam Billiards, in downtown New York on June 13th, for a fundraiser to help raise money to fund their upcoming documentary series. Fans in attendance were able to mix and mingle with such notables as Allison Fisher, Loree Jon...

Terrence Lee (589) took down his very first monthly tournament last night at the Third Sunday Mezz LA 9 Ball Series! He defeated David Nichols (696) 4-3 in a single 4/6 race final, pocketing a cool $280 and 90 points on the Leaderboard. Terrence had a tough first round loss to Isaac Pineda...

Ultimate Pool USA just wrapped up their Boston Shootout. Hosted by the Courtside Bar & Grill in Pembroke, MA, the event had five divisions playing on seven foot tables with International 8 Ball Rules. They included the Boston Shootout, Boston Mixed Pairs, the Boston Open, the Women’s Open and...

Chinese pool is starting to spread beyond China’s borders. Also referred as Chinese 8-ball or Heyball, this cue sport now attracts some of the best billiard players from all over the world. This surge in popularity is no coincidence. Chinese pool is a great combination of all the major cue...

Roberts falls single-match short in loss-side campaign for second Memorial title The 6th Annual Brian James Memorial, held this past weekend (Sat., June 14) at its traditional location, Janet Atwell’s Borderline Brunswick Arena in Bristol, TN, came within a match of crowning its first repeat...

In what would have been Mike Davis, Jr.’s second straight win on The Pool Series, he and BJ Ussery, Jr. opted out of a final and split the top two cash prizes at the series’ stop #10 this past weekend (Sat., June 14). The $1,000-added, first 8-ball event of the season drew 32 entrants to Fast...

It’s been nearly a decade since Carlo Biado ascended to the pinnacle of world pool. In 2017, the Filipino star captured the World Pool Championship, etching his name into the sport’s history books and delivering a moment of pride for an entire nation. A year later, he came agonisingly close to...

The World Nineball Tour continues its global expansion with the launch of the first-everPhilippines Open Pool Championship, a brand-new Matchroom Major taking place 21–26 October 2025 at Gateway Mall, Quezon City, Manila — right in the heart of the capital. In partnership with Puyat Sports, the...

PIA FILLER DEFEATED countrywoman Ina Kaplan by the narrowest of margins to take down the PREDATOR Women’s Austrian Open in dramatic fashion at the Hotel Alpina high in the Alpine town of St Johann im Pongau. It all came down to the final 9-ball as both players had a chance to end it. First...