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Dubuque, IA — July 7, 2026. Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer Shane Van Boening added another milestone to his legendary career Tuesday, defeating a field of the nation’s top players to capture the 2026 USA National 9-Ball Championship during Day 2 of the 2026 USA National Pool...

Tanner Pruess of Rapid City, South Dakota, was named the 2026 ACS Outstanding Instructor of the Year at the International Certified Instructors Summit held in Dubuque, Iowa. The award recognizes excellence in cue sports instruction and is presented annually to an instructor who has demonstrated...

Chinese ace Wu Jiaqing collected what is understood to be the richest prize in cuesports history last weekend when he won the 2026 Duya Legends Golden Nine International Tour Global Finals title. Wu defeated compatriot Zheng Xiaohuai 140-82 in the final in Beijing to scoop the jackpot of 10...

The 14th Annual NC State Open didn’t have its 13th Annual champion ‘in the house’ this year (Corey Sykes), but it did have its 12th Annual champion, in the person of BJ Ussery, Jr., who went undefeated to the hot seat in this year’s $1,000-added TOP (The Open Player) Tour event which drew 28...

The Filipino cue artist Jonas Magpantay got the better of Taiwanese Chang Sheng Yi, 13-5, in the final and took home the $15,000 cash prize and his maiden WNT title at the conclusion of the 2026 Universal Open Pool Championship held at the Pluit Village Mall in Jakarta, Indonesia Sunday night...

CROATIA’S IVICA PUTNIK took down the inaugural Ballazzo Seniors Open as the one-day event for the over 45s played out at the Alpina Hotel in St Johann im Pongau. Supported by Predator, the tournament took place in the same arena as the preceding Predator Pro Billiard Series and Euro Tour events...

LFV recovering from surgery, after head-on collision forces him to be medivaced to hospital A reported head-on collision in the early hours of Monday morning (June 29), sent Lucas Fracasso-Verner (LFV), in a helicopter, to a hospital in Asheville, NC. The driver of the vehicle, Kane Whitman, was...

The World Nineball Tour is thrilled to announce a landmark agreement with ESPN that will bring two of professional pool’s premier events — the 2026 Mosconi Cup (27-30 November) and the 2026 US Open Pool Championship (25-30 August) — to fans across the United States. The agreement sees the...

The Professional Billiard Instructors Association (PBIA) has named Eric Naretto as the recipient of the 2026 Jerry Briesath Instructor of the Year Award, recognizing his outstanding contributions to billiard instruction, player development, and the continued growth of cue sports. Presented...

THE TWO TITLE deciders played out on Sunday evening at Alpina Hotel in St Johann as the destination of the trophies at the Predator Austrian Open was determined and it was Albin Ouschan who claimed his third ever Predator Euro title. In the women’s Open, it was an emotional Chen Chieh Hua who...

WE’RE DOWN TO final eight players in both men’s and women’s tournaments as the Predator Austrian Open enters its final day. In an evening of high drama in St Johann where two matches went to final rack deciders alongside a host of other tight games, the quarter-finals are determined. In the...

PLAY CONTINUED AT the Predator Austrian Open in St Johann im Pongau in both men’s and women’s tournaments. The women have half of the last 16 determined with two rounds on the one-loss side on Saturday at 9.00 and 14.00 to see who will be joining them. In the men’s event, 32 players are in place...

The report on Facebook was about a different Kevin.

We’re not exactly sure where this is all going to end up. It started with just a ‘Split Bracket,’ two of them, generally referred to as High Side and Low Side brackets. The events sometimes crowned two champions, one from each bracket, so it was actually just two, concurrently-run tournaments...

THERE WERE MATCHES galore as the Predator Austrian Open commenced today in the mountain town of St Johann in Pongau. With the opening round getting underway at 9.00 and the day’s final session commencing at 22.30, there was full value for spectators at the venue as 199 players started in the...

It would be convenient for those of us in the pool-reporting business if everyone who organized a tournament settled on a single format, preferably the one that we never have to describe or clarify. The double-elimination format is so prevalent in the community, and understood by everyone in it...

THERE WAS DRAMA, excitement, pain and joy as the three final matches of the PREDATOR PRO BILLIARD SERIES played out on Tuesday at the Alpina Hotel high in the Alps. 18-year-old Felix Vogel (GER) emerged victorious in the Billard Beckman Men’s Open to become the youngest ever PBS champion, while...

BRADFORDSVILLE, KY — The Anthony Beeler Virtual Billiard Academy is proud to announce that Jackson Osbourn has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Anthony Beeler Virtual Billiard Academy Scholarship. The scholarship was established to recognize outstanding young people who demonstrate...

Those of us engaged in reporting on tournaments, large and small, in both large and small pool communities, are hoping for a day to come when we can access a database that will be able to provide us with instantaneous access to information about how many times any given two competitors have...

We decided to take a trip to London that didn’t involve actual travel this past weekend (Sun., June 14), to see how the Brits do things when it comes to their regional tournament structure. We are, after all, AZBilliards, with an emphasis on the full alphabetical spectrum of the worldwide pool...