CSI STATEMENT ABOUT COVID-19

With the news being dominated by COVID-19, many people have asked if the current situation will impact the CueSports International Expo currently underway in Las Vegas which includes the BCA Pool League World Championships, USA Pool League National Championships, Diamond Las Vegas Open & Predator World 10-Ball Championship. The event began as scheduled on Wednesday, March 11, our members... Read more

WORLD POOL MASTERS POSTPONED

The World Pool Masters, scheduled to take place in Gibraltar from March 26-29, has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. New dates will be announced in due course. Matchroom Pool and HM Government of Gibraltar has taken this decision with the health and safety of our players, spectators and staff as the paramount concern. The 2020 US Open Pool Championship, to take place at Ma... Read more

NEW SPOT ON CALENDAR NOT THE ONLY CHANGE AT DIAMOND LAS VEGAS OPEN

Ozzy Reynolds and the staff at CueSports International didn’t exactly have an abundance of time when planning this year’s Diamond Las Vegas Open. With CSI moving the CueSports International Expo from late July in 2019 to mid-March this year, the planning and scheduling began almost immediately after last year’s edition completed. The good news, according to Reynolds, is that there wasn’... Read more

JOSS TOUR, $1,500/$500 ADDED, MARCH 21 & 22, KEVIN KETZ 9-BALL OPEN, TRICK SHOT BILLIARDS & SPORTS PUB, CLIFTON PARK NY

Players & Fans,Congratulations to Stop # 9 winners, Rodney Morris ($1,450 & 11th New England Pool & Billiard Hall Of Fame 9-Ball Open Champion), Cleiton Rocha ($310 second chance), John Beaver ($1,600 Joss cue raffle winner). Also congratulations to Jeremy Sossei (entry into the Super Billiards Expo pro event generously provided by Allen Hopkins for being our 2018/2019 Tour Point Cham... Read more

NE POOL & BILLIARD HALL OF FAME 9-BALL OPEN, SNOOKERS, PROVIDENCE RI

Congratulations to stop 9 winners, Qays Kolee (Northeast 9-Ball Open XXXII Champion, $1,150), Geoff Montgomery (Second Chance Event, $320) & Kayla Riccio , ($1,600 Joss Cue Raffle Winner) Snookers Billiards Sports Bar & Grill (Providence R.I.) and Mike Zuglan"s Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour are proud to present the 11th Annual New England Pool & Billiards Hall Of Fa... Read more

LESS THAN ONE MONTH UNTIL THE PREDATOR WORLD 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Last year, Ping-Chung Ko claimed his first World Championship with a dramatic win in the finals over Joshua Filler. This was part of his incredible 2019, which earned him the WPA #1 ranking he has today. In less than one month at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, he’ll have a chance to repeat. The $100,000 added tournament features 64 players in an impressively skilled field. Part of that... Read more

MATCHROOM POOL AND BCA LAUNCH US OPEN JUNIOR POOL CHAMPIONSHIP

Matchroom Pool and the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) are proud to launch the US Open Junior Pool Championship, which will take place alongside the 2020 US Open Pool Championship at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Convention Center, Las Vegas this April 16-18. Featuring 16 players invited by the BCA, the format of the new US Open Junior Pool Championship will feature ‘pool play’ followed by... Read more

MATCHROOM POOL RENAMES WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP AND US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP

Matchroom Pool has today renamed two of its major events with the World 9-Ball Championship to be known as the World Pool Championship and the US Open 9-Ball Championship to now be named the US Open Pool Championship. The move brings both events in line with other events under Matchroom Pool’s promotional portfolio; the World Pool Masters and the World Cup of Pool. Matchroom Pool recent... Read more

JOSS TOUR, FEB 22 & 23, $1,500/$500 ADDED "NORTHEAST 9-BALL OPEN XXXII", SHARP SHOOTERS BILLIARDS & SPORTS PUB, AMSTERDAM NY

The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will be at Sharp Shooters Billiards & Sports Pub in Amsterdam NY on February 22 & 23 for our "Northeast 9-Ball Open XXXII". Tim and Julie Berlin, owners of Sharp Shooters, deserve much thanks for once again hosting our event and allowing us the use of their beautiful room which is also the site of our Babravich-Romanowski 9-Ball Open & our Joss Junior 9-... Read more

MATCHROOM POOL LAUNCHES WORLD RANKINGS

Matchroom Pool has today launched its own World Rankings as well as Team Europe and Team USA rankings for the partypoker Mosconi Cup. The Matchroom Pool World Rankings consist of major events from around the globe, while the separate European and USA Team rankings include all World Ranking events as well as additional events from across Europe and USA respectively. For Team Europe, the top... Read more

MATCHROOM POOL ACQUIRES WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Matchroom Pool has acquired the rights in perpetuity to host the World 9-Ball Championship from 2020 in a ground-breaking agreement with the WPA. The World 9-Ball Championship joins Matchroom Pool’s portfolio of major events and will benefit from increased prize money and global TV coverage. The 2020 World 9-Ball Championship will be staged from Wednesday, October 14 until Sunday, October 18 a... Read more

JONES TAKES ON TEAM USA CAPTAINCY

Jeremy Jones will captain Team USA as they go for the three-peat at the 2020 partypoker Mosconi Cup at Alexandra Palace, London this December 1-4. Jones, a former US Open champion and five-time Mosconi Cup winner, has been vice-captain to Johan Ruijsink as USA won back the Cup from Team Europe in London in 2018 and successfully defended it in Las Vegas last November. Jones has appointed Joey G... Read more

LELY TO CAPTAIN TEAM EUROPE

Alex Lely has been appointed as the new captain of Team Europe at the partypoker Mosconi Cup, with Karl Boyes as his vice-captain. Europe will be looking to regain the Cup at Alexandra Palace, London this December 1st-4th after suffering back-to-back defeats against USA. Dutchman Lely returns to the helm having been European captain in 2008 and 2009. In his first Cup as captain he led Eur... Read more

ULTIMATE TEAM GEAR ANNOUNCED AS OFFICIAL MERCHADISE PARTNER OF MATCHROOM POOL

Matchroom Pool and Ultimate Team Gear are thrilled to announce an expansion of the partnership between the two companies, which sees Ultimate Team Gear become the Official Merchandise Partner of Matchroom Pool. Ultimate Team Gear (UTG) has been the Official Apparel Partner of the partypoker Mosconi Cup since 2015 and has also supplied player jerseys and staff clothing for the World P... Read more

BUSTAMANTE OUTDUELS DEUEL!!!

Congratulations to "Django" Francisco Bustamante for winning the Buffalo's Action Palooza Champions One Pocket Challenge held at Buffalo's Billiards! It was a race to 30 over 3 days against the "Prince of Pool" Corey Deuel. Final score was 30-17. Thank you Francisco and Corey for the great action! Day 1 -- 10-4Day 2 -- 10-7Day 3 -- 10-6 PoolActionTV would like to thank owner James Leone... Read more

JOSS NORTHEAST 9-BALL TOUR, TURNING STONE CLASSIC XXXIII 9-BALL OPEN, JANUARY 9-12, 2020

Everyone,Here is the complete order of finish for our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's, "Turning Stone Classic XXXIII 9-Ball Open", which was held January 9-12, 2020. The event was $25,000 added with a total prize fund of $41,400. There was a full field of 128 players. All players were paid in cash immediately upon their elimination from the event! 1st $8,000 Shane Van Boening... Read more

4TH JOSS JUNIOR 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, JAN 25, SHARP SHOOTERS BILLIARDS & SPORTS PUB, AMSTERDAM NY

Everyone, The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will be hosting its 4th "Joss Junior 9-Ball Championship" on Jan. 25, 2020. The event will take place at the beautiful Sharp Shooters Billiards & Sports Pub in Amsterdam, NY - www.sharpshootersbilliards.com . At Sharp Shooters there is something for everyone. From a friendly game of Pool, Foosball, or Darts to meeting f... Read more

ALLISON FISHER WINS WPBA ASHTON TWINS CLASSIC

Allison “Duchess of Doom” is the winner of WPBA’s first tournament in 2020, the Ashton Twins Classic in Calgary, Canada. Jennifer Barretta had sent Fisher to the loss side last night but she fought through to win her B-side final over Kristina Tkach, 9-6. This meant that the tournament final would feature Barretta v. Fisher once more. The ladies didn’t give each other ma... Read more

MORRA WINS IN WICHITA!!!

Congratulations to Mr. Smooth John Morra for winning the Wichita Shootout II action match held at Club Billiards in Wichita, KS!Scores for each day were Day 1- 35 - 30, Day 2 - 35 - 28 and Day 3 - 30 - 22 ending with John up 100-80 over Alex Olinger. Great Job fella's putting on a great action match! PoolActionTV would like to give a hearty thanks to Mike Chapple, owner of Club Bill... Read more

SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR EPBF

The year 2019 is coming to an end and the EPBF would like to once again congratulate all its athletes who gained an international title this year. Especially the World Champions shall be named here. In the men’s 9-ball division, Fedor Gorst (RUS) just recently conquered the World Champion Title in Doha, Qatar with a 13:11 victory in the final match over Chang Jung Lin (TPE). In the women’s... Read more