BUCKY SOUVANTHONG WINS JOSS STOP #5

Everyone, Congratulations to stop # 5 winners, Bucky Souvanthong ($1,000), Fred Gokey ($320 second chance) & our $1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner James Meenan. Stop # 6 of my Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's 22nd season will be at Union Station Billiards in Portland Maine on Nov. 3 & 4. This will be the first of two stops at the Station this season with the second taking place on March 23... Read more

2018 PARTYPOKER MOSCONI CUP

    APA announced at Team USA main sponsor   MATCHROOM MULTI SPORT is delighted to announce that the American Poolplayers Association (APA) has once again signed on as the main sponsor for Team USA for the forthcoming partypoker Mosconi Cup which takes place at the Alexandra Palace, London from Monday 4th to 7th December.   Team USA will all be sporting the APA logo on their team unifor... Read more

2018 US OPEN BANK POOL MATCHES RELEASED ON YOUTUBE

CSI is pleased to announce that recorded matches from the 2018 US Open Bank Pool Championship have been released on the CSI YouTube Channel.  Twelve (12) matches featuring notable players such as Shane Van Boening, Ronnie Alcano, and Warren Kiamco can be viewed in their entirety – absolutely free! The 2018 US Open Bank Pool Championship was held March 20-22 at Griff's Bar & Billiards in Las... Read more

JOSS TOUR, $1,500/$500 ADDED, OCT. 27 & 28, UTICA BILLIARDS ON THE BOULEVARD, UTICA NY

Congratulations to stop #4 winners, Ron Casanzio ($1,000 - main event), Mark Creamer ($300 - second chance) & $1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner Amanda Eisensmith. Ron Casanzio Stop #5 of my Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour take place at the brand new Utica Billiards on the Boulevard in Utica, NY on October 27-28. This will be our fir... Read more

IT WAS ALL BRITTANY IN BRISTOL

We all knew it would only be a matter of time before Brittany Bryant would bring a WPBA title home to Canada. The wait has ended. On October 18-21st, the 10k added WPBA Pro Women's Signature Event was being held at Borderline Billiards in Bristol, TN. A free live stream was also provided by PoolActionTV. Brittany's road to victory started of with wins over Autumn Duncan (7-2) and Bonnie Arno... Read more

VALLEY-DYNAMO NAMED OFFICIAL POOL TABLE OF APA

LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (Oct. 18, 2018) – The American Poolplayers Association (APA) and Valley-Dynamo have reached an agreement to make Valley pool tables the “Official Table of APA.” Valley pool tables have been used for many years at APA’s championship tournaments in Las Vegas and this agreement ensures those tables will continue to be used through 2021. Valley-Dynamo and their vendor, Hig... Read more

JOSS TOUR, $1,500/$500 ADDED, OCT 20 & 21, BRICK HOUSE BILLIARDS, N. SYRACUSE NY

Players & Fans, Congratulations to stop # 3 winner Bruce Nagle ($1,050 - main event), Bob Forchilli ($300 - second chance) & $1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner Jimmy Leroux. Stop # 4 of our 2018/2019 season will be at the brand new Brick House Billiards in N. Syracuse NY on October 20 & 21 for the first of two events this season. Our hosts Mary & Brian Holmes and Brad Rees have created one of the m... Read more

JASMIN OUSCHAN COMPLETES DOUBLE TRIUMPH FOR AUSTRIA IN KLAGENFURT

Jasmin Ouschan, winner of the EPBF Klagenfurt Open 2018 Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) just won her 16th Euro-Tour tournament title in her hometown, Klagenfurt in Austria. She defeated Ana Gradisnik (SLO) 7:4 in the final match of the EPBF Klagenfurt Open. Once again, Jasmin Ouschan dominated the field at a women’s Euro-Tour tourna... Read more

MARIO HE KEEPS THE TROPHY IN AUSTRIA

Mario He (AUT) just won the Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open 2018 at the Sportpark Klagenfurt with a 9:8 victory in the final match against Mark Gray (GBR). The final match was packed with thrilling shots and exciting strategy. Both players are excellent shotmakers and the final match was a collection of superb performance and high class pool billiards. With a few ups and downs for both players,... Read more

MARIO HE FLYING THE AUSTRIAN FLAG HIGH

The last remaining Austrian at the Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open 2018 is Mario He. He took down Jani Uski (FIN) in the round of the final 32 players with 9:4 and will now face Alexander Kazakis (GRE) in his next match tomorrow morning. The tournament did not provide a smooth start for Mario He. He lost his opening match yesterday to unheralded Filippo Cataldi (ITA). Since then, he fought his... Read more

MAJOR SETBACK FOR OUSCHAN AND KLAGENFURT

Current Euro-Tour ranked #3 and former World Champion Albin Ouschan (AUT) got eliminated from the Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open 2018 after two straight matches. That huge upset was performed by Miguel Silva (POR) and unheralded Raoul Reichegger (AUT). Pressure took its toll on Austria’s Albin Ouschan. High hopes were dashed as quickly as they were imagined as Albin Ouschan went out on the first... Read more

KLAGENFURT FEATURES ANOTHER "CRAZY THURSDAY" FOR THE EURO-TOUR

Tomorrow, the Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open 2018 will commence. 158 players in the open event and 40 players in the women’s event from 31 countries from all over the World have announced their participation into the 5th tournament of this year’s Euro-Tour series. The tournament will be played at the Woerthersee-Stadion in Klagenfurt, a beautiful sports complex with a lot of facilities for many d... Read more

SHARP SHOOTERS BILLIARDS & SPORTS PUB, AMSTERDAM NY

Players & Fans, Congratulations to Stop # 2 winners & "Hudson Valley Fall Classic II" champ, Shaun Wilkie ($1,000), Victor Nau ($300, second chance) & $1,500 custom, engraved Joss Cue raffle winner, Holden Chin Stop # 3 of our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's 2018-2019 season will take place on October 13 & 14 at Sharp Shooters Billiards & Sports Pub in Amsterdam NY. Tim & Ju... Read more

CORNER BANK ANNOUNCES US OPEN 9-BALL QUALIFIER

The Corner Bank Sports Bar & Grill will be hosting a US Open Qualifier on the weekend of Oct 20, 21. Staggered entry fees will range from $40-140. The 43rd US Open 9-Ball Championship will take place at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas from Sunday, April 21 until Friday, April 26, 2019.  The prize fund will be set at a guaranteed $300,000, the biggest ever for the event. Al... Read more

2019 WORLD POOL MASTERS - ANNOUNCEMENT

The World Pool Masters returns to Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar next March 29-31 with more players, more matches and an even bigger prize fund. After 25 years of being 9-ball’s biggest invitational tournament, the World Pool Masters expands again for its 26th edition with 24 of the world’s best players set to battle it out for their share of a $100,000 prize fund with the winner in line to take h... Read more

TKACH TAKES BRAGA OPEN 2018

Kristina Tkach (RUS) won the Braga Open 2018 with a 7:0 whitewash in the final over Marharyta Fefilava (BLR). The Braga Open Women’s Euro-Tour was organised for the 6th and final time by Sara Rocha (POR) who is a regular on women’s events and European Championships for many years now. Over the last 6 years, the European women have enjoyed the tournament and its surroundings very much and appreciat... Read more

2018 INTERNATIONAL 9-BALL OPEN

The 2018 International 9-Ball Open Do you plan on being a contestant? As of today, we have about 100 players signed up.  We are limiting the field to 128.  Entry fees are going to come in fast, so please don’t be left out!  Does anyone really want to be on the “waiting list”? Do you plan on being a spectator? There are still some great TV Arena seats available, but they are also going fast. ... Read more

GREGORIO SANCHEZ (LA GUAMA) OF VENEZUELA, CHAMPION OF THE II OPEN INTERNATIONAL OF THE AMERICAS 10 BALL

Gregorio Sanchez de Venezuela became champion of the II International Open of the Americas 10 ball in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from September 14 to 16.  Gregorio Sanchez defeated your compatriot Frailin Guanipa 13-9 in a game full of emotion from the beginning to the end. 32 Billiards from different countries took action in the tournament in double elimination in groups of 8, qualifyi... Read more

VAN BOENING CONQUERS EUROPE

After an enormously thrilling final match from both players at the Dynamic Billard Leende Open 2018, Shane van Boening (USA) defeated Eklent Kaci (ALB) with a heartbreaking 9:8. The match was a hell of a thriller. Kaci started out furiously and won the first 5 consecutive racks. Van Boening was a bit unlucky and Kaci capitalised from all mistakes without any merci. Somehow van Boening managed to... Read more

IT’S THE BUSINESS END AT THE EUROPEAN 9-BALL TOUR FROM LEENDE NL

With the last 16 entering day four of the Dynamic Billard Leende Open on Saturday morning, Friday was time to say goodbye to the other 143 players on who made their way to Leende Netherlands for the fourth stop on the tour calendar. Eklent Kaci, Albania’s biggest billiard talent is the new number 1 on the European rankings, largely down to his own enormous talent, and a little helping hand from Sh... Read more