Memorial events in a pool community tend to be intensely personal. They’re generally organized and held to honor a competitor from a given community and reflect aspects of a career at the tables that doesn’t necessarily highlight specific accomplishments at ‘major,’ newsworthy tournaments at which the memorialized player excelled. They’re generally attended by competitors from […]
The Rack Billiard Club in Clive, IA – a suburb of Des Moines – was exploding with excitement as players from all over came to compete in Ultimate Pool USA’s latest event. They had four divisions – the Open, the Women’s Open, Mixed Pairs & the Junior Open plus the Iowa Shootout Championship. All events […]
Owners Rich Kuntz & Tammy Frampton welcomed both players & fans to the legendary Brass Tap & Billiards in Raleigh, NC for the $20,000 added Beasley Open. Featuring both one pocket and nine ball divisions, this World Nineball Tour event allowed players to add their finishes to the nine ball world rankings. Doug Beasley Custom […]
In a $100-added, split-bracket 9-ball event hosted by Shooter’s Family Billiards in Wayne, NJ this weekend (Sat., April 19), 32 entrants (18 in a High bracket, 14 in a Low) battled at a stop on the Garden State Pool Tour (GSPT) until each separate bracket had a hot seat occupant and a semifinal winner. Those […]
In his first year of recording his earnings with us here at AZBilliards (2023), Ronnie Sheng Xu won two stops on separate tours; New York’s Tri-State Tour (downing Ambi Estevez in the final) and New Jersey’s Garden State Pool Tour (GSPT) defeating Joe Valania in that final). Last year, he finished in the money on […]