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AZ Billiards News
The “Pink Dagger” goes undefeated to win 3rd Annual PA State/JPNEWT 9-Ball Championships
Chances are that if you were to have looked at the field that signed on to compete in the $5,000-added, 3rd Annual PA State Women’s 9-Ball Championships that drew 70 entrants to Bluegrass Billiards in Philadelphia this past weekend (Oct. 25-26), you might have paid particular attention to an ongoing, somewhat regional rivalry between a […]
Ken Chim Wins L.A. 9-Ball Series Stop #17
Ken Chim (612) wins his FIRST Mezz LA 9 Ball Series tournament, defeating Daniel Martinez (540) hill-hill 8-6 in a single 8/7 final match! This was Ken’s second finals in a row (he and Jamal Oussi split Stop 18), and Daniel’s third finals since September (Daniel lost hill-hill to Shahdad at Stop #17, and defeated […]
Makhani and Nelson split top prizes on Q City 9-Ball Tour
Players advance on the winners’ side of a double-elimination bracket in a pool tournament, one match at a time, accompanied by a growing confidence and a more intangible sense of momentum. That confidence and momentum has a way of manifesting itself in a wide variety of scoring results. Some players start out with a ‘bang,’ […]
Lane goes undefeated at NWPA stop to win first regional tour victory
Regional tours have always acted as a feeder system to more professional competition. For women in the United States, the road to the professional arenas has always been from amateur leagues, to regional tours and on to the Women’s Professional Billiards Association from where, if you get that far, women can move onto international stages. […]
Sossei goes undefeated to win Stop #7 on Joss NE 9-Ball Tour
We assumed, (somewhat) reasonably enough, that when Jeremy Sossei won Stops #2, #4 and #6 on the ‘25/’26 Joss NE 9-Ball Tour, that he’d be offering someone else the opportunity to claim the 7th title of the season. And then, maintaining the pattern, he’d be back to pick up a win on Stop #8, scheduled […]
Davis and Taylor are King & Queen of Clubhouse Royal Weekend XI
Bird wins Friday night warm-up, Davis/Bischoff defend their Jack & Jill title As a community, pool players tend to adopt nicknames that stay just shy of being too pompous or arrogant. The only pool player we know of that employed the word “King” in his nickname was Jim Rempe, known far and wide as “King […]
David Alcaide Crowned Inaugural LiveSB.io Philippines Open Champion
David Alcaide produced a masterclass performance in Quezon City to defeat Finland’s rising star Arseni Sevastyanov 13–3 and be crowned the first-ever Philippines Open champion in front of a packed and electric crowd at Gateway Mall. The Spaniard, who last lifted a Matchroom Major more than two years ago, delivered one of his most commanding […]
Congratulations to Billie Billing, The WPBA’s Newest Hall of Famer
The Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) is proud to announce the induction of Billie Billing into the Hall of Fame. The presentation will be held on November 13, 2025, at the DR Pool Jacoby Tour Championships in Rothschild, Wisconsin. As the WPBA approaches its 50th anniversary, Billing’s induction brings the organization’s origins full circle. During […]
Jayson Shaw produced a masterclass performance on Day Four storming past Reyes Cup MVP AJ Manas and Patrick Gonzales to book his place in a star-studded semi-final lineup alongside David Alcaide, Robbie Capito, and Arseni Sevastyanov. In partnership with Puyat Sports, the newest Matchroom Major on the World Nineball Tour – the 2025 LiveSB.io Philippines Open Pool Championship takes place […]
AJ Manas’ pursuit of a maiden Matchroom Major title gathered momentum on day three, as the 18-year-old Reyes Cup MVP produced a stunning comeback to eliminate reigning World Champion Carlo Biado to reach a Filipino dominated Last 16. In partnership with Puyat Sports, the newest Matchroom Major on the World Nineball Tour takes place at […]