Aloysius Yapp closes out 2025 International Open week by claiming third straight 9-Ball title

St. Augustine, FL – By 8:30 a.m. this morning (Mon., Nov. 24), the 26,000 sq. ft. of the St. Augustine Ballroom in the Renaissance Golf Village Resort was all but empty. One 7 ft. Diamond ‘demo’ table remained, in a vendor booth that had yet to begin breaking down. Some of the digitalpool monitors that […]

Int’l Open 9-Ball is down to its final four; Souto v. Sanchez-Ruiz, Yapp v. Zielinski

Semifinals today (Sun., Nov. 23)-2 p.m, Yapp/Zielinski, 4:30 Souto/Sanchez-Ruiz Finals at 7:30  Players looking to advance from the opening round to the second round of Stage 2, single-elimination play in the $75,000-added International 9-Ball Open, took a bit of a break yesterday (Sat., Nov. 22). Half of the event’s Final 16 finished Round 1 between […]

Int’l 9-Ball Open enters final qualifying rounds for advancement to single-elimination Final 16

Four of the five members of the 2025 USA Mosconi Cup team remain in contention.  St. Augustine, FL –  Beginning at around 4:45 this afternoon (Fri., Nov. 21), four of the five members of the 2025 USA Mosconi Cup team will battle in the final qualifying round for advancement to the Final 16 of the […]

Chezka “The Flash” Centeno Joins the Cuetec Pro Team

Cuetec is excited to announce the signing of reigning World Ten-Ball Champion Chezka Centeno as the newest member of their Pro Team. One of the most electrifying and accomplished players in women’s professional pool, Centeno joins as a dominant force set to represent Cuetec globally. Hailing from the Philippines, Centeno has earned global recognition for […]

Gomez comes back from the brink of disaster to claim International One-Pocket Open

St. Augustine, FL – At what proved to be (at the time) the most critical juncture in the final match of the $20,000-added International One Pocket Open (with others to come), Justin Hall was ‘on the hill’ at 2-0 in games, and ahead in balls in the third rack 7-4. It wasn’t the first time […]

Int’l 9-Ball Semi-Pro and 9-Ball Open continue, TV matches scheduled into late this evening.

In about an hour (5:30 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 20), the Simonis Aramith Arena will stream Thorpe versus Sossei. As the ‘Bigfoot’ Invitational 10-Ball, Straight Pool and One Pocket have been working their way to a conclusion, the International Semi-Pro Open’s 192 entrants got underway on Tuesday and the 9-Ball Pro Open’s 105 entrants began their […]

Hohmann goes undefeated to win his first International Straight Pool Open

It is, as noted in a previous report, a long ‘row to hoe,” this annual International Straight Pool Open, formerly Peter Barrows’ American Straight Pool Championships 14:1. But Thorsten Hohmann’s been doing the work for a long time. In eight of the last 10 years (absent ‘22 and the COVID year), he’s cashed in all […]

Hall, Gomez set to play One Pocket final at 7:30 pm on Accu-Stat’s YouTube Channel

Scheduled for 7:30 p.m. this evening (Wed., Nov. 19), the finals of the $20,000-added, International 1-Pocket Open will feature Justin Hall and Roberto Gomez. Assuming you’re reading this on time, on the Accu-Stats YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@AccuStats; look for a link to 2025 International Open Day 6). The final for all of you die-hard One Pocket […]

Wright claims first (recorded) regional tour victory, goes undefeated to win Joss NE 9-Ball stop

Curtis Wright comes to us from the ‘transition school’ of pool competition, at which competitors move from the primarily amateur ranks of bar table Friday nights and small regional tours to the loftier heights of major regional tours, where competition heats up quickly. In 2020 and 2022, Wright chalked up his first two (recorded) payouts […]

Yapp completes a four-match run to the Int’l Open’s $8k-added, Big Foot Invitational 10-Ball

St. Augustine, FL – In a search for adjectives that aptly describe the final match of the ‘Big Foot’ Invitational 10-Ball tournament that ended last night down here in the Sunshine State (Mon., Nov. 17), one has to start by rejecting a few. It wasn’t ‘thrilling,’ ‘exciting,’ or ‘nail biting,’ for example. ‘Masterful’ comes to […]