News From Around the Web

Below are headlines from various news sources in the pool and billiards industry. This list is updated every 2 hours and only contains the 10 most recent articles from each source.

AZ Billiards News

Dominik Jastrząb wins the 244th tournament of the Grand Prix Poland Predator Pol Tour series at Strefa Diamond in Gdańsk

The fourth tournament of this year’s Grand Prix Poland Predator Pol Tour has concluded with a triumph for Dominik Jastrząb. In the final, the GKS Katowice player defeated his teammate, Daniel Macioł, 6:4, lifting the champion’s trophy for the second time in his career. A long billiards weekend in the Tri-City is now behind us. […]

‘Wei-Wei’ goes undefeated to defend her WPBA Soaring Eagles title in Michigan

‘Steady as she goes!’ It’s an old sailing command from a ship’s captain who wants the vessel to keep moving without adjustment or change of course; no correction, no turn, no acceleration. Just allowing the ship to move where it’s going at its own pace. It’s become a metaphor about staying calm, avoiding any sudden […]

Viking Cues Announces Sponsorship of Justin Bergman

Viking Cues has officially announced an exciting new partnership with powerhouse American pro Justin Bergman, backing his highly anticipated full-time return to the professional circuit for the 2026 season. Bergman, widely recognized for his immense talent, understated precision, and fierce competitiveness, will be representing Viking on the global stage as he sets his sights on […]

Colorado Seniors Excel at 2026 Colorado Senior State Games 8‐Ball Championships

The Colorado Senior State Games 8‐Ball Billiards event returned to The Crooked Cue in Colorado Springs for its second year, bringing together senior athletes from across the state for a weekend of competition, community, and sportsmanship. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural tournament, this year’s event showcased elevated skill levels and the same […]

Majendian & Ditoro The Sharp Shooters

Owners Joe Penna and Howie Salstein and their staff at Sharp Shooters Billiards in Miami, FL welcomed players and fans to their $4,000 added Seniors One Pocket Classic. Presenting sponsors were Sharp Shooters and PoolActionTV.com. To qualify for this event, players had to be 65 before the end of 2026. Players included BCA Hall of […]

Bourgeois goes undefeated to claim Moneyball Productions’ Split Bracket at Hot Shots

Kendrick Ray, Blake Wallace and Shug Wright make up Final Four bracket Baton Rouge, LA’s Joey Bourgeois, Jr. is what’s known in the trade as a ‘journeyman’ pool player; defined as “skilled and experienced by means of an apprenticeship of some kind, and thus qualified to work in the trade for wages.” He’s the kind […]

Changezi Rises to the Challenge in Colorado

Houston’s Shahram Changezi has won Event 2 of the 2026 United States Snooker Association (USSA) National Tour, after winning the 2026 Wiraka Colorado Snooker Open at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Boulder, Colorado. Changezi started the event as one of the early favorites to take the title, and he came through his group in […]

Bustamante goes Undefeated to Win Stop on Sullivan Open Pool Tour out of Wayne, NJ

They call him ‘Django,’ with the ‘d’ apparently silent. You don’t get many pool nicknames that are first-person, singular verbs, but this is one of them. In the Romani (Indo-Aryan) language, it means “I awake.”  The word came to use in the Philippines when, in the 1990s, a legendary, Romani jazz guitarist by the name […]

Dupuis goes undefeated to win his second NE Pool & Billiards’ Hall of Fame 9-Ball Open

Massachusett’s Joe Dupuis has been on something of a ‘renaissance’ tour lately. In the past two years, he’s brought more money home from the tables than he’d earned in the four years prior to the most recent two. These past two years, actually only 18 months, have earned him more than he earned in what […]

Matchroom Lands in Chinese Taipei With World Pool Masters and Fullcan Sports Chinese Taipei Open Double-Header

The World Nineball Tour arrives in Chinese Taipei next January as the prestigious World Pool Masters returns alongside the Fullcan Sports Chinese Taipei Open, delivering an electrifying nine days of world-class nineball in Taipei City. The landmark double-header will see Matchroom and Fullcan Sports join forces to showcase two of the sport’s biggest events on one […]