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AZ Billiards News
Spohr goes undefeated to claim Open/Pro division of annual “Ginky” Memorial at Raxx
We’ve come a long way since the very first George “Ginky” Sansouci Memorial in 2011, when Mike Dechaine (over Dennis Hatch in the finals) claimed the Open/Pro title at Amsterdam Billiards in NYC, while Raj Vannala won the Amateur division of the event. The following year, “Earl the Pearl” defeated Dechaine in the finals with […]
McFadyen and Bova split top prizes at Stroker’s 9-Ball Open in Palm Harbor, FL
It’s ‘been a minute’ since 17-year-old Tampa native Konnor Mcfadyen first entered the AZBilliards database with four cash finishes, three on the Sunshine State ProAm Tour and another at the Stroker’s Masters Championship, all in 2022. A little bit closer in time, he became the APA’s 2024 Junior Pool Champion beating out 257 other contenders […]
Filler & Reinhold Storm Buffalo’s
As soon as Buffalo’s Pro One Pocket Championship ends, one pocket players and aficionados can’t wait for next year’s event. Presented by PoolActionTV.com, owner James Leone (“Buff”) and his General Manager, Steve Tesvich, welcomed thirty six of the top one pocket players on the planet and a full field of 128 nine-ball players plus hundreds […]
The Pro Billiard Series is proud to announce a landmark partnership with Box Billiards to host the WPA World 10-Ball Men’s Championship in Ho Chi Minh City this September 2025. This elite event will welcome 96 of the world’s top male players, showcasing the highest level of competitive pool in one of Asia’s most dynamic […]
Mathew comes from the loss side to win his second Cuetec DFW 9-Ball Tour title
The kid’s done it again. Joined a large field of competitors (50, this time) in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area on the Cuetec DFW 9-Ball Tour and come out on top. Both times that it happened, 11-year-old Gavin Mathew came from the loss side to win. The first time, last October, vying for his first regional-tour […]
I am certain that the greatest honor I ever received in pool was when Buddy Hall asked me to introduce him at his Hall of Fame induction. We had long been friends, a friendship inaugurated when I interviewed him at the US Open for a magazine story. He did not know at the time that […]
Page comes from deep on the loss side, splits with Ringgold to claim Q City 9-Ball Tour title
The winner and runner-up at this past weekend’s (Sat., May 24) stop on the Q City 9-Ball Tour had very similar earning results at the table in 2024. As recorded by us into our AZBilliards Money Leaderboard, winner Steve Page was out in front of runner-up J.T. Ringgold at the end of the year by […]
“Fireball” Dechaine takes two out of three over Song to win Rack Race Stop #9
He was in the neighborhood (more or less), so Mike “Fireball” Dechaine opted to follow his victory at the Smoky Mountain 9-Ball Shootout in Waynesville, NC (April 25-28) with a three-and-a-half hour trip south to Aiken, SC, where he almost went undefeated to win the $2,500-added Stop #9 on the Rack Race at Rack & […]
Hall Of Famer Buddy Hall Passes Away At 79 Years Old
Inducted into the BCA Hall Of Fame in 2000 Cecil P. “Buddy” Hall, also known as “The Rifleman” for his straight shooting, was the first Hall of Fame Inductee of the millennium and the 39th inductee since the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame was created in 1966. Mr. Hall was born in 1945 […]
The “Pink Dagger” comes from the loss side to win Stop #3 on the Lucasi Florida Tour
As it turned out, both the winner and runner-up at last weekend’s (May 17) Stop #3 on the Lucasi Florida Tour came from the loss side of an original, double-elimination bracket to appear in the finals of a four-player, single-elimination bracket. It was a hometown ‘meet’ for 16-year-old Sofia Mast who downed Kim Housman in […]