Bausch comes from the loss side to claim inaugural Battle in the Basement in Portland, ME

Two veterans of the Joss City 9-Ball Tour and its Turning Stone events met twice in this past weekend’s (Sept. 6-7) $5,000-added, inaugural Battle in the Basement Open 8-Ball tournament, which drew 81 entrants to Forest City Billiards in Portland, ME. The winner (Alex Bausch) and runner-up (Tommy Cayer) met three times; first, in a […]

Shahdad Zand Wins Stop LA 9-Ball Series #17

Shahdad Zand (655) wins his FIRST Mezz LA 9 Ball Series tournament, defeating Daniel Martinez (535) hill-hill 8-4 in a single 8/5 final match! Both players decided to split the cash but play for the points and the title, each pocketing a cool $720 and big points on the Leaderboard. The final was an incredible […]

Sky Soars at Houston Open

Bogies Billiards West’s owner, Cody Parrish, hosted players and fans this past weekend for Denis Strickland’s $10,000 added Houston Nineball Open. Founded by Strickland in 1999, this year’s event was presented by PoolActionTV.com with Jerry Olivier Custom Cues as the title sponsor. Local sponsors included Hanshew Custom Cues,Aramith – Billiard Balls, Iwan Simonis, Lomax Custom […]

Sergio del Puerto wins Int’l 9-Ball Pro Qualifier

A highly competitive field met at Village Cue Club on Saturday to see who would be playing with the Pros at Pat Fleming’s $75,000-added International 9-Ball Open Pro event this November in St. Augustine.  Sergio del Puerto finished second in the tournament to Jesus Borjas; but most importantly, del Puerto won the Qualifier spot as […]

History for Januarta as Indonesia’s teenage sensation lands maiden WNT ranking title in China

Indonesian teenage sensation Albert Januarta defeated Bernie Regalario 13-8 to seal the Zen & Yuan 8 Open glory in Shanghai, China, becoming the youngest ever winner on the World Nineball Tour. Januarta landed his maiden WNT ranking accolade at the tender age of 17 and scooped the $20,000 champion’s cheque, also becoming Indonesia’s first ever […]

Battle of the Hawk Season One Wraps Up in Quezon City

Everything is set for the staging of the Battle of the Hawk Season 1 Finals on September 9, 10, 11 at the Lucky Break Arena in Sgt. Esguerra St, Quezon City. The three days (September 9, 10 and 11, 2025) 10 Ball event features a Single, Triple and Double event via point system with the […]

Joss NE 9-Ball Tour 2025/2026 Season Kicks Off in Rochester

My Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour’s 2025/2026 season (our 29th!) kicks off on Saturday & Sunday Sept 13 & 14 at Billiard Breakdown (formerly Diamond Billiards) in Rochester NY. Our host Michael Lin is generously allowing us the use of his beautiful room and adding $2,000! Lets show him a big Joss Tour welcome by coming […]

Nichols and Haas split top prizes at Jersey Girl Billiards’ Split Bracket, Nashvillle Cash Bash

Savannah Parker goes undefeated to claim Natural Born Women’s event With their decision to split the top two prizes in last month’s (Aug. 15-17) Jersey Girl Billiards’ Nashville Cash Bash, Clint Nichols and Thomas Haas recorded payouts that have made 2025 the best recorded (with us) earnings year for both of them. Nichols, who earned […]

Cartwright & Cheek split top prizes at Q City 9-Ball Tour stop in New Bern, NC

It was one of those situations that created a potential final match between opponents who had each lost a previous match; a true double-elimination final in which the occupant of the hot seat lost the opening set and then, the two opted out of playing a second set and split the top two prizes. At […]

Van Boening goes undefeated to claim $20k-added, 52nd Annual Texas Open at Skinny Bob’s

Kibaroglu goes undefeated to win $2,500-added Ladies event If professional pool here in the United States ever gets organized under a central ‘umbrella’ and is looking for a marketing phrase to ‘tease’ any of its upcoming events, pool might do well to inform potential audiences to “Expect the unexpected.” Pool tournaments that draw a mixture […]