Sossei goes undefeated to claim his 5th Joss NE 9-Ball Tour title of ’25/’26 season

Jeremy Sossei’s nickname, indicated in his AZBilliard’s profile (“Giant Killer”) may have emerged from his very first year of recording his cash wins into our database. It most likely refers to him being a ‘killer of (pool) giants,’ rather than, like Tony “T-Rex” Chohan, a ‘giant’ killer at the tables.  Sossei’s ‘killer of giants’ reputation […]

Jonas Ruga Magpantay Wins Qatar World Cup

The little kid from Bansud, Oriental Mindoro, has conquered the world. The Barangay Kaunlaran, Cubao, Quezon City resident Jonas Ruga Magpantay has waited patiently for this—his chance to shine, the reward for all his sacrifices, and the culmination of a journey that started over two decades ago. Two decades. The wait was worth it. The […]

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 […]