Atencio goes undefeated to claim first (known) title in 3 years at River City Open’s WNT event

Venezuela’s Jesus Atencio has just chalked up an event victory that has made 2025 his best recorded earnings year since he entered our database in 2018. This past weekend (Nov. 6-9), at the $30,000-added River City Open, a World Nineball Tour (WNT) ranking event, hosted by Legends Billiards in Jacksonville, FL, Atencio went undefeated through […]

Winters Takes Inaugural Making It In America One Pocket Championship

Billiard Breakdown in Greece, NY – a suburb of Rochester – was the inaugural stop of the $4,500 added Making It In America One Pocket Tour. Presented by Billiard Breakdown and PoolActionTV.com, the title sponsors included both attorney Joseph J. Long and Joss Cues who donated a beautiful cue.  The entry fees for the one […]

Powers/Tucker go undefeated to claim male/female, Jersey Girl Billiards ‘Get Spooked’ titles

As you might expect, Jersey Girl Billiards’ ‘Get Spooked,’ Halloween weekend of pool tournaments (Oct. 31-Nov. 2) at Railyard Billiards in Louisville, KY, featured costumes, with prizes for the best three (courtesy of Jersey Girl Billiards); $200 and an event shirt, $100 and event shirt, and an event shirt. The contest was free to enter, […]

Fracasso-Verner, undefeated on Joss NE 9-Ball tour stop, makes 2025 his best earnings year

His 10-year climb up the AZBilliards’ Money Leaderboard has been steady since it got underway in May, 2015. On Memorial Day weekend that year, Connecticut’s Lukas Fracasso-Verner (LFV), at the age of 14, finished 7th in the Amateur event of the 5th Annual George “Ginky” Sansouci Memorial at Steinway Billiards in Queens. For the next […]

Fisher and Potts Claim Heyball World Titles in Brisbane

Kelly Fisher and Gareth Potts left Nissan Arena in Brisbane with fresh world titles and the kind of satisfaction that only comes from precision under pressure. The 2025 WPA Heyball World Championship gathered the game’s sharpest players in Brisbane for four days of pure focus and bursts of applause that followed each rack. Fisher battled […]

Jose Parica foils Savannah ‘Roadrunner’ Easton’s attempt to win her 2nd invitational tournament

Not only is 15-year-old Savannah “Roadrunner” Easton, from Las Vegas, a demonstrably good pool player, she is also being supported by a combination of family and industry sponsors that have her marketing presence front, center and from all sides of the social media world. She’s on Facebook, has her own YouTube channel, and offers playing […]

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 […]