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

The Ultimate Pool USA Grand Finals are in the Books

Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee, NC was ground zero for an entire week of world class pool action!  Played on Brunswick seven foot tables and with hundreds of players, the tournament featured the League Eight and Ten Ball Finals, the National Shootout, the Women’s and Junior Opens, National Pairs and Mixed Pairs,the Brunswick Legends,Seniors […]

This Afternoon’s Int’l Open’s ‘Bigfoot’ Challenge Semifinals Will Feature ‘Dark Horse’ Competitor

This is Finland’s Arseni Sevastyanov’s best recorded-with-us year (of four), ever. And, given his current position in the International Big Foot Invitational 10-Ball event, he is in a position to win not only his biggest payday in the four years he’s been in our database, but potentially more than all of his reported earnings combined!  […]

Int’l Open’s ‘Bigfoot’ Invitational 10-Ball gets down to its Final Eight, Final Four by later

Opening round concludes with Vann Corteza/Roberts matchup The last of the first-round matches of the ‘Bigfoot’ Invitational closed last night’s (Saturday) events of this year’s International Open and it was a doozy; a matchup between Lee Vann Corteza and Eric Roberts. We’ll take a closer, narrative look at it a little later, but for now, […]

Fleming’s International Open jackrabbits into the start of a long week.

By the time the tables went quiet, late Friday night (Nov. 14), 25% of the $8,000-added Big Foot Invitational 10-Ball field of 16 at Pat Fleming’s International Open was gone. Four matches that had begun at 11, 2, 5 and 8 p.m. were done by about 10 p.m. The other four, playing out today, should […]

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 […]