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Van Boening’s Sixth US Open Dream Ends At The Hands Of Ko | 2025 LiveSB.io US Open Pool Championship
Shane Van Boening’s hopes of a record-breaking sixth US Open Pool Championship title came to a crushing end, as the American legend was eliminated by Ko Pin Yi on day three of the 2025 LiveSB.io US Open Pool Championship. The 2025 LiveSB.io US Open Pool Championship — the 48th edition of the World Nineball Tour’s […]
Karol Skowerski and Katarzyna Wesolowska qualify for HEYBALL Champion of Champions 2025
The 2nd Polish Heyball Championships and five HEYBALL POLSKA tournaments are behind us The fifth tournament of this year’s HEYBALL POLSKA ranking of the Polish Billiard Association took place in Kielce – the Polish Men’s Championships. Karol Skowerski became the Polish champion, defeating Dominik Jastrząb 7-4 in the final. Michal Turkowski and Hubert Lopotko won […]
Shane Van Boening’s bid for a record-breaking sixth US Open Pool Championship crown hit an unexpected setback on day two, as the American fell into the Losers’ Bracket following a surprise defeat to Finland’s Arseni Sevastyanov at the 2025 LiveSB.io US Open Pool Championship. The 2025 LiveSB.io US Open Pool Championship — the 48th edition […]
‘Hawkeye’ Mathew goes undefeated to win his second 2025 Cuetec DFW 9-Ball Tour stop
There you have it, we’ve employed his nickname in a headline now. His future is cast in journalistic stone. He’s 11. He’s Gavin ‘Hawkeye’ Mathew from Frisco, TX and he just went through six opponents at the $1,000-added, 51-entrant Stop #8 on the Cuetec DFW 9-Ball Tour, a split-bracket event, hosted by Rusty’s Billiards in […]
Radford goes undefeated to claim first regional tour title on NWPA
In emerging as the winner and runner-up at this past weekend’s (Aug. 15-17) stop on the Northwest Women’s Pool Association Tour (NWPA), Shaundra Radford and Robin Adams have recorded their best finish on the tour. Radford, who’s climbed steadily up the pool ‘ladder’ to chalk up her first win, now has four cash finishes on […]
World No.1 Fedor Gorst made a commanding start to his US Open Pool Championship title defence with two dominant day one wins, as he bids to become only the fifth player in history to retain the crown. The 2025 LiveSB.io US Open Pool Championship — the 48th edition of the World Nineball Tour’s most prestigious […]
Johann Chua stops SVB ‘comeback’ run to claim 3rd Annual Battle of the Bull 9-Ball title
Last night (Sat. Aug. 16), the Philippines’ Johann Chua became the 11th different competitor to be among the 9-Ball, Battle of the Bull’s ‘final four’ in the past three years. The only competitor to appear more than once among the final four has been Shane Van Boening (SVB), who made his second appearance on that […]
Van Boening through to Battle of the Bull semifinals, will play either Vogel or Chang
Shane Van Boening became the first competitor to advance to the Battle of the Bull semifinals, defeating Vietnam’s Duc Thien Luong, double hill. He awaits the winner of a battle between Germany’s Felix Vogel and Tai Pei’s Yu-Lung Chang (Chang ahead 7-5, as we report) The Philippine’s Johann Chua has defeated Wikton Zielinski 9-6 and […]
Van Boening and Gorst still alive, looking to advance to quarterfinals of Battle of the Bulls
Vann Corteza, Morra, Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, Labutis and He are out of the race In horse-racing parlance, the ‘horses’ in the 3rd Annual Battle of the Bulls’ 9-Ball tournament are approaching the far turn, from which they will emerge and head for home, as they say. Of the 32 matches which allowed 16 of them from […]
Van Boening/Vann Corteza will highlight Battle of the Bull winners’ side evening matches
Hohmann and Yapp also set to battle in Stage 1’s qualifying round for Stage 2 single elimination By the end of the day, barring any schedule mishaps, the $35k-added Battle of the Bull’s 9-Ball tournament will be down to 16 competitors on each side of its Stage 1, double-elimination bracket. The 32 left standing are […]