37 stories from across the game.
Shane Van Boening won the fourth Stevie Chan Memorial after a run through the one-loss bracket. Piazza's in Aurora, Colorado hosted the September 11–13 tournament, which attracted 171 players and offered $5,000 in added money.
Jesse Gilbert claimed a TOP Tour event at Dot's Cue Club in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. His unbeaten route to the hot seat marked a notable return to tournament results for a player whose earlier recorded cash finish dated back to 2006.
The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour announced Waterville, Maine as the opening stop of its 2026–27 season. TJ's Classic Billiards was named host for September 19–20, with $2,000 added to the event as the regional series enters its 30th season.
Roland Garcia won the Texas Open nineball championship in a field of 154 players. His route included overcoming 2024 champion Vitaliy Patsura. The tournament brought a deep international field to Skinny Bob's in Round Rock, with $20,000 added to the competition.
Erick Amador finished on top of the overall points table in Village Cue Club's three-event Labor Day series. Sam Kantar won the closing tenball tournament after defeating Amador in the final. Amador's combined results earned the additional $250 series award.
Kenny Chavarria remained unbeaten to win Packy's inaugural King of the Box tournament. The August 30 competition brought together 21 players. Chavarria defeated Brad Hughes in the final after progressing through the winners' bracket without a loss.
Brandon Shuff claimed the one-pocket division of the Texas Open at Skinny Bob's in Round Rock. The competition offered $20,000 in added money and attracted leading names from the international game. AZBilliards reported the victory as part of its Texas Open coverage.
Steven Kelley was listed as the winner of an August 29 Q City 9-Ball Tour event after sharing the leading prizes with Michael Vinesett. The result also marked Kelley's first recorded tournament cash finish in the AZBilliards results archive.
Jason Williams won the 20th Dave Piona Memorial eightball tournament in Concord, California. A record 61 players entered the August 29 event at Vinnie's Bar & Grill, where local supporters contributed $1,000 to a competition honouring the late player and instructor.
Francisco Garcia and O'Rourke won the two divisions of Salt City Pool Tournaments' tenball championships without losing a match. The August 21–23 meeting in Utah offered Silver and Gold competitions, with more than 100 individual players involved across the weekend.
Monaim Neffati won the North Carolina State 10-Ball Open unbeaten at Breaktime in Clemmons. The August 22–23 tournament again featured several players who had finished near the top of the state's nineball championship earlier in the summer.
Canada's Jason Klatt came through the one-loss side to win the Vancouver Open. The second edition of the tournament carried $8,000 in added money. It followed another notable summer appearance for Klatt at the Don Weir Memorial in Washington.
Tony Chohan won the One Pocket War at Rack & Grill III in Aiken, South Carolina without a loss. The August 15–16 event offered $5,000 in added money and formed part of a busy weekend of competition at the venue.
Jarod Penny and Rudd split the leading prizes at a Southeastern Billiard Tour stop in Knoxville. Peyton's Place hosted 47 players for the August 15–16 nineball tournament, the second event in the new regional series, with $1,000 added.
BJ Ussery won The Pool Series Stop 14 after recovering from a first-stage loss. He qualified for the knockout stage and remained unbeaten from there. Dot's Cue Club hosted the August 15 event, which drew 23 players and added $1,000.
Kevin Bryant defeated Andy Gay twice in the final phase to win a rating-limited tournament at Rack & Grill III. The event was part of a multi-competition weekend in Aiken, South Carolina that also included the Rack Race and one-pocket play.
Willie Rubin and Cristian Lopez represented Village Cue Club at the Florida Open after winning paid tournament entries through a local June competition. The club's report follows the transition from a home-room qualifier into a professional World Nineball Tour field.
Nathan Childress won Carolina Billiards Circuit Stop 7 in Raleigh after negotiating the one-loss bracket. The result gave him an outright tournament victory following a near miss at the previous stop, where Micky Krause had stood in his way.
Peter Du won The Champion USSA Open in Concord, California. The tournament was the third event on the 2026 United States Snooker Association National Tour and brought a competitive field to The Champion Snooker Club.
The Fujifilm Women's Double Master Showdown began alongside the women's world tenball championship and Predator Wheelchair Open. The three events shared the Rome Cavalieri Hotel during the Pro Billiard Series' first visit to Italy.
Micky Krause won a Carolina Billiards Circuit event at Dot's Cue Club in Rocky Mount without a defeat. The Danish player's regional appearance added a tournament victory as he continued his competitive schedule in the United States.
Landon Hollingsworth advanced unbeaten to the hot seat at a Q City 9-Ball Tour event in South Carolina. He subsequently shared the leading prizes with McClure after a tournament in which the strongest-rated entrants took different paths through the bracket.
Side Pockets in Blue Springs hosted the 2026 Ultimate Pool USA Kansas City Open. The programme featured six competitions, including open, women's, junior and mixed-pairs events, alongside a tenball showdown and a separate runout challenge.
Billiards rejoined the Rocky Mountain State Games for the first time since 2019. The Crooked Cue hosted the competition in Colorado Springs during the amateur festival, with Samm Diep-Vidal promoting the event and Jose Burgos directing the tournament.
Slovakia led the final medal table at the European Youth Pool Championships with three golds, two silvers and a bronze. Closing-day nineball titles went to Gabriel Aspholm, Mark Szabo and Iris Eijmberts, while Germany and Slovenia took the team golds.
The Midwest Billiards & Cue Expo returned to Big Dog Billiards in Des Moines. Its 12th edition featured four competitions spanning nineball, one-pocket and banks, with Shane Van Boening among the leading winners during the $15,000-added programme.
Kim Davenport claimed the 15th stop of the fourth annual Rack Race without a defeat. The tournament result added another competitive win for the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame member, whose professional achievements span multiple decades.
Rachelle Enfroy, Mark Szabo and Robin Hauge Pettersen won the girls', under-17 and under-19 eightball titles at the European Youth Championships. Enfroy won her final 5–0, Szabo prevailed 6–3 and Hauge Pettersen needed a deciding rack.
Niko Konkel won the seventh Brian James Memorial in Bristol, Tennessee. The July 11 tournament operated under the Q City 9-Ball Tour, adding another regional title to the young North Carolina player's developing competition record.
Bill Larson won the USA national wheelchair eightball championship, while Derrick Bonds retained the wheelchair tenball title for a second year. The competitions took place in Dubuque, Iowa, where Bret Clifton also earned silver in both disciplines.
The European Youth Pool Championships moved toward the closing stages of the eightball competitions. Serbia's Luka Bugarski reached the under-19 quarter-finals after beating Valentin Schmitz, keeping alive his chance to improve on previous bronze-medal finishes.
Merle Schmitz, Timothei Furko and Walter Laikre took the girls', under-17 and under-19 tenball titles at the European Youth Championships. Laikre defeated Sander Tamm 7–1 in the under-19 final during his last appearance in the youth championships.
Nick Kruz came through the one-loss bracket to win a Sullivan Open Pool Tour event restricted to players rated 600 or lower. Shooters Family Billiards in Wayne, New Jersey hosted the July 11–12 competition, which attracted 32 entrants.
Justin Bergman won the 2026 USA National 10-Ball Championship in Dubuque, Iowa. Hayden Ernst finished second, while Manny Perez and Brandon Shuff shared bronze, as the national championship programme continued across multiple cue-sport disciplines.
The European Youth Pool Championships prepared for three tenball finals as the remaining players worked through qualification rounds. Girls' competition was underway after the opening straight-pool events, while team and eightball matches also formed part of the schedule.
Maks Benko retained the European under-17 straight-pool title with a 75–41 victory over Haojing Zhang. Ruben Gomes won the under-19 event by defeating Jakub Chrobot 100–25, delivering the opening gold medals of the youth championships.
Kash Keeton and Mike Saleh shared the leading prizes at Jersey Girl Billiards' Bluegrass Brawl in Louisville, Kentucky. The event report explores a competition in which handicaps and short-match variability shaped the path toward the final standings.