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  • Tony Chohan vs Dennis Orcollo: The Big One

    A lot of pre-match hype swirled around this notable match, and for good reasons – even aside from the huge money involved ($50,000 posted per side for a $100,000 total prize). For one thing, Dennis Orcollo had been on a big roll over the last few years, extending his reputation as perhaps the top 9 […]

  • 2017 Derby City Classic

    Billy Thorpe, our new Derby City One Pocket champion! It was an exciting event as always here right outside Louisville, KY in Southern Indiana. The usual suspects showed up which made for a very competitive One Pocket bracket this year. Billy won the finals versus Alex Pagulayan who comes in 2nd this year followed by […]

  • 2016 US Open One Pocket

    Mark Griffin of Cue Sports International has announced the return of the US Open One Pocket for 2016. The host location this year will be Pool Table Magic (75 Ella Grasso Turnpike) Windsor Locks, CT. It will be limited to 48 players, with invites to former champions going out first. Based on a full field, […]

  • 1st Annual Senior One Pocket

    Poster created by member RedCard Bogies Billiards in Houston TX has announced the 1st Annual Senior One Pocket Classic, which is for players 65 and older only. This is a companion tournament to the Super Senior One Pocket Classic which was held last October featuring only players 70 and older. The 2nd Annual Super Senior […]

  • 2016 Derby City Classic

    Alex Pagulayan, back-to-back Derby City One Pocket champion Alex Pagulayan picked up right about where he left off last year as he rolled through an impressive field of 397 players to capture his second straight Derby City One Pocket title. It seems like every year at Derby City, some straight shooting player from across the […]

  • Super Senior One Pocket Classic

    Poster for the event created by member RedCard The Super Senior One Pocket Classic hosted by Bogie’s Billiards & Sports Bar featured two One Pocket Hall of Fame inductees, as well as 16 other top “over 70” players from across the country. The matches were a race to 4 on the winner’s side and race […]

  • 2015 Make It Happen One Pocket

    Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes & Danny Smith square off in the finals Arguably one of the best of all time, and not ready to cede to the next generation quite yet, Efren Reyes prevailed against a tough field of six younger stars of One Pocket in Accu-Stat’s most recent Make it Happen tournament. The format was […]

  • Donny ‘Cincinnati Kid’ Anderson Dies

    Donny Anderson at the One Pocket Hall of Fame social hour in January 2008 Bank Pool legend Donny Anderson died of natural causes on May 1 at the ripe old age of 85. Donny grew up in Cincinnati, and was very close to the same age as two other great players who also grew up […]