By Mary Kenniston Photos courtesy PoolActionTv Owners Jim Landrum and Randy Hanson welcomed hundreds of pool players, fans and cuemakers to Big Dog Billiards in Des Moines, IA this past week to show their stuff at their Seventh Annual Midwest Billiards & Cue Expo. Presented by Diveney Cues, Big Dog Billiards and PoolActionTV.com, the $18,000 […]
By Mary Kenniston Photos courtesy PoolActionTv All year long, One Pocket aficionados look forward to the biggest tournament of the year! Held in Jefferson, LA, a suburb of New Orleans, players and fans stampeded to James Leone’s Buffalo’s on Bloomfield for the Seventh Annual Buffalo’s Pro Classic. Local sponsors for this year’s event – Buffalo’s, […]
By Mary Kenniston The Ninth Annual $5,000 added Big Tyme Classic One Pocket Championship was held over the last few days in Spring, TX – a suburb of Houston. Hosted by owners Billy Sharp, Mark Avery and Jim Henry, the local sponsors were Star City Amusements and Jim Stinson of AM, Inc. Thirty players put […]
The BIGGEST One Pocket event of the year!Buffalos Pro Classic is $26,000 added total.May 25-29, 2022 World Famous Buffalos Billiards.$20,000 Added $2000 entry Pro One Pocket.$5,000 Added Open 9 Ball.$1,000 Added One Ball One Pocket mini.
Las Vegas, NV was pool player central for the last couple weeks! Starting this past Sunday and immediately following the CSI Nationals, the WPA World 10 Ball Championship and the CSI/Predator US Pro Billiard Series’ Alfa Women’s Las Vegas Open, OB Cues presented the $45,000 added US Open Championship Series. Hosted by Griff’s owner, Mark […]
The final event of the Championship Series was the US Open Bank Pool Championship. Featuring 48 players, the format was alternate break with races to 5/4. As usual, after a players auction, players meeting and draw, play began. After drawing the coveted bye, Roberto Gomez shot out of the gate with victories over Kash Keaton […]
The US Open One Pocket Championship opened with 44 players – the format was alternate break with races to four. After the players auction, players meeting and draw, play commenced. Opening round action saw Roberto Gomez defeat fellow countryman Edgie Geronimo 4-1 as did Josh Roberts over the legendary John Hennigan (“Cornflakes”). Evan Lunda battled […]
Right around the corner is the US Open at Griff’s Bar & Billiards in Las Vegas, NV beginning April 3rd, 2022. Make sure to secure your spot today! Paypal: GriffsLVevents@gmail.com (Friends & Family + Player’s Name)
Undefeated One Pocket Event Champion Monica Webb For those who do not know, One Pocket has been gaining in popularity in the pool world over time and is no longer a game that you only find hustlers playing in the shadows. It is a strategy driven, chess-like, pool game that has the masses trying to […]
We had a highly competitive field of 24 players at the classic poolroom Southaven Recreation, just south of Memphis Tennessee in Southaven Mississippi. After missing our 2020 MOT due to Covid closure, players were ready to go, and those who had been before were especially eager to return to the great southern hospitality found at […]
To put it simply, Buffalo’s means big action. We’ve heard of legendary high action rooms of the past – “The Rack” in Detroit, Cochran’s in San Francisco in the 60’s, Lambert’s in Texas. All those rooms are long gone, along with their unbelievable pool gambling action. Well guess what, that amazing action is happening 24/7 […]
An open letter to all One Pocket players, members and interested parties Obviously, Covid-19 is wreaking havoc in the pool world, just as it is in every other walk of life. In many areas bars and poolrooms have had to temporarily close their doors – and no one knows how long temporary is going to […]