Billiards
Six Months of Play Snooker: WPBSA Publishes a 90% Completion Rate and Leaves the Denominator Blank2026-10-20A Thursday night at a snooker club at the end of a street in north Liverpool,...
One Name, Six Rulebooks: Why 'Billiards' Is an Unfinished Analytical Problem2026-10-01In a small billiards club on Renshaw Street, Liverpool, I sat between two...
Ruiz and Capito Clash in US Open Final: Battle of Champions2026-09-07The world of billiards is looking towards Frisco, Texas where the 2026 US Ope...
Zhang Anda Stuns Zhao Xintong: The Mystery of the Final Black and a Warning for China's New King at the 2026 China Open2026-09-07A black ball was carefully replaced by the referee at its spot. Zhang Anda...
BilliardsSix Months of Play Snooker: WPBSA Publishes a 90% Completion Rate and Leaves the Denominator BlankA Thursday night at a snooker club at the end of a street in north Liverpool,...
BilliardsWhen Pool Stops Being About Perfect ShotsThere was a moment at Makati Coliseum that I held onto long after I finished...
BilliardsWhen the Break Shot Decides Fate: Rest of the World Closes In on a Maiden Reyes Cup TitleThe most memorable moment of Day Three at the Makati Coliseum was not a...
BilliardsSarah Myers-Mitchell Wins NWPA Tour Stop #6: A No. 7 Seed, an Unbeaten Run and an Eight-Year Data GapThe fourteenth rack of the NWPA Tour Stop #6 final was played on the afternoo...
BilliardsMisidentify the Discipline and Every Billiards Number Turns MeaninglessOn an April evening in Sheffield, I sat in the sixth row of the Crucible...
BilliardsReyes Cup 2026: Rest of the World's Strongest Roster Ever and the Data Gap Nobody MeasuresThe practice room in Manila in early October offered a scene rarely seen in...
BilliardsVietnamese Billiards in Can Tho: When a 40-Point Frame Leaves No Room for ClassCan Tho, late afternoon on October 8. Tran Quyet Chien leans over the table,...
BilliardsTwo Disciplines, One Name: Vietnam's Billiards Identity ProblemOn a Saturday evening, in a billiards club on Lach Tray Street in Hai Phong,...
BilliardsThe Sediment Layers of Vietnamese Billiards: The Quiet Carom Kings and the Systemic Void Behind the SpotlightA Night So Quiet You Could Hear the Balls Breathe On the final night of a UMB...
BilliardsChou Chieh-Yu: The Silence Before the 9-Ball FallsIn that moment, there was no applause. Only the sound of the ball rolling. Th...
BilliardsThe Data Void in Professional Billiards: Lessons from an Analysis With No AnchorI keep an odd document on my computer, and I retell it here because it taught...
BilliardsMichael Holt and the Age-48 Paradox in Shenzhen: When Victory Comes Not From the Shot but From Match TempoThe first frame of the last-16 match between Michael Holt and Kyren Wilson at...
BilliardsJoss NE 9-Ball Tour Stop #2: Mhet Vergara, Two Double-Hills, and the $1,500 Economy of Regional PoolOPENING In late September 2026, at Yale Billiards in Connecticut, the...
BilliardsOne Name, Six Rulebooks: Why 'Billiards' Is an Unfinished Analytical ProblemIn a small billiards club on Renshaw Street, Liverpool, I sat between two...
BilliardsAli Carter and the phone call from Ronnie O'Sullivan's father between two cancer diagnosesIn October 2026, Ali Carter returned to competitive play after his final roun...
BilliardsAaron Hill Beats Antoni Kowalski 4-2 to Seal Scottish Open PlaceIn the second frame of his Scottish Open qualifier, Aaron Hill cleared the...
BilliardsWuhan Open: Jordan Brown's 8-Point Break and How Liam Davies Re-Read the TableThe third frame between Jordan Brown and Chris Wakelin lasted barely twelve...
