(Photo credits: Erwin Dionisio) Just as the action was heating up for the 2026 Derby City Classic, a cold snap and severe winter storm swept through southern Indiana, taking a toll in first round match forfeits. The official numbers were completely full fields of 476 in Banks, 400 in One Pocket and 500 in 9-Ball. […]
(Photo credit: Erwin Dionisio) Congratulations to Roberto Gomez for prevailing in a hill-hill thriller to win the 2025 International Open One Pocket. Justin Hall finished 2nd in a final match that had surprising big swings, but Justin’s path to the finals featured some prior big swings too; sometimes that’s how things roll! It was a […]
(photo credit Diana Hoppe/Steve Booth) On November 2, 2025, we lost our 2006 One Pocket Hall of Fame Banks honoree,Truman Hogue. Truman was born January 11, 1946, and grew up in Danville, Kentucky,about 30 miles outside of Lexington. He got his start playing pool at about eleven yearsold when his mom used to work at […]
Down in Texas 37 pool veterans made their annual pilgrimage to Houston for the 10th Annual Bogie’s Senior One Pocket Classic. Defending champ Nick Varner came ready to defend, but the rest of the always tough field had other ideas this year, as Ronnie Wiseman made his case, knocking Nick into the B side. Ronnie […]
The highly anticipated 10th Annual Buffalo’s Pro Classic was a great success any way youlook at it, from the stellar play and swarming spectator crowd, to the huge moneyinvolved. This year saw the appearance of marque first timers Joshua Filler and ShaneVan Boening— two of the top players in the world and two of the […]
By Robert Stubblefield for OnePocket.org Buffalos rises far beyond the realm of a typical pool hall. Revered as a defining pilgrimage for One Pocket enthusiasts. This is where the sport’s greatest warriors converge. Their spirits set ablaze with the thrilling heat of high-stakes competition, driven by passion, pride, and the pursuit of an enduring legacy. […]
By Robert Stubblefield for OnePocket.org There’s a silence in a real pool room that doesn’t whisper, it lingers. Heavy. Electric. Ithangs in the air like thunder on pause, just after lightning strikes. Not the sacred hush of achurch, but the raw tension of risk. The kind that tightens your chest before the break, orbefore someone […]
1st Tony Chohan 2nd Roberto Gomez 3rd Brandon Shuff 4th Danny Smith 5/6 Lukas Fracasso-Verner 5/6 Alex Calderon 7/8 Norris Brady 7/8 Jonathan Hennessee
If you came here for a laser show and confetti, you’re in the wrong building. Brass Tap & Billiards doesn’t do glitz. It does grit. The vibe is a blue sea of fresh cloth on gorgeous 9ft Diamond Pro Am tables, half-whispered sweat bets, and the dead silence that happens right before someone makes that […]
The 10th Annual OnePocket.org Members Only Tournament took place at Chicago’s iconic Chris’s Billiards poolroom. 29 players competed, including three former MOT champions. In the end however, it was longtime local favorite Ike Runnels that prevailed. Although Ike got knocked into the one loss side early by defending champion Mike Eck, Ike was able to […]
Despite the unseasonably deep cold across the country, thousands of players, gamblers and pool fans made the annual trek to the 2025 DCC. With the schedule running way behind several years in a row, new this year all of the finals were held off until they were played Sunday, one after the other. Also the […]
Congratulations to Nick van den Berg of the Netherlands for going undefeated in winning the 3rd Annual OnePocket.org Hague 5 European Championship. We increased yet again, to 56 players this year — Nick being player number 56! The format was double elimination down to the final 8, then single elimination, all races to 3. Each […]