Billiards
One Label, Six Rule Sets: Where Billiards Analysis Goes Wrong at Step One
Rest of the World end Asia's reign to claim maiden Reyes Cup in Manila
Albert Januarta's Golden Break and the Limits of One Shot: When Rest of the World Stands Five Racks From a First Reyes Cup Title
Three Worlds Behind One Word 'Billiards': The First Gate Every Analysis Must Pass
Tight Pockets at the Waterfront Hall: Donaldson Saves His Career with Safety, Not ScoringThe white stopped a hand's width from the long cushion. No red sat anywhere...
One Label, Six Rule Sets: Where Billiards Analysis Goes Wrong at Step OneLast month, a friend at a billiards club on Lach Tray Street sent me a...
Rest of the World end Asia's reign to claim maiden Reyes Cup in ManilaThe 9-ball sat a hand's width from the corner pocket. Francisco Sánchez Ruiz...
Northern Ireland Open: Selby leads 2-0 then loses 2-4 as the Home Nations four-title dream ends in round oneMark Selby set his cue down at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast with the...
Albert Januarta's Golden Break and the Limits of One Shot: When Rest of the World Stands Five Racks From a First Reyes Cup TitleIn the first three days of the 2026 Roobet Reyes Cup, there was one moment I...
Two Tables, One Nation: Excavating the Carom and Pool Streams of Vietnamese BilliardsTwo Tables, One Nation: Excavating the Carom and Pool Streams of Vietnamese...
Three Worlds Behind One Word 'Billiards': The First Gate Every Analysis Must PassIn Beijing, there was an afternoon when I sat across from a four-page draft...
The Analytics Gap in Professional Billiards: A Table Without OptaOn Tuesday night, at a ranking event in Sheffield, I sat in the fourth row an...
Two Men in Makati: Bustamante, Souquet and the Sediment Layers of 9-BallOn October 15, 2026, at the Makati Coliseum in the Philippines, the Roobet...
Chung Su-bin and the 50 Million Won Shocker at LPBA Tour 4: The Korean Women's Billiards Landscape After October 11, 2026On the evening of October 11, 2026, at a familiar arena in Korean women's...
Filler and the Art of Front-Running: Decoding the Bali Open FinalI replayed that clip four times. Not because the shot was beautiful, but...
Bali Open: Filler Beats Mi Le — Decoding the Front-Runner's Win and the Deciding MissIn the deciding frame, Mi Le stood at the table with ball in hand. The layout...
Aaron Busuttil wins Q Tour Event 2 in Sofia: a first for MaltaSofia, Bulgaria. The Q Tour Event 2 final lasted exactly four frames. Aaron...
Sofia, Eight Crowns and the Power Map of European Disability SnookerAt ten o'clock on Thursday morning, Eastern European Time (EEST), eight table...
Chalkgate at US Open 49: When a Tiny Piece of Chalk Topples a Big MatchIn the second round of the 49th US Open Championship, Mickey Krause stepped t...
Forty Seconds on the Baize: When Vietnamese 3-Cushion Carom Is Counted in Cushions, Not EmotionIn the eleventh rack of a final, with the score at 38-36 in favor of his...
10-Ball World Championship in Ho Chi Minh City: The Call-Shot Rule, 200 Cueists, and Duong Quoc Hoang's Real TestThere is a detail in the rules that I read over three times before writing a...
Jimmy White beats Matthew Stevens 6-5 in International Championship 2026 qualifying: decider nerve inside a compressed formatThe eleventh frame. Matthew Stevens got in first, picked up nine points, and...
Four Sports Under One Name: Why World Billiards Is Still Read WrongOne April night in Sheffield, England. I was sitting in the small studio of a...
Da Nang, Day Two: Jayson Shaw, Duong Quoc Hoang and the War Over the Cue BallAt roughly 3:40 p.m. on the second day of the showmatch at Peri Pool Arena in...
After 'Chalkgate' in Da Nang: Structure, Equipment and Psychology in the 120-Rack Marathon Between Jayson Shaw and Duong Quoc HoangOn the evening of the second day of competition at Peri Pool Arena in Da Nang...