Billiards
The Forgotten Data Layer Beneath Vietnam's Billiards Tables2026-10-16At a small billiards club on Lê Lợi Street in Hải Phòng, I sat through three...
The Silence on the Table: Where Vietnam's Three-Cushion Matches Are Truly Decided2026-10-10I keep that frame the way I keep an old photograph: the yellow ball stops on...
Billiards: Five Rule Systems, Five Tables, and One Misleading Label2026-10-10In a spreadsheet I reopened one March night, a single row carried a very shor...
10-Ball World Championship in Ho Chi Minh City: $701,000, 200 Cueists and Duong Quoc Hoang's Record Sheet2026-09-19I open the record sheet before I open my mouth. Three appearances at the WPA...
The Silent Table: Data, Memory and the Heartbeat of Southeast Asian Billiards2026-09-18A clock on the brick wall of a pool hall along Tran Phu street in Nha Trang...
Shanghai China Open 9-Ball: When the World No.7 and a Woman Who Waited 13 Years Lifted the Trophy Together2026-09-14On the final leaderboard of the China Open 9-Ball Championship in Shanghai, t...
Belfast: Two 6-5 Semi-Finals, Zero Centuries, and a Final Decided by Unforced ErrorsBelfast, Northern Ireland Open semi-finals. Mark Williams leads 4-1 and has a...
Reyes Cup: Rest of the World's maiden title, read from the safety-exchange stat sheetSeventeenth rack. Score 9-9. Balls six, seven and nine clustered in the lower...
Rest Of The World Move Within Touching Distance Of Maiden Reyes Cup TitleCarlo Biado positioned the 9-ball, Albert Januarta bent down to check his...
Australian Women's Open 2026: Short Format and the Power Shift in Women's SnookerIn Sydney, a snooker table is dressed in fresh green cloth, and no one is...
The Forgotten Data Layer Beneath Vietnam's Billiards TablesAt a small billiards club on Lê Lợi Street in Hải Phòng, I sat through three...
Behind a Winning Frame at the Crucible: When Data Moves Beyond the ScoreboardA player can win a match at the Crucible Theatre with a lower pot success rat...
Bustamante and Souquet at Reyes Cup 2026: Two Captains, One Shared History and a Data GapIn January 2026, in a match on the WNT Legends circuit, Francisco Bustamante...
The Silence on the Table: Where Vietnam's Three-Cushion Matches Are Truly DecidedI keep that frame the way I keep an old photograph: the yellow ball stops on...
Billiards: Five Rule Systems, Five Tables, and One Misleading LabelIn a spreadsheet I reopened one March night, a single row carried a very shor...
The 2026 Billiards Sanctions and the Economics Behind Sold FramesIn a ruling published on 6 June 2026, the World Professional Billiards and...
Vietnamese Billiards and the Nine Layers of Data: What Lies Behind a Single ShotOn the final night of a 9-ball tournament in Binh Duong, I sat in the third...
World Nineball Tour Returns to Spain: The 2027 World Grand Prix, 64 Players, and the Arithmetic of a 'Major'63 matches, 8 tables, 72 hours. That is the entire arithmetic behind the...
Vietnamese Billiards: What Hides Behind a Name Used Too BroadlyIn a corner of the hall, the lamp hangs low over the green baize as if leanin...
Billiards: One Name, Three Economies, and a Shifting Power MapOn 5 May 2026, at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, Zhao Xintong beat Mark...
From Xi'an to Shenzhen: The Rotating Axis of Chinese Snooker and the Star Standing at the Edge of the FrameThere was an evening in Shekou — the port on the southwestern edge of Shenzhe...
Sofia 2026: The Unseen Champions and a Four-Hour Thirty-Seven-Minute SilenceSofia, Bulgaria. An afternoon mid-month when Britain is still drenched in Apr...
Reyes Cup: Rest of the World's maiden title, read from the safety-exchange stat sheetSeventeenth rack. Score 9-9. Balls six, seven and nine clustered in the lower...
Rest Of The World Move Within Touching Distance Of Maiden Reyes Cup TitleCarlo Biado positioned the 9-ball, Albert Januarta bent down to check his...
Australian Women's Open 2026: Short Format and the Power Shift in Women's SnookerIn Sydney, a snooker table is dressed in fresh green cloth, and no one is...
The Forgotten Data Layer Beneath Vietnam's Billiards TablesAt a small billiards club on Lê Lợi Street in Hải Phòng, I sat through three...
Behind a Winning Frame at the Crucible: When Data Moves Beyond the ScoreboardA player can win a match at the Crucible Theatre with a lower pot success rat...
Bustamante and Souquet at Reyes Cup 2026: Two Captains, One Shared History and a Data GapIn January 2026, in a match on the WNT Legends circuit, Francisco Bustamante...
The Silence on the Table: Where Vietnam's Three-Cushion Matches Are Truly DecidedI keep that frame the way I keep an old photograph: the yellow ball stops on...
Billiards: Five Rule Systems, Five Tables, and One Misleading LabelIn a spreadsheet I reopened one March night, a single row carried a very shor...
The 2026 Billiards Sanctions and the Economics Behind Sold FramesIn a ruling published on 6 June 2026, the World Professional Billiards and...
Vietnamese Billiards and the Nine Layers of Data: What Lies Behind a Single ShotOn the final night of a 9-ball tournament in Binh Duong, I sat in the third...
World Nineball Tour Returns to Spain: The 2027 World Grand Prix, 64 Players, and the Arithmetic of a 'Major'63 matches, 8 tables, 72 hours. That is the entire arithmetic behind the...
Vietnamese Billiards: What Hides Behind a Name Used Too BroadlyIn a corner of the hall, the lamp hangs low over the green baize as if leanin...
Billiards: One Name, Three Economies, and a Shifting Power MapOn 5 May 2026, at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, Zhao Xintong beat Mark...
From Xi'an to Shenzhen: The Rotating Axis of Chinese Snooker and the Star Standing at the Edge of the FrameThere was an evening in Shekou — the port on the southwestern edge of Shenzhe...
Sofia 2026: The Unseen Champions and a Four-Hour Thirty-Seven-Minute SilenceSofia, Bulgaria. An afternoon mid-month when Britain is still drenched in Apr...