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Beginning in the 2009/2010 season, CSI introduced a second league, the USA Pool League (USAPL), aimed at a more casual player. Both the BCAPL and USAPL (who share a rulebook) use BCA rules, with the addition of wheelchair rules, team play adaptations, and "Applied Rulings" from years of large-scale tournament administration.
The event and its regional qualifying tournaments followed Billiard Congress of America (BCA) / World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) world-standardized rules, and were double-elmiination in format. The championship was a BCA-sanctioned event, with champions listed as such in BCA's Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book.
The APA conducts pool leagues and tournaments in the disciplines of eight-ball and nine-ball with a unified ruleset. The organization was founded in 1981 by professional pool players Terry Bell and Larry Hubbart, with roots dating back to the National Pool League (NPL), founded in 1979. The APA bills itself as the largest pool league in the ...
The Valley National 8-Ball League Association (VNEA) [1] [2] is one of the world's largest amateur pool leagues. As of 2020 [update] , there are nearly 100,000 individual members [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] in some 1,400 weekly local leagues [ 1 ] [ 2 ] playing in over 10,000 pool halls , bars and other venues [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in around 400 different cities ...
The "Greatest Player" category is awarded for outstanding players who must be 40 years of age or older, have been active professionals for at least 15 years and have recorded significant achievements in national or international competition recognized by the BCA.
"U.S. Open Pocket Billiards Championship" as a proper noun most often refers to the straight pool (14.1 continuous pool) championship, the oldest of the events. Though "U.S. Open Pool Championship" as a stand-in for an official event name most commonly refers to the nine-ball event, it may, depending upon context, refer to any of six different ...
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Since 2005, Orcollo has won over 90 professional tournaments, including over 20 major titles. [7] He is a world champion, winning the 2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship . Orcollo has been a dominant player at the annual Derby City Classic , winning seven times overall, including Master of the Table three times in 2014, 2017, and 2020.