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2024 World Pool Championship Final – Gorst vs. Kaci (exciting hill-hill match for $250,000!)
2023 US Open 9-ball semi-final – Ko Ping Chung vs. Yapp (shutout with not a single ball pocketed by opponent), quick re-play of all 99 shots (11-0 games, 99-0 shots).
2022 World 9-Ball Championship – VanBoening vs. Immonen (great comeback)
2021 US Open 9-ball – De Luna vs. Pagulayan (11-0 games, 99-0 balls pocketed)
2021 VanBoening (26 straight games of 10 ball won in Race to 150 against Woodward)
2021 European Championships 8 ball Final – Gorst vs. He (skillful run-out play)
2020 VanBoening vs. Ocollo Race to 120
2020 Derby City 9-ball Final – Corteza vs. Filler (dominant performance)
2019 US Open 9-ball – Aranas vs. Hohmann (great comeback)
2019 Mosconi Cup – Woodward vs. Filler (solid play and big win)
2018 Int’l 9-ball Open final – Chang vs. Ko Ping-Chung
2018 434 straight-pool run by John Schmidt
- see also: NV J.16 – Did “Ball Turn” Deny John Schmidt (434) Willie Mosconi’s Straight Pool Record (526)?
2018 West Coast Swing of Pool 10-ball – Kaçi runs an 8-Pack against Pagulayan
2017 US Open 8-Ball – Van Boening vs. Pagulayan (great comeback against a great player)
2017 World Pool Series magical 8-ball run-out by Melling (with carom kick combo, massé shot, and four-rail bank)
2017 US Bar Table Championship – Van Boening vs Woodward (perfect match with no misses, except for scratch on first break)
2016 Poison Challenge 8-Ball race to 21 Final – Van Boening vs. Hohmann (exciting match)
2016 US Open 8-Ball – Roberts vs. Van Boening (perfect match, no misses, every rack ran)
2015 World Cup of Pool 9-Ball – Chinese Taipei vs. England B
2015 World Pool Masters 9-Ball – Van Boening vs. Haitao (8-0 in 28 minutes)
2015 Turning Stone 9-Ball – Shaw vs. Immonen (9-1 in 22 minutes)
2015 Make It Happen 10-ball Invitational – Hohmann vs. Strickland (near perfect play by Hohmann)
2015 CBSA Pool International 9-Ball Open – Chang Jung-Lin runs a 10-pack
2014 W9BC – Feijen vs. Ouschan
2014 The Battle of Legends 9-Ball – Reyes vs. Strickland on the 10′ table at Steinway Billiards (part 1, part 2)
2014 CSI USBTC 8 Ball – Appleton vs. Woodward
2013 World Pool Masters 9-Ball – Immonen vs. Reyes
2013 Turning Stone 9-Ball – Shaw vs. Van Boening
2013 Steinway Classic 10-Ball – Hatch vs. Eckert
2010 Mosconi Cup 9-Ball – Appleton vs. van Boening
2008 Corey Deuel vs. Shane Van Boening race-to-25 bar-table 8-ball money match during the US Open
2007 Steve Mizerak 10-Ball Championship – Corey Deuel vs. Dennis Hatch (part 1, part 2, part 3)
2007 US Open 9-Ball Championship – Reyes vs. Schmidt
2007 US Open 9-Ball Championship – Stalev vs. Kiamco
2007 US Open 9-Ball Championship – Strickland vs. Bustamante
2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Open in Las Vegas – Manalo vs Hohmann (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12, part 13)
2006 IPT 8-Ball Challenge Match – Bustamante vs Deuel
2006 US Open 9-Ball Championship – Strickland vs. Souquet
2006 World Pool Masters 9-Ball – Morris vs. Feijen
2005 World Pool Championship Final – Wu Jiaqing vs Kuo Po-Cheng
2005 US Open 9-Ball Championship – Reyes vs. Strickland
2005 US Open 9-Ball Championship – Immonen vs. Paez
2004 Derby City Classic 9-ball – Reyes vs. Wetch (perfect match)
2004 Derby City Classic 9-Ball – Reyes vs. Immonen
2004 US Open 9-Ball Championship – Schmidt vs. Nevel
2004 World 9-Ball Championship (QF) – Pagulayan vs Chao Fong-Pang (big come back, with hill-hill finish)
2003 US Open 9-Ball – Reyes vs Bustamante
2002 9-Ball World Pool Championship – Strickland vs Bustamante
2002 9-ball World Pool Championship – Ching Shun Yang vs. Bustamante
2002 8-Ball bar box tournament in Canton, Ohio – Deuel vs Feijen (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7)
2001 World Pool Masters 9-Ball Final – Bustamante vs. Strickland (part 1, part 2, part 3)
2000 World 9-Ball Championships – Davis vs. Reyes (great comeback pitting one of the greatest snooker players ever against the greatest pool player ever)
1999 World Pool Championship Semifinal – Reyes vs. Bustamante (with 9 straight break and runs)
1999 World 9 Ball Championship – Reyes vs. White
1997 “The Color of Money” match – Reyes vs. Strickland
1996 PBT Legends of 9-Ball Tournament – Reyes vs. Rempe
1996 PBT World 8-ball Championship final – Reyes vs. Wetch
1995 Sands Regency Open – Reyes vs. Strickland (with the famous Efren Z-shot)
1993 PBT World 9-ball Championship – Archer vs. Strickland
1992 US Open 9-Ball Championships Semi Final – Parica vs. Hall
1990 US Open 9-ball – Sigel vs. Varner
1988 Brunswick World Open – McCready vs. Strickland

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