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Los Angeles  |  City-Wide

8-Ball Tournament

In search of LA’s best billiard player

Start at your regular table, earn your way to the city-wide bracket, and let VS show you where the game lives.

The Run

  1. Pay & Register

    $25 gets you in. Pay online in 30 seconds — your Stripe receipt confirms your spot in the draw.

  2. Get Your Bracket

    You're assigned a nickname and a matchup. The bracket shows nicknames only — real names and phone numbers stay private.

  3. Schedule via Text

    Coordinate directly in the text chain to agree on a time and venue. No phone numbers exchanged — nicknames only.

  4. Play Best of 3

    Double-elimination bracket — every entry is guaranteed at least two matches. Keep winning, advance to the city-wide final.

Participating venues

Rack score tiers

Golden9-10
Rack'em7-8
Chalk Up5-6
Scratch2-4
Bad Leave0-1
1087 Manzanita St, Los Angeles, CA

4100 Bar

Rating pending
2tables·Bar tables · mixed pay style
828 Traction Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Arts District Brewing

Rating pending
3tables·Bar tables · evening peak
500 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA

Bar CDMX

Rating pending
2tables·Bar tables · busy Fri/Sat

Rules

  • Home venue rounds: compete against other registered players at your home room. Best of three. A room champion must be established before anyone advances.
  • Away games: home venue champions are matched against champions from other venues. You receive your opponent’s nickname and their room address—nothing more.
  • Final bracket: the top 26 players are seeded into a city-wide bracket. The championship takes place at the participating venue that sent the most finalists.
  • All player communications use nicknames only. Your legal name and contact information are never shared with other players.
  • Each matchup must be completed within seven days of assignment. Both players coordinate directly — reply to your notification to confirm availability.
  • If a game cannot be played, it may be rescheduled once. If it still does not happen, the absent player forfeits.
  • The city-wide bracket is double-elimination — you must lose twice before you're out. Every player is guaranteed at least two matches.
  • Winners bracket: lose once and you drop to the losers bracket, not out. Losers bracket: lose again from here and you're eliminated.
  • Grand final: the winners bracket champion meets the losers bracket champion. If the losers bracket player wins, a deciding match is played.

Entry fee

Entry fee$20
Green fee$5
Total$25

Payment is handled by Stripe. Your receipt is proof of entry—complete it before you submit the registration form.

Prizes

27

Venues

$25

Entry

$5K+

Min. Pool

Jun 1

Opens

Headline purse for the city-wide final—champion, runner-up, and deep runs all share in a pot structured to keep the bracket dramatic. Posted amounts at check-in are final. Venue finalists · food vouchers and bar tabs so your home room still wins even if your city run ends early. Venue finalists · table time and room-specific perks where venues opt in. Win at your room to advance and represent it in the city-wide championship.
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Tournament bracket

28 venues
10-25 players per venue
22 players at one host venue
Home Quarter Finals
Live
THE MECHANIC
Q's Billiard Club
2
SUNDOWN
Hollywood Billiards
1
Final
EL DOCTOR
Eight Ball Lounge
3
SLOWHAND
Corner Pocket West
1
Sat · 8:00 PM
ST. BERNARD
Diamond Room
NIGHTSHADE
Chalk Bar
Final
ROSSI
Golden Break Room
2
KING COBRA
The Felt
3
Away Semi Finals
Awaiting Draw
TBD
EL DOCTOR
Eight Ball Lounge
Awaiting Draw
TBD
KING COBRA
The Felt
Finals
The Final
Best of 3
In search of
LA’S BEST
22 players · host venue TBA

Bracket reveals June 1 at midnight. Check back then — or register now and you'll be in it.

Double-elimination format · nicknames only on the board

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What people are saying

Reviewed & approved · Community guidelines enforced

Clean tables, decent clientele, but the room gets hot around 11 and they run out of talc. Bring your own.

SUNDOWN

REGULAR · 47 CHECK-INS

Best place to play in the city if you're serious. Nine-footers are tournament-spec. Crowded Fri-Sun.

THE MECHANIC

TRAVELER · Q'S BILLIARD CLUB