Advance Sign Up is REQUIRED!!!!!   Call or text 775-443-8844 to sign up.

The date of this tournament is February 28, 2026.  Location is Coconut Bowl. Start time is 12:00 noon.   Arriving late may cause you to lose your spot, so please be on time.

Here's how it works:

Step 1 --  This one is at Coconut Bowl. Each board costs $176, due within 2 weeks of winning the local board. Entry fee is $10 per board. All money collected for your board goes towards your board. For example, if there are 6 people on your board, that would be $60 collected. Applying that $60 to your board would result in your remaining required entry fee of $116 - instead of the full $176.

Step 2 is Regionals.  Players who win in step 1 above move forward to this Step 2.  Regionals take place in late September or early October 2026 in either Reno/Sparks or California. At Regionals, you play against only players in your same skill level tier. Winners progress to Vegas. *Note, Fall Regionals are USUALLY in Reno/Sparks. However, the location and exact dates are not finalized until August.

Step 3 is Vegas.  Players who win at Regionals progress to Vegas.  The Vegas event (the APA Poolplayer Championships) takes place in late April or early May 2027. Players who make it this far receive travel assistance (think, gas money) and a slot to compete for the grand prize. The APA also pays for your hotel room! As was the case with Regionals, you only play against others in your own skill level tier.  Prize money in Vegas is over $400,000 in 8-Ball and over $250,000 in 9-Ball.