The road to Vegas
It starts on
a Tuesday
Every weekly match feeds a real pipeline — one that ends at the APA World Pool Championships at Westgate Las Vegas, the biggest amateur pool event on earth. Not a metaphor. An actual bracket with your team's name on one end.
The pipeline
Five stages, one ballroom
This is the whole road between your league night and the Westgate — and exactly where Scratch That sits on it right now.
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Weekly league play Now You are here
Summer session — week 13 of 15, two match nights left
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Division playoffs Aug 2026 Status: up next.
Top 4 teams + one wild card qualify
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Tri-Cup Sep 2026 Status: locked until the stage before it is won.
Division winners and playoff qualifiers meet after every session — three a year
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World Qualifier Spring 2027 Status: locked until the stage before it is won.
Boston-area champions advance
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APA World Pool Championships Aug 2027 Status: locked until the stage before it is won.
Westgate Las Vegas — the biggest amateur pool event on earth
What's waiting
Real dates, real money
- Top prize — 2026 8-Ball World Championship, Aug 4–9
- $30,000
- Top prize — 2026 9-Ball World Championship, Aug 11–15
- $20,000
- U.S. Amateur Championship, 2026
- Nov 13–15
Teams that qualify get travel assistance. The league helps get you there — your job is the pool.
No team run? No problem
Singles counts too
The team run isn't the only road west. Singles has its own pipeline — and it's tiered by skill level, so beginners compete against beginners the whole way up.
- SL 2–3 tier
- SL 4–5 tier
- SL 6–7 tier
A 3 never has to beat a 7 to win a national title.
- Local qualifier boards Enter through your League Operator — boards run at host venues all session long.
- Regionals Board winners advance to a regional field, close to home, tiered by skill level.
- APA Poolplayer Championships The singles stage in Vegas. Your tier, your bracket — beginners play beginners, sharks play sharks.
Concept features
Follow the run
When your division sends a team west, the run shouldn't happen quietly. A concept for making the whole room part of it.
Division watch parties
Host venues get the bracket on the big screen and a one-tap RSVP for everyone in the division. Your bar, cheering for your bar.
Live bracket views
Follow every table your division cares about, updated rack by rack — on the venue TV or the phone in your pocket.
Highlight clips
Run a rack in Vegas and the clip lands in your team chat before you've re-chalked. Shareable, taggable, yours.
Five friends.
One flight.
Your team is five friends away from a flight to Vegas. Weekly league play is the on-ramp, and it's probably walking distance.