CueSports International
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CueSports International (CSI) is a pool promoting organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The group, founded by Mark Griffin in 2004, has been owned and operated by Ozzy Reynolds since 2018.[1] CSI operates two amateur pool leagues (BCAPL and USAPL), and stages a billiards trade exposition in Las Vegas that features major professional ten-ball tournaments, in conjunction with the amateur leagues' national championships.
Both leagues share a rulebook based on the standard rules of the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) and its overarching World Pool Association (WPA), with the addition of wheelchair rules, team-play adaptations, and applied rulings from years of large-scale tournament administration.
BCA Pool League
The BCA Pool League (BCAPL) is one of the major amateur pool leagues in the United States and is present in over a dozen other countries outside the US, with a significant presence in Canada. Originally operated directly by the Billiard Congress of America, the BCAPL has been operated by CSI since 2004.
The BCAPL has approximately 450 local leagues with 60,000+ members. Leagues are played on both bar-size 7-foot (2.1 m) and regulation 9-foot (2.7 m) tables.
USA Pool League
Beginning in the 2009/2010 season, CSI introduced a second league, the USA Pool League (USAPL), aimed at a more casual player.
International Expo
CSI stages the annual CSI Expo, a large cue-sports trade fair held in Las Vegas in late February. The expo includes many events, including the BCAPL and USAPL national championships, and a series of professional ten-ball events, including the Las Vegas Open individual event, and WPA World Ten-ball Championship teams event, as part of the Predator Pro Billiards Series.
