INFORMATION FOR PLAYERS

ABOUT ULTIMATE POOL

The Ultimate Pool Group organises and promotes professional 8-ball pool events featuring the world’s top players. Founded in 2020 when the QK Sports Entertainment and Orange Media Group brands merged forces, the Ultimate Pool Group harbours an exciting vision for the sport’s future, with an emphasis on supplying quality, entertainment and increased levels of professionalism, exposure and prize money.

Ultimate Pool hosts a portfolio of live televised tournaments including several major invitationals and a structured two-tier floor circuit that consists of an open amateur series and an elite 64 player professional series. Throughout 2025, Ultimate Pool is set to pay out approximately over £840,000 in prizes (subject to a fully paid fields).

SCHEDULE

Ultimate Pool Series Events will commence on Friday and conclude on Sunday. All matches will have an allocated start time: A comprehensive match schedule will be published a minimum of two weeks prior to each Series event.

SENIORS FORMAT

64 Players will begin the event where you will be split into 16 Groups of 4 playing in a round robin format. Each group match will be a Race to 6. Top 2 from each group will go through to the knockout stage of the Main Event and the bottom 2 from each group will go through to the Plate Event. The groups will be decided by Points, Frame Difference and then Head to Head. The races for the Plate event will reduce to 5. Main Event KO stage will remain the same at 6.

DRESS CODE

The dress code for the Team Series will be the same as all series events during the weekend.

TV & STREAMING

Our events will either be televised and/or livestreamed on ultimatepool.tv, Facebook and YouTube and TikTok. For further details please visit ultimatepoolgroup.com.

HOW TO ENTER

Please contact the Tournament Director via email: TD@ultimatepoolgroup.com and provide your full name and a contact telephone number. By entering the Ultimate Pool Series you agree to abide by the rules set out by the organisers of the Ultimate Series, accept they are subject to change and that decisions made by The Tournament Director will be final.

BY PAYING YOUR DEPOSIT YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE READ AND AGREED TO THESE RULES.

ENTRY FEE

Senior Series Entry Fee: £50.00

WRISTBAND FEE

For new players to the Ultimate Pool Series, all players need to pay a wristband fee for entry to the venue that weekend, priced at £20 a weekend or £10 a day. Players who are entering the Team Series who are already participating in another event are already covered with their original wristband.

PRIZE MONEY Subject to Entries

**Main Event

Winner: £800
Runner-Up: £400
Semi-Finalist: £200
Quarter-Finalist: £100
Last 16: £50

**Plate Event

Winner: £300
Runner-Up: £150
Semi-Finalist: £75
Quarter-Finalist: £50

OFFICIAL ACCOMMODATION

Ultimate Pool are pleased to annouce our partnership with Hotel Planner. You can use the following link to book nearby accommodation with reduced rates via our official accommodations partner Hotel Planner https://ultimatepool.hotelplanner.com/

The organisers reserve the right to remove and replace any entrant who fails to make the payment deadline as set out above. All players must pay all the entry fees, even if they do not attend all the Events. The organisers reserve the right to decline any unsuitable new applicants.

By applying to join the Ultimate Pool Series, you have read and agreed to the Ultimate Pool Players Terms and Conditions which can be found at https://www.ultimatepoolgroup.com/tournaments/terms-and-conditions