Derby City Classic
Web links
Contact
1999 - present
Years activePool
Game(s) playedLatest related stories
Derby City Classic Side Action
Jan 20, 2015
The 17th Derby City Classic starts this weekend!
Jan 20, 2015Shane Wins Derby 9-Ball; Orcollo Master of the Table
Feb 2, 2014
Woodward Wins Bank Pool Ring Game at Derby Day Eight
Feb 1, 2014
Reyes Wins One Pocket Title at Derby Day Seven
Jan 31, 2014
One Pocket Final Seven on Derby Day Six
Jan 30, 2014
Orcollo Wins Banks Division at Derby Day Five
Jan 29, 2014Shane Wins Bigfoot Challenge; Derby Day Four
Jan 28, 2014Derby Banks and Bigfoot Wind Down; One Pocket Underway
Jan 27, 2014
Bustamante Leads The Way at Bigfoot Challenge
Jan 26, 2014History
The Derby City Classic (DCC) is an annual pool tournament first held in Louisville, Kentucky in 1999. It is currently held in Elizabeth, Indiana, just across the river from Louisville, at the Harrah’s Casino there on River Road.
The tournament, conceptualized and founded by Diamond Billiard Products founder Greg Sullivan, is a reinvigorated version of the Johnston City Hustlers Jamborees as hosted by the Jansco brothers in the 1960’s and early 70’s.
The event has historically revolved around three major disciplines. Bank Pool, One Pocket and Nine Ball. Players compete for these individual titles in a format known as ‘Buy-Back’ where it is a single elimination event but all players may pay another entry fee and buy-back into the field. For this reason the tournaments are not of the standard ‘ladder’ format but rather there is a re-draw of all players after every round to determine opponents.
The player who has the best average result in all three events becomes the Master of the Table, which is a separate award from the tournaments themselves. There also are specialty events at Derby City that evolve, change and grow with the years. One of these is the Diamond Ten-Foot challenge where a small field of top pros compete for the honors on tables that are 5’ X 10’ in size.
The DCC is also the site of the annual OnePocket.org hall of Fame dinner where the greats of One Pocket are enshrined forever to commemorate their skills.
Another annual feature is the Louis Roberts Action and Entertainment award that goes to the player who brings the most “action” to the event each year in the form of challenge matches. Challenge matches between individual and teams of players are a yearly fixture of the DCC and are a main draw for the crowds who come to ‘sweat’ the action.
The event is telecast live every year by Accu-Stats Video Productions.
Latest videos
All Videos (191)
2023 Derby City Classic One Pocket Division – Efren Reyes vs Jonathan Pinegar
2023 Derby City Classic One Pocket Division – Skyler Woodward vs Joshua Filler
2023 Derby City Classic Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge – Joshua Filler vs Konrad Juszczyszyn
2023 Derby City Classic 9-Ball Division – Shane Van Boening vs Max Eberle