The Texas Hold 'Em Billiards Championship was a short-lived pool tournament held in the US.
The format used in the tournament is a modified version of the pool game nine-ball, that emulates Texas Hold 'em, the most popular variation of poker.
In the semi-finals of the event (the first round of the tournament featuring all 8 players), the 4 contestants on each of the two matches play until only two of them remain.
In the Texas Hold 'Em Billiards Championship, missing a shot awards ball-in-hand to the next player.
But when the tournament was held again and for the last time in 2007, a rather smaller purse of $80K was offered and was distributed among all the participants.