Points, Venom, The Video & The Challenge

By Albert Charbonneau

PPoints is here & Florian “Venom” Kohler agrees! It took 2 years from when I first came up with the game to having a professional explain and demonstrate the game on video.

Thanks to Garret Troop for helping me make contact with the 11x Guinness Book World Record holder & 2x World Trickshot Artist Champion. Florian has a wealth of knowledge & unique shot-making ability, which is displayed in the video.

Florian has now set a proven benchmark for all other professional pool players to compete against. His score of 81 points within the Points Heavyweight Division beats the previous score of 66 set by Professional Pool Player Max Eberle during the 2022 US Open. In his defense, Max did only play 3 racks. There really is no telling what he or any other professional pool player may score given some time with the game.

During my trip to this past Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, my good friend & the inventor of the i-Cue Training Cue Ball, Thomas Van Eck, played 3 racks of Points & scored a 97, which places him in the top 6 highest scores as of this writing. I think Thomas scored so high because of his invention’s effectiveness. He consistently produces videos showing just how easy it is to run out & the i-Cue Training Cue Ball shows precisely where the tip strikes the ball! Seeing is believing!

The current Points Heavyweight Champion, Michael Harrison, is looking to defend his title & I want the opponent to be a professional pool player. His score of 179 is the highest single run that I personally have seen. I was his opponent & I kept score. Although the 179 is his best, he has not officially defended his title. So here we are...

The Challenge is being issued right here & now! It’s time to see the match that I want to see, Florian “Venom” Kohler vs. Michael Harrison for the “UNDISPUTED” Points Heavyweight Championship.

The match could be live streamed with a possibility of an actual PPV event featuring other Points matches prior to the main event. I have other players that score from the high 80’s & into the 100+ points range. Not many know who these remarkably talented players are, but that will change after this first major event.

When the dust settles & the first Undisputed Points Heavyweight Champion has been crowned, A new division will be introduced & a new champion will emerge. Coming soon! The Points Light-Heavyweight Tournament!

Points is growing in popularity as players begin to realize how much their overall pool games are improving just by playing Points. Shot elements such as banks, kicks, jumps, combinations & carom shots become second nature, and the player starts to see shots they would have never thought of in other billiards games.

I really want people to realize that Points is a different way to play billiards. Just like 8-ball is different from One Pocket & Rotation is different from Straight Pool, Points is its’ own discipline & after spending just one full day playing the game, players will start to understand why I call Points, The New Age of Billiards.

By: Albert Charbonneau - Inventor of the billiards game Points & author.