| Alias | Black Tiger |
| Country | Philippines |
| Hometown | Manila |
| Age | 43 |
| Highest Rank | 2 |
| Majors Won | 3 |
| Invitationals Won | 2 |
| Ranking Events Won | 3 |
| Prize Money | $309,100 |
Carlo Biado is a two-time World Pool champion and US Open winner whose career connects the Philippines’ established champions with its latest generation of international contenders. Known as the “Black Tiger”, he won his first World Pool Championship title in 2017 and added the US Open in 2021.
Eight years after his first world crown, Biado returned to the summit in 2025, finishing ahead of defending champion Fedor Gorst in Jeddah. His success has also extended across the wider World Nineball Tour: he won the Raxx Pool Room Open in 2023, followed by the Chinese Taipei Open and Raxx MVP Open in 2024.
Biado was part of Team Asia’s Reyes Cup victories in both 2024 and 2025, adding team honours to his individual achievements. A semi-final appearance at the 2026 Phoenix Open provided another recent result for a player whose record spans world championships, major open tournaments and the Tour’s ranking circuit.
Selected honours and results
Major titles: World Pool Championship — 2017, 2025; US Open — 2021
WNT Ranking titles: Raxx Pool Room Open — 2023; Chinese Taipei Open — January 2024; Raxx MVP Open — 2024
Team honours: Reyes Cup, Team Asia — 2024, 2025
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The Universal Open Ho Chi Minh brings a 128-player international nineball field to Sniper Billiards Club from 11–15 November 2026. A World Nineball Tour Silver ranking event, it offers a $63,000 prize fund and another opportunity for players to build their standing on the tour in Vietnam.
The competition begins with double elimination, allowing players to recover from one defeat as they compete for a place in the last 64. From that point, the event becomes straight knockout, building towards a final raced to 13 racks.
Its place immediately before the Universal Open Bangkok creates consecutive tournament opportunities across Vietnam and Thailand. For spectators, the Ho Chi Minh event brings international competition into a pool-club setting; for the players, it begins a November sequence with two ranking titles to pursue.
The Universal Bangkok Open is a World Nineball Tour Silver ranking event within the Bangkok Cuesports Festival. Taking place from 17–21 November 2026 at S1 Pool Hall & Sports Bar in the Manhattan Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 15, it brings a 128-player field to the Thai capital to compete for a $63,000 prize fund.
Players begin in a double-elimination stage, with 64 progressing to the knockout rounds. The races increase as the tournament develops: the last 64 through to the last 16 are raced to 10, the quarter-finals and semi-finals to 11, and the final to 13.
Beginning two days after the Universal Open Ho Chi Minh concludes, Bangkok continues the WNT’s November run through Southeast Asia, offering a second consecutive chance to secure a ranking title.
