{"id":8605,"date":"2026-07-23T11:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/?p=8605"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:21:18","slug":"kansas-city-shootout-2026-opening-session-ultimate-pool-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/2026\/07\/23\/kansas-city-shootout-2026-opening-session-ultimate-pool-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Shootout 2026 \u2013 Opening Session | Ultimate Pool USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimate Pool USA<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE | Kansas City Shootout 2026 \u2013 Opening Session | Ultimate Pool USA\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_qdFv1C7tBI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Shootout 2026 is LIVE! \ud83c\udfb1\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Six matches open the action from Kansas City as 12 players step onto the TV table looking to book their place in the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Opening Session Matches:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb1 Shane Thompson vs Sam Henderson<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfb1 Alex Olinger vs Kaden Herrbach<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfb1 Mike Banks Jr. vs Chase Stumfoll<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfb1 Tom Cousins vs Shane McMinn<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfb1 Joe Prince vs Manny Perez<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfb1 Johnny Archer vs Brett Snowden<\/p>\n<p>The Shootout is always one of the highlights of Kansas City week, with every match played on the TV table and every match streamed LIVE.<\/p>\n<p>Settle in and join us for a full session of Ultimate Pool USA action from Kansas City!<\/p>\n<p>Who are you backing to make it through? Let us know in the chat! \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<p>#KansasCityShootout #KansasCityOpen #UltimatePoolUSA #UltimatePool #Pool #CueSports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimate Pool USA The Kansas City Shootout 2026 is LIVE! \ud83c\udfb1\ud83d\udd25 Six matches open the action from Kansas City as 12 players step onto the TV table looking to book their place in the next round. Opening Session Matches: \ud83c\udfb1 Shane Thompson vs Sam Henderson \ud83c\udfb1 Alex Olinger vs Kaden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-8-ball","category-live-stream","category-tournaments"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-23_11-19-37-up.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Kenny Ash","author_link":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/author\/kash\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-23_11-19-37-up.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8607,"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8605\/revisions\/8607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poolhall.tv\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}