The World Pool Tour Mission: 
To help make pool the number one sport in the world by holding world class tournaments with the annually increasing financial success of more and more players as the main goal.  To create an unmatched playing experience for the players, and exciting viewing experiences for the fans.  To provide a platform that will steward the game in a positive light for future generations to know, love, and enjoy. 

Hi friend, my name is Max Eberle and I've been playing in professional pool tournaments for 32 years.  I've added a bio below but in brief, I've won a few star studded events and over a thousand local events, I've been to over 30 countries representing the USA, played in thousands of pool halls, taught thousands of players with my lessons, DVDs, and books, and I've beaten 19 world champions and hundreds of big name top pro players along the way.  I don't claim to be the best ever but I've got a lot of experience in this sport and I want to give back and help pool flourish for generations to come.  I simply see too many easily fixable mistakes being made, and some not so easy to fix.   

I need your help though.  I'm not a trust fund baby but I need some trust fund money to do this right.  That money is waiting, but for now I just need enough to get this thing setup properly. 

I've played in beautifully promoted and setup events, and I've played in awfully setup and promoted events, and doing this as a player gives me a unique insight into what needs to be done to improve the sport so that the prize money equals or exceeds that of professional golf.  And yes, I do believe that is actually possible.  Pool is just too strong of a game and according to the numbers I've seen, it's the most widely played sport in the entire world.  Now that is amazing!  

Today I'm asking you to make my mission your mission.  Together we can turn pool into the number one sport on Earth.  Your small or large donation will go a long way in helping me and my team setup this company correctly and get to the big money needed to make it a reality.  This is not a stock offering, it's way bigger than that.  It's a appeal to put your money where your best ideals and aspirations are for the sport you love, the sport of pool, or as Willie Mosconi liked calling it, Pocket Billiards.  Join me today in helping pool achieve legendary status among the big money sports of today, where we both know it certainly belongs! 

The Problem:  
As a pool player, fan of professional pool, or as a pro player, are you frustrated with the much smaller prize purses that professional pool players win, when compared to other sports like golf, tennis, football, basketball and baseball?  Are you annoyed that professional pool coverage on network television has lost it's presence and has less coverage than new “sports” like corn-hole, or other arguably less skilled sports like bowling and darts?

You know how difficult pool is to play, and especially how difficult it is to master. It takes years and decades of practice and training for a player to reach the skill level where it's even possible for them to win matches, let alone tournaments on a professional level.

Many fans and players agree that the skill it takes to play pool at the highest level is equal to the skill required to play golf at the highest level, and although golfers may disagree, there are athletes who say that pool is even tougher than golf to play and master.   Yet professional golfers make 100 times the prize money and 1000 times the endorsement money of professional pool players. It just doesn't seem fair or correct now in 2023 and beyond...  

The Solution:
The solution to the problem is many fold, yet first of all pool needs a promotions company that  strives to help the players to prosper financially to the highest possible degree, instead of promoters whose main goal is personal gain.  Pool also needs a promotions company that sets up the venues and playing setups in the correct manner.  

Once this correct goal and spirit of helping the players succeed in the proper playing arena is embraced by a competent company, the many solutions and strategies for making it happen can be achieved.  WORLD POOL TOUR has mapped out the solutions to the many problems that have faced professional pool over the years.

WORLD POOL TOUR aims to become that promotions company which has the success of the professional pool players as it's number one goal. We believe that with this goal as our lodestar, our many other secondary goals will produce many positive outcomes for the sport and its players from novice to amateur and professionals alike.  When the players prosper, WORLD POOL TOUR will prosper.  

The Barriers:
What are the problems and barriers to success in professional pool?  Why don't the professional pool players make the big money that they rightly deserve for the skill level they've achieved?

While some companies are doing more things right and making improvements recently, it is our goal to be a leader in all areas that need improving, instead of complaining and waiting around for decades for improvements that we all wish would have come much sooner.

The barriers causing the small prize money and poor promotion in pool are many and include:  Promoters reaping most of the gain, promoters not increasing prize money each year in their flagship events, inadequate venues and conditions for the players and fans, inadequate advertising to notify the public about major events in their city, a lingering negative perception of pool promoted by Hollywood over the years, a lack of standardization of equipment, rules, and etiquette for professional events, a lack of corporate sponsorship or other means of supplying prize money to the players, a lack of regular TV airtime for the sport, a lack of the promotion of professional player personalities to the general public, and bad publicity or behavior by some of the professionals themselves.

Another unseen barrier is that many "Pro Events" are held in pool halls.  In these events the tables are too close to each other, the tables are not set up or maintained in a consistent professional way, and they are mainly glorified promotions events for the pool hall itself. 

And sometimes when events are held in hotel ballrooms with plenty of space, the setup is not done properly for the players or the fans best experience.  The conditions may be lacking in some other aspect like bad lighting, freezing cold temperatures, unlevel tables, cloth that is too fast, and pockets that are too big for the pros' standard game.  The list of things that need improving in many pro tournaments goes on and on year after year.  

Your Impact:
You now have the opportunity to change history and assist in positively impacting the course of professional pool forever. Your donation now will change the course of the sport and help us realize many dreams for the sport of pool that should have been reality decades ago.

Instead of watching pool flounder or go through the normal historical cycles of surging and waning public popularity, you'll actually be helping pool achieve the legendary status it's deserved for a century as a major sport in the world, one in which parents the world over will proudly introduce to their children as a viable option for them to pursue as a passion and professional career.

What You'll Receive:
In exchange for your donation in addition to achieving hero status, you'll receive lifetime recognition in the WPT PRO POOL HALL OF FAME as a founding contributor, various VIP status at all future WPT events depending on your donation size, and many other future exclusive benefits.

Most of all you'll receive the satisfaction that you took decisive action in being part of the solution to improving the sport we love, and in knowing that you had a direct hand in the success of pool as it grows into the future.

Why the funds are needed:
Funds are needed for legal and professional costs to set up and brand the World Pool Tour correctly.  When you have the best, the next step is to be able to afford them.  The coming WPT will prioritize the players and the positive growth of the sport, which will also require legal expertise to defend the WPT and help keep us moving forward with our focus on the work to accomplish the mission ahead.  

WORLD POOL TOUR Team

Max Eberle, WPT Founder

• Current age 50, Professional pool player for 32 years.  Have been p laying pool seriously since 12, winner of over a thousand tournaments. 
• Graduate James Madison University, BS in Geography, minor in Art. 
• Pro Rank #5 at year end on UPA world pro tour  2003 & 2004.
• 2 Time Bronze Medalist in WPA sanctioned World 14.1 Championships, NYC in 2006 & 2012 
• Represented the USA in sanctioned world championships dozens of times. 
• Placed 17th in WPA World 9-Ball 2003.  
• Champion Derby City Classic 14.1 Challenge 2013, 10-foot table, defeated 3 world champions to win with 22 world champions in the field.
• Champion Team USA vs Team Russia 2019
• Champion Jay Swanson Memorial 9-Ball Championship 2019, Las Vegas.  
• Champion 4x West Coast 9-Ball Championships, Hard Times Bellflower and Sacramento. 
• Champion 2x National Collegiate Championships 1993 & 1994
• Champion BCA Junior National Championships 1991
• Has been to over 30 countries and appeared on live television in multiple countries
• Has been technical advisor for television commercials and films produced in Hollywood, SAG eligible.  Worked with Michael Jordan to perform trick shots on Hanes commercial.  Guest starred on Pawn Stars appearing as self with Rick and Corey Harrison.  
• Coaching clients include celebrities and legends like , Jeff Bezos, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, and Joe Rogan
• Entertained the US troops on US military bases all over Europe in two “Mad Max” D.O.D. Overseas show tours
• Produced best selling Powerful Pool DVD Set, authored best selling Zen Pool book, and created the popular membership website called Pro Pool Academy, to reach a wider audience of amateur pool players across the world who want to improve their game.

Royce Lane, WPT General Counsel

• Royce Lane, a.k.a. "The Pitbull Lawyer," was featured on the cover of Lawyer Monthly March 2020 
• Royce is a New Zealander, and Founding Partner of Pro Law International
• Former 15 years in Law Enforcement
• Attended Law Faculty at Auckland University
• Has part completed his Masters of Law at Oxford, UK. 
• Has advised MLM or direct selling companies since the early 90's
• Admitted as a member of the Int'l Bar No. 1080394.
• Former decorated sports personality with two world titles and two Guinness World Records.  
• His face was on an official stamp of the country of Macau.
• Former professional pool player, affectionately known by pool fans as Rocky Lane and by his friends as "Rock"
• Holds a Guinness World Records as fastest Speed Jump Shooter, and Complete Pool Table Clearance in 11.29 Seconds on TV, on January 27th, 2013.