Happy holidays from all of us at 33Pool! We're extending the free beta past the New Year, so the key above is our gift to every player. Use it, share it with your friends, and come play.

What is a ladder season?

A ladder season is a stretch of time with its own ranked board. Every ranked match you play in that stretch counts toward where you finish.

• Everyone starts at 1000 Rating. Win a ranked match and your Rating goes up; lose and it goes down.
• Upsets pay more. Beat someone rated above you and you climb faster than you would beating someone below you.
• The board is ordered by Rating and updates live, the moment a match ends.
• At the end of the season the standings are frozen and the champion goes into the record books for good.

Every ranked match is a game of 33 Rotation, played on your own table at home. The app finds you an opponent from anywhere in the world, both of you stream to Kick from your phones, and you keep your own score while your opponent confirms it.

Beta Ladder Season news

The Beta Season opened on September 8 with a single ladder, Beta: Open Table Ranked 1v1. That means one queue for every table size, so 9-foot tables and bar boxes play each other. Here's the board as it stands today:

• #1 jn4skater (1327). A 77–5 record, a 23-match win streak from October 17 to 20, and the highest score in a single match this season: 25 points.
• #2 ayeng_16 (1230). 13–2, reaching second place in just 15 matches.
• #3 Edgieoro (1155). 28–13, and the player with the most perfect 11s this season.
• #4 dibs (1083) and #5 JazzyJeffj (1068), who has played 179 ranked matches, more than anyone else in the top five.

21 players hold a ranked spot right now, from the United States to the Philippines, and the board grows every time someone new plays their first ranked match.

The season in numbers

• 484 matches and 139 hours at the table
• 7,377 balls pocketed and 970 11s drained
• 37 matches went to Sudden Death
• 6 perfect rounds: every ball in rotation, finishing on the 11, for the full 11 points

Bring your friends

You don't need a key to play your friends. Casual matches are free for everyone: start one in the app, send your friend the code, and you're playing from your own tables, whether they're across town or across the ocean.

New to 33 Rotation?

It takes one rack to learn. You get nine balls and three rounds, and 33 points is a perfect game. Watch it played out in our interactive demo, or take the full tour at Learn 33 Rotation.

Help us grow the sport

We've had a great time playing this game and building this platform, and we want everyone in on it. Every new player makes the ladder deeper, the matches faster to find and the community bigger. Help us build a global community where you can compete from your home table any time, against anyone, within minutes.

Grab the key, bring a friend, and help us grow billiards. Happy holidays, and see you at the table!