Carlo Biado

Carlo Biado, known as the Black Tiger, is a Filipino professional pool player born on October 31, 1983, and a multiple world champion. He was the first Filipino to win the World Nine-ball Championship twice, in 2017 and 2025, and he won the World Ten-ball Championship in 2024. Born with roots in Rosario, La Union, or Nueva Ecija, he began playing at thirteen and worked as a caddie at the Villamor Air Base golf course while still a student, playing billiards in the evenings. He turned professional in 2004 and won no titles until 2010. In 2017 he also beat Jayson Shaw to win the men's nine-ball event at the World Games.