Jayson Shaw
Jayson Shaw, nicknamed Eagle Eye, is a Scottish professional pool player born on 13 September 1988 in Glasgow. He competes in nine-ball, ten-ball and eight-ball, and has won major titles including the 2010 WPA World Blackball Championship and the 2017 U.S. Open Pool Championship (Nine-ball), defeating Eklent Kaçi 13–4 in the final.
Shaw has represented Europe in the Mosconi Cup many times and has won the event seven times. He earned MVP honors in 2020, 2021 and 2024, becoming the first player-captain to win MVP in 2024.
In 2016 he won the International Challenge of Champions, beating Shane Van Boening in Atlantic City. He also won the Hanoi Open Pool Championship in 2023, defeating Albin Ouschan 13–12 in the final frame.
Shaw set a world high-run record in 14.1 straight pool with 714 in January 2022, later breaking his own record with 832 in January 2025.
Off the table, Shaw and his wife run a pool room in West Haven, Connecticut, which they took over during the COVID-19 pandemic from his wife's parents, who started the business in 2002.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 05:43 (CET).