 In 1976, at the Challenge of Champions, Tom Jennings, who was named the World Champion of the annual US Open Pocket Billiard Championship, held by the Billiard Congress of America, agreed to battle it out with Lisciotti for the top spot.The two players played straight pool, 1,000-point catch-up at 200 points per block for five nights, in a much publicized winner-take-all $10,000 challenge match.The last night, Lisciotti made a 125-ball run to bring his score to 999, one point away from victory.