Out of the Basement. Into the Big Time

HardBat Classic is taking the game of table tennis back to where it all began. Back to the days of long rallies, strategic shots and head-to-head battles of cunning and endurance. Playing the game with a pipped-out hardbat is a throwback to a time when every player was a hustler sweating every point. When mailmen could challenge millionaires and nobody had an advantage until somebody scored 21.

On June 28, 2009, we put the sport in the spotlight with a little of that old school soul at the inaugural HardBat Classic at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino® in Las Vegas. 500 came. 1 walked away $100,000 richer. But make no mistake, this revolution is bigger and badder than any one tournament.

HardBat Classic is reclaiming the game for all the true players, and putting the power back into the hands of the people.