fastone371 said:

$1400 ??!!!!!!!!???? Is that American dollars? Once again, logic tells me that that must be Pesos.

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Hahaha it’s American and I bet when they hit the secondary market they will be 2k

Predator heating up its competition with Matchroom. As mentioned previously, Predator has created a new "all star" event to take place at year end in Jacksonville, Fla, the location of the company's headquarters.

The top 16 men - shades of the World Pool Masters - and top 16 women will face off in separate men's and women's singles matches. Plus there will be doubles men, doubles women, and mixed doubles events.

The top 12 players of each sex will be based on WPA rankings, with four wild cards. Again, shades of Matchroom.

The events are 10 ball, though.

Total prize fund is $50,000 for both the men and women's events, with the winner getting $17,000. The money appears spread around to give a little something to everyone. Doubles events have a $25,000 price fund. Total payment for the Jacksonville event is $175,000.

Predator said it plans to make the All-star matches a permanent year-end event. Obviously it's answer to the Mosconi and Reyes, and an attempt to create a tour or season of sorts.

"This is PBS All Stars. Witness history. Where legends are forged. "

trob said:

Which one of you maniacs bought this case.


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$1400 ??!!!!!!!!???? Is that American dollars? Once again, logic tells me that that must be Pesos.

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briankenobi said:

Jaden is right on the fan engagement. If there is a team aspect of it, it is more likely to draw fans. The World Cup is a perfect example. You might not watch or like soccer, but you will root your country on.

A lot of people hit on the financial aspect of this. How many times has someone said "Joe Rogan is a fan and has money. Why can't he invest in a tour." Because he is smart and knows that it's probably a money loss. Promoters need to make money from events and having free streams and not charging people to watch the events in person is a horrible business model.

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Agree on the team thing. Here's the problem I see with it though... In AZ we had the Saguaro Cup, like the Mosconi Cup but with the best players from the East Valley going against the best players from the West Valley. It was awesome. After a few years, all of the NON-top players started to complain that they never get picked. So they all created a different team competition. Now they have East vs West for different fargo ranges. Everyone except the players over like 660 can participate. And the Saguaro Cup is dead.

Everything has to be fair, everyone has to be included. It's the way pool seems to work. It reinforces the idea that even pool players don't want to watch pool, they'd rather play.

iusedtoberich said:

She "broke" Aramith Duramith Tournament balls under Perimeter or Arena lights. I can't make out the table.

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Has nobody noticed that that is an illegal 8 ball rack???

gregcantrall said:

The first step in Psychological warfare is to get My Mind Right.

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That sounds like it would be difficult.