Patrick Johnson said:

So a billion was what we now call a trillion? Didn’t know that… thanks.

Wonder what they called what we now call a billion…?

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Billiarde

its still same in German

Million
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Billion
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Trillion
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jax_joe said:

This is one of the satellite events. Probably next to nothing on Matchroom sites other than the one link to the Table 1 stream.

The bracket: https://digitalpool.com/tournaments/2026-phoenix-open/viewer

The Table 1 stream coming up at 1:00 est: https://www.youtube.com/@RailbirdsTV/streams

Brackets look like there is a second table streamed. Don't see any links as yet.

If not on the above, maybe one of these:

https://www.youtube.com/@MatchroomPool1/streams

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digitalpool.com

Presumably Fedor will stream his tables if they allow it: https://www.youtube.com/@FedorGorstPro/streams

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The second table matches are being recorded but not streamed.

$300 OBRO. I’m not a fan of the blacks and like the traditional color sets. Looking to replace with a set of Predator Arco IIs or Dynosphere Palladiums.

If all things equal, experience wins out. Oscar's experience showed even though he may have been tiring.

Phoenix Open - Metro Sportz Bar & Billiards, Phoenix Arizona

128-player field

Prize money: $71,200

1st Place: $20,000 (20,000 Mosconi/Reyes/WPM points)
2nd Place: ???
Semifinalists: ???
Quarterfinalists: ???

Communications, or lack thereof, is one of Matchroom's biggest faults. I can't find the prize-fund breakdown. A draw is only available on Digital Pool. There is no information on the MR-WNT site. It's almost like the event doesn't exist. Matchroom does nothing to promote it, other than the initial press release.

Stacked field for such a meager payout. Players fighting for Mosconi/Reyes/WPM points and tuning up ahead of the US Open. Almost all the big names from Arizona and Florida are playing, including ... Eklent Kaci.

Notable omission: Sky Woodward. He's given up chasing Mosconi points. US Open his only chance.

Quite simply, there isn't enough outside money in pool. There isn't enough money in the pool table, cue, chalk, etc. industry for those companies to justify making pool a lucrative profession. Needing to beat 4 of these killers that play today just to break even is an absolute joke.