I don't know about touring pro 9b players, but Johann Chua, Dennis Orcullo, Jefrey De Luna, Jeffrey Ignacio, Kyle Amoroto, Baseth Mocaibat and ... Alex Pagulayan plan to attend the big Duya event. if those Filipinos go there, others will follow.
At my house with my beautiful maple wood cherry finished Diamond table, you get one warning if setting chalk upside down, after that you are not invited back. We do have one person not invited back.
