Doesn't anyone know where to find the confirmed players in this 6/3/09 event?
How can find out the players committed to this tournament?
These were mentioned during the first announcementes:
1. Shane “The South Dakota Kid” Van Boening
2. Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer
3. Alex “The Lion” Pagulayan
4. Mika “The Iceman” Immonen,
5. Rodney “The Rocket” Morris
Nope, but I found this page >_<
http://www.upatour.com/event_bracket.php
This thing should have its own website.
Well, the blank brackets they are using are based on a 32 player field.
I know a number of top pros who have indicated they were not attending.
Mike
Interesting...Wasn't it advertised as a 64 player tournament? Even if a lot of the top pros don't attend, surely there are other strong players they could have invited to fill those 64 spots.
Less than thirty two would be a shock, even with the UPA fee and all.
Heard from Rodney tonight that he is playing.
Mike
I agree, even with the $425 fee to play, DP charged over $600 and still drew over 120 players so less than 32 wouldn't be good.
I know Shane had trouble rationalizing paying $1500 to come back to the US between the Philippine Open and the China Open to maybe win a little more than that. So he decided his time was better spent gambling with the philippinos and taiwanese in Manila and is staying there until the China Open. But I'm sure that's only the case with some of the players.
I was wondering if Corey would try to race back to play in Vegas, but I had forgotten about the China Open. Definitely bad timing for the UPA to hold an event.
Mike