AZB's Top Money Earners 2015

david(tx)

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Looking at the top is Darren Appleton who made almost all of his money at the Chinese 8 ball event which is also the main reason for the top Chinese players .The year is half over, and i see that The DCC is responsible for a most Warren Kiamco's and Alex Pagulayans's earnings. This past weekend with the Big Tyme Classic on bar tables , bumped up Alex considerably. Dennis Orcollo has won virtually all his money in the USA as well as Alex and all the American players and Canadian John Morra .

All of the Americans and John Morra won most of their money on bar tables , in locally promoted and funded events with player auctions . The WPA World 10 Ball Championships were funded by a professional boxer , will it happen again next year ?There are 3 European players in the top 25 and they are all British , and Shaw earned all his money in the US. I think Partypoker funds an event in the Netherlands , that pays well , are there any other big events happening in Europe that are worth the air fare ?

Are there any events in Europe funded by pool rooms and player auctions ? Any events funded by local pool rooms and player auctions in Canada that have decent payouts ? Skylar Woodward is probably making close to a living on 7 footers . The Big Tyme Classic was dominated by foreign players who probably were there because of the player auction money.

Other than big online sports betting and card rooms is anyone else funding pool in Europe ? Will Canada ever host events like Chinook Winds or the US Bar Table Championships , Smoking Aces or Carom Room events ? Buffalo Billiards N.O. or Turning Stone ?

One off events and few other events are funding pool right now , CSI , Mark Zuglan , the DCC promoters and a few room owners , and i forgot White Diamonds Chris Miller ?Pool is grass roots and will probably always be that way.Professional Pool players are those that make a living from it , not those associated with any organization or rated and sanctioned by them .
 
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Looking at the top is Darren Appleton who made almost all of his money at the Chinese 8 ball event which is also the main reason for the top Chinese players .The year is half over, and i see that The DCC is responsible for a most Warren Kiamco's and Alex Pagulayans's earnings. This past weekend with the Big Tyme Classic on bar tables , bumped up Alex considerably. Dennis Orcollo has won virtually all his money in the USA as well as Alex and all the American players and Canadian John Morra .

All of the Americans and John Morra won most of their money on bar tables , in locally promoted and funded events with player auctions . The WPA World 10 Ball Championships were funded by a professional boxer , will it happen again next year ?There are 3 European players in the top 25 and they are all British , and Shaw earned all his money in the US. I think Partypoker funds an event in the Netherlands , that pays well , are there any other big events happening in Europe that are worth the air fare ?

Are there any events in Europe funded by pool rooms and player auctions ? Any events funded by local pool rooms and player auctions in Canada that have decent payouts ? Skylar Woodward is probably making close to a living on 7 footers . The Big Tyme Classic was dominated by foreign players who probably were there because of the player auction money.

Other than big online sports betting and card rooms is anyone else funding pool in Europe ? Will Canada ever host events like Chinook Winds or the US Bar Table Championships , Smoking Aces or Carom Room events ? Buffalo Billiards N.O. or Turning Stone ?

One off events and few other events are funding pool right now , CSI , Mark Zuglan , the DCC promoters and a few room owners , and i forgot White Diamonds Chris Miller ?Pool is grass roots and will probably always be that way.Professional Pool players are those that make a living from it , not those associated with any organization or rated and sanctioned by them .

If there were 48 more tournaments around the continental US like the Big Tyme Classic and in a theoretical world the top 25 players split the all the winnings evenly, they would all make $115,000.00 a year. That doesn't include CSI events, DCC, US Open or any international events. It also doesn't take into consideration the players that win that aren't pros. Now that $115k is a very conservative and theoretical calculation but what does it really tell us? Tournaments like the Big Tyme Classic a 10k added, 128 Field, with 2 invitational events and a Calcutta generates A LOT OF MONEY. Its events like this that are good for the game in the scheme of things. There are many who cry for more large events. Meanwhile the SBE paid out less than White Diamonds. Now maybe its because these two tournaments are in the south and there is that kind community here, but that only goes to show that what pool needs is a lot more 10k added tournaments than a few big ones.

Liked the post! Were you at the classic? Perhaps in action on table 4?
 
Outside of the DCC Master of the Table prize and the Chinese 8-ball, not one of the biggest paydays in pool in 2015 has been reached yet.

WPA China Open
WPA World 9-ball championship
WPA World 10-ball championship (the Pacquiao)
WPA All Japan Championships
World Pool Masters
US Open 9-ball championship
Challenge of Champions
World Cup of Pool
Mosconi Cup

I believe, but am not certain, that all of these are worth at least 20,000 per player for a win. Moneywise, it's still quite early in the pool year.
 
Who decides what makes it into the list? What is the point of the list?

Can I submit my tournaments for inclusion? If so, what and how and what is the criteria? Is there even a benefit to a promoter?

I see the C8B tournament Appleton won is on the list but not the Joy event that Potts won last year (no idea who won it this year). If C8B is included, why not other cue sports - like snooker?
 
Just curious as to what was meant by this comment.

Tournaments in the south seem to have more active Calcuttas. White Diamonds and The Big Tyme Classic are both bar table tournaments with 128 player max. They both are producing more money for the players! Which I think is awesome. pool is pretty strong in the south right now.
 
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