Jayson Shaw First Contracted Pro on WNT

big chang, souquet, wu kun lin are some more names that wasn't obvious but that now choose MR.
That's three very fine players. Good to hear. Getting some of the stars of Asia under contract is important as Asian viewers tend to be the most ardent when it comes to pro pool.

What big names haven't signed other than Poland's Szewczyk?
 
Here is the current list of WNT contracted players followed by the top WPA players not yet signed
  1. David Alcaide Spain
  2. Darren Appleton Great Britain
  3. Marc Bijesterbosch Netherlands
  4. Jung Lin Chang Taiwan
  5. Jin Hu Dang China
  6. Oscar Dominguez USA
  7. Quoc Hoang Duong Vietnam
  8. Niels Feijen Netherlands
  9. Michael Feliciano Philippines
  10. Joshua Filler Germany
  11. Miesko Fortunski Poland
  12. Denis Grabe Estonia
  13. Fedor Gorst USA
  14. Mario He Austria
  15. Thorsten Hohmann Germany
  16. Dimitri Jungo Switzerland
  17. Konrad Juszczyszyn Poland
  18. Eklent Kaci Albania
  19. Alexander Kazakis Greece
  20. Pin Vi Ko Taiwan
  21. Ping Chung Ko Taiwan
  22. Ping Han Ko Taiwan
  23. Pijus Labutis Lithuania
  24. Max Lechner Austria
  25. Kang Lee South Korea
  26. C-J Lin Taiwan
  27. Chris Melling Great Britain
  28. John Morra Canada
  29. Moritz Neuhausen Germany
  30. Anh Tuan Nguyen Vietnam
  31. Naoyuki Oi Japan
  32. Albin Ouschan Austria
  33. Alex Pagulayan Canada
  34. Aleksa Pecelj Serbia
  35. Sanjin Pehlivanovic Bosnia-Herzegovina
  36. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Spain
  37. Jayson Shaw Great Britain
  38. Ralf Souquet Germany
  39. Jonas Souto Comino Spain
  40. Tyler Styer USA
  41. Billy Thorpe USA
  42. Shane Van Boening USA
  43. Shane Wolford USA
  44. Skyler Woodward USA
  45. Kun Lin Wu Taiwan
  46. Aloysius Yapp Singapore
  47. Wiktor Zielinski Poland
  48. Added 18 Jan 2024: Jani Uski
  49. Abdullah Alyousef
  50. Robbie Capito
  51. Emil Andre Gangflot
  52. Mohammad Soufi
  53. Olivér Szolnoki
Top-40 WPA ranked and active players not yet signed:
  1. Wojciech Szewczyk
  2. Daniel Maciol
  3. Bader Alawadhi
  4. Vitaly Patsura
  5. Mateusz Sniegocki
  6. Jan van Lierop
  7. Gerson Martinez
  8. Carlo Biado
  9. Petri Makkonen
  10. Marco Teutscher
 
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In terms of pro pool it looks like the WPA may be well-n-truly fk'd. I smell a 'sit-down' where MR pretty much calls all the shots.
 
Top 30 WPA ranked players not yet signed:

C-J Lin
Denis Grabe
Wojciech Szewczyk
Daniel Maciol
Mika Immonen
Bader Alawadhi
Oliver Szolnoki
Chang Jun Lin and Dennis Grabe have signed and Immonen, at least for the moment, is inactive. Bader is not an elite player.

Other than the Asians, Szewczyk, Maciol and Szolnocki appear to be the only 800+ Fargo players that haven't signed.
 
Chang Jun Lin and Dennis Grabe have signed and Immonen, at least for the moment, is inactive. Bader is not an elite player.

Other than the Asians, Szewczyk, Maciol and Szolnocki appear to be the only 800+ Fargo players that haven't signed.
Thanks, list edited. I have extended the WPA list to the top 40 ranked players who have not signed with Matchroom.

Has Biado not signed?
 
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Thanks, list edited. I have extended the WPA list to the top 40 ranked players who have not signed with Matchroom.

Has Biado not signed? Here is the current "not signed in the top WPA 40" list:

Wojciech Szewczyk
Daniel Maciol
Bader Alawadhi
Oliver Szolnoki
Robbie Capito
Vitaly Patsura
Mateusz Sniegocki
Jan van Lierop
Gerson Martinez
Carlo Biado
Petri Makkonen
Marco Teutscher
How about Fargo #4 Anton Raga?
 
How about Fargo #4 Anton Raga?
Raga is ranked 97 on the WPA list, because the only WPA ranking event he played in was the China Open. He is 39 in the Matchroom rankings.

If anyone knows whether he has signed, please speak up.
 
Thanks, list edited. I have extended the WPA list to the top 40 ranked players who have not signed with Matchroom.

Has Biado not signed? Here is the current "not signed in the top WPA 40" list:

Wojciech Szewczyk
Daniel Maciol
Bader Alawadhi
Oliver Szolnoki
Robbie Capito
Vitaly Patsura
Mateusz Sniegocki
Jan van Lierop
Gerson Martinez
Carlo Biado
Petri Makkonen
Marco Teutscher

Szolnoki signed today and imagine Wojceich will soon follow.
 
I know Makkonen is in bad spot because Finnish Federation forum site is where all our tournament are announced. If someone get ban they cannot enter any tournament that is announced there. That is basically all Finnish tournaments. For Makkonen it is - 20k € at least..
I believe same for Uski..
 
I know Makkonen is in bad spot because Finnish Federation forum site is where all our tournament are announced. If someone get ban they cannot enter any tournament that is announced there. That is basically all Finnish tournaments. For Makkonen it is - 20k € at least..
I believe same for Uski..
Uski just signed along with Abdullah Alyousef, Robbie Capito, Emil Andre Gangflot and Mohammad Soufi...
 
Carlo Biado just won the recent 2024 Chinese Taipei Open which is the first WNT ranking event of the year, so I'm sure his announcement of signing is near.
 
Carlo Biado just won the recent 2024 Chinese Taipei Open which is the first WNT ranking event of the year, so I'm sure his announcement of signing is near.
I think that doesn't disqualify him from WPA events. I think he has to play in one sometime after March 1st.

If you look at the remaining WPA players, it might make sense for Biado to go into all the WPA events a strong favorite.
 
I know Makkonen is in bad spot because Finnish Federation forum site is where all our tournament are announced. If someone get ban they cannot enter any tournament that is announced there. That is basically all Finnish tournaments. For Makkonen it is - 20k € at least..
I believe same for Uski..
I'm sorry I don't follow the logic. Do you mean he risks being banned from most Finnish tournaments if he signs up with Matchroom? Why would he be banned for that? Is it because WPA can decide to ban, and Finnish tournaments are under WPA..?
 
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