Philippine Open

representation by country:

85 Philippines
7 United States
7 Saudi Arabia
4 Spain
3 Japan
3 Germany
3 Chinese Taipei
2 United Kingdom
2 Norway
2 Canada
1 Viet Nam
1 Unknown
1 Singapore
1 Lithuania
1 Italy
1 Hong Kong
1 Finland
1 Estonia
1 Denmark
1 Austria
 
pt109 said:
I love double elimination. First dozen tournaments south of the border I won were all from the B-side.
We had a few DKO full rack snooker tournaments in Canada back in the action days that were well attended.
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The major problem with using double elimination all the way through is for scheduling. It is horrible for both the TD and the players. A single snail on the losers' side and the tournament ends at 3AM when the two finalists split the prizes. Sadly, most TDs don't have the equivalent of:

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Bob Jewett said:
The major problem with using double elimination all the way through is for scheduling. It is horrible for both the TD and the players. A single snail on the losers' side and the tournament ends at 3AM when the two finalists split the prizes. Sadly, most TDs don't have the equivalent of:

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Obvious solution is putting a time limit on a match and a shot clock.
 
Guess one of the first round match-ups?

It’s Franco Nero vs Lee Van Cleef! 😁

Django vs Efren is sooo appropo!
 
Why can't they just make it a double elimination format similar to other WNT event? Up until yesterday, fans are still clueless about whether tickets are needed or if it’s open to everyone. Not exactly a good start especially with the single-elimination format. Still hoping the event turns out successful.
 
Paulo De Leon said:
Why can't they just make it a double elimination format similar to other WNT event? Up until yesterday, fans are still clueless about whether tickets are needed or if it’s open to everyone. Not exactly a good start especially with the single-elimination format. Still hoping the event turns out successful.
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From the live scores page, it appears the tournament is being run on eight tables. The Matchroom majors are on 24 to 30 or so tables.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Here's the players list...

1 David Alcaide -- Spain
2 Khalid Alghamdi -- Saudi Arabia
3 Abdullah Alshammari -- Saudi Arabia
4 James Aranas -- Philippines
5 Marvin Asis -- Philippines
6 Michael Baoanan -- Philippines
7 Carlo Biado -- Philippines
8 Robbie Capito -- Hong Kong
9 Johann Chua -- Philippines
10 Lee Vann Corteza -- Philippines
11 Duong Quoc Hoang -- Viet Nam
12 Michael Feliciano -- Philippines
13 Lukas Fracasso-Verner -- United States
14 Fu Che Wei -- Chinese Taipei
15 Emil Gangfløt -- Norway
16 Roland Garcia -- Philippines
17 Pierfrancesco Garzia -- Italy
18 Patric Gonzales -- Philippines
19 Fedor Gorst -- United States
20 Denis Grabe -- Estonia
21 Mario He -- Austria
22 Thorsten Hohmann -- Germany
23 Jeffrey Ignacio -- Philippines
24 Mickey Krause -- Denmark
25 Pijus Labutis -- Lithuania
26 Sergio Lagunas Moreno -- Spain
27 AJ Manas -- Philippines
28 John Morra -- Canada
29 Moritz Neuhausen -- Germany
30 Naoyuki Oi -- Japan
31 Alex Pagulayan -- Canada
32 Anton Raga -- Philippines
33 Bernie Regalario -- Philippines
34 Jefrey Roda -- Philippines
35 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz -- Spain
36 Elliott Sanderson -- United Kingdom
37 Arseni Sevastyanov -- Finland
38 Jayson Shaw -- United Kingdom
39 Ralf Souquet -- Germany
40 Jonás Souto -- Spain
41 Billy Thorpe -- United States
42 Harry Vergara -- Philippines
43 Jeffrey De Luna -- Philippines
44 Max Eberle -- United States
45 Roberto Gomez -- Philippines
46 Drahcir Mauricio -- Philippines
47 Dennis Orcollo -- Philippines
48 John Paul Ladao -- Philippines
49 John Albert Refulle -- Philippines
50 John Vincent Vicedo -- Philippines
51 Reyvan Abad -- Philippines
52 Michael Abaño Sison -- Philippines
53 Joshua Agar -- Philippines
54 Toby Alcantara -- Philippines
55 Nicole Alcayde -- Philippines
56 Fahad Aldhayan -- Saudi Arabia
57 Sulaiman Alfarraj -- Saudi Arabia
58 Karl Christopher Arellano -- Philippines
59 Angelo Ariola -- Philippines
60 Kenneth Arpilleda -- Philippines
61 Horace Aynaga Angor -- Philippines
62 Mohammed Baabad -- Saudi Arabia
63 Ryzen Baculpo -- Philippines
64 Jerico Banares -- Philippines
65 Jun Jun Bansil Tiongco -- Philippines
66 Ric Bejen -- Philippines
67 Ceferino Bon Jr -- Philippines
68 Lauro Bongay -- Philippines
69 Francisco Bustamante -- Philippines
70 Yves Cabrito -- Philippines
71 Jerwin Capili Samia -- Philippines
72 Deanmark Castronuevo -- Philippines
73 Jaycee Cordova Garcia -- Philippines
74 Edmar Cristobal Balboa -- Philippines
75 Victor De Asis -- Philippines
76 Emmanuel Delgado -- Philippines
77 Prince Delos Santos -- Philippines
78 Tristan Deocareza -- Philippines
79 Prince Dizon -- Philippines
80 Jasper Joseph E Abrenica -- Philippines
81 Christoff Eiron Espino -- Philippines
82 Alexis Ferrer -- Philippines
83 Glenn Donn Galerio Ginez -- Philippines
84 Saldy Galliguez -- Philippines
85 Paolo Gallito -- Philippines
86 Billy Jay Garcia -- Philippines
87 Kenneth Garcia -- Philippines
88 Rodrigo Geronimo -- Philippines
89 Kian Hidalgo -- Philippines
90 Tristan James Tenio -- Philippines
91 Mark Jerick Leyva -- Philippines
92 Francis Adrian Jimenez -- Philippines
93 Kelson Juan -- United States
94 Saud Kareem Alshammari -- Saudi Arabia
95 Ryan Kersten -- United States
96 Chris Paul L Cabuenas -- Philippines
97 Jordan Legaspi -- Philippines
98 Amiel Leonor -- Philippines
99 Venus Lim -- Singapore
100 Jandale Lozano -- Philippines
101 Sealtiel Raphael M Molvizar -- Philippines
102 Dennis M Po -- Philippines
103 Jayson Allen Mark Malonzo -- Philippines
104 Marlon Manalo -- Philippines
105 Baseth Mocaibat -- Philippines
106 Ronel Nalaunan -- Philippines
107 Eric Navarrete -- Philippines
108 Kenney Nguyen -- United States
109 Hassan Obeed Alqahtani -- Saudi Arabia
110 Ronny Oldervik -- Norway
111 Paul John Ortega -- Philippines
112 Kohei Oyama -- Japan
113 Jonh Patrick P Agir -- Philippines
114 Ryan John P Badal -- Philippines
115 Allan Panganiban -- Philippines
116 Tom Peralta -- Philippines
117 Jordan Pineda -- Philippines
118 Efren Reyes -- Philippines
119 Mark Ace S Angon -- Philippines
120 Jhamir Amini S Castro -- Philippines
121 Bryan Saguiped -- Philippines
122 Joshua Santino Arevalo -- Philippines
123 Ramir Sarmiento -- Philippines
124 Jaybee Sucal -- Philippines
125 Sun Yi Hsuan -- Chinese Taipei
126 Kunihiko Takahashi -- Japan
127 Tsai Pei-Chun -- Chinese Taipei
128 Matchroom Wildcard 1 -- Unknown
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Wow, eyeballing the list, about 85% of the field is Asian.
 
I have a feeling this event is going to be superb. Single elimination is a very tough format, but the cream will still rise to the top.

All the credit to Matchroom for producing a new WNT major and good luck to all these fine players.
 
sjm said:
Wow, eyeballing the list, about 85% of the field is Asian.
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With 85% of that Filipino.

I suspect that many of the Europeans who were around for the earlier events didn't want to stick around the extra two weeks between the end of the Hanoi Open (12th) and the end of the Philippine Open (25th) -- extra week for the Reyes Cup. Schedule fatigue?

Still, I think the round of 32 is going to be a lot of tough matches.
 
Bob Jewett said:
With 85% of that Filipino.

I suspect that many of the Europeans who were around for the earlier events didn't want to stick around the extra two weeks between the end of the Hanoi Open (12th) and the end of the Philippine Open (25th) -- extra week for the Reyes Cup. Schedule fatigue?

Still, I think the round of 32 is going to be a lot of tough matches.
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We know how deep the talent pool is in the Philippines. I think a lot of really top-notch pool will be on display.
 
straightline said:
Begs the question, Is Fargo up to the density?
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Jay Helfert has suggested that there are 100 Filipinos 18 years old or younger that play to a Fargo 750 level or better. Fargo can only track those who play in tournaments that report results to Fargo. I'd guess that many of the entrants in the Philippines Open have never played in a Fargo-tracked event.
 
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