U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

Last week pros are bitching about payouts not being enough. But doing the math on this 256 players with around $750 entrance fee is about $192k they are appaerently paying out over $500K.
 
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here is the full list for those interested

PlayerFractional Odds
Fedor Gorst7/1
Shane Van Boening7/1
Joshua Filler8/1
Aloysius Yapp12/1
Carlo Biado12/1
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz12/1
Eklent Kaci16/1
Robbie Capito16/1
Jayson Shaw20/1
Jefrey Roda25/1
Moritz Neuhausen25/1
AJ Manas28/1
David Alcaide28/1
Mario He28/1
Alexander Kazakis33/1
Bernie Regalario33/1
Denis Grabe33/1
Harry Vergara33/1
Albert Januarta40/1
Albin Ouschan40/1
Jesús Atencio40/1
Marvin Asis40/1
Aleksa Pecelj50/1
Jeffrey De Luna50/1
Jonás Souto50/1
Kledio Kaci50/1
Konrad Juszczyszyn50/1
Michael Baoanan50/1
Mickey Krause50/1
Mieszko Fortunski50/1
Naoyuki Oi50/1
Skyler Woodward50/1
Wiktor Zielinski50/1
Wojciech Szewczyk50/1
Alex Pagulayan66/1
Chang Yu-Lung66/1
Chris Melling66/1
Duong Quoc Hoang66/1
Hsieh Chia Chen66/1
Lee Vann Corteza66/1
Marc Bijsterbosch66/1
Michael Feliciano66/1
Niels Feijen66/1
Pijus Labutis66/1
Cristopher Tevez80/1
Lo Ho Sum80/1
Max Lechner80/1
Mustafa Alnar80/1
Oliver Szolnoki80/1
Petri Makkonen80/1
Roberto Gomez80/1
Sanjin Pehlivanovic80/1
Tyler Styer80/1
Wu Kun-Lin80/1
Darren Appleton100/1
Emil Andre Gangfløt100/1
Roland Garcia100/1
Thorsten Hohmann100/1
Andri Januarta125/1
Arseni Sevastyanov125/1
Casper Matikainen125/1
Elliot Sanderson125/1
Francesco Candela125/1
Gerson Martinez Boza125/1
John Morra125/1
Lin Ta-Li125/1
Lu Hui-Chan125/1
Nicholas Tan125/1
Phuong Nam Pham125/1
Raymond Linares125/1
Szymon Kural125/1
Vitaliy Patsura125/1
Walter Laikre125/1
Yannick Pongers125/1
Antonios Kakaris150/1
Bader Alawadhi150/1
Billy Thorpe150/1
Chang Tzu Chien150/1
Chris Reinhold150/1
Corey Deuel150/1
Dean Shields150/1
Dimitris Loukatos150/1
Felix Vogel150/1
Georgi Georgiev150/1
Hunter Lombardo150/1
Jan Van Lierop150/1
Marco Teutscher150/1
Nicholas De Leon150/1
Omar Al Shaheen150/1
Ralf Souquet150/1
Sullivan Clark150/1
BJ Ussery200/1
Boris Ivanovski200/1
Earl Strickland200/1
Fraser Patrick200/1
George Antonakis200/1
Hubert Lopotko200/1
Joven Bustamante200/1
Justin Bergman200/1
Karl Gnadeberg200/1
Max Eberle200/1
Nathan Childress200/1
Niklas Dohr200/1
Oscar Dominguez200/1
Jeremy Jones300/1
Johnny Archer300/1
 
JAM said:
The game is far more global today, and the depth of international talent is extraordinary. Comparing accomplishments across eras isn't always as simple as counting trophies.
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Agreed. We do it because we enjoy it, but comparison across generations is a very inexact science, arguably even a pointless pursuit.

Ultimately, when we look for the greatest, we look for who succeeded against their contemporaries most consistently. While, as you note, it's about more than trophies, what all the super-greats have in common is excellence in the high pressure situations at the majors. By generation, Greenleaf dominated his peers the most, then it was Mosconi, then Lassiter, then Sigel. More recently, it has been Shane and now it is Josh. These are the players that have mass-produced titles at the majors, especially at World Championship events.

In the end, there's no real way to compare a Filler to a Sigel. Each mass-produced major titles against the players he faced and has a resume that is mind-blowing. Best is to just appreciate both of them for what they achieved.
 
superskippy said:
here is the full list for those interested

PlayerFractional Odds
Fedor Gorst7/1
Shane Van Boening7/1
Joshua Filler8/1
Aloysius Yapp12/1
Carlo Biado12/1
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz12/1
Eklent Kaci16/1
Robbie Capito16/1
Jayson Shaw20/1
Jefrey Roda25/1
Moritz Neuhausen25/1
AJ Manas28/1
David Alcaide28/1
Mario He28/1
Alexander Kazakis33/1
Bernie Regalario33/1
Denis Grabe33/1
Harry Vergara33/1
Albert Januarta40/1
Albin Ouschan40/1
Jesús Atencio40/1
Marvin Asis40/1
Aleksa Pecelj50/1
Jeffrey De Luna50/1
Jonás Souto50/1
Kledio Kaci50/1
Konrad Juszczyszyn50/1
Michael Baoanan50/1
Mickey Krause50/1
Mieszko Fortunski50/1
Naoyuki Oi50/1
Skyler Woodward50/1
Wiktor Zielinski50/1
Wojciech Szewczyk50/1
Alex Pagulayan66/1
Chang Yu-Lung66/1
Chris Melling66/1
Duong Quoc Hoang66/1
Hsieh Chia Chen66/1
Lee Vann Corteza66/1
Marc Bijsterbosch66/1
Michael Feliciano66/1
Niels Feijen66/1
Pijus Labutis66/1
Cristopher Tevez80/1
Lo Ho Sum80/1
Max Lechner80/1
Mustafa Alnar80/1
Oliver Szolnoki80/1
Petri Makkonen80/1
Roberto Gomez80/1
Sanjin Pehlivanovic80/1
Tyler Styer80/1
Wu Kun-Lin80/1
Darren Appleton100/1
Emil Andre Gangfløt100/1
Roland Garcia100/1
Thorsten Hohmann100/1
Andri Januarta125/1
Arseni Sevastyanov125/1
Casper Matikainen125/1
Elliot Sanderson125/1
Francesco Candela125/1
Gerson Martinez Boza125/1
John Morra125/1
Lin Ta-Li125/1
Lu Hui-Chan125/1
Nicholas Tan125/1
Phuong Nam Pham125/1
Raymond Linares125/1
Szymon Kural125/1
Vitaliy Patsura125/1
Walter Laikre125/1
Yannick Pongers125/1
Antonios Kakaris150/1
Bader Alawadhi150/1
Billy Thorpe150/1
Chang Tzu Chien150/1
Chris Reinhold150/1
Corey Deuel150/1
Dean Shields150/1
Dimitris Loukatos150/1
Felix Vogel150/1
Georgi Georgiev150/1
Hunter Lombardo150/1
Jan Van Lierop150/1
Marco Teutscher150/1
Nicholas De Leon150/1
Omar Al Shaheen150/1
Ralf Souquet150/1
Sullivan Clark150/1
BJ Ussery200/1
Boris Ivanovski200/1
Earl Strickland200/1
Fraser Patrick200/1
George Antonakis200/1
Hubert Lopotko200/1
Joven Bustamante200/1
Justin Bergman200/1
Karl Gnadeberg200/1
Max Eberle200/1
Nathan Childress200/1
Niklas Dohr200/1
Oscar Dominguez200/1
Jeremy Jones300/1
Johnny Archer300/1
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pecelj and wojciech are good value
 
sjm said:
Agreed. We do it because we enjoy it, but comparison across generations is a very inexact science, arguably even a pointless pursuit.

Ultimately, when we look for the greatest, we look for who succeeded against their contemporaries most consistently. While, as you note, it's about more than trophies, what all the super-greats have in common is excellence in the high pressure situations at the majors. By generation, Greenleaf dominated his peers the most, then it was Mosconi, then Lassiter, then Sigel. More recently, it has been Shane and now it is Josh. These are the players that have mass-produced titles at the majors, especially at World Championship events.

In the end, there's no real way to compare a Filler to a Sigel. Each mass-produced major titles against the players he faced and has a resume that is mind-blowing. Best is to just appreciate both of them for what they achieved.
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This is probably one of your best posts I've read in a long time.
 
sjm said:
Agreed. We do it because we enjoy it, but comparison across generations is a very inexact science, arguably even a pointless pursuit.

Ultimately, when we look for the greatest, we look for who succeeded against their contemporaries most consistently. While, as you note, it's about more than trophies, what all the super-greats have in common is excellence in the high pressure situations at the majors. By generation, Greenleaf dominated his peers the most, then it was Mosconi, then Lassiter, then Sigel. More recently, it has been Shane and now it is Josh. These are the players that have mass-produced titles at the majors, especially at World Championship events.

In the end, there's no real way to compare a Filler to a Sigel. Each mass-produced major titles against the players he faced and has a resume that is mind-blowing. Best is to just appreciate both of them for what they achieved.
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I’m just curious. You named the people who dominated various periods but no mention of Effren or Strickland. Is that because you don’t consider them to have dominated or that they were both in a similar time so no one stood above the others?
 
The World Nine Ball Tour was publicly announced in April 2023, but unofficially the tour was created in 2022 with the launch of the U.K. and European opens.

Since 2022, WNT has held 26 events it describes as majors. Fourteen of the events had repeat winners. Twelve players have won a single major in that span.

So 46% of the time a big event had a new winner, but more than half the matches are repeat winners.

There are six repeat winners. They are Joshua Filler (3), Aloysius Yapp (3), Fedor Gorst (2), SVB (2), Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (2) and … Davide Alcaide (2).

Single event winners are (chronologically):

Dennis Grabe (Arizona 2026)
Moritz Neuhausen (European 2026)
Pijus Labutis (Hanoi 2025)
Carlo Biado (WPC 2025)
Johann Chua (Hanoi 2024)
Mickey Krause (European 2024)
Robbie Capito (UK 2024)
Jayson Shaw (Hanoi 2023)
Ko Ping Chung (US Open 2023)
Dang Jin Hu (Spanish Open 2023)
Eklent Kaci (UK Open 2023)
Alban Ouschan (European 2022)
 
Looking at the list, the only surprise winners in retrospect are Krause and Dang Jin Hu. Krause, because he obviously lacks a complete game. He really should have lost to Johann Chua in the 2024 European Open, but Chua had a surprisingly severe case of nerves.

Hu has great talent, but he had not been playing regularly on the tour at the time of his surprise win in the one and only Spanish Open. He beat Marc Bijisterbosch in a hill-hill thriller. We haven't seen much of him since.
 
sjm said:
Agreed. We do it because we enjoy it, but comparison across generations is a very inexact science, arguably even a pointless pursuit.

Ultimately, when we look for the greatest, we look for who succeeded against their contemporaries most consistently. While, as you note, it's about more than trophies, what all the super-greats have in common is excellence in the high pressure situations at the majors. By generation, Greenleaf dominated his peers the most, then it was Mosconi, then Lassiter, then Sigel. More recently, it has been Shane and now it is Josh. These are the players that have mass-produced titles at the majors, especially at World Championship events.

In the end, there's no real way to compare a Filler to a Sigel. Each mass-produced major titles against the players he faced and has a resume that is mind-blowing. Best is to just appreciate both of them for what they achieved.
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You didn't mention Earl.
 
Table 1 matches for today:
• Aloysius Yapp v. Martin Wragg, 12 a.m. EDT
• Shane Van Boening v. Glen Davis, 1:30 p.m. EDT
• Fedor Gorst v. Christopher Sharier, 3 p.m. EDT
• Aleksa Pecelj v. Johnny Archer, 4:30 p.m. EDT
• Eklent Kaci v. Earl Strickland, 6 p.m. EDT

Who's on first? Who's on second? Sign up for free at the WNT Live Scores website and find out: https://www.wntlivescores.com/.../us-open.../matches-list/1

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here is the full list for those interested


PlayerFractional Odds
Fedor Gorst7/1
Shane Van Boening7/1
Joshua Filler8/1
Aloysius Yapp12/1
Carlo Biado12/1
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz12/1
Eklent Kaci16/1
Robbie Capito16/1
Jayson Shaw20/1
Jefrey Roda25/1
Moritz Neuhausen25/1
AJ Manas28/1
David Alcaide28/1
Mario He28/1
Alexander Kazakis33/1
Bernie Regalario33/1
Denis Grabe33/1
Harry Vergara33/1
Albert Januarta40/1
Albin Ouschan40/1
Jesús Atencio40/1
Marvin Asis40/1
Aleksa Pecelj50/1
Jeffrey De Luna50/1
Jonás Souto50/1
Kledio Kaci50/1
Konrad Juszczyszyn50/1
Michael Baoanan50/1
Mickey Krause50/1
Mieszko Fortunski50/1
Naoyuki Oi50/1
Skyler Woodward50/1
Wiktor Zielinski50/1
Wojciech Szewczyk50/1
Alex Pagulayan66/1
Chang Yu-Lung66/1
Chris Melling66/1
Duong Quoc Hoang66/1
Hsieh Chia Chen66/1
Lee Vann Corteza66/1
Marc Bijsterbosch66/1
Michael Feliciano66/1
Niels Feijen66/1
Pijus Labutis66/1
Cristopher Tevez80/1
Lo Ho Sum80/1
Max Lechner80/1
Mustafa Alnar80/1
Oliver Szolnoki80/1
Petri Makkonen80/1
Roberto Gomez80/1
Sanjin Pehlivanovic80/1
Tyler Styer80/1
Wu Kun-Lin80/1
Darren Appleton100/1
Emil Andre Gangfløt100/1
Roland Garcia100/1
Thorsten Hohmann100/1
Andri Januarta125/1
Arseni Sevastyanov125/1
Casper Matikainen125/1
Elliot Sanderson125/1
Francesco Candela125/1
Gerson Martinez Boza125/1
John Morra125/1
Lin Ta-Li125/1
Lu Hui-Chan125/1
Nicholas Tan125/1
Phuong Nam Pham125/1
Raymond Linares125/1
Szymon Kural125/1
Vitaliy Patsura125/1
Walter Laikre125/1
Yannick Pongers125/1
Antonios Kakaris150/1
Bader Alawadhi150/1
Billy Thorpe150/1
Chang Tzu Chien150/1
Chris Reinhold150/1
Corey Deuel150/1
Dean Shields150/1
Dimitris Loukatos150/1
Felix Vogel150/1
Georgi Georgiev150/1
Hunter Lombardo150/1
Jan Van Lierop150/1
Marco Teutscher150/1
Nicholas De Leon150/1
Omar Al Shaheen150/1
Ralf Souquet150/1
Sullivan Clark150/1
BJ Ussery200/1
Boris Ivanovski200/1
Earl Strickland200/1
Fraser Patrick200/1
George Antonakis200/1
Hubert Lopotko200/1
Joven Bustamante200/1
Justin Bergman200/1
Karl Gnadeberg200/1
Max Eberle200/1
Nathan Childress200/1
Niklas Dohr200/1
Oscar Dominguez200/1
Jeremy Jones300/1
Johnny Archer300/1
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Who makes those odds???? Nick DeLeon at 150/1 while Bustamante, Oscar, Bergman, et. are at 200/1. It must be based off some kind of rankings?
 
Some info shared on Window's Open:

EVENT GUIDE | 2026 US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP

The World Nineball Tour heads to Frisco, Texas this August for the 49th US Open Pool Championship, with 256 players competing for one of the most prestigious titles in professional pool at the brand-new home of Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco.

With a $500,000 prize fund, 16 former US Open champions in the field and the world’s best players battling across six days, the 2026 US Open promises to be a historic week for Nineball.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the event.

2026 US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
Dates: 25–30 August 2026
Venue: Embassy Suites by Hilton, Frisco, Texas
Tagline: Witness history in Frisco, Texas

PLAYERS
A world-class 256-player field featuring players from more than 40 nationalities will compete for the 2026 US Open title, with 124 American players making up almost half of the field.

FORMAT
The 2026 US Open will begin with a double-elimination format, giving players a second chance to fight their way through the opening stages.

The tournament will remain double elimination through to the Last 64, before switching to single elimination for the remainder of the championship.

The action will build across six days, with the Last 64, Last 32 and Last 16 taking place on Friday before the Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals on Saturday.

PRIZE FUND
The 2026 US Open Pool Championship features a total prize fund of $500,000, with the champion taking home $100,000.

Prize Breakdown
Winner – $100,000
Runner-Up – $50,000
Semi-Finalists (x2) – $25,000
5th–8th – $15,000
9th–16th – $8,000
17th–32nd – $5,000
33rd–64th – $3,000
SPECTATOR TICKETS
Experience the 2026 US Open Pool Championship live at Embassy Suites by Hilton in Frisco, Texas from 25–30 August.

The weekend is sold out, with limited tickets still available from Tuesday through Friday.
Secure your tickets HERE.

SCHEDULE (CDT)
25–27 August: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM – Double elimination through to Last 64
28 August: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM – Last 64, Last 32 and Last 16
29 August: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM – Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals
30 August: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – WNT NXTGEN Junior Final
30 August: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM – US Open Final, LIVE ON ESPN2
LIVE SCORING
Follow every match, result and draw update throughout the 2026 US Open Pool Championship via the WNT Live Scoring platform.

BROADCAST DETAILS
The 2026 US Open Pool Championship will deliver extensive worldwide coverage across ESPN+, WNT TV and international broadcast partners, with fans able to follow the action across multiple tables throughout the tournament.

Table One will be available worldwide on ESPN+, WNT TV and select international broadcast partners.
Tables Two and Three will stream exclusively on WNT TV.
Table Four will be available on the talkSPORT YouTube channel, Matchroom Pool YouTube channel and WNT TV.

The US Open Final will receive a major television showcase, with ESPN2 broadcasting the championship match live from 4:00–7:00 PM CDT / 5:00–8:00 PM ET on 30 August.

The ESPN2 showcase will bring the conclusion of one of pool’s biggest events to an even wider audience, introducing the drama, personalities and elite competition of Nineball to new sports fans across the United States.

WHEN TO WATCH
The opening session begins at 11:00 AM CDT in Frisco. Check the guide below for the local start time in selected cities:
Frisco – 11 AM
Las Vegas – 9 AM
New York – 12 PM
London – 5 PM
Central Europe – 6 PM
Cape Town – 7 PM
Hanoi – 11 PM
Manila – 12 AM (next day)

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sjm said:
Yup, Bill, I'm headed to the US Open 9ball. First five days of a Matchroom major usually has no primary arena, and I tend to focus on the outer tables. No idea where I'll be sitting on day six.
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Question? Did I miss something or were "Premium" tickets not offered? When I went on to buy tickets the only ones were general admission. That was 3 months ago.
 
Monti said:
I’m just curious. You named the people who dominated various periods but no mention of Effren or Strickland. Is that because you don’t consider them to have dominated or that they were both in a similar time so no one stood above the others?
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Yeah, I kind of left out the 1990s, where Efren, Strickland, Archer were the dominant players. It is arguable whether any of them dominated in the way that those named in my post did. Interestingly enough, both Efren and Earl offered that Mike Sigel was the best pool player they had ever seen and their toughest ever opponent.
 
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