Phillipines Open

[jay helfert]

Team Europe vs Team Ex-Europe.

I hope Thorsten gets on the MC just to have some new (old? Old-new? New-old?) blood on the team. He'd be at least as good as any other option for the 4th/5th spots.

Now if they just get Filler to defect to the USA...

 

[jay helfert]

I’m going to predict Robbie Capito winning it all. Should be a great tournament with a lot of fairly unknown monsters.

Not this one. Too much Pinoy firepower!

 

[jay helfert]

That's not an issue. Thorsten does not intend to play in the Mosconi Cup.

He could change his mind.

 

[jay helfert]

Duong should beat Thorsten in a potential last 32 game.

That means we need Fedor to reach the last 16.

Don't count Thorsten out just yet. He will play better in each successive match.

 

[jay helfert]

Interesting first round eliminations:

- Bustamante (only interesting cause he beat Fedor last year)
- Pagulayan
- Neuhausen
- AJ Manas
- Lukas Fraccaso-Verner
- Max Eberle
- Corteza

You know what they all have in common?

Their opponents were all Filipino.

And four of them are also Filipino!

 

[jbart65]

He is probably staying home to get ready for the Ultimate Pool Grand Finals! Doesn't want to ruin his stroke by playing on the big tables...

Styer is married, of course, and has a life. He is a virtual shoo-in for an automatic Mosconi spot. Two players among Gorst, Woodward, Bergman and Hohmann would have to finish in the semifinals. Even then, Woodward or Bergman would have to win the event outright.

Gorst just needs to finish one round ahead of Hohmann to get the third auto bid.

Tyler was smart. He played in the UK Open to negate the need to travel to the Philippines. Woodward,Bergman and even SVB, I believe, had to play in the Philippines Open to qualify.

 

[skogstokig]

That "dude" would be 800+ if he got rated on Fargo.

fargo goes out the window in this tournament. last year a taxi driver wreaked havoc

 

[jay helfert]

fargo goes out the window in this tournament. last year a taxi driver wreaked havoc

Welcome to the Philipines!

First time there for Shane as the newly crowned U.S. Open champ I warned him that he would walk in a poolroom and some kid would ask him to play. He just smiled and in the first poolroom we visited it happened. A 17 year old kid took him to 9-9 in a race to eleven for 1K. He wasn't smiling after that. Later that week he beat a very young Jeff Deluna 25-24 in a 10K match. I was sweating bullets for my share. Miki was in as well. Every time Deluna broke the building shook!

 

[Kris_b1104]

Welcome to the Philipines! First time there for Shane as the newly crowned U.S. Open champ I warned him that he would walk in a poolroom and some kid would ask him to play. He just smiled and in the first poolroom we visited it happened. A 17 year old kid took him to 9-9 in a race to eleven for 1K. He wasn't smiling after that. Later that week he beat a very young Jeff Deluna 25-24 in a 10K match.

Tyler needs to train in the Phillipines for 6 months straight, then quit.

 

[8intheside]

Starts tomorrow.

https://www.wntlivescores.com/events/roobet-philippines-open-pool-championship-2026

Huge implications for Mosconi Cup.

If Fedor doesn't finish higher than Thorsten then the German is an automatic pick for Team USA at the Mosconi.

And that would mean Johan would need to use a wild card on Fedor.

I understand the rankings determine the roster, but Fedor being off team America is ridiculous

 

[jay helfert]

Tyler needs to train in the Phillipines for 6 months straight, then quit.

John Morra went there as a promising young player and stayed for six months. He came home as Canada's second best player, behind only Alex.

 

[SA96]

I understand the rankings determine the roster, but Fedor being off team America is ridiculous

Fedor would definitely get a wild card.

But then it means Johan has 1 wild card to use and it means one of Sky and Bergman will be sat at home.

 

[jbart65]

Keep in mind most of the players at this event are going to Qatar immediately after the Philippines Open is over to play in the 10-ball cup. It has the third biggest prize fund of the year normally, but it's the second biggest prize fund this year excluding China.

 

[8intheside]

Fedor would definitely get a wild card.

But then it means Johan has 1 wild card to use and it means one of Sky and Bergman will be sat at home.

I’d like to see Bergman make the team.

 

[jay helfert]

I’d like to see Bergman make the team.

If it depends upon his showing in the PI Open good luck. This field is stacked with Pinoy killers.

 

[Taxi]

fargo goes out the window in this tournament. last year a taxi driver wreaked havoc

I approve this message.

 

[datnodude]

Tyler needs to train in the Phillipines for 6 months straight, then quit.

I swear I want to train there

 

[skogstokig]

If it depends upon his showing in the PI Open good luck. This field is stacked with Pinoy killers.

bergman has last year's runner up arseni sevastyanov in his next match today, likely on the tv table. after that it's probable he will face recent ranking event winner aleksa pecelj. then maybe chua or aranas. i don't think he's gonna make the MC team on points, but as a captains pick.

 

[skogstokig]

jaybee sucal to start against sean malayan. i wonder how this kind of social media notoriety affects a player's progression? especially in a poor country. he probably makes decent money doing what he's doing with the selfies and stuff. (i'm social media illiterate)

edit: gemini estimates 30–80k / year revenue just from social media for the kid. good money in the philippines.