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Yes, you have it right. FSR could have chosen to play in the W10 qualifying event. Neuhausen, also uninvited, did so and qualified...

No, these are very important WNT ranking events but are not Matchroom majors and are, therefore, not subject to player invitation...

Wow, this matches my perceptions to a tee. These are eight events that are incredibly difficult to win.

Matchroom large field open events that are produced by Matchroom are the WNT majors, but there are far more non-majors than majors. To...

Yes, the four events to which I referred were all accessible by car and there were no time zone changes over that month. It was a...

To your point, most of the big events the last two months have been in Asia. But Asia is, uh, a big place!

This is distinctly possible. Pro pool must do a better job of scheduling its majors, because they've made burnout too big an issue...

It will be interesting to see how Hanoi Open champion Pijus Labutis fares this week. He is certainly the man in form.

Agreed. The comparison is impossible. Asking the question "could Buddy, playing as he did have beaten Filler or Gorst, as they play...

In a multi-stage event, a loss in the qualifying Stage 1 is a "so what?" It's two different tournaments. The World 10ball was an...

I think what’s happening here is a mix-up between ex-ante and ex-post ideas of fairness. Ex-ante (before the fact) fairness looks at...

Yes, well said. Your posts on this subject have been thoughtful and lucid, and yours is one of the most informed points of view on AZB...

Not sure how good he is yet, but Fedor had to throw the kitchen sink at him to keep him out of the US Open 9ball semis.

I think there is some inherent unfairness in some people getting to lose twice before being out of the tournament while others are...

Saw him play China Open the year before last. Nearly burst my ear drums on the table next to me. Lovely bloke with a heavy break.