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Geez. The only differences between my list of majors and yours is you add the China and Florida opens. I left Florida out simply because it was the inaugural event. I want to know for sure MR will bring it back. Aside from that, it had all the hallmarks of a big major. I know the China Open...

Finally found out where the Ko brothers are this week. A big event in China called the Duya Legends Tour. If I am reading the promo right, the prize for the winner is $280,000. Got to figure the two oldest Ko brothers are among the top favorites even with a strong Chinese field. Lot of money...

I think it's pretty easy, sjm, judging based on a combo of prize money, history, quality of the field and likely permanence. MAJORS No 1-2: U.S. Open No 1-2: World Pool Championship No. 3: European Open. No. 4: UK Open No 5: Hanoi Open. No. 6. WPA/Predator World 10-ball Tournament. I give the...

Frazer says WNT is just getting started in Vietnam. Not sure what else it can do. I am sure the Reyes will be held there eventually, perhaps even next year. I'd imagine the PLP or World Pool Masters will be held there at some point. If the World Cup of Pool ever comes back, Vietnam would be...

Looking at WNT rankings, 31 of the top 50 players are in Hanoi and 13 are in Bali. Another handful are in neither event. Fargo is not a good reference since a sizable number of top 100 Fargo players globally don't play regularly in international events. If I use the WPA rankings, some 40 of...

The Kaci brothers are in Bali, but the Ko brothers are not on the list for either Bali or Hanoi. Odd.

All the quarters and semis were available live on Facebook. Watched Moritz-Sky and briefly Thorpe-Chung. Great for Billie to get that far, but not sure he could beat Chung on his worst day.

FSR got just enough points i watched Moritz play Sky, went to bed and woke up to watch him play Chung in the final. Later I watched the highlights of his match vs Big Ko. Neuhausen was nearly flawless vs Sky and almost as good vs Chung. He started out the match with Sky with a four-pack of...

The win should put Neuhausen first for Team Europe if I understand the MR point system correctly. He would be almost a lock for one of the top three automatic spots. His performance over the last two days was as fine as any I’ve seen this year.

By far the best I’ve ever seen Neuhausen play. His confidence is sky high, as reflected by his very quick pace. He’ll go to the top of the board for Mosconi and the top Euro point getter for Reyes if he wins. 11-3.

Sky has looked good. Much better than the Florida and U.S. opens. He’s not been nonchalant at all. The guy has great skills - we all know that. But he’s never won a major Matchroom title or World title. He was a bit lucky to beat Edward Koyongian to get to the quarters. He made two careless...

I wouldn’t get carried away, Jay! The most surprising name on that list is actually… Billy Thorpe. He’s never gone beyond the round of 32 in a big Matchroom event, and he only did that once. Neuhausen is young, but he’s been well known for several years now and won the Premier League of Pool...

I’ve seen Raga look mentally strong and mentally shaky. Biggest problem is consistency, especially since he’s not on the international scene all the time. When he got to the finals of the European open a few years ago, commentators heaped praise on him and suggested he’d win titles. He hasn’t...

Round of 64 has some big matches. Ko Pin Yi vs Jayson Shaw, Capito vs Kazakis, Raga vs Ko Ping Chung. Seeding seems a bit funny. Gorst has to play the winner of Capito-Kazakis. Other, lesser players have easier routes.

Sure looks like FSR will be the auto pick as the top European player for the Reyes Cup. He is No. 1 in the WNT rankings for that spot. One of five trailing players would have to win Peri or Hanoi outright to overtake him, assuming FSR went out early in both. *** Top three auto bids for Team...

Not too many big, big upsets in the Peri so far. Max Lechner is out. He lost to a guy named Mark Magi in round 1 and was ousted in the loser’s bracket by Biado. Biado then knocked out Kledio Kaci on the loser’s side. Bernie Regalario, AJ Manas, John Morra, Chang Lu Yung, Jonas Souto, Felix...

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My fault. JJ will coach the "World" Team, not the European Team. I wasn't crazy about playing captains in last year's Mosconi, but I don't have strong feelings either way.

I think any entity has the right to have rules of participation. The Mosconi is a prestigious event, for instance. MR has every right to base qualification on playing in many of its events. Similarly, qualification for the WPA/Predator 10-ball title was predicated on being high in WPA rankings...

FYI: Bustamante and Jeremy Jones have been named the non-playing captains of the Asia and World teams EDITED to correct World Team, not European team.