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Pool might be the most difficult sport, but the players cannot handle pressure, that's why they don't like the shootoff in the Predator tournaments, which is 100% mental stamina. I often hear JJ say that that pool is the most pressure sport and nothing could be furthest from the truth. To win...

Yes. I would guess that's the way it is going to be next year, with Cutec and other big sponsors on board. This was just a test of the market and interest for the locals.

Already there in terms of expense not tournament format.

Who came in other than those already there. Maybe less than 10 or possibly 5. I am talking about real contenders, Oi, Grabe, Robbie etc.

The current format is not sustainable business wise. MR might actually lose money on this event. Just my opinion.

Will have to be double elimination and better payouts if it’s going to attract more high level players from abroad. I am sure they can find an arena to host a full double elimination tournament. They need to do something about the NS. Maybe establish a waiting list and require payments way...

Yes, I remember something like that Predator wanting players to wear a PLP patch with the Predator logo on it. That made no sense for other sponsored players.

It would be good to know exactly what caused the Matchroom Predator split. It is in Predator's interest to see Matchroom and every other event producers succeed and have its sponsored players participate in the events because it is free commercial. I always think of Predator events as a highly...

I would think if he didn't show up he should have gotten a NS in the first match also. Interesting that they gave Alex a 0 instead of NS. Maybe Peralta wants to preserve the screens shot to show his grandkids that he beat Alex 10, 0 then got sick 😫 😆

Are the WNT majors, invitationals? I thought they are "Open" so must at least have qualifier events? As an aside, it looks like W10 is a combination of invitational and qualifiers? Reason why FSR couldn't play because he wasn't "invited" and did not go through the qualifier process. Did I...

No show against Manas in the second round, unbelievable! Maybe the guy got sick.

Ha, I am good. Nailed it in post 28 of the thread below 😆 Post in thread 'A new measure of tournament toughness: Harmonic Field Strength' https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/a-new-measure-of-tournament-toughness-harmonic-field-strength.580834/post-8268044

Not true, covering the patch was rumor. Predator CEO Karim Belhaj was on Window's Open and directly stated that they were allowed to show their patches. I believe there were times they were required to cover wnt patches, but I can't remember the details for those. Maybe WPA sanctioned events?

I would love to see Khalid Alghamdi vs AJ Manas match. Both extremely good youngsters in my opinion.

Predator used to be a major sponsor of Matchroom events until they had a major falling out, which I believe was over scheduling conflicts. So it's not like there were always conflicts between Predator and Matchroom. Matchroom thought it was on top of the world and it could promote 9 ball as...

Yeah, not sure why they don't put the proper instructions for the 8 ball rack.

Table 4 victims: Denis Grabe Lee Vann Cortaza Duong Jeffrey DeLuna James Aranas All to relatively unknown Filipinos.

Too bad for the no shows. The Philippines Open is definitely showing the world the strength and depth of the Filipino players. Have to hope for success for this tournament in the future. Maybe make it double elimination and increase the prize money? Lots of majors winners came through the...

Table 2 and 3 on YouTube?

No, table 4 only, but they have good matches on it. Denis Grabe up in 1 hour.