Karen Corr unseeded had to play in Stage 1, lost 1st match had to then win 3 matches on losers side to qualify for final stage . Won 2 matches and in do or die qualification match, her opponent gets to hill first leading 6-3. Karen fights back gets to hill hill :LOL:
One of biggest WPBA event of the year. $40K added.
Stage 1 is ongoing from 19-20June while Final stage starts tomorrow 21-23 June.
48 unseeded women players play in Stage 1, with 16 advancing to the Final Stage to take on Top 32 seeded players
Field
Brackets
Stage 1 brackets...
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Orlando this year has 2500 seats and they increase ticket prices by 40%+ from last year.
If we do quick back of envelope calculation -
Let us say 2200 seats for Silver and Gold rows average $80
Remaining 300 seats for VIP rows/VIP hospitality average $450
That is minimum $300K gate...
Yes, correct. Their financial statements do not provide detailed revenue or profit of each revenue stream.
Their broad revenue streams for past years.
-Broadcasting/ streaming
-Sponsorship (including spillover sponsorship from gaming/ gambling companies that sponsor other big MR sports like...
Many players, 256 players but weak field only 5 xFR800+ (David Alcaide, Niels Feijen, Filler, Oliver Szolnoki, Zielinski).
Total prizemoney only 27K Euros Winner cheque only 8000 Euros but truckloads/planeloads coming :LOL:
Field
http://www.9ball.ro/players
Bracket
http://www.9ball.ro/bracket...
Says Day 1 and $29.99 for event further down https://xpool.live/videos/day-1-shane-vs-fedor
But if1 Day is $29.99, then 3 days is $100 could be most expensive 3 day PPV ever :ROFLMAO:
$29.99 for all 3 days would be cheap, IIRC used to be around $50 or more for 3 days marquee matchups.
Though...
Bulk of events promoted by Matchroom Multi Sport (MMS) are nineball pool events in addition to couple of events in snooker and smaller events in fishing, basketball, netball ping pong, bowling. Headed by Managing Director Emily Frazer, it was previously a division of Matchroom Sport and was spun...
Aloysius Yapp and Eklent Kaci first player to qualify for Asia and Europe
2nd qualified player will be after the European Open and 3rd qualified player after US Open
Remaining 2 slots will be wildcard picks
https://matchroompool.com/world-rankings/
Here is full ranking list after WPC...
LIVE Semifinals
Mickey Krause v Eklent Kaci followed by Johann Chua v Filler
Final at 7pm local time (11am EST)
If Kaci wins this ranking event, it will not erase the pain of his near victory from behind at recent WPC but he will take it 😁
Champion $15,000
Runner-up $8,000
Semifinals $4,000...
Yes Team 4 is announced favorite. 2 strong players while other teams has 1 strong and 1 weak- Bean is FR 700+ while Kristina Z just below 700. Already won 2 in row effortlessly
https://digitalpool.com/tournaments/2024-wpba-biker-week-showdown/bracket
Live stream at WPBA Youtube channel from 2pm...
Day 3
Down to last 16 Single elimination
Brackets https://cuescore.com/tournament/Knight+shot+open/44237770
LIVE NOW
Johann Chua v Mieszko Fortuński
Filler v Capito
WPBA doing good job for women's pool. Good organization planning, tour spread out one event every month https://wpba.com/events-official
Live NOW Day 1
Brackets https://digitalpool.com/tournaments/2024-wpba-biker-week-showdown/bracket
WNT Ranking event (not major event) in Dubai comprising some spill over players from recent blockbuster WPC.
A dozen x800s big names in the field of 64 (not as strong as major event which typically has 2 dozen x800s , recent WPC had 3 dozen x800s)
Alex Kazakis
Carlo Biado
David Alcaide Bermudez...
Sorry don't know Fargorates of all opponents.
I only know they all beat 2x800 each
Kaci -Sanjin, Ignacio
Gorst- Chang Yu Lung, Raga
Johann- Max Lechner, Dang
Wojciech- SVB, Zielinski
For all Fargorate, please search on Fargorate website. :LOL:
Gorst turns it on puts on his best performance in this event against his strongest opponent Raga after few recent close match wins (not more than 2 racks each) . Other 3 semifinalists Kaci, Chua, Wojciech seem to be peaking putting on huge leads early keeping their opponents seated. Of course...