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I was starting to wonder when it was taking so long for the player list to come out. Usually it's available at least five days in advance. It’s not just that so many top players are missing. The middle tier of players is quite hollow, too. Matchroom also couldn’t come close to filling the...

A few more tidbits; *Just one American-born U.S. player is in the European Open. Nathan Childress. Last year, 10 Americans went to the event. This year, Gorst and Hohmann are also playing under the US flag. *Twenty-four of the 69 players in the world with 800 Fargoes or better are playing in...

The prize fund is listed as $225,000, up from $200,000 last year. The money is the same as last year for finishers 1-8, and 17-64. WNT cut the money to $3,250 for finishers 9-16, down from $4,000 last year, but added $500 for finishers 65-128. They got nothing in 2025.

Yapp played in the grueling PLP, flew to Vegas for the World Teams event and then played in the Pattaya in Thailand, where he looked tired . I can see him wanting rest and skipping the European Open for that reason.

I think the a few things are going on. One, travel and lodging is expensive, especially to the West. Many players chose the Predator WPA event in Vegas and are skipping the European Open. There was more money involved and several events to participate in. The European Open is a one-off with...

Sure, I get it. You would just think the youngsters Manas and Januarta would want establish themselves. Krause played at the Pattaya Open and looked pretty good. Surprised he chose Pattaya when he is a former European Open champ. His girlfriend might be Asian ... They were last year, but...

Playing roster is out and a lot of big names are missing. Might be the weakest field of any big WNT major ever. NOT PLAYING Shane Van Boening Aloysius Yapp Carlo Biado Johann Chua Ko Pin Yi Ko Ping Chung Jayson Shaw Mickey Krause Skyler Woodward Tyler Styer AJ Manas Albert Januarta Only a...

He did, but also said other contradictory things. He is going to push it the next few years. Play in and try to win the big majors. Play in all the big WPA events this year, esp the world 10 ball title. His comment about not traveling came after he was asked about going to Asia and the...

Right. I was asked why Fedor and Sky missed last year's event.

Back for both. https://absolute-pool.com/2025/03/12/gorst-and-woodward-reveal-reasoning-behind-european-open-absences/

First major WNT ranking event of the year Total prize fund: $225,000. Increases from $200,000 in 2025. Winner: $40,000 Runner up: $16,000 Semifinalists: $10,000 Quaterfinalists: $7,000 Who's in? Filler, Gorst, Eklent, Kaci, FSR, Neuhausen, Labutis, Hoang, Ouschan, Alcaide, Feijin. Who's...

Lots of WNT-affiliated events in the US this summer, turns out. Perhaps it's the Let's Get Justin Bergman some Mosconi points tour! New events include an Empire State championship, an Alligator Open tuneup before the Florida Open and a "Phoenix" Open after the Arizona Open. If I were a player...

Orcullo gave Chua all he could handle, but Bad Koi won 13-11. I wouldn't say he limped to the finish, but he had chances to cut the match shorter. Chua then tightened up his game. He steamrolled Aranas 15-5 to win the event. He only made a few mistakes and looked almost as good as I've seen...

I can see that, but he talks too much. I'd rather he ask more questions, of Panozzo or guests, and not do most of the talking. Panozzo is far more measured and he tries to keep MM in line, but he doesn't get enough words in.

Neither a fan nor detractor of Collins. I'll listen to him if I want to watch a match. If he goes off the rails a bit, I turn the sound down. Molina Mike seems like a decent guy, but I find him quite annoying. Doesn't know the game as well as Collins and he simply can't play it straight. That...

Ctran's link above has the scores. Or check Absolute Pool. Aranas has been splendid. Chua, to me, looks even better. Ferrer started to break out last year and could become a top Pinoy if he keeps playing like this. I have not seen Orcullo play so well since the pandemic. Jumped out 6-0 on...

Never saw him before or knew anything about him. But he beat Anton Raga easily. Looked pretty damn good too.

Down to the final 16. Aloysius Yapp was crushed by James Aranas in the final 64, 9-1. Yapp simply has not looked sharp this year. AJ Manas was also knocked out in the final 64, losing 9-6 to ... Preecha Boonmoung. Couldn't find a Fargo for him. Manas had beaten Boonmoung a day earlier, 9-8...

Didnt see the final, but the lack of a shot clock in the semis was too much for me. Morra was incredibly slow in his final racks vs. Corteza. Nice win over SVB, of course. Seems Morra's participation in the PLP really sharpened his game for the Griffs event.

Pattaya has its own streams on Youtube - a quick search on Pattaya pool will find them. WNT.TV is also carrying matches starting at 9 pm ET.