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The main TV table at WNT majors always has a shot clock, but it's only streamed on WNT.TV. So at least one table in play will have it. WNT plans to stream five tables at once. In the past, the other three tables usually have not had shot clocks. They did at the last WPC, however. Typically...

I have watched pretty much every decent video on banking and kicking on Youtube. Dozens of them or more. Oldtimers like Bugs, stalwarts like DrDave and newbies you never heard of. The best tutorials on banking, to me, are from Tor Lowry. His videos on Zero-X Banking and Kicking and Diamond...

I see this a lot. Easton is overhyped. Yet there is virtually no pool media to speak of in the U.S. aside from Billiards Digest. Meaning Mike Panozzo and his very small staff. Easton might have gotten on the cover of Billiards Digest, but Panozzo has to put someone on it 12 times a year and...

By comparison, the pool of players with a chance to get to the final 16 in the 2025 European Open was 65 or so.

PAST WINNERS OF WNT MAJORS (participating in the 2026 European Open) Joshua Filler Fedor Gorst Eklent Kaci Francisco Sanchez Ruiz Pijus Labutis David Alcaide Robbie Capito Alban Ouschan RUNNERUPS AT WNT MAJORS Moritz Neuhausen Jonas Souto Kledio Kaci Naoyuki Oi Marc Bjisterbosch Arseni...

Realistically, only about 20-25 players have a chance to win the European Open. Of these 20-25 players, eight have won a WNT major. Eight have been runnerups. And five others have been quarterfinalists. It’s a good chance for some players to finally break through with the field so thin...

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.