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I don’t listen to DogginIt much anymore because Molina rubs me wrong. Spends too much time bashing Matchroom, especially the person he tends to refer to as “she.” Embarrassing, really. The industry needs a better independent podcast, but then, is there really any demand for it? Probably not. I...

I was not surprised to look at the WPA and WNT rankings and see a big disconnect. It simply reflects the competitive but disjointed nature of pro pool these days. WPA lists Albin Ouschan at No.1. It might have been true four years ago, but he’s not even in my top 10. WNT rankings have their...

Lot of speculation after this CPBA post on Facebook. Matchroom recently signed a deal making CPBA its official cloth supplier. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HrGWfTf5U/ The image says CPBA is the official sponsor of all Major Matchroom events. The events listed are the UK, European, US...

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...

That's what Matchroom is calling it. Evidently WNT plans more events for juniors (16 and under)/ More prize money. More uniformity of rules/conditions. And a junior ranking system. Big deal? Who knows. I am surprised MR is spending any money on this...

Frazer said the WNT wanted to go bigger in the US. They just introduced a 128-player event in Yuma shortly before the U.S. Open in Frisco. Seems patterned after the Philippines Open. Sixty-four top ranked WNT pros and 64 others. Single elimination start to finish...

WNT ranking event. Total prize fund: $50,000 USD Winner: $22,500 Runner up: $12,500 Semifinalists: $7,500. This is a new tournament in Asia designated a WNT ranking event that mostly has implications for the Reyes Cup. What jumped out at me is the format. Rather unusual for a WNT-affiliated...

PRIZE FUND: $100,000. Top prize is $25,000. Runner up wins $12,250. Semifinalists receive $10,000. Schedule: Daily session 1 - noon ET to 4:30 pm. Daily session 2 - 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Four tables in play at the same time. Two air on WNT.TV, two tables air on Matchroom Youtube and TalkSPORT...

Lots of criticism of WNT/Matchroom lately from some fans, players, influencers and sport VIPs like Yohan Ruysink. Some of the criticism is quite fair. Some of it might be unreasonable given the financial and limited-audience realities of the sport. Here’s my list of MR improvements I’d like to...

$450,000 prize fund Winner - $100,000 Runnerup - $40,000 Semifinalists: $15,000 Quarterfinals: $8,000 Final 16: $5,000 Final 32: 4,000 Final 64: $3,000 Sponsors: Yalin, Andy, Dynaspheres, GWC, Ezdan Palace 128 players invited Alternate break Stage 1: Double elimination. Races to 9. Stage 2...

Location: Ninoy Aquino Stadium , Thursday to Sunday TEAM WORLD Non-playing captain: Jeremy Jones *Fedor Gorst (Highest ranked U.S.-based player) *Moritz Neuhausen (Highest ranked European player) *Skyler Woodward (Captain's pick) *Jayson Shaw (Matchroom wild card pick) ?? (captain's pick)...

Top prize this year is $40,000, with $16,000 for the runnerup and $10,000 for the semi-finalists. Total prize fund is $200,000. Matchroom is already teasing the top 64 players who have signed up to play in the Hanoi Open. A new thing, it seems. Gamesmanship with WPA/Predator? Appears so...

The hallmark of any truly successful pro league, or tournament-based sports like tennis and golf, is a predictable schedule. In that regard, Matchroom is still a big failure. The 2025 season has been especially bad, with events being announced very late or not at all. In some cases players had...

Just announced. Oct 16-19. Takes place from Thursday thru Sunday. Last year the event ran from Tuesday to Friday. Getting the whole weekend involved obviously a good thing for attendance and viewership. The event also takes place four days after the final of the Hanoi Open, so more time for...

Matchroom just announced another Peri Open in Vietnam in the first week of October. The event will precede the Hanoi Open for the third year in a row. What is different this time is the prize fund. The Peri Open raised its total prize fund to $200,000, with $40,000 for the winner. Previously...

Very early in the year, but things are getting interesting on the Euro side for the Mosconi Cup for the top three auto spots. https://www.wntlivescores.com/rankings/mosconi-ranking-2025-europe Filler looks like a shoo-in, assuming the WPA-WNT deal goes thru as the WPA president suggested this...

The post about Jayson Shaw getting into the HOF raises a few questions: Who is the oldest winner of a major pool tourney in "modern" pool? And how are "major" and "modern" defined. Tricky to define modern, but I'd say modernity started with the surge of talent outside the U.S. and much deeper...

I watched most of the American Junior Showdown and I was pretty impressed. A lot of talented youngsters. Ten boys/young men and two girls, Savannah Easton and Sophia Mast, were invited. Easton and Mast played well, but succumbed to better players (Mast) or the pressure (Easton). The finalists...

Talking on doggin it, Emily says: WNT and WPA have been talking. She even said, "Our priority is to get the ban removed… we’ve agreed to a proposed suggestion from the WPA. So from our side we’ve agreed, we’re just waiting." There will be more open events this year. She was cagey on whether...