The International 9-Ball Open
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SVB, SKY And Deuel if i am not mistaken that's three that are are in the running ?Yeah and only 2 of them in the running for Mosconi Cup!!
It's a shame Bergman not on that list.
Mosconi Cup Team USA might look funny if Iceberg snaps off the US I Open and is not on the team.
Any American that wins US Open should get a automatic place on the team imo
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http://www.matchroompool.com/news/ruijsink-narrows-team-usa-eight/
No Deuel!
Bergman is a glaring omission! I understand the reasons but it seems a compromise was reached with SVB well Bergman (IMO) is a better Mosconi player than SVB!
Well, considering I said Daryl Peach, not Darren Appleton (who played Li Hewen in that finals), I stand by my statement. :smile:
:smile:Short Bus Russ
Hatch is still mentioned in that list, wasn't he replaced by Deuel? During the Eurotour where the americans participated, I think Jeremy Jones talked about Hatch stepping back due to some personal choices, i.e. starting a business if I'm not mistaken.
I'm liking my chances with my bet, as Albin Ouschan needs to get through Alex Pagulayan's bracket on the loser's side...
Pat Fleming
I have not read the whole thread, but I just want to give a shout out to Pat Fleming and Accu-stats for putting together a great tournament.
All lot of respect to Pat...He got a great turn out from the current pro players
I have not read the whole thread, but I just want to give a shout out to Pat Fleming and Accu-stats for putting together a great tournament.
All lot of respect to Pat...He got a great turn out from the current pro players
Right on. This event seems to be off to a very good start and, as you note, has attracted most of the biggest stars of the game.
The big guns are still making it happen. Last year's Chesapeake final four of Shaw, Kaci, Sanchez Ruiz and JL Chang are now a combined 16-0 and they are all guaranteed tied for 9th or better. SVB is right there with them at 4-0.
Shaw vs JL Chang in the winners bracket quarterfinal on Thursday is probably the biggest match of this event so far but the road to the title looks difficult indeed for everyone that's still in.
Nice to see Skyler Woodward having such a nice event. At 4-0, he's positioned to make a strong statement for a Mosconi Cup spot.
Shaw vs JL Chang in the winners bracket quarterfinal on Thursday is probably the biggest match of this event so far but the road to the title looks difficult indeed for everyone that's still in.
Nice to see Skyler Woodward having such a nice event. At 4-0, he's positioned to make a strong statement for a Mosconi Cup spot.
Biggest shock of the tourney so far? To me, Mario He exiting so early, after only one win.
Just extremely hard to fathom that even in a field as impressively strong as this with virtually all the top players in the world, they are playing for such paltry $ sums. Many of these top ranked pro players already knocked out and soon to be knocked out as they are now playing each other in the one-loss bracket, won't even be able to pay their expenses for playing in this event.
Clearly Pat has done a tremendous job with this event, which is every bit if not more impressive as previous US Opens, but just a sad reality that the top pool players in the world are not at all rewarded for a lifetime of their pursuit of excellence in this game, in comparison to all other professional athletes and all other professions in general
Chris, there's exactly one good prize to be won - FIRST Place! And that's the sad reality of pro pool today at the highest level. Like you said, we have maybe fifty of the best pool players in the world here and only one of them will make a decent score (notice I didn't say a big score, just decent).
What pool needs is a very wealthy benefactor to come along (like Paul Allen did with Bowling) and give the game a big kick in the ass. Probably won't be happening any time soon. At least Three Cushions had a Billionaire throw a 600K party for the top players a few weeks ago.
Bet Mika isn't too happy :rotflmao1:
You said it! Lets hope that 1.5 billion dollar lotto winner is a big pool fan!
Kudos to Mika....he got to 9....gutsy comeback, almost
Well, there's theory and practice. In theory, the world's best players should make more than this, but in practice, their payouts are a function of how much the pro pool product can generate in revenue and profit.
This is a new event, which the pros have, not instead of, but in addition to the US Open (to be played in April at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Vegas), so the introduction of this event has added a lot of money to the total prize money available on American soil. So far, so good.
If this event is a great success financially, the prize fund will grow over time. Similarly, if the event fails financially, either the prize money will decline or the event will disappear completely. Pro players will have to break with tradition and, instead, support the promoters of this new event in every possible way.
For the sake of the players and promoters alike, let's hope this event is the beginning of something big!
Actually, that was in the US Open, which is not THIS tournament. That said, though, that double hill thriller is one of the best played matches anyone's ever seen. It was one for the ages.