Aranas IS on the list; John Morra is not though.
US Open 9-Ball player list
- Thread starter Bob Jewett
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One thing is for sure -- you will see a lot of players in this tournament you have never seen before. We will see if there is a monster in hiding. Wu Jia-qing (2005) might count as such a player.
I think the average is not as interesting as the average of the top 20 or 50 entered. Below are the players who are not entered who are in the top 75 of Fargo ratings. In particular, it would be nice (or at least interesting :smilewinkgrinAnyone with time on their hands want to calculate the average Fargo for the tournament?
to see Efren, Earl, and Siming play in the event, but I think there will be some pretty good matches without them. 32 of the top 35 rated players will be there.Not yet entered, with Fargo place and rating (slightly old):
12 Lee Van Corteza PHI803
25 Mark Gray GBR793
28 Lo Li Wen TPE792
36 Jundel Mazon PHI788
37 Bing Jie Chu CHN788
39 Roland Garcia PHI787
40 Sandor Tot SRB787
42 John Morra CAN786
46 Efren Reyes PHI784
48 Nick VanDenBerg NED783
55 Siming Chen CHN781
58 Aloysius Yapp SGP779
59 Jerico Banares PHI779
61 Rodrigo (Edgie) Geronimo PHI779
66 Francisco Diaz-Pizarro ESP777
68 Ronnie Alcano PHI777
69 Yoshihiro Kitatani JPN776
71 Antonio Lining PHI775
73 Nick Ekonomopoulos GRE775
75 Sha Sha Liu CHN774
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Kennedy, Archer, Shane, Souquet, Mika, Strickland....any other prior winners? Hatch? Busty?
I think the average is not as interesting as the average of the top 20 or 50 entered. Below are the players who are not entered who are in the top 75 of Fargo ratings. In particular, it would be nice (or at least interesting :smilewinkgrin
Not yet entered, with Fargo place and rating (slightly old):
12 Lee Van Corteza PHI803
25 Mark Gray GBR793
28 Lo Li Wen TPE792
36 Jundel Mazon PHI788
37 Bing Jie Chu CHN788
39 Roland Garcia PHI787
40 Sandor Tot SRB787
42 John Morra CAN786
46 Efren Reyes PHI784
48 Nick VanDenBerg NED783
55 Siming Chen CHN781
58 Aloysius Yapp SGP779
59 Jerico Banares PHI779
61 Rodrigo (Edgie) Geronimo PHI779
66 Francisco Diaz-Pizarro ESP777
68 Ronnie Alcano PHI777
69 Yoshihiro Kitatani JPN776
71 Antonio Lining PHI775
73 Nick Ekonomopoulos GRE775
74 Earl Strickland USA774
75 Sha Sha Liu CHN774
Some names not in list. They have little chance of winning whole thing but good shot at last 64 or last 128 :
Stephanov
Tomoo Takano -Big surprise winner of recent All Japan
Ramil Gallego
Karol Skowerski
Viktor Zielinski
He wasn't yet on the list when I made that post. Glad to see him entered. He reminds me a lot of a young Dennis Orcollo.
Maniac
To me, he plays more fast and loose...to me more like Alex.
All of those players are entered now. I included Earl in my "not entered" list above by mistake.
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Keen observation, Rick....Alex took an interest in him when hevwasva kid.
True. Dennis does stand up off his shots an awful lot. But I still think there's some physical similarity in the facial features.
Okay, back to the OP's topic..........
Maniac
I just looked at the players list again. The most notable additions are Gabe Owen, Siming Chen, John Morra, and Leo Yip (World Junior 9-Ball Champ). Full list of changes below. With 242 players listed, there are 14 qualifiers yet to be decided.
The following have withdrawn:
Al Awadhi -- Bader Al Awadhi (Kuwait)
Borukhovich -- Alex Borukhovich (USA)
Boyes -- Karl Boyes (UK)
Carmona -- Jim Carmona (USA)
Evans -- Dave Evans (UK)
Ishikawa -- Daichi Ishikawa (Japan)
Kong -- Kong De Jing (China)
Tetreault -- Matthew Tetreault (USA)
The following have been added:
Al-Eid -- Mohammed Ali N Al Eid (Saudi Arabia)
Al-ghamdi -- Khalid Omar Al-ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Shaheen -- Omar Al-Shaheen (Kuwait)
Alharbi -- Fahad Salem N Alharbi (Saudi Arabia)
Alshammari -- Abdullah Saeed O Alshammari (Saudi Arabia)
Anderson -- David Anderson (South Africa)
Baabad -- Mohamed Baabad (Saudi Arabia)
Capito -- Robbie Capito (Hong Kong)
Chen -- Siming Chen (China)
Duell -- Paul Duell (Canada)
Fleshman -- Tyler Fleshman (USA)
Gibbons -- Cole Gibbons (USA)
Hernandez -- Franklin Hernandez (USA)
Hoang -- Hoang Duong Quoc (Vietnam)
Kasemchaiyanan -- Molrudee Kasemchaiyanan (New Zealand)
Lee -- Kang Lee (USA)
Lilley -- Adam Lilley (New Zealand)
Montpellier -- Alex Montpellier (France)
Morra -- John Morra (Canada)
Ng -- Brendan Ng (New Zealand)
Nguyen -- Toan Nguyen (New Zealand)
Owen -- Gabe Owen (USA)
Regli -- Ronald Regli (Switzerland)
Rizzi -- Fabio Rizzi (France)
Santy -- Kings Santy (USA)
Sorouji -- Radwan Jameel R Sorouji (Saudi Arabia)
Tourangeau -- Stan Tourangeau (Canada)
Yapp -- Aloysius Yapp (Singapore)
Yip -- Yip Kin Ling Leo (Hong Kong)
The following have withdrawn:
Al Awadhi -- Bader Al Awadhi (Kuwait)
Borukhovich -- Alex Borukhovich (USA)
Boyes -- Karl Boyes (UK)
Carmona -- Jim Carmona (USA)
Evans -- Dave Evans (UK)
Ishikawa -- Daichi Ishikawa (Japan)
Kong -- Kong De Jing (China)
Tetreault -- Matthew Tetreault (USA)
The following have been added:
Al-Eid -- Mohammed Ali N Al Eid (Saudi Arabia)
Al-ghamdi -- Khalid Omar Al-ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Shaheen -- Omar Al-Shaheen (Kuwait)
Alharbi -- Fahad Salem N Alharbi (Saudi Arabia)
Alshammari -- Abdullah Saeed O Alshammari (Saudi Arabia)
Anderson -- David Anderson (South Africa)
Baabad -- Mohamed Baabad (Saudi Arabia)
Capito -- Robbie Capito (Hong Kong)
Chen -- Siming Chen (China)
Duell -- Paul Duell (Canada)
Fleshman -- Tyler Fleshman (USA)
Gibbons -- Cole Gibbons (USA)
Hernandez -- Franklin Hernandez (USA)
Hoang -- Hoang Duong Quoc (Vietnam)
Kasemchaiyanan -- Molrudee Kasemchaiyanan (New Zealand)
Lee -- Kang Lee (USA)
Lilley -- Adam Lilley (New Zealand)
Montpellier -- Alex Montpellier (France)
Morra -- John Morra (Canada)
Ng -- Brendan Ng (New Zealand)
Nguyen -- Toan Nguyen (New Zealand)
Owen -- Gabe Owen (USA)
Regli -- Ronald Regli (Switzerland)
Rizzi -- Fabio Rizzi (France)
Santy -- Kings Santy (USA)
Sorouji -- Radwan Jameel R Sorouji (Saudi Arabia)
Tourangeau -- Stan Tourangeau (Canada)
Yapp -- Aloysius Yapp (Singapore)
Yip -- Yip Kin Ling Leo (Hong Kong)
And here are the countries listed. There are 45 of them more or less depending on how you count countries....
Albania, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada,
Cayman Islands, China, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Northern Ireland, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland,
Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, USA,
Vietnam, Wales
Albania, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada,
Cayman Islands, China, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Northern Ireland, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland,
Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, USA,
Vietnam, Wales
There will be 33 Diamond tables.
Nice, there are 3 ladies signed up
Siming 781
Kuo Szu-ting 707
Melinda Huang 549
If FR700+ is considered pro, there are at least 128 out of 256 that are pros.
Anyone know the prize money breakdown? If I am not mistaken they said 300K guaranteed , 100K added?
But South America and rest of Africa (excl. South Africa) still missing in action. They don’t know what they are missing
Siming 781
Kuo Szu-ting 707
Melinda Huang 549
If FR700+ is considered pro, there are at least 128 out of 256 that are pros.
Anyone know the prize money breakdown? If I am not mistaken they said 300K guaranteed , 100K added?
Oceania and Middle East are surging in past few years.
But South America and rest of Africa (excl. South Africa) still missing in action. They don’t know what they are missing
I think you overlooked Morocco and the fact that the territory of Spain is partly in Africa much to the irritation of Morocco.:grin: