Where should I go to become a Pro.
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Hay! That water was cold!!!!
Well, I'm German.but born in Spain. I have a German passport.
Then you seriously need to get to Germany, look up Ralph Eckert, and start with him.
http://www.ralpheckert.com/index_eng.html
In an alternate reality, I'd be there for sure.
yeah, and it was deep, too!
Move now to one of the big European cities.
You're not moving there forever, just to play pool and get into tournament action
If you ever reach pro-status, you will have to move anyways to play in tournaments.
I get the impression that you have no marriage or children ties to the island.
So fly away, Rin.
After a while, when you decide to move again, forego Taiwan. Move to China instead.
Where should I go to become a Pro.
Unless you have a lot of money you will go to the poor house.
Unless you have a lot of money you will go to the poor house.
If you're a Spanish citizen, the US has a visa waiver program. You can stay for up to 90 days with no visa.
The thing to do would be to carefully plan a trip that took in a series of tournaments. Between the West Coast Mezz Tour, BCA Las Vegas (with all sorts of events and min events), and a lot of regional tournaments, you would be able to play nearly every week during certain times of the year on a well planned trip to California, Arizona and Nevada. In the Fall there are those tournaments in Toronto, Canada (not sure if it's open) and the US Open. In the winter we have Derby City, which is many tournaments in one. Another thing you could consider is migrating to Canada, then visiting the US for shorter stays. If you decide North America, you're going to have to travel to play anyway.
Even if you are dynamite, you will need to play in a lot of regional events to find out how good you really are. My guess is without the proper competition, you will not have developed the quality of game you need to compete here. The good players are a lot tougher than most people realize.
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LOL........$$$$$$$$$
As in NO money.
Better spend your time going to school, get a degree and become a pro in that field than spend all day playing pool and make 10k a year if you're lucky.
Chris,
A lot of people are saying this country and that country, but the truth is that a lot of European players (and others) come to AMERICA because there is more money to be won there.
A very successful lawyer once told me, "Earn while you learn."
JoeyA
A lot of people are saying this country and that country, but the truth is that a lot of European players (and others) come to AMERICA because there is more money to be won there.
A very successful lawyer once told me, "Earn while you learn."
JoeyA
Hi Rin,
Are you going to be in Tokyo? There's a pro tour and some big events coming up including the Japan Open next month. Get yourself entered and you can see how you match up against some of the best pros and amateurs in Japan. I'll probably play in a few as well, so let me know if you're interested.
Some notable events in July-September:
7/16-18 Japan Open
7/24 Big Bang Cup
7/31 East Tokyo Ten Ball
8/21 Classic Ten Ball Championship
8/27 Grand Prix East Pro Tour Stop #5
9/24 Grand Prix East Pro Tour Stop #6
I'm gonna be in Fukuoka/kyushu from July 30, that's where my current girlfriend lives. I used to live in minami aoyama(omotesando) when I had a girlfriend there
but maybe I can fly over for an event.:grin:
There's a big tournament at Huis Ten Bosch near there, all the Japanese pros go out there pretty often.
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Here's a link to a Japanese billiards magazine schedule of upcoming tournaments. You just missed the HTB Open.
http://www.billiards-cues.jp/schedule/
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Here's a link to a Japanese billiards magazine schedule of upcoming tournaments. You just missed the HTB Open.
http://www.billiards-cues.jp/schedule/
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I truly would like to believe this post and would love to believe there are still folks out there with this type of passion. I'm still just a tad skeptical though with the recent posts on this very subject. I'm with the other posters that recommended that OP would do himself a big service by posting a video of his said talents, that way it would be MUCH EASIER to give him some accurate feedback and also much much easier to give him some good direction as to which / what way he should go. At this point though I do like the suggestions that he should probably just go and enter into some big tourneys and also go get into some big action and see where the chips fall.
Over 5 million people are living in fukuoka, but no good players around, or tournaments?
I go to Hakata on business once in a while and play at some of the main places when I'm there. They are very spread out over a large area but there are a few really good players around (almost no pro players, though). The pool scene is extremely quiet compared to Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, with some house tournaments here and there and only a handful of big events in a year. Like someone said, you just missed the largest one, the Kyushu Open.
That's too bad. Oh well.. This trip wasn't meant to be for pool anyway. At least I'll be able to practice
Yeah I saw the Kyushu open in the live stream, I got a bit sad when I saw that I missed such a big event
For the guys saying that I should post videos, I might post some when I'm in Japan with better internet. The internet I have here is like from the stone age, slow as hell and with lots of cuts, it's not really possible to upload a video.
