Reyes I can understand because he is getting up there in age, but Bustamante was a shock. I wonder if he didn't make the cut, or if he is sitting this one out for personal reasons.
Doesn't seem like a world championship without him and Reyes in it.
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Doesn't seem like a world championship without him and Reyes in it.
Ignacio is in the qualifiers. I recognized a couple of other names (e.g., Cheng Yu Hsuan) but it's mostly filled with people from the surrounding regions.
I think Bustamante is 52 and Efren is 61, only a 9 year difference but maybe they're both calling it quits. I think in shorter tournaments they're still a favorite but W9B demands too much from them in a physical standpoint. I don't doubt they can still snap it off though.
What about Alex? Theres a shock and hes only 37. :smile:
Wonder what happened....
Well I hope he's winning if he's playing poker.
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HI I dont see Strikland Jason Shaw Johnny Archer
I love the way Jason Shaw plays fast and loose
https://www.facebook.com/wpaworld9ballchampionship/posts/505329846299241
"Bad news for Pinoy pool fans. The WPA can confirm that both Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante, both former World 9-ball champions, both absolute legends, will not be competing at this year's World 9-ball Championship in Doha.
This is the first time that we can recall in living memory that both these pool god's have not suited up to battle for the World 9-ball crown, a title that has been contested 23 times going back to the early 1990's.
We can't sugar coat it. There will certainly be a bit of electricity missing without these two. Whenever Efren played these past years, hordes of Filipino overseas workers in Qatar, starved for a taste of home, poured out enmasse to cheer on their hero and legend "Bata.' It was a sight to behold.
We don't know the reason why, only that perhaps they had some sort of commercial commitment back home.
On the plus side for Pinoy fans, they can be sure that at least one-fourth of the field in Doha will be filled with their boys, all of whom are very capable of doing some serious damage."
"Bad news for Pinoy pool fans. The WPA can confirm that both Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante, both former World 9-ball champions, both absolute legends, will not be competing at this year's World 9-ball Championship in Doha.
This is the first time that we can recall in living memory that both these pool god's have not suited up to battle for the World 9-ball crown, a title that has been contested 23 times going back to the early 1990's.
We can't sugar coat it. There will certainly be a bit of electricity missing without these two. Whenever Efren played these past years, hordes of Filipino overseas workers in Qatar, starved for a taste of home, poured out enmasse to cheer on their hero and legend "Bata.' It was a sight to behold.
We don't know the reason why, only that perhaps they had some sort of commercial commitment back home.
On the plus side for Pinoy fans, they can be sure that at least one-fourth of the field in Doha will be filled with their boys, all of whom are very capable of doing some serious damage."
I see Thorsten Homann's name in the yellow portion of the entry list...
...does that mean he had to qualify?
No - it looks like the qualifiers are at the very bottom in bright yellow. It is posted on the site that there's only 12 and the qualy tourney starts tomorrow with 128 players trying to win those 12 spots.
btw pt....where is Alex??
There have been rumors that Earl lost his sponsorship. As far as I can tell he hasn't played in a tournament since the Straight pool tourney at Steinway.
I really hope that Earl, Efren, and Bustamante continue to compete in tourneys. Would be a shame if we've seen the last of them.
Alex has been in some pretty good action...man's an alllround athlete.
I wish the pool world could give him the same chance at being a millionaire.
Or....
Or they realize it's a crapshoot BECAUSE of the format and realize it's not worth the expense...
Jaden
Or they realize it's a crapshoot BECAUSE of the format and realize it's not worth the expense...
Jaden
I have never, or would I ever turn JoeyA off.
That is SO NICE Johnnyt. Thanks!
While I will be competing in the White Diamonds event in November which PoolActionTv.com will be live streaming and I will try to sit in for a couple of matches, in between playing, snoozing, socializing and eating. The event is already sold out. As usual, there is a waiting list that you can join.
It seems that that this event sells out earlier and earlier each time.
Thanks for the support Johnnyt!
JoeyA
Wow, the qualifiers are tough . 128 qualifiers fighting for 12 spots . Each qualifier has 3 chances/3 rounds . Each group 32 players and he has to be champion by winning 5 matches . If he is knocked out he has 2 more rounds/ chances. So if he qualifies by winning his group in 3rd chance, he would have played total 15 matches. Each match is race to 7 alternate break
Quite a number or assassins in qualifiers led by ex-world champs - old veteran "Cold Faced Assassin" Chao and Yukio
Other familiar names -
Oliver Medenilla
Francisco Felicida
Kevin Cheng
Pupul
Ramil Gallego
Jeff Ignacio
Wu Kun Liin
Liu Cheng Chieh
Majority are overwhelmingly from Middle East. Next most are Filipinos followed by Taiwanese
Quite a number or assassins in qualifiers led by ex-world champs - old veteran "Cold Faced Assassin" Chao and Yukio
Other familiar names -
Oliver Medenilla
Francisco Felicida
Kevin Cheng
Pupul
Ramil Gallego
Jeff Ignacio
Wu Kun Liin
Liu Cheng Chieh
Majority are overwhelmingly from Middle East. Next most are Filipinos followed by Taiwanese
Maybe the yellow portion corresponds to the allotment of WPA wildcard slots:
http://wpa-pool.com/pdf/web/2015_W9BC_info_website.pdf
Alex has been in some pretty good action...man's an alllround athlete.
I wish the pool world could give him the same chance at being a millionaire.
So he cant take a week off because he has as good as a chance as anyone to win a world championship?
could you imagine Roger Federer not showing up at wimbledon cause he has better things to do?
just sayin.
yeah, when i saw it i was like "WTF is this? Akagariyama's world 9-ball title is not good enough to give him a spot?"
Alex is playing the one pocket event this week in Iowa