$150,000 in World Open 9-Ball in Qatar-6/29 to 7/5

:thumbup: The Filipino contingent is on fire. Based on this link, 14 out of their 15 players won. The only one who lost was Joven Bustamante who lost to another Filipino, Ramil Gallego.

http://www.qatarolympics.org/topics/index.asp?g={F67722A3-3DEB-4472-93B3-80065A488CF5}
 
memikey said:
I'm definitely not going to this event Joey but I was there for work related reasons about 4 weeks ago and will be there again in another few weeks for the same thing.

Except for the rugby club, basically all the bars in Doha are situated in hotels. The price of a pint of let's say a fairly standard draft lager ranges from about $8 to $12 depending upon the "star" rating of the hotel and whether the hotel outlet concerned is classed as a 'bar' or a 'night club'.

Spirits are about the same price per shot but most standard mixers like coke, seven up, orange etc come included in that price whether you actually order a mixer or not.

Ashamed to say I could probably write an idiot's guide to bar prices in most countries throughout The Middle East :p
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Wow! Those prices are even a tad higher than the prices they charge on Bourbon Street (or so I've heard).

JoeyA
 
bfdlad said:
Man, Alex is tough. I am guessing due to some of these scores that it is winner breaks. Double Elimination though, Johnny will come back on the one loss side. Thanks for the info JAM. I have been looking to try and find it.
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It is alternate break
 
Here's the latest in Qatar: http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topi...=227531&version=1&template_id=49&parent_id=29

About the Alex Pagulayan versus Johnny Archer match, Johnny must have been feeling the heat, as the article says: Archer was disappointed with the loss. "Couple of bad shots and bad luck and you lose. It's really sad that you come here from 10,000 miles away only to lose this way." he said, calling the game's governing body to protect top players.

"I don't mean Alex is a lesser player but there should be something to support top professional players," lamented Archer, who has been on the pro tour for over 15 years.

I know the feeling, Johnny. I've never had to travel 10,000 miles to a tournament like you, but losing, no matter where it happens, sucks. Show me a person who likes to lose, and I'll show you a loser. :o

Pool is expensive. Hopefully, you have a stakehorse paying some of your expenses to Qatar. It hurts even worse when you have to pay your own way, 100 percent.

No matter where in the world Efren Reyes goes, he's always the crowd favorite: Constantly cheered on by the local Filipino crowd at the QBSF halls, Reyes produced a sublime performance to beat Qatar's Abdulatef al-Fawal.

The local hopeful, who had a win over UAE's Mohammed Ubaid in the opening round, failed to match the Filipino maestro who made the most difficult of shots look easy for a 9-0 victory.

German Champion Ralf Souquet took a tumble in the second round: Two-time world champion Souquet, one of the pre-tournament favourites, will have his work cut out after losing 9-6 to his Japanese challenger Hijikata Hayato in the second round.

The German, currently the biggest money earner among billiard players this year with earnings in excess of $110,000, now will have to find his way through the losers' pool.

Here's a picture of another German favorite, Thosten Hohmann, strutting his stuff on a field of green.

JAM
 

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One American left standing. Go, Shane, go.

I just got it from very good authority -- :wink: -- that Johnny Archer lost his second match in the loser's bracket to an Egyptian champion, a double-hill heartbreaker, 9 to 8.

JAM
 
This just in from my sources in Qatar:

Shane is up next against Ramil Gallego

USA, all the way, Baby! :smile:

JAM
 
Ralf Souquet travels all over the world, all the time. He was just recently in the States, then in Palawan, then he travelled all the way from Manila to Germany to sleep at home for one night, before going to Qatar. He has travelled a lot more than 10 000 miles the last week, but I don't think he will complain to the news about travelling if he loses.

The Filipinos are used to travel to Europe and America for big tournaments like US Open, Derby City Classic and previously to Cardiff for the World Pool Championship. They seldom complain about travelling lots of miles, different culture, different food etc, yet they manage to get good results.

Everyone is travelling far for this tournament, not only the Americans. It sounds like Johnny is whining because he lost.

If you want to stay on top of the poolworld you will have to accept to travel around the world to compete.
 
I think Filipino players have managers who pay all the expenses? While Americans don't have any. Maybe if Archer or SVB live in the Philippines for awhile and join the Bugsy boys or Perry mariano or Puyat stable, they can travel for free as well.
 
parvus1202 said:
I think Filipino players have managers who pay all the expenses? While Americans don't have any. Maybe if Archer or SVB live in the Philippines for awhile and join the Bugsy boys or Perry mariano or Puyat stable, they can travel for free as well.
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Both Shane and Johnny do have some financial backing here in the States, and they are fortunate indeed for that.

I am not sure what the arrangement it is, but both of them are provided some monies for travel expenses. I do not know if their financial backing covers 100 percent of all expenses. Something, though, is sure better than nothing. The majority of American players have zero financial backing. Johnny and Shane, in some sense, are lucky in that respect.

Shane may be able to hang in the Philippines, as he's single. However, Johnny has a wife and two children, as well as a pool room he co-owns in Marietta, Georgia.

I was told by someone in the know that it costs about $3,500 to attend a week-long event in Qatar. That's a lot of cheesenips for most American players to come up with. It sounds like a wonderful tournament, however. But $3,500 can go a lot further by attending tournaments on American soil, if you're an American player.

JAM
 
Say it isn't so.

Shane just lost on the double hill to Ramil. :frown:

He now awaits his next match in the loser's bracket, but there's still hope for this lone American left standing.

GO, SHANE, GO!

JAM
 
parvus1202 said:
I think Filipino players have managers who pay all the expenses? While Americans don't have any. Maybe if Archer or SVB live in the Philippines for awhile and join the Bugsy boys or Perry mariano or Puyat stable, they can travel for free as well.
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I doubt many Americans would fare too well in the stable system. Players in the US are too used to being lone wolfs and independent. Not sure what the exact deals are in the various stables but those owners get theres back when a player wins or cashes, as they should. It is not just "Here come play for me, I pay all expenses and you keep everything you win".

I can tell you what most pros here would say if you told them "I will pay all your expenses but I get 50-70% of everything you win". They would laugh at you.From their point of view it is an understandable reaction but if you look at from the stable owners point of view he is taking all the risk with no guarantee of a return. Lot more going on there than just players getting a free roll.

Personally I like the stable system and think it is a good way for a pool player to have some stability versus the boom and bust lifestyle most live with now. It would be interesting to see if one could ever work in the U.S..

I think we have a lot to learn from the guys in the Philippines when it comes to certain things.
 
vagabond said:
Alok Kumar is from India.
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Thanks for the clarification. :smile:

If you had read the very first page of this thread, somebody else had already corrected me on my misinterpretation of IND and INA country acronyms. :o

In fact, two posters did: memikey on page 1 and vijesh on page 2!

JAM
 
Lots of happenings in yesterday's third round. I am waiting for today's rounds to start, unless today is one of those Qatar siestas where the whole country takes a day off from work! :)

Actually, I think my country could use a nice day off in the middle of the week, LIKE TODAY.

In Italy, they do it during the day, as well as in Spain, or so I hear.

Here's the latest. I do not know if this is winners' bracket or losers' bracket matches:

Ronnie Alcano beats Hamza Mohd S Ali, 9 to 1.

Bustie defeats his buddy Alex Pagualayan, 9 to 7.

A nail-biter for Efren who makes it to the double hill with Sweden's sweetheart Marcus Chamat, with Efren coming out on top, 9 to 8.

Roberto Gomez the Cowboy convincingly wins against Jordan's Zaed Dwad, 9 to 4.

Warren Kiamco loses a double-hill match with Germany's crowning glory, Thorsten Hohmann, 9 to 8.

TPE Chang Jung-Ling beats Japan's Hijikata Hayato, 9 to 5.

The Filipino champion Lee Van Corteza won against Hungary's Young Gun Vilmos Foldes, 9 to 7.

The Flying Dutchman Niels Feijan wins against Filipino Allan Cuartero, 9 to 5.

JAM
 
JAM said:
Thanks for the clarification. :smile:

If you had read the very first page of this thread, somebody else had already corrected me on my misinterpretation of IND and INA country acronyms. :o

In fact, two posters did: memikey on page 1 and vijesh on page 2!

JAM
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Actually JAM my post wasn't intended in any way to be a correction, in fact I hadn't even noticed the earlier little faux pas about Ashok Kumar's nationality when I posted my explanation of what INA stood for so there was nothing to be corrected as far as I knew at that time.

What I was doing when telling you that INA stood for Indonesia was anwering your post immediately before mine in which you seemed to perhaps be asking if anyone knew what INA stood for, hence why I couched the answer of what INA stood for with the qualifier "if you were wondering".

This is in itself very unimportant of course but doesn't it just show how easy it is for any of us to innocently misunderstand the content of a post and/or what might have motivated it?
 
memikey said:
Actually JAM my post wasn't intended in any way to be a correction, in fact I hadn't even noticed the earlier little faux pas about Ashok Kumar's nationality when I posted my explanation of what INA stood for so there was nothing to be corrected as far as I knew at that time.

What I was doing when telling you that INA stood for Indonesia was anwering your post immediately before mine in which you seemed to perhaps be asking if anyone knew what INA stood for, hence why I couched the answer of what INA stood for with the qualifier "if you were wondering".

This is in itself very unimportant of course but doesn't it just show how easy it is for any of us to innocently misunderstand the content of a post and/or what might have motivated it?
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Oh, memikey, I actually very much appreciate the correction! :smile:

I was only pointing out to vagabond that IF he had read this thread in its entirety, he would not have needed to make mention of the INA and IND country acronyms, as two other posters, you and vijesh, had already written about it.

Sometimes people read the last page of a thread and don't bother to read an ENTIRE thread. I have been guilty of that myself. :o

JAM
 
This just in...

9-Ball Open Championship - Results - Wednesday, July 2

Al Jazeera Sports Channel 2 will broadcast live images of the main rounds of the Qatar International Open 9-Ball Championship.

The live coverage will start Thursday from 12:40hrs till 17:00hrs

I have no idea what time that is for me. :o

Continuing: JSC Sports 2, Frequencies is below

Nilesat 101

Freq: 12284

Pol: Vertical

SR: 27500

FEC: 3/4

For further info you can log on to: http://www.aljazeerasport.net

The live results and daily news are updated on Qatar Olympic Committee official website every two hours

http://www.qatarolympics.org/topics/index.asp?g=99196519-0822-411E-9337-59E381C2E96C

Ralf Souquet and Oliver Ortmann won their matches on the losers' side of the brackets.

2008 WPC Champion Daryl Peach is out of the tournament, losing to Japan's Ohi Naoyuki.

Thomas Engert won his match on the B side against Korean Kim Woong Dea.

[I don't know half of the players' names on the chart!] :o

Interestingly, Joven Bustamante of the Philippines lost to India's champion Alok Kumar. American Shane Van Boening was to play the winner of this match. So Shane will be playing Alok! :p

JAM
 
SVB just beat Kumar 9 to 2


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LB 3rd Round 4 GR 1 - GM 18 SUI Marco Tschudi VS GBR Darren Appleton 7 9
5 GR 2 - GM 18 USA Shane V. Boeining VS IND Alok Kumar 9 2
6 GR 3 - GM 18 PHI Ruben A Cuna VS GRM Thomas Engert 0 9
02-07-08 7 GR 4 - GM 18 JPN Kawabata Satoshi VS HKG Han Hao Xiang 9 2
8 GR 5 - GM 18 ITA Bruno Muratore VS JPN Ohi Naoyuki 6 9
16:00 1 GR 6 - GM 18 PHI Antonio Gabica VS GER Ralf Mrnka 9 6
2 GR 7 - GM 18 TPE Wang Hung Hsiung VS PHI Jeffrey De Luna 8 9
3 GR 8 - GM 18 AUT Martin Kempter VS FRA Facquet Vincent 9 2
 
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