2015 China Open 9ball (2-5 July2015) Shanghai

westcoast said:
Is it just not worth the $ to travel over to these tournaments for guys like Archer, Deuel, Dechaine, and Strickland? Of course Archer and Earl are past their primes, but all of these guys could conceivably do some real damage in any tournament.
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Shane competes and not consistently
Sad to say everyone else in the US is distant second

Shaw doesn't travel because he is going through immigration
Once his paperwork is complete he will

How does Lombardo travel ? No offense he not nearly top tier
Must have great sponsor

It can be done tho
Look at morra and Klatt
They travel paid their dues and are now dominant forces
 
westcoast said:
Is it just not worth the $ to travel over to these tournaments for guys like Archer, Deuel, Dechaine, and Strickland? Of course Archer and Earl are past their primes, but all of these guys could conceivably do some real damage in any tournament.
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Players like Sigel, Varner, Rempe and Strickland used to travel all over the globe to tournaments. Of course that was when they were the dominant players. Now that the rest of the world has caught up no one wants to take a chance anymore. Oscar is about the only other American player (besides Shane and Hunter) who has the heart to travel and play against the world's best. He will only get better for this. Corey and Rodney show up once in a while but not with any consistency.
 
jay helfert said:
Players like Sigel, Varner, Rempe and Strickland used to travel all over the globe to tournaments. Of course that was when they were the dominant players. Now that the rest of the world has caught up no one wants to take a chance anymore. Oscar is about the only other American player (besides Shane and Hunter) who has the heart to travel and play against the world's best. He will only get better for this. Corey and Rodney show up once in a while but not with any consistency.
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True, Jay, but most of the very biggest titles were up for grabs on American soil, especially the world championships. Further, there was a real professional tour back then in America. With a healthy living on home soil and more sponsorship, many of the stars of yesteryear could easily afford the economic crapshoots entailed by overseas participation.

It's a very different gamble today for an American to compete overseas, but as we've always agreed, our players cannot expect to keep pace with the world's most elite until they take it.

American players need to take notice of what John Morra is starting to accomplish. His game has grown by leaps and bounds, and a big part of the reason is that he competes all over the globe.
 
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:confused: If players like Efren, Bustamante, Alcano are 1st tier players, then why are people like Baseth, Anton Raga, Ignacio giving them weight?
 
f210 said:
:confused: If players like Efren, Bustamante, Alcano are 1st tier players, then why are people like Baseth, Anton Raga, Ignacio giving them weight?
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Home room advantage can be huge when conditions are non-standard.
I remember Alex saying he couldn't break very good in a money match there.....
....turned the table was double clothed.

The action days in North America....some one-table wonders were very tough,if not
impossible, to beat on their table....beatable if they left it.
 
sjm said:
True, Jay, but most of the very biggest titles were up for grabs on American soil, especially the world championships. Further, there was a real professional tour back then in America. With a healthy living on home soil and more sponsorship, many of the stars of yesteryear could easily afford the economic crapshoots entailed by overseas participation.

It's a very different gamble today for an American to compete overseas, but as we've always agreed, our players cannot expect to keep pace with the world's most elite until they take it.

American players need to take notice of what John Morra is starting to accomplish. His game has grown by leaps and bounds, and a big part of the reason is that he competes all over the globe.
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Yes JM has grown leaps and bounds but no one who saw him playing as a junior is surprised being the son of a pro player like Oscar he was very polished even at a young age ,

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