2023 World Pool Championship, Kielce, Poland

Bob Jewett

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The draw for the World Championship (9B) has been announced. I notice that Alex Pagulayan is not seeded.

11 players from the US including Joey Tate. 12 from Poland, the host country.

SEEDNameName
1Shane Van Boening (USA)VSMasato Yoshioka (JPN)
2Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (ESP)VSSo Shaw (IRI)
3Joshua Filler (GER)VSJames Georgiadis (AUS)
4Albin Ouschan (AUT)VSJuan Carlos Exposito (ESP)
5Mario He (AUT)VSSebastian Batkowski (POL)
6Jayson Shaw (GBR)VSFrancesco Candela (ITA)
7Wiktor Zielinski (POL)VSAziz Moussati (MAR)
8Alexander Kazakis (GRE)VSErik Hjorleifson (CAN)
9Max Lechner (AUT)VSMax Eberle (USA)
10Ko Pin Yi (TPE)VSJames Aranas (PHI)
11Eklent Kaçi (ALB)VSDimitris Loukatos (GRE)
12Abdullah Alyousef (KUW)VSJohann Chua (PHI)
13Oliver Szolnoki (HUN)VSMarcel Price (GBR)
14Niels Feijen (NED)VSMuhummed Daydat (RSA)
15Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL)VSDaniel Guttenberger (AUT)
16Mieszko Fortunski (POL)VSEmil-Andre Gangflot (NOR)
17David Alcaide (ESP)VSBilly Thorpe (USA)
18Marc Bijsterbosch (NED)VSNguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE)
19Sanjin Pehlivanović (BOS)VSJoseph Spence (CAN)
20Jonas Souto Comino (ESP)VSKarl Gnadeberg (EST)
21Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)VSBashar Hussain Abdul Majeed (QAT)
22Ko Ping Chung (TPE)VSMichal Gavenčiak (CZE)
23Chang Jung-Lin (TPE)VSJonas-Kvalsund Hansen (NOR)
24Ronald Regli (SUI)VSIker Andoni Echeverría (ESP)
25Naoyuki Oi (JPN)VSMickey Krause (DEN)
26Jose Alberto Delgado (ESP)VSJoey Tate (USA)
27John Morra (CAN)VSTayfun Taber (GER)
28Denis Grabe (EST)VSAli Nasser Al Obaidli (QAT)
29Ralf Souquet (GER)VSSullivan Clark (NZL)
30Dimitri Jungo (SUI)VSHunter Lombardo (USA)
31Thorsten Hohmann (GER)VSTanes Tansomboon (THA)
32Aloysius Yapp (SGP)VSSharik Sayed (SGP)
33Tomasz Kaplan (POL)VSKo Ping Han (TPE)
34Moritz Neuhausen (GER)VSLường Đức Thiện (VIE)
35Aleksa Pecelj (SRB)VSMarco Dorenburg (GER)
36Daniel Maciol (POL)VSSina Valizadeh (IRI)
37Oscar Dominguez (USA)VSStephen Holem (CAN)
38Omar Al Shaheen (KUW)VSJoao Grilo (POR)
39Skyler Woodward (USA)VSChris Alexander (GBR)
40Besar Spahiu (ALB)VSRamazan Akdag ([TUR] unlisted)
41Hseih Chia Chen (TPE)VSNick Van Den Berg (NED)
42Chris Melling (GBR)VSDuong Quoc Hoang (VIE)
43Petri Makkonen (FIN)VSElliott Sanderson (GBR)
44Imran Majid (GBR)VSMarco Teutscher (NED)
45Mateusz Sniegocki (POL)VSMohammad Soufi (SYR)
46Radoslaw Babica (POL)VSJan Van Lierop (NED)
47Robbie Capito (HKG)VSToh Lian Han (SGP)
48Jani Uski (FIN)VSChetan Chhabra (IND)
49Lo Ho Sum (HKG)VSLars Kuckherm (GER)
50Bader Alawadhi (KUW)VSRichard Halliday (RSA)
51Pijus Labutis (LTU)VSAjdin Piknjac (BOS)
52Mika Immonen (FIN)VSGerson Martinez (PER)
53Greg Hogue (USA)VSMariusz Skoneczny (POL)
54Shane Wolford (USA)VSPia Filler (GER)
55Karol Skowerski (POL)VSAbdullah Al-Anzi (KUW)
56Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE)VSRuben Bautista (MEX)
57Tyler Styer (USA)VSMason Koch (USA)
58Roman Hybler (CZE)VSMatt Edwards (NZL)
59Tobias Bongers (GER)VSDavy Piergiovanni (ITA)
60Mustafa Alnar ([CYP] unlisted)VSSzymona Kural (POL)
61Daniele Corrieri (ITA)VSKhalid Alghamdi (KSA)
62Michael Schneider (SUI)VSAlex Pagulayan (CAN)
63Wu Kun Lin (TPE)VSFabio Petroni (ITA)
64Mats Schjetne (NOR)VSJakub Koniar (SVK)
 
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jokrswylde

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ahh. thanks...is he trying for citizenship or a green card...did he explain how that works exactly?
 

Bob Jewett

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Pretty sure he said citizenship on the Rogan. Does that mean in 2 years he can earn a spot on the Mosconi? I sure hope so.
I think he has or is working on his Green Card (permanent resident). For citizenship:

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As far as participation in international events goes, I think as soon as he has his green card he can travel internationally. I think until he has US citizenship, he will be considered European.
 

Bob Jewett

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Pretty sure he said citizenship on the Rogan. Does that mean in 2 years he can earn a spot on the Mosconi? I sure hope so.
Five years or so. I think Shaw is already eligible for citizenship. (y)🇺🇸
 

skogstokig

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among those not visa/travel restricted i guess orcullo and biado are the most notable absentees. biado in hospital, post op recovery. orcullo i don't know. with raga i guess we should be happy(?) he atleast went outside the country
 

iusedtoberich

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He cant leave the country due to him trying to get his US citizenship.......He talked about it on Joe Rogan
I saw a FB post of his someone quoted where he also said Poland banned all Russians, but even if they had not, it was too difficult to leave the USA due to his US Citizenship process.
 

Estebanstrangia

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Did Pagulayan play many Matchroom events last year? He forfeit a TV table match at the US or International Open because of the shot clock and an injured leg, but I don't remember him getting to Europe unless I'm wildly ignorant
 
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