One of the biggest faults of WNT and Frazer, imo, is how little they communicate publicly. Case in point is the status of the now-delayed World Pool Championship.
Well, Emily always drops nuggets of info on finals day of big events. She finally said something about the WPC in the prematch interview.
"We also know there is a World Pool Championship that needs to come along. I know players are wanting that and a million dollar prize fund. It’s all coming. Everyone just needs a little bit of patience. We are getting there."
Here are Frazer's extended remarks on Sunday. It's the best way to get any info whatsoever, it seems.
SEMI-FINAL COMMENTS
We hope that we will be coming back next year. We are just looking at some dates. But we will be partnering this with another Matchroom even alongside the West Coast.
It’s a bit tough coming from Florida over to Yuma. We’ve got to make it a little easier for everyone. We’’ll do something along the West Coast. Come here to Yuma. We’re coming back to Yuma. It’s just a case of when.
The World Pool Masters is making a return. Little bit of a tweak in the format to try to honor the rankings slightly. Seed a couple of players through. That’s obviously going to be in Chinese Tapei with our partners, with an open event as well.
We also know there is a World Pool Championship that needs to come along. I know players are wanting that and a million dollar prize fund. It’s all coming. Everyone just needs a little bit of patience. We are getting there.
FINALS COMMENTS
The next couple of years it is going to be completely different. Because there is going to be a full tour for the juniors to follow. For the main event.
You can pick and choose … it’s brand new events. And this might spark something else for us along the West Coast.
We’re going to come back to Yuma. This tournament has been great. The hotel has been really good and we’ve some good crowds in as well.
So listen, every tournament there is success, there is a positive there, and we are going to keep pushing.
We’ve got so much coming up. We’ve got the US Open live on ESPN. We’ve got the Mosconi Cup live on ESPN. It’s been years, even before my time, at Matchroom … we weren’t live on ESPN.
What a great shape that pool is in right now. There are more tournaments than there’s even been. There’s more professional events. There’s more for the juniors. There’s more prize money up for grabs. And also everyone’s got a choice.
So it’s just going to get better and better. Just got to be a little bit patient. Me and Karl were chatting about formats .. we were chatting through the World Pool Masters format.
We’re going to be back here in Yuma. It’s just about figuring out those dates.
Well, Emily always drops nuggets of info on finals day of big events. She finally said something about the WPC in the prematch interview.
"We also know there is a World Pool Championship that needs to come along. I know players are wanting that and a million dollar prize fund. It’s all coming. Everyone just needs a little bit of patience. We are getting there."
Here are Frazer's extended remarks on Sunday. It's the best way to get any info whatsoever, it seems.
SEMI-FINAL COMMENTS
We hope that we will be coming back next year. We are just looking at some dates. But we will be partnering this with another Matchroom even alongside the West Coast.
It’s a bit tough coming from Florida over to Yuma. We’ve got to make it a little easier for everyone. We’’ll do something along the West Coast. Come here to Yuma. We’re coming back to Yuma. It’s just a case of when.
The World Pool Masters is making a return. Little bit of a tweak in the format to try to honor the rankings slightly. Seed a couple of players through. That’s obviously going to be in Chinese Tapei with our partners, with an open event as well.
We also know there is a World Pool Championship that needs to come along. I know players are wanting that and a million dollar prize fund. It’s all coming. Everyone just needs a little bit of patience. We are getting there.
FINALS COMMENTS
The next couple of years it is going to be completely different. Because there is going to be a full tour for the juniors to follow. For the main event.
You can pick and choose … it’s brand new events. And this might spark something else for us along the West Coast.
We’re going to come back to Yuma. This tournament has been great. The hotel has been really good and we’ve some good crowds in as well.
So listen, every tournament there is success, there is a positive there, and we are going to keep pushing.
We’ve got so much coming up. We’ve got the US Open live on ESPN. We’ve got the Mosconi Cup live on ESPN. It’s been years, even before my time, at Matchroom … we weren’t live on ESPN.
What a great shape that pool is in right now. There are more tournaments than there’s even been. There’s more professional events. There’s more for the juniors. There’s more prize money up for grabs. And also everyone’s got a choice.
So it’s just going to get better and better. Just got to be a little bit patient. Me and Karl were chatting about formats .. we were chatting through the World Pool Masters format.
We’re going to be back here in Yuma. It’s just about figuring out those dates.