Barry took everyone's suggestions into consideration.......

jay helfert said:
After many conversations with Barry, I'm confident that all will go well at this year's U.S. Open. As a result I've agreed to return as his tournament director. See you in Norfolk! :wink:
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I can't see any change yet. 55 players to go to fill the field and the change will/might happen at the END of the tournament. Is 74k added with 128 players or no matter how many...like if only 100 sign up...how much then? Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
I can't see any change yet. 55 players to go to fill the field and the change will/might happen at the END of the tournament. Is 74k added with 128 players or no matter how many...like if only 100 sign up...how much then? Johnnyt
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He had to add the 72 to get the WPA sanctioning so it has to be added no matter how many enter. This is my understanding anyway.
 
jay helfert said:
After many conversations with Barry, I'm confident that all will go well at this year's U.S. Open. As a result I've agreed to return as his tournament director. See you in Norfolk! :wink:
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Insert "and prepayment received" after 'Barry'- ahahahahaha

SO is Scott still going to be there? or did i imagine that?
 
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Updated List of Players

Yes, Scott Smith is also going to be there & here is the most current list of players:

1. Shane Van Boening - USA
2. Earl Strickland - USA
3. Efren Reyes - Philippines
4. Johnny Archer - USA
5. Francisco Bustamante - Philipines
6. Mika Immonen - Finland
7. Darren Appleton - England
8. Jose Parica - Philippines
9. Dennis Orcullo - Philippines
10. Waleed Alars - Qatar
11. Rodney Morris - USA
12. Raj Hundal - India
13. Edmundo Ambross - USA
14. Niels Feijen - Netherlands
15. Matt Krah - USA
16. Nikos Economopoulos - Greece
17. Stephen Fleming - USA
18. Denis Grabe - Estonia
19. Frankie Hernandez - USA
20. Suad Kantarevic USA
21. Alex Kazakis - Greece
22. Tommy Kennedy - USA
23. Stevie Moore - USA
24. Jerome Rockwell - USA
25. Randy Russell - Canada
26. Joe Scarborough - USA
27. John Schmidt - USA
28. Justin Bergman - USA
29. Corey Deuel - USA
30. Brandon Shuff - USA
31. Justin Hall - USA
32. Oscar Dominguez - USA
33. Jeremey Sossei - USA
34. Kenichi Uchigaki - Japan
35. Ralf Souquet - Germany
36. Warren Kiamco - Philippines
37. Do Hoang Quan - Vietnam
38. Le Quang Trun - Vietman
39. Chris Futrell - USA
40. Nikos Malaj - Greece
41. Chris Cantrall - USA
42. Paul Poiter - Canada
43. Amai Rota - Qatar
44. Hanni Alhowri - UAE
45. Matt Haines - USA
46. Brett Stottlemyer - USA
47. Kevin West - USA
48. Majid Alzaabi - UAE
49. Daryl Peach - England
50. Tony Drago - England
51. Marc Claramunt - Spain
52. Dana Aft - USA
53. Brian Parks - USA
54. Tom Skinner - USA
55. Donny Mills - USA
56. Mike Davis - USA
57. Mohammed Obaid Mohammed Khamis - UAE
58. Karl Boyes - USA
59. Maceo Butts – Virgin Islands
60. Nick Van Den Berg - Netherlands
61. John Cook – USA
62. Pay or Play Tournaments Qualifier Winner
63. Tom D'Alfonso - USA
64. BR Tatum - USA
65. Larry Phlegar - USA
66. Corner Pocket Billiards N Café Qualifier Winner – USA
67. Skyler Woodward - USA
68. Albin Ouschan - Austria
69. Mario He - Austria
70. Reinaldo Dendariarena – Puerto Rico
71. Jeremy Jones - USA
72. Jorge Rodriguez - USA
 
Hey you've got Karl Boyes incorrectly listed as from USA. (And Darren Appleton incorrectly listed as from England :) .)
 
Nice group of players so far. Only 56 more to go. No Japan, Tiawan, or China so far. As it stands now @ 56 players more to make 128, Barry would have add another 40k to make up the added purse. Johnnyt
 
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Johnnyt said:
Nice group of players so far. Only 56 more to go. No Japan, Tiawan, or China so far. As it stands now @ 56 players mor to make 128, Barry would have add another 40k to make up the added purse. Johnnyt
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170,000.00 is the total purse estimate with a full field but if there are less than 128, Barry is not adding more money to make the total $170K. He is promising to add $74K. Period. The total purse will be $74K plus however many players times $750.

Roberta?
 
Nostroke said:
170,000.00 is the total purse estimate with a full field but if there are less than 128, Barry is not adding more money to make the total $170K. He is promising to add $74K. Period. The total purse will be $74K plus however many players times $750.

Roberta?
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But if the purse is less it won't be sanctioned and that wouldn't be right charging $750 to players that come for those points. Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
But if the purse is less it won't be sanctioned and that wouldn't be right charging $750 to players that come for those points. Johnnyt
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I think the $72K added is what is necessary to gain sanctioning. If the Players dont show up to play for it-that isn't Barry's fault. On another point the fewer players that show up, the bigger percentage of 'free money' (the added) they are playing for as opposed to playing for each others money..
 
Wonder how many signed up over the weekend? Depending how many did sign over the weekend, they need to average about 2 players a day until 10/13 to sign up, to have 128. Johnnyt
 
US Open

If the US Open is a WPA sanctioned event,-why can't we break from the side rail? Just like all other WPA events allow to. And further more, -why can we use a template rack, just like the whole world uses?

I think the tournament would be a lot more interesting this way, instead of watching all the rack mechanics operate their ugly cut breaks, and tricks

It's bad enough we are playing 9Ball instead of 10Ball, and that we are playing slop counts

Just opinion,

Respectfully,

Marc
 
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Marc said:
If the US Open is a WPA sanctioned event,-why can we break from the side rail? Just like all other WPA events allow to. And further more, -why can we use a template rack, just like the whole world uses?

I think the tournament would be a lot more interesting this way, instead of watching all the rack mechanics operate their ugly cut breaks, and tricks

It's bad enough we are playing 9Ball instead of 10Ball, and that we are playing slop counts

Just opinion,

Respectfully,

Marc
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It is after all called the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship and it's been going on since before anyone even played 10-Ball. So wouldn't it be weird to play 10-Ball.
Slop has always counted in 9-Ball.
 
Marc said:
If the US Open is a WPA sanctioned event,-why can't we break from the side rail? Just like all other WPA events allow to. And further more, -why can we use a template rack, just like the whole world uses?

I think the tournament would be a lot more interesting this way, instead of watching all the rack mechanics operate their ugly cut breaks, and tricks

It's bad enough we are playing 9Ball instead of 10Ball, and that we are playing slop counts

Just opinion,

Respectfully,

Marc
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People can still rig the rack using templates.

A better question would have been, why can't there be a neutral racker/ref for every table like other WPA sanctioned events?
 
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