Emily interview: new US events coming?

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World Cup of Pool update with Emily Frazer.

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from 12:40 onwards (entire interview worth listening to). not much details, but she also flags for a possible italian open, and more.

with the speed in which the tour is growing i wouldn't be surprised to see another 2-3 MR produced opens next year, aside from the ones produced by independent promotors.
 
One thing that's great about Emily is the enthusiasm with which she shares her vision for 9ball.

It was interesting to learn that the Open events are merely breaking even but are viewed as strategically important vehicles for growing the sport. Matchroom has the vision, the patience and the resources to play the long game here, and the players are, at long last, making enough money that they will remain keen on being part of it.

Prize money growth will track revenue growth, says Emily, and that's how a capable executive thinks and plans.

Pro pool is in very good hands.
 
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Yes, super interesting interview.
Over here in Europe, matchroom and the "traditional associations" seem to be clashing a bit, let's see how that develops. It's probably due to matchroom being on track to do real business, whereas associations are mostly leisure time undertakings, right...

The only thing I would really wish for is that they'd make "tenball" as big a brand as they're doing with nineball. My personal feeling, I know, but I think nineball is a gambler's thing. I saw an insane number of flukes during their stay in Spain, it's just not a serious enough game. Isn't that also the reason tenball was invented, in the first place?
 
It would be really cool to see another big event in the states or in North America in general (Toronto, Mexico City, Etc.)
 
klikr said:
there will be, she said. going "BIG" in the US... let's see ;)
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Hmm was there any indication of where it might be? My first thought would be Vegas, but there is other places too. I suppose I would know the answer but I can't watch Youtube at work. :mad:
 
THam said:
Hmm was there any indication of where it might be? My first thought would be Vegas, but there is other places too. I suppose I would know the answer but I can't watch Youtube at work. :mad:
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no, she didn't mention places....
 
klikr said:
I saw an insane number of flukes during their stay in Spain, it's just not a serious enough game. Isn't that also the reason tenball was invented, in the first place?
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Not so. 10ball goes back at least to the 1960s and was rarely ever played as a call-shot game until about 2010. Even when 10ball was played as the primary game on the Pro Billiard Tour in 1998-99, it was never played call shot. 10ball was, for the most part, invented by those who felt the 9ball break had become too easy. I'd argue that with the "breaker won the game stat" now typically sitting at about 58-60% or so in 9ball (per At Large's stats), the 9ball break isn't too easy any longer.

That said, without break from the box and with the rack template, the nine ball break is too easy, and a case can be made for 10ball. The thing is, though, that Matchroom rules require breaking from the box and at the 2023 WCOP the nine was on the spot, not the one. Matchroom has seen the kind of excitement that 9ball produces up close, and so have I, so the chance they will move away from 9ball is near zero.

Maybe you don't see it yet, but it's 9ball that is getting the world excited about pool.
 
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sjm said:
One thing that's great about Emily is the enthusiasm with which she shares her vision for 9ball.
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And I like her "down to earth" personality.

Matchroom is doing good things for pool. They are giving players the biggest things so many complain about... structure, stability, consistency. Not to mention better pay.
 
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iusedtoberich said:
I'm a third of the way into the interview. Emily says they will be moving events out of the UK due to poor fan attendance. I like this a lot. Having a big crowd completely changes the viewing experience for the better.
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Already in progress.

As she noted, only the Mosconi and UK Open draw good crowds. COVID figured largely in having the World Championships in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, for a while and moving the WCOP to Brentwood, Essex was a temporary solution. This year, these events were in Kielce, Poland and Lugo, Spain. Matchroom's policy of going to where the demand is will deliver good things for both Matchroom and all who play 9ball for a living.
 
THam said:
Hmm was there any indication of where it might be? My first thought would be Vegas, but there is other places too. I suppose I would know the answer but I can't watch Youtube at work. :mad:
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i would think not on the east coast because of the US open. other than that, no clue
 
THam said:
It would be really cool to see another big event in the states or in North America in general (Toronto, Mexico City, Etc.)
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Although Toronto has the numbers and the international notoriety. I think Montreal may be a better place for a world class event. Pool is taken far more seriously in Quebec then it is Ontario.

Guess it boils down to filling seats, and the odds of filling 1000 seats in a city of 3M is greater than a city of only 2M.
 
klikr said:
Yes, super interesting interview.
Over here in Europe, matchroom and the "traditional associations" seem to be clashing a bit, let's see how that develops. It's probably due to matchroom being on track to do real business, whereas associations are mostly leisure time undertakings, right...

The only thing I would really wish for is that they'd make "tenball" as big a brand as they're doing with nineball. My personal feeling, I know, but I think nineball is a gambler's thing. I saw an insane number of flukes during their stay in Spain, it's just not a serious enough game. Isn't that also the reason tenball was invented, in the first place?
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I played ten ball 40 years ago….same rules as 9-ball. Call shots are ‘Johnny-come-lately’ rules…and I don’t like them.
…..they take away multiple outcome opportunities…which snooker and 3-cushion billiards have.
 
The_JV said:
Although Toronto has the numbers and the international notoriety. I think Montreal may be a better place for a world class event. Pool is taken far more seriously in Quebec then it is Ontario.

Guess it boils down to filling seats, and the odds of filling 1000 seats in a city of 3M is greater than a city of only 2M.
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There is about six million the Greater Toronto Area…..but a Montreal location would not be unwise.
 
skogstokig said:
i would think not on the east coast because of the US open. other than that, no clue
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Eastern side of America still makes a lot of sense.
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