Inaugural World 10-Ball Championship Player Roster:Pro & Junior Divisions

New entrants:

Nico Otterman GER
Warren Kiamco PHI
Evgeny Stalev RUS
Cory Deuel USA
Shawn Putnam USA

Juniors:


Following lists will be updated as new entrants are confirmed:

Junior World 10-Ball Championships (19 & Under)
Boys Division

Landon Shuffett KY,USA
Hayato Hijikata Tokyo,JPN
Kang Lee KOR
Adam Tanner NY USA
Michael Toscana NYC,USA
Adam Behnke Iowa, USA
Ryan Behnke Iowa(USA)


Girls Division

Liz Lovely, USA
Yu Ram Cha Incheon,KOR
Amalia Matas SPN
Chelsea Hardwick
Allison Hardwick
Eun Ji Park (KOR)

World 10-Ball Championship: Pro Division

David Reljic AUS
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Ralf Souquet GER
Goh Takami JPN
Hiroshi Takenaka JPN
Darren Appleton ENG
Raj Hundal ENG
Craig Riley ENG
Shin Park KOR
Richard Jones ENG
Kazuhiko Yamauchi JPN
Dave Grossman USA
Ronnie Wiseman CAN
Luc Salvas CAN
Tyler Edey CAN
John Morra CAN
Keisuke Hanawa JPN
Marlon Manalo PHI
Francisco Bustamente PHI
Edwin Montal CAN
Moreno Kralijevic ITL
Tommy Kennedy USA
Lee Chenman HK
Ditto Acosta ARU
Alvaro Ballesteros SPN
Gareth Esprit DOM
Manuel Gama SPN
Antonio Fazanes SPN
Carlos Cabello SPN
Huidji Sey NET
Niels Fiejen NET
Marcus Chamat SWE
Fabio Petroni ITL
Alessandro Torrenti ITL
Mika Immonen FIN
Leonardo Andam PHI
Charlie Williams USA
Alvaro Valiente SPN
Mike Davis USA
Johnny Archer USA
Tony Robles USA
John Schmidt USA
Tony Crosby USA
Matt Krah USA
Shawn Wilkie USA
Landon Shuffett USA
Donnie Mills USA
Wayne Catledge USA
Kim Davenport USA
Kohei Inoue JPN
Pablo Matheu GUA
Julio Acquino PR
Thomas Engert GER
Bryan Farah CUR
Vilmos Foldes HUN
Raul Hebles SPN
Stephan Cohen FRA
Naruyuki Oi JPN
Hiroyuki Mizushita JPN
Hayato Hijikata JPN
Hisashi Kusano JPN
Richard Broumpton ENG
Pil Hyun Cho KOR
Butch Croft USA
Dennis Orcullo PHI
Alex Pagulayan PHI
Nico Otterman GER
Warren Kiamco PHI
Evgeny Stalev RUS
Cory Deuel USA
Shawn Putnam USA

To see official poster and event details goto www.dragonpromotions.com
for info on tickets or event email dragonpromotionsnews@gmail.com
 
New entrants:

Danny Harriman USA
Max Eberle USA
Steve Lillis USA
Neil Fujiwara USA

Juniors:
Nick Sahely FL USA


Following lists will be updated as new entrants are confirmed:

Junior World 10-Ball Championships (19 & Under)
Boys Division

Landon Shuffett KY,USA
Hayato Hijikata Tokyo,JPN
Kang Lee KOR
Adam Tanner NY USA
Michael Toscana NYC,USA
Adam Behnke Iowa, USA
Ryan Behnke Iowa(USA)
Nick Sahely FL USA

Girls Division

Liz Lovely, USA
Yu Ram Cha Incheon,KOR
Amalia Matas SPN
Chelsea Hardwick
Allison Hardwick
Eun Ji Park (KOR)

World 10-Ball Championship: Pro Division

David Reljic AUS
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Ralf Souquet GER
Goh Takami JPN
Hiroshi Takenaka JPN
Darren Appleton ENG
Raj Hundal ENG
Craig Riley ENG
Shin Park KOR
Richard Jones ENG
Kazuhiko Yamauchi JPN
Dave Grossman USA
Ronnie Wiseman CAN
Luc Salvas CAN
Tyler Edey CAN
John Morra CAN
Keisuke Hanawa JPN
Marlon Manalo PHI
Francisco Bustamente PHI
Edwin Montal CAN
Moreno Kralijevic ITL
Tommy Kennedy USA
Lee Chenman HK
Ditto Acosta ARU
Alvaro Ballesteros SPN
Gareth Esprit DOM
Manuel Gama SPN
Antonio Fazanes SPN
Carlos Cabello SPN
Huidji Sey NET
Niels Fiejen NET
Marcus Chamat SWE
Fabio Petroni ITL
Alessandro Torrenti ITL
Mika Immonen FIN
Leonardo Andam PHI
Charlie Williams USA
Alvaro Valiente SPN
Mike Davis USA
Johnny Archer USA
Tony Robles USA
John Schmidt USA
Tony Crosby USA
Matt Krah USA
Shawn Wilkie USA
Landon Shuffett USA
Donnie Mills USA
Wayne Catledge USA
Kim Davenport USA
Kohei Inoue JPN
Pablo Matheu GUA
Julio Acquino PR
Thomas Engert GER
Bryan Farah CUR
Vilmos Foldes HUN
Raul Hebles SPN
Stephan Cohen FRA
Naruyuki Oi JPN
Hiroyuki Mizushita JPN
Hayato Hijikata JPN
Hisashi Kusano JPN
Richard Broumpton ENG
Pil Hyun Cho KOR
Butch Croft USA
Dennis Orcullo PHI
Alex Pagulayan PHI
Nico Otterman GER
Warren Kiamco PHI
Evgeny Stalev RUS
Cory Deuel USA
Shawn Putnam USA
Danny Harriman USA
Max Eberle USA
Steve Lillis USA
Neil Fujiwara USA

To see official poster and event details goto www.dragonpromotions.com
for info on tickets or event email dragonpromotionsnews@gmail.com
 
World 10-Ball Championship: Pro Division (sorted)

1. Alessandro Torrenti ITL
2. Alex Pagulayan PHI
3. Alvaro Ballesteros SPN
4. Alvaro Valiente SPN
5. Antonio Fazanes SPN
6. Bryan Farah CUR
7. Butch Croft USA
8. Carlos Cabello SPN
9. Charlie Williams USA
10. Cory Deuel USA
11. Craig Riley ENG
12. Danny Harriman USA
13. Darren Appleton ENG
14. Dave Grossman USA
15. David Reljic AUS
16. Dennis Orcullo PHI
17. Ditto Acosta ARU
18. Donnie Mills USA
19. Edwin Montal CAN
20. Evgeny Stalev RUS
21. Fabio Petroni ITL
22. Francisco Bustamente PHI
23. Gareth Esprit DOM
24. Goh Takami JPN
25. Hayato Hijikata JPN
26. Hiroshi Takenaka JPN
27. Hiroyuki Mizushita JPN
28. Hisashi Kusano JPN
29. Huidji Sey NET
30. John Morra CAN
31. John Schmidt USA
32. Johnny Archer USA
33. Julio Aquino PUR
34. Kazuhiko Yamauchi JPN
35. Keisuke Hanawa JPN
36. Kim Davenport USA
37. Kohei Inoue JPN
38. Landon Shuffett USA
39. Lee Chenman HK
40. Leonardo Andam PHI
41. Luc Salvas CAN
42. Manuel Gama SPN
43. Marcus Chamat SWE
44. Marlon Manalo PHI
45. Matt Krah USA
46. Max Eberle USA
47. Mika Immonen FIN
48. Mike Davis USA
49. Moreno Kralijevic ITL
50. Naruyuki Oi JPN
51. Neil Fujiwara USA
52. Nico Otterman GER
53. Niels Fiejen NET
54. Pablo Matheu GUA
55. Pil Hyun Cho KOR
56. Raj Hundal ENG
57. Ralf Souquet GER
58. Raul Hebles SPN
59. Richard Broumpton ENG
60. Richard Jones ENG
61. Ronnie Wiseman CAN
62. Shawn Putnam USA
63. Shawn Wilkie USA
64. Shin Park KOR
65. Stephan Cohen FRA
66. Steve Lillis USA
67. Thomas Engert GER
68. Thorsten Hohmann GER
69. Tommy Kennedy USA
70. Tony Crosby USA
71. Tony Robles USA
72. Tyler Edey CAN
73. Vilmos Foldes HUN
74. Warren Kiamco PHI
75. Wayne Catledge USA
 
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New entrants:

Juniors:
Kevin Sun USA
Asher Le VIE



Following lists will be updated as new entrants are confirmed:

Junior World 10-Ball Championships (19 & Under)
Boys Division

Landon Shuffett KY,USA
Hayato Hijikata Tokyo,JPN
Kang Lee KOR
Adam Tanner NY USA
Michael Tosado NYC,USA
Adam Behnke Iowa, USA
Ryan Behnke Iowa(USA)
Nick Sahely FL USA
Kevin Sun USA
Asher Le VIE

Girls Division

Liz Lovely, USA
Yu Ram Cha Incheon,KOR
Amalia Matas SPN
Chelsea Hardwick
Allison Hardwick
Eun Ji Park (KOR)

World 10-Ball Championship: Pro Division

David Reljic AUS
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Ralf Souquet GER
Goh Takami JPN
Hiroshi Takenaka JPN
Darren Appleton ENG
Raj Hundal ENG
Craig Riley ENG
Shin Park KOR
Richard Jones ENG
Kazuhiko Yamauchi JPN
Dave Grossman USA
Ronnie Wiseman CAN
Luc Salvas CAN
Tyler Edey CAN
John Morra CAN
Keisuke Hanawa JPN
Marlon Manalo PHI
Francisco Bustamente PHI
Edwin Montal CAN
Moreno Kralijevic ITL
Tommy Kennedy USA
Lee Chenman HK
Ditto Acosta ARU
Alvaro Ballesteros SPN
Gareth Esprit DOM
Manuel Gama SPN
Antonio Fazanes SPN
Carlos Cabello SPN
Huidji Sey NET
Niels Fiejen NET
Marcus Chamat SWE
Fabio Petroni ITL
Alessandro Torrenti ITL
Mika Immonen FIN
Leonardo Andam PHI
Charlie Williams USA
Alvaro Valiente SPN
Mike Davis USA
Johnny Archer USA
Tony Robles USA
John Schmidt USA
Tony Crosby USA
Matt Krah USA
Shawn Wilkie USA
Landon Shuffett USA
Donnie Mills USA
Wayne Catledge USA
Kim Davenport USA
Kohei Inoue JPN
Pablo Matheu GUA
Julio Acquino PR
Thomas Engert GER
Bryan Farah CUR
Vilmos Foldes HUN
Raul Hebles SPN
Stephan Cohen FRA
Naruyuki Oi JPN
Hiroyuki Mizushita JPN
Hayato Hijikata JPN
Hisashi Kusano JPN
Richard Broumpton ENG
Pil Hyun Cho KOR
Butch Croft USA
Dennis Orcullo PHI
Alex Pagulayan PHI
Nico Otterman GER
Warren Kiamco PHI
Evgeny Stalev RUS
Cory Deuel USA
Shawn Putnam USA
Danny Harriman USA
Max Eberle USA
Steve Lillis USA
Neil Fujiwara USA

To see official poster and event details goto www.dragonpromotions.com
for info on tickets or event email dragonpromotionsnews@gmail.com
 
New entrants:

Santos Sambajon PHI
Craig Houghton USA
Matt Tetrault USA

Juniors:
Anna Kostanian USA




Following lists will be updated as new entrants are confirmed:

Junior World 10-Ball Championships (19 & Under)
Boys Division

Landon Shuffett KY,USA
Hayato Hijikata Tokyo,JPN
Kang Lee KOR
Adam Tanner NY USA
Michael Tosado NYC,USA
Adam Behnke Iowa, USA
Ryan Behnke Iowa(USA)
Nick Sahely FL USA
Kevin Sun USA
Asher Le VIE

Girls Division

Liz Lovely, USA
Yu Ram Cha Incheon,KOR
Anna Kostanian
Amalia Matas SPN
Chelsea Hardwick
Allison Hardwick
Eun Ji Park (KOR)

World 10-Ball Championship: Pro Division

David Reljic AUS
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Ralf Souquet GER
Goh Takami JPN
Hiroshi Takenaka JPN
Darren Appleton ENG
Raj Hundal ENG
Craig Riley ENG
Shin Park KOR
Richard Jones ENG
Kazuhiko Yamauchi JPN
Dave Grossman USA
Ronnie Wiseman CAN
Luc Salvas CAN
Tyler Edey CAN
John Morra CAN
Keisuke Hanawa JPN
Marlon Manalo PHI
Francisco Bustamente PHI
Edwin Montal CAN
Moreno Kralijevic ITL
Tommy Kennedy USA
Lee Chenman HK
Ditto Acosta ARU
Alvaro Ballesteros SPN
Gareth Esprit DOM
Manuel Gama SPN
Antonio Fazanes SPN
Carlos Cabello SPN
Huidji Sey NET
Niels Fiejen NET
Marcus Chamat SWE
Fabio Petroni ITL
Alessandro Torrenti ITL
Mika Immonen FIN
Leonardo Andam PHI
Charlie Williams USA
Alvaro Valiente SPN
Mike Davis USA
Johnny Archer USA
Tony Robles USA
John Schmidt USA
Tony Crosby USA
Matt Krah USA
Shawn Wilkie USA
Landon Shuffett USA
Donnie Mills USA
Wayne Catledge USA
Kim Davenport USA
Kohei Inoue JPN
Pablo Matheu GUA
Julio Acquino PR
Thomas Engert GER
Bryan Farah CUR
Vilmos Foldes HUN
Raul Hebles SPN
Stephan Cohen FRA
Naruyuki Oi JPN
Hiroyuki Mizushita JPN
Hayato Hijikata JPN
Hisashi Kusano JPN
Richard Broumpton ENG
Pil Hyun Cho KOR
Butch Croft USA
Dennis Orcullo PHI
Alex Pagulayan PHI
Nico Otterman GER
Warren Kiamco PHI
Evgeny Stalev RUS
Cory Deuel USA
Shawn Putnam USA
Danny Harriman USA
Max Eberle USA
Steve Lillis USA
Neil Fujiwara USA
Santos Sambajon PHI
Craig Houghton USA
Matt Tetrault USA

To see official poster and event details goto www.dragonpromotions.com
for info on tickets or event email dragonpromotionsnews@gmail.com
 
Is Lee Van Corteza joining too?

Per this article, he was invited and is scheduled for his US Embassy interview for his US visa:

http://www.filipinopool.com/news/may/corteza.shtml

CORTEZA EYES WORLD 10-BALL CROWN;
By Marlon Bernardino

MANILA, PHILIPPINES---LEE VANN CORTEZA, the reigning national open champion is scheduled to renew his visa at the US embassy here in Manila tomorrow, Thursday, for his US campaign.

The 28-year-old top player of Negros Billiard Stable (NBS), got an official invitation letter from the United States Professional Pool Players Association (UPA) and Dragon Promotions (DP) signed by Cindy Lee, president of Dragon Promotions to participate in a world class competition as the sporting representative of the Philippines.

Corteza, who hails from Davao City was invited to play in the forthcoming Predator World 10-Ball Championship on May 22-27 at the Bankshot Billiards Hall in Jacksonville , Florida and the 4th annual World Summit of Pool 9-Ball Championship on June 13-16 at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas , Nevada .

He is also schedule to play in the Florida Pro Tour Stop 10-Ball Tournament on June 2-4 at the Capone’s Billiards Hall in Spring Hill , Florida .

“This is my fifth time to go in the United States to participate in the United States pool circuit. I hope to do well for my flag and country.” said Corteza, also the reigning 39th All Japan Champion whose stint is supported by businessman/ sportsman Jonathan “ Bacolod ” Sy.

The four-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Corteza, who is fresh from a strong runner-up finish in the inauguration of Guinness 9-ball tour in Jakarta, Indonesia last month is confident to secure his visa on time after receiving his invitation from the organizing group and endorsement letter from Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) president Ernie Fajardo.

The 96 players invitational Predator World 10-Ball Championships had special rules:
Hard Break will be enforced with penalty if soft break is intentionally used and 10-Ball on the break will not count if made in the closest corner pockets to the rack
The format is Double Elimination Race to 10, Final 16 Players Single Elimination Race to 11 and Finals one race to 13 in this total prize fund $55,920 tournament where the champion getting the lion share worth $14,000.

The organizing group Dragon Promotion added that the World Summit of Pool 9-Ball competition will use race-to-11, double elimination format and race-to-7, alternate breaks or the TV rounds. Prize Money Payout with $25,000 guaranteed added and based on 96 Player Field:

Here’s the breakdown of prizes: 1st $13,000 (Guaranteed $12,000 for 1st Place ), 2nd $ 6,000, 3rd $ 4,000, 4th $3,400, 5-6th $2,860, 7-8th $2,300, 9-12 $ 1,750, and 13-16 $1,300 and 17-24 $ 850 each.

Other Filipino also invited the said tournament (World 10-Ball and World Summit of Pool) were hall of famer Efren “Bata” Reyes, Francisco “Django” Bustamante, Alex “The Lion” Pagulayan, Marlon “Marvelous” Manalo, Jose “Amang” Parica, Santos “The Saint” Sambajon, Ronato “Volcano” Alcano, Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo, Warren “Warrior” Kiamco “Gandy “Sapsal” Valle and Russian Petiza.

Host country will parade Earl “The Pearl” Strickland, Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer, Charlie “The Dragon” Williams, Rodney “Rocket” Morris, Corey Deuel and Gabe Owen among others.

Meanwhile, Ralf “Kaiser” Souquet, Thorsten “The Hitman” Hohmann and Thomas “The Lean Machine” Engert of Germany and Mika “The Iceman” Immonen and Marko Lohtander of Finland head the list of renowned foreign players.

Also include were Wu Chia-ching and Yang Ching-shun of Chinese-Taipei, Raj Hundal and Darren Appleton of England, Kunihiko Takahashi and Hayato Hijikata of Japan, Shin Park and Ga Young-kim of Korea, David Reljic of Australia, Erik Hjorliefsen and Luc Salvas of Canada, Ditto Acosta of Aruba, Ernesto and Oscar Dominguez of Mexico, Vilmos Foldes and Sandor Tot of Hungrary, Konstantine Stepanov and Evgeny Stalev of Russia, Marcus Chamat of Sweden, Fabio Petroni of Italy and Jasmine Ouschan of Austria.
 
New entrants:
Stevie Moore USA
Shane Van Boening USA
Lee Van Corteza PHI

Juniors:

Following lists will be updated as new entrants are confirmed:

Junior World 10-Ball Championships (19 & Under)
Boys Division

Landon Shuffett KY,USA
Hayato Hijikata Tokyo,JPN
Kang Lee KOR
Adam Tanner NY USA
Michael Tosado NYC,USA
Adam Behnke Iowa, USA
Ryan Behnke Iowa(USA)
Nick Sahely FL USA
Kevin Sun USA
Asher Le VIE

Girls Division

Liz Lovely, USA
Yu Ram Cha Incheon,KOR
Anna Kostanian
Amalia Matas SPN
Chelsea Hardwick
Allison Hardwick
Eun Ji Park (KOR)

World 10-Ball Championship: Pro Division

David Reljic AUS
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Ralf Souquet GER
Goh Takami JPN
Hiroshi Takenaka JPN
Darren Appleton ENG
Raj Hundal ENG
Craig Riley ENG
Shin Park KOR
Richard Jones ENG
Kazuhiko Yamauchi JPN
Dave Grossman USA
Ronnie Wiseman CAN
Luc Salvas CAN
Tyler Edey CAN
John Morra CAN
Keisuke Hanawa JPN
Marlon Manalo PHI
Francisco Bustamente PHI
Edwin Montal CAN
Moreno Kralijevic ITL
Tommy Kennedy USA
Lee Chenman HK
Ditto Acosta ARU
Alvaro Ballesteros SPN
Gareth Esprit DOM
Manuel Gama SPN
Antonio Fazanes SPN
Carlos Cabello SPN
Huidji Sey NET
Niels Fiejen NET
Marcus Chamat SWE
Fabio Petroni ITL
Alessandro Torrenti ITL
Mika Immonen FIN
Leonardo Andam PHI
Charlie Williams USA
Alvaro Valiente SPN
Mike Davis USA
Johnny Archer USA
Tony Robles USA
John Schmidt USA
Tony Crosby USA
Matt Krah USA
Shawn Wilkie USA
Landon Shuffett USA
Donnie Mills USA
Wayne Catledge USA
Kim Davenport USA
Kohei Inoue JPN
Pablo Matheu GUA
Julio Acquino PR
Thomas Engert GER
Bryan Farah CUR
Vilmos Foldes HUN
Raul Hebles SPN
Stephan Cohen FRA
Naruyuki Oi JPN
Hiroyuki Mizushita JPN
Hayato Hijikata JPN
Hisashi Kusano JPN
Richard Broumpton ENG
Pil Hyun Cho KOR
Butch Croft USA
Dennis Orcullo PHI
Alex Pagulayan PHI
Nico Otterman GER
Warren Kiamco PHI
Evgeny Stalev RUS
Cory Deuel USA
Shawn Putnam USA
Danny Harriman USA
Max Eberle USA
Steve Lillis USA
Neil Fujiwara USA
Santos Sambajon PHI
Craig Houghton USA
Matt Tetrault USA
Stevie Moore USA
Shane Van Boening USA
Lee Van Corteza PHI

To see official poster and event details goto www.dragonpromotions.com
for info on tickets or event email dragonpromotionsnews@gmail.com
 
Wow, you have a lot of excellent players in that list!!! If I am to place a bet, I would choose one of the players from the Philippines. They have 8 players namely Pagulayan, Bustamante, Manalo, Orcullo, Lee Van Corteza, Kiamco, Andam and Sambajon.
 
My god. $13,000 for first in a world championship?

Perhaps America should not be hosting world championships in pool until we can get the money thing straightened out.

It's an embarassingly paltry amount.

Russ
 
I think to most of the players its the title that's more important. Especially the foreign players who get support from federations or sponsors/companies that award them bonuses .

Strengthening your name with the title World Champion has done many players alot of good in modern times.

I'm glad this event has had such a fabulous field of international stars!
 
Another World Championship?


Who's holding the one next week..................and the week after......and so on? (Biily Bob's 2 ball World Championship :))

A player could hold 10 WC titles in two years even if he lost half the tournaments. Value: 10 WC titles = 1 US Open title.
 
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Russ Chewning said:
My god. $13,000 for first in a world championship?

Perhaps America should not be hosting world championships in pool until we can get the money thing straightened out.

It's an embarassingly paltry amount.

Russ
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$13,000 is better than nothing. Maybe you could add $10,000 to the pot.
 
juegabillar said:
$13,000 is better than nothing. Maybe you could add $10,000 to the pot.
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Exactly.

I have a problem with everyone who b!tches about what a tourny pays, but at the same time will not drive or fly to support said tournament.

I am curious who is supposed get "proper" prize funds in place. If we do not do it then who?

I remember listening to a 20 something kid named Charlie talking to Mike Janis at a Lexington All Stars tournament years ago about getting a pro mens tour together. Well say what you will but he ACTUALLY did it. No BS. There are tournaments for mens pros to play in because someone nutted up, learned what it took, and put on tournaments.

So yeah, it sucks there isn't enough money for people live off of. It's always been that way. It will always be that way until we change it. When I say we I mean every fan of pro pool who does not tell all of our friends about events. I mean all of us who do not DRAG league guys to pro events.

Basically we need to stop b!tching and start helping.
 
JCIN said:
Exactly.

I have a problem with everyone who b!tches about what a tourny pays, but at the same time will not drive or fly to support said tournament.

I am curious who is supposed get "proper" prize funds in place. If we do not do it then who?

I remember listening to a 20 something kid named Charlie talking to Mike Janis at a Lexington All Stars tournament years ago about getting a pro mens tour together. Well say what you will but he ACTUALLY did it. No BS. There are tournaments for mens pros to play in because someone nutted up, learned what it took, and put on tournaments.

So yeah, it sucks there isn't enough money for people live off of. It's always been that way. It will always be that way until we change it. When I say we I mean every fan of pro pool who does not tell all of our friends about events. I mean all of us who do not DRAG league guys to pro events.

Basically we need to stop b!tching and start helping.
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All I meant was that obviously America does not support enough interest in pool to offer up good prize funds.

Ronnie Alcano won $25,000 and $100,000, respectively, in his two championships.. The UAE and the Phillipines are MUCH poorer countries than the US, but they still put up VERY respectable prize funds.

I'm just saying I am freaking embarassed that pool has ebbed so low that we would even consider offering this small an amount.

Whoever the smartass was who said I should add 10K to the prize fund, I guarantee you if I had the money to spare, I would. In America, we have a few millionaires who have a keen interest in pool, but obviously the interest is not enough to support the game at the pro level.

We are offering the SAME amount of money for a championship that was being offered 20 years ago. Does no one else see this as pathetic?

So again, I think we should leave the "world championships" up to other countries to organize if we can't do better than this. At least the pros would make some decent money.

Russ

edit: And as far as saying "it's always been that way"... No it hasn't, and no it isn't. The rest of the world seems to be doing just fine pool-wise. When adjusted for standards of living, there are probably 100's of pros in the Phillipines who make better money than our American pros. Good god, Efren has MULTIPLE houses in the Phillipines. He supports a LARGE extended family.
 
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BTW, 1st is actually $14000 at the World 10-Ball Championship
also, the World 8-Ball just started paying out $25k for first , previously only 20k for 1st after 4 years and they have a billionaire sheik or prince backing the event. nice!
But they failed to get any USA players in the event for 2 years in a row. all the top names like Archer, Morris, Davis, etc declined

Promoters in USA rely on industry sponsors soley.

I think $14000 in that light is not out of line for the first year and apparenlty so do another 96 world class pros.

Besides, I think our USA boys need a break from playing world title events after a 15 hour flight and can use some home soil support for a world title.

Im betting in 4 years time, 1st place will be at $20k or more, even if there is no oil prince backing the usa event
(:
 
New entrants:

Kim Shaw ENG
Yu Ram Cha KOR
Bo Ram Cha KOR
Gerda Hofstatter AUS
Anna Kostanian USA
Amalia Matas SPN

Juniors:

Following lists will be updated as new entrants are confirmed:

Junior World 10-Ball Championships (19 & Under)
Boys Division

Landon Shuffett KY,USA
Hayato Hijikata Tokyo,JPN
Kang Lee KOR
Adam Tanner NY USA
Michael Tosado NYC,USA
Adam Behnke Iowa, USA
Ryan Behnke Iowa(USA)
Nick Sahely FL USA
Kevin Sun USA
Asher Le VIE

Girls Division (full field)

Liz Lovely, USA
Yu Ram Cha Incheon,KOR
Anna Kostanian
Amalia Matas SPN
Chelsea Hardwick
Allison Hardwick
Eun Ji Park (KOR)

World 10-Ball Championship: Pro Division

David Reljic AUS
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Ralf Souquet GER
Goh Takami JPN
Hiroshi Takenaka JPN
Darren Appleton ENG
Raj Hundal ENG
Craig Riley ENG
Shin Park KOR
Richard Jones ENG
Kazuhiko Yamauchi JPN
Dave Grossman USA
Ronnie Wiseman CAN
Luc Salvas CAN
Tyler Edey CAN
John Morra CAN
Keisuke Hanawa JPN
Marlon Manalo PHI
Francisco Bustamente PHI
Edwin Montal CAN
Moreno Kralijevic ITL
Tommy Kennedy USA
Lee Chenman HK
Ditto Acosta ARU
Alvaro Ballesteros SPN
Gareth Esprit DOM
Manuel Gama SPN
Antonio Fazanes SPN
Carlos Cabello SPN
Huidji Sey NET
Niels Fiejen NET
Marcus Chamat SWE
Fabio Petroni ITL
Alessandro Torrenti ITL
Mika Immonen FIN
Leonardo Andam PHI
Charlie Williams USA
Alvaro Valiente SPN
Mike Davis USA
Johnny Archer USA
Tony Robles USA
John Schmidt USA
Tony Crosby USA
Matt Krah USA
Shawn Wilkie USA
Landon Shuffett USA
Donnie Mills USA
Wayne Catledge USA
Kim Davenport USA
Kohei Inoue JPN
Pablo Matheu GUA
Julio Acquino PR
Thomas Engert GER
Bryan Farah CUR
Vilmos Foldes HUN
Raul Hebles SPN
Stephan Cohen FRA
Naruyuki Oi JPN
Hiroyuki Mizushita JPN
Hayato Hijikata JPN
Hisashi Kusano JPN
Richard Broumpton ENG
Pil Hyun Cho KOR
Butch Croft USA
Dennis Orcullo PHI
Alex Pagulayan PHI
Nico Otterman GER
Warren Kiamco PHI
Evgeny Stalev RUS
Cory Deuel USA
Shawn Putnam USA
Danny Harriman USA
Max Eberle USA
Steve Lillis USA
Neil Fujiwara USA
Santos Sambajon PHI
Craig Houghton USA
Matt Tetrault USA
Stevie Moore USA
Shane Van Boening USA
Lee Van Corteza PHI


Kim Shaw ENG
Yu Ram Cha KOR
Bo Ram Cha KOR
Gerda Hofstatter AUS
Anna Kostanian USA
Amalia Matas SPA

To see official poster and event details goto www.dragonpromotions.com
for info on tickets or event email dragonpromotionsnews@gmail.com
 
ProPoolVideo.com Coverage

Just wanted to let everyone know that Charlie and I worked out the details for ProPoolVideo.com to cover the World 10-Ball Championships.
 
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