Kind of strange they list Dennis Orcullo. Isn't he still banned from the US? They also have Schmidt and Shaw listed right next to each other. I would think it unlikely John will show up.
International Open 9-Ball 2024, St. Augustine, FL, Nov. 18-22
- Thread starter Bob Jewett
- Start date
I think there is a little confusion on the website side of things. Peter has always invited players and things are different with Pat running the event this year. Here is the page of confirmed players for the open, semi-pro and 14.1 events. This was current as of early this week.
www.intlopen.com
International Open 2025 | See the Latest Registered Players
Check out the latest players registered for the International Open 2025. Check out the competition and enter now!
www.intlopen.com
I have this in as a visit. Been doing a lot of work around Jaxonville and hopefully can find a work reason to go down for a free trip LOL
jax_joe
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Which is a good thing. 10 ball on 10 footer any day over round robin 14.1 matches. Will be great to be table side.
The Old Jaybird
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I might drive down from Atlanta.
There's a growing problem with the Fargo cut off line. @sjm has it calculated correctly. The 650 line is just too low. What are the players between 650-725 supposed to do in our present pool environment? They can't legitimately compete on the professional stage. They are AT LEAST 100 points below the favorites in a truly professional field. They have zero chance to cash. They should therefore be considered for amateur or "semi-pro" fields. I get it though -- it makes it harder to fill up the fields if these good AMATEUR players are allowed to play.
Pool purgatory is quickly being filled up with the souls that are stuck between 650 and 725 Fargo or so.
Pool Purgatory deserves its own thread but ain't nobody got time for that.
What's funny is -- if you keep your head down and your yap shut -- you can be well into the 700's and play quietly in the APA and cleanup in your area year after year. But you probably won't be able to play in a lot of the weekly tourneys and you'll almost never be able to play in the Fargo capped events. Kind of funny.
What's funny is -- if you keep your head down and your yap shut -- you can be well into the 700's and play quietly in the APA and cleanup in your area year after year. But you probably won't be able to play in a lot of the weekly tourneys and you'll almost never be able to play in the Fargo capped events. Kind of funny.
This should be the definition of "pool purgatory" in any pool dictionary.
If the amateur event is intended to fill as surely as possible, a lower cap is better. There are a lot more players between 550 and 650 than 620 and 720. A main goal is to get bodies into the hotel.
I get that's the main goal most of the time.
I think the better path forward for the amateur events is a light handicap with a higher Fargo cap of around 725. 1 game per 100 points and I think you get the same level of interest without sticking it to your good to great amateurs. Otherwise, you're just kicking the can down the road and in year two, no 520 is going to want to play in a field full of 650's.
Many players enter tournaments for the experience and not to make money. DCC is full of them.
Here are the entries right now in the pro 9-ball.
Our own @iusedtoberich is playing in the semi-pro event.
Our own @iusedtoberich is playing in the semi-pro event.
- James Adams United States
- David Alcaide Spain
- Bader Al-Awadhi Kuwait
- Omar Al-Shaheen Kuwait
- Michael Anderson United States
- Alex Bausch United States
- Carlo Biado Philippines
- Mark Bijsterbosch Netherlands
- Cody Booth United States
- Eduard Bregu United States
- Michael Bridges United States
- Benji Buckley UK
- Francesco Candela Italy
- Robbie Capito Hong Kong
- Tommy Cayer United States
- Nathan Childress United States
- Sullivan Clark United States
- Aaron Coords United States
- Lee Vann Corteza Philippines
- Tony Crosby United States
- Martin Daigle Canada
- Huy Dang Vietnam
- Micah Daugherty United States
- Clayte Davis United States
- Trey Dawson United States
- Justin Deaton United States
- Corey Deuel United States
- Kenny Donald USA
- Max Eberle United States
- Mitch Ellerman United States
- Nicholas Tan Guo En Singapore
- Eddie Epperson United States
- Mark Lopez Estiola Philippines
- JJ Faul South Africa
- Niels Feijen Denmark
- Joshua Filler Germany
- Grover Foster United States
- Lukas Fracasso-Verner United States
- Travis Frakes US
- John Francisco United States
- Jimmy Garza United States
- Marcus Genson United States
- Georgi Georgiev Bulgaria
- Roberto Gomez Philippines
- Henry Good United States
- Fedor Gorst United States
- Denis Grabe Estonia
- Dennis Haar United States
- Tim Hall United States
- Rob Hart United States
- Mario He Austria
- Joe Healy United States
- Sam Henderson United States
- Barry Hetherington Canada
- Thorsten Hohmann Germany
- Landon Hollingsworth United States
- Ben Hrabina United States
- Mika Immonen Finland
- Jeremy Jones United States
- Ryan Jones United States
- Eklent Kaci Albania
- Kledio Kaci Albania
- Alex Kazakis Greece
- Tommy Kennedy United States
- Mickey Krause Denmark
- Pijus Labutis Lithuania
- Max Lechner Austria
- Raymond Linares United States
- Hunter Lombardo United States
- Dimitris Loukatos Greece
- Timothy Majors United States
- Bryzen Manipula Canada
- Payne McBride United States
- Anthony Meglino United States
- Rick Miller United States
- Donny Mills United States
- John Morra Canada
- Rodney Morris United States
- Mark Muir United States
- Moritz Neuhausen Germany
- Solomon Oehlsen United States
- Naoyuki Oi Japan
- Albin Ouschan Austria
- Gabe Owen United States
- Alex Pagulayan Canada
- Jacob Parrent United States
- Vitaliy Patsura Ukraine
- Sanjin Pehlivanovic Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Jonathan Pinegar United States
- Yannick Pongers Netherlands
- Eli Poole United States
- Jim Prather United States
- Jason Richko United States
- Eric Roberts United States
- Rich Ross United States
- Salotto Golden Ticket Winner United States
- Salotto Golden Ticket Winner United States
- Salotto Golden Ticket Winner United States
- Salotto Golden Ticket Winner United States
- Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Spain
- John Schott United States
- Jayson Shaw Scotland
- Brandon Shuff United States
- Jani Siekkinen Finland
- Paul Song United States (withdrawn, 12 Nov)
- Robert Sopha United States
- Jeremy Sossei United States
- Jonas Souto Spain
- Ralf Souquet Germany
- Stefan Sprangers Netherlands
- David Stem United States
- Tyler Styer United States
- Joey Tate United States
- Marco Teutscher New Zealand
- Billy Thorpe United States
- Tommy Tokoph United States
- Gary Urinoski United States
- Billy Ussery United States
- Shane Van Boening United States
- Jan Van Lierop Netherland
- Mhet Vergara USA
- Shane Wolford United States
- Skyler Woodward USA
- Aloysius Yapp Singapore
- Michael Yednak United States
- Sampson Yonko United States
- Wiktor Zielinski Poland
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I'll hold down the fort
I'm counting on you for all nine days.I'll hold down the fort
What’s the metric for semi-pro?I'll hold down the fort
Banger who was ok throwing away 150 but not 750!
650 and under Fargo
Here is the list for Bigfoot 10-ball. Only 8 players this year.
- Robbie Capito Hong Kong
- Roberto Gomez Philippines
- Fedor Gorst United States
- Pijus Labutis Lithuania
- John Morra Canada
- Shane Van Boening United States
- Lee Vann Corteza Philippines
- Aloysius Yapp Singapore