International Open

[lfigueroa]

I see the next iteration of Pat's International Open is scheduled for mid-November in St Augustine FL this year.

2025 International Open | Premier US Pool Tournament

Join the world-class 9-Ball, 10-Ball, 1-Pocket, and Straight Pool events November 14 - 23, 2025 at the Renaissance Resort in St. Augustine, FL.

www.intlopen.com

I was thinking of going out there to donate to the 1pocket event but was curious if anyone has played in a previous edition and how it went in terms of match scheduling and overall experience.

Lou Figueroa

 

[iusedtoberich]

I played the amateur 9 ball last year. It ran like clockwork. The rounds were scheduled a day in advance, and you knew exactly when and where you were playing. You could plan your sleep, eating, and resting very well.

 

[Positively Ralf]

I played the amateur 9 ball last year. It ran like clockwork. The rounds were scheduled a day in advance, and you knew exactly when and where you were playing.

Curious, what was the amateur event capped at Fargo wise?

 

[AtLarge]

Curious, what was the amateur event capped at Fargo wise?

650. It was called the International Semi-Pro 9-Ball. The winner was Ramon Alvarado, who was listed at a Fargo of 619 at the time (he is 647 today).

 

[iusedtoberich]

650. It was called the International Semi-Pro 9-Ball. The winner was Ramon Alvarado, who was listed at a Fargo of 619 at the time (he is 647 today).

Have to be careful with what gets listed in digital pool brackets. It can be an old rating. I’ve seen it with my own eyes as a TD. The digital pool database often has several history entries for the same player. The TD needs to take an extra step to link the bracket to the main FargoRate database.

I’d be more likely to believe this is what happened in his case.

The other scenario is he was on the stall for 2000 games. (Possible).

The last scenario is he went from 619 to 647 with 2000 games. (Least likely imo).

Edit: here is an example. This is my good buddy. All the names are him. He's not cheating anyone, I promise. It's just over the years, different TD's put in his name, and the digital pool system remembers all of them, with whatever the rating was at the time. After the name is input, if the TD presses the button to link the FargoRate database, it gets his true rating, which today is 572. If the TD does not do that, and he picked the one that said 466, the bracket would show 466. And if someone a year later went to find that bracket, it would show 466 a year later.

From DigitalPool website today entering this player into my own tournament bracket where I'm the TD:

From FargoRate app looked up today:

 

[Kentucky Rack Man]

I see the next iteration of Pat's International Open is scheduled for mid-November in St Augustine FL this year.

2025 International Open | Premier US Pool Tournament

Join the world-class 9-Ball, 10-Ball, 1-Pocket, and Straight Pool events November 14 - 23, 2025 at the Renaissance Resort in St. Augustine, FL.

www.intlopen.com

I was thinking of going out there to donate to the 1pocket event but was curious if anyone has played in a previous edition and how it went in terms of match scheduling and overall experience.

Lou Figueroa

I was anxiously awaiting for some feedback as I was thinking the same thing. Only experience with One Pocket and scheduling for me has been Derby.

 

[lfigueroa]

I was anxiously awaiting for some feedback as I was thinking the same thing. Only experience with One Pocket and scheduling for me has been Derby.

Yes, I was also hoping for more first hand intel.

FWIW, Mark Wilson told me it was a very lux setup with plenty of tables and cameras everywhere for streaming... hell, I dan't know.

Maybe I'll go and play in the 14.1 too which is suppose to run concurrent with the 1pocket, just to pass the time.

Lou Figueroa