International Straight Pool Open (formerly American 14.1 Championship), St. Augustine, 2024

[Bob Jewett]

$30,000 added.

Here are the entries as of now...

1. William Abbott United States
2. Bader Al-Awadhi Kuwait
3. Johnny Archer United States
4. Danny Barouty United States
5. Carlo Biado Philippines
6. Francesco Candela Italy
7. Lee Vann Corteza Philippines
8. Pascal Dufresne Canada
9. Max Eberle United States
10. JJ Faul South Africa
11. Niels Feijen Denmark
12. Rick Funk United States
13. Denis Grabe Estonia
14. Tim Hall United States
15. Mario He Austria
16. Jim Heller United States
17. Sam Henderson United States
18. Thorsten Hohmann Germany
19. Mika Immonen Finland
20. Bob Keller United States
21. Mickey Krause Denmark
22. Pijus Labutis Lithuania
23. Max Lechner Austria
24. Bob Madenjian United States
25. Anthony Meglino United States
26. John Morra Canada
27. Albin Ouschan Austria
28. Alex Pagulayan Canada
29. Don Polo United States
30. Yannick Pongers Netherlands
31. Tony Robles United States
32. John Schott United States
33. Brandon Shuff United States
34. Jani Siekkinen Finland
35. Ralf Souquet Germany
36. Stefan Sprangers Netherlands
37. Marco Teutscher New Zealand
38. Shane Van Boening United States
39. Jan Van Lierop Netherland
40. Michael Yednak United States
41. Wiktor Zielinski Poland

 

[garczar]

As much as i loathe the WPA this event IS the de-facto 'WORLD 14.1 Championship' and should carry a WPA blessing. Much more weight than the last few put on by C. Williams.

 

[Bob Jewett]

As much as i loathe the WPA this event IS the de-facto 'WORLD 14.1 Championship' and should carry a WPA blessing. Much more weight than the last few put on by C. Williams.

Well, yes, but... Either some rich guy has to step up with about $180,000 to reach the WPA-required amount of added money of $200,001, or the WPA has to relax the requirement for 14.1, as they did for some of CW's events.

 

[garczar]

Well, yes, but... Either some rich guy has to step up with about $180,000 to reach the WPA-required amount of added money of $200,001, or the WPA has to relax the requirement for 14.1, as they did for some of CW's events.

I guess its the " Official Un-Official World 14.1 Championship", sanctioned by AZBilliards.

 

[sjm]

For all the World 14.1 championship talk, I really wonder whether this event features a stronger field than the European 14.1 Championship. Most of the top straight poolers are European, and many of them aren't in this field.

Still, this shapes up as a fine event.

 

[AtLarge]

No Filler, Shaw, Gorst, Schmidt = rats