Longest running 9ball tournament in the US.

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cesarmorales

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I see barry claim that the US open is the longest running 9ball tournament but I also see the Texas Open started a couple of years before he did.

Just a fact, I have been to both and they are both worth the trip.
 
cesarmorales said:
I see barry claim that the US open is the longest running 9ball tournament but I also see the Texas Open started a couple of years before he did.

Just a fact, I have been to both and they are both worth the trip.
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Not only was that fact wrong he stated, now Matchroom has a press release about the incorrect things Barry said about them.

Makes me wonder what other "facts" he is incorrect about. :eek:
 
cesarmorales said:
I see barry claim that the US open is the longest running 9ball tournament but I also see the Texas Open started a couple of years before he did.

Just a fact, I have been to both and they are both worth the trip.
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Sometimes people do get details wrong, and there will always be somebody to point out the error of their ways. Memories do fail sometimes. I'm guilty of that. :embarrassed2:

Jose Parica once told me that he won the first world championship in Japan. I wrote that on this forum. Doug Gordon, who is extremely knowledgeable about world events, posted all the world championship tournaments and that Jose Parica had not won the first one.

I soon realized that due to the alphabet soup of pool acronyms and names of so-called "world tournaments" that Jose and Doug were both right. Jose did indeed win the first world championship, but it was before the tournaments of the WPA-ranked events.

This is why some folks are upset that Dragon Promotions is labeling their upcoming 14.1 tournament as a "world tournament," since it is not WPA ranked.

I read the Matchroom press release this morning about Barry's faux pas. I understand why they wanted to set the record straight. I also understand how easy it is to sometimes not have the facts straight when relaying your side of a position. Matchroom did the right thing. :smile:
 
cesarmorales said:
I see barry claim that the US open is the longest running 9ball tournament but I also see the Texas Open started a couple of years before he did.

Just a fact, I have been to both and they are both worth the trip.
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The Texas Open is the longest running. In fact I believe this year sep 2-5 will be the 39th
 
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