Matchroom WNT Ranking event-Peri 9 Ball Open 2023 (Oct 5-9) , Hanoi Vietnam, Winner $25K

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This Matchroom ranking event (i.e. can get ranking points but less prestigious and less prizemoney than a major) is the warm up to the last MR major of the year, Hanoi Open (Oct 10-15).

Prize fund
$104K. Winner get $25K

Field
128 field main stage 2 is from Oct 5-9. Qualifiers from now until Oct 4.

Invited top players list for stage 2 (not final subject to change) http://www.esnooker.pl/turnieje/2023/qo9bc/en/show_list_players5.php
19x800+ players. Very strong field close to strength of a major event field which usually has around 2 dozen 800+ players
Aloysius Yapp
Anton Raga
Fu Che Wei
David Alcaide
Dennis Orcollo
Fedor Gorst
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
James Aranas
Jayson Shaw
Jeffrey Ignacio
Johann Chua
Kyle Amoroto
Lee Van Corteza
Mario He
Max Lechner
Niels Feijen
Roland Garcia
Sanjin Pehlivanovic
Skyler Woodward

Field also include three impressive 790+players (Aleksa Pecelj, Moritz Neuhausen, Chang Yu Lung) who have been on fire recently playing at 800+ levels and throwing some 800+ players around like rag dolls. They should be in 800+ club

Other half of field will be from winners of current ongoing qualifiers from now until Oct 4
Qualifiers brackets (Day 2)
https://digitalpool.com/tournaments/peri-open-and-hanoi-open-qualification-official-day-2/bracket

Free Live Stream
https://www.youtube.com/@PeriPoolArena
https://www.facebook.com/peripoolarena
 
Qatar 9 ball Open (Oct 4-8) which clashes with this event has bigger prize fund of $300K (winner $50K)

This is list of invited players for Qatar Open (not final subject to change) http://www.esnooker.pl/turnieje/2023/qo9bc/en/show_list_players5.php
However Qatar Open only has 14x800+ players so it weaker field than Peri Open
Albin Ouschan
Alejandro Pagulayan
Joshua Filler
Alexandros Kazakis
Oliver Szolnoki
Naoyuki Oi
Carlo Biado
Wojciech Szewczyk
Wiktor Zielinski
Pin Yi Ko
Jung-Lin Chang
Chung Ko Ping
Lin Wu Kun
Duong Quoc Hoang

Backdrop to these 2 conflicting dates of these events is the "fight" between WPA and Matchroom. Picture may be clearer when WPA General Assembly meets in Qatar later this week on Oct7 to discuss "enforcing rules included within the WPA player agreement" https://www.azbilliards.com/wpa-press-release-player-restriction-clarification/ :LOL:
 
spartan said:
Qatar 9 ball Open (Oct 4-8) which clashes with this event has bigger prize fund of $300K (winner $50K)

This is list of invited players for Qatar Open (not final subject to change) http://www.esnooker.pl/turnieje/2023/qo9bc/en/show_list_players5.php
However Qatar Open only has 14x800+ players so it weaker field than Peri Open
Albin Ouschan
Alejandro Pagulayan
Joshua Filler
Alexandros Kazakis
Oliver Szolnoki
Naoyuki Oi
Carlo Biado
Wojciech Szewczyk
Wiktor Zielinski
Pin Yi Ko
Jung-Lin Chang
Chung Ko Ping
Lin Wu Kun
Duong Quoc Hoang

Backdrop to these 2 conflicting dates of these events is the "fight" between WPA and Matchroom. Picture may be clearer when WPA General Assembly meets in Qatar later this week on Oct7 to discuss "enforcing rules included within the WPA player agreement" https://www.azbilliards.com/wpa-press-release-player-restriction-clarification/ :LOL:
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Alejandro Pagulayan
is he related to alex?
 
spartan said:
Qatar 9 ball Open (Oct 4-8) which clashes with this event has bigger prize fund of $300K (winner $50K)

This is list of invited players for Qatar Open (not final subject to change) http://www.esnooker.pl/turnieje/2023/qo9bc/en/show_list_players5.php
However Qatar Open only has 14x800+ players so it weaker field than Peri Open
Albin Ouschan
Alejandro Pagulayan
Joshua Filler
Alexandros Kazakis
Oliver Szolnoki
Naoyuki Oi
Carlo Biado
Wojciech Szewczyk
Wiktor Zielinski
Pin Yi Ko
Jung-Lin Chang
Chung Ko Ping
Lin Wu Kun
Duong Quoc Hoang

Backdrop to these 2 conflicting dates of these events is the "fight" between WPA and Matchroom. Picture may be clearer when WPA General Assembly meets in Qatar later this week on Oct7 to discuss "enforcing rules included within the WPA player agreement" https://www.azbilliards.com/wpa-press-release-player-restriction-clarification/ :LOL:
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Well this is not good for the fans who want to see all the best players in one event.., but it is good for the players as it gives the guys who aren't favorited to win a thinner field to fight through?

Still killers at every turn, but a better chance to cash than with the whole world being in one event?
 
King T said:
Well this is not good for the fans who want to see all the best players in one event.., but it is good for the players as it gives the guys who aren't favorited to win a thinner field to fight through?

Still killers at every turn, but a better chance to cash than with the whole world being in one event?
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yep, the winners of both events will have an easier way to the trophy than usual. it's not good for the fans, which is why i hope the WPA/ACBS and matchroom will sit down and sort things out. but even if they do there will likely be some scheduling conflicts also in the future, simply because of the multitude of new events being put on.
 
skogstokig said:
kinda cool seeing FSR landing in hanoi and being greeted by fans with flowers. i've seen this before in clips from vietnam, when efren travelled there hundreds of fans ambushed him at the airport. they sure love their cue sports over there.
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Win or lose, imagine being able to travel to all these exotic places around the world playing the game you love. I wonder if some of our lower ranked players like Thorpe and Ussery get travel stipends from sponsors? Has to be an expensive trip...
 
King T said:
Well this is not good for the fans who want to see all the best players in one event.., but it is good for the players as it gives the guys who aren't favorited to win a thinner field to fight through?

Still killers at every turn, but a better chance to cash than with the whole world being in one event?
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Yes. Basically, the players divide and conquer which is not good for fans cos fans want to see all best of the best play.
So it is missed opportunity having 34x800+ players in 1 event which would be a record number of 800+ and strongest field of this decade/era. Instead it is split 20x800+ here and 14x800+ in Qatar.
Though the inaugural major Hanoi Open (Oct 10-15) after this event will be record strongest field if all those from Qatar Open turn up. cos no event has had 30 or more 800+ players. :LOL:
 
skogstokig said:
kinda cool seeing FSR landing in hanoi and being greeted by fans with flowers. i've seen this before in clips from vietnam, when efren travelled there hundreds of fans ambushed him at the airport. they sure love their cue sports over there.
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FSR is not as shameless as Naoyuki Oi 🤣

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I think the onset of big-time events in pro pool in Vietnam is something to get excited about. Matchroom's efforts to bring pro pool to every corner of the globe are paying big dividends for players and fans alike. Good luck to all these fine players.
 
skogstokig said:
kinda cool seeing FSR landing in hanoi and being greeted by fans with flowers. i've seen this before in clips from vietnam, when efren travelled there hundreds of fans ambushed him at the airport. they sure love their cue sports over there.
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Oh, if this event is anything like the Viet billiards one I saw there, it will be madness. In a good way.

The fans were fired up and into it!
 
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