NOTE: Allen personally asked me to post this to AZ Billiards - as to get his message out asap (he doesn't want to setup an AZB account). This message is only directed to professional players - and he encourages all pros to e-mail him at his address below with comments.
To All IPT Players:
Please calm down and give KT a chance. At the first chance, I'm hearing talk about lawsuits. Why not talk about what we can do to help KT make this tour successful? He still has paid more money to professional players than any other promoter or organization ever.
I believe he was a little unlucky because of the government banning gambling on the Internet. If his intentions were not to pay us at all, he wouldn't even pay a million-dollar prize fund. Before KT came around, we never played for this amount of money before. It's not all his fault anyways, if the players were organized - we would not be in this situation.
I believe for any hope of pro players making serious money on a televised tour, we need to stick together and support KT and the IPT for the future of professional pool.
Regards,
Allen Hopkins
Professional Pool Player
allen.hopkins@hotmail.com
To All IPT Players:
Please calm down and give KT a chance. At the first chance, I'm hearing talk about lawsuits. Why not talk about what we can do to help KT make this tour successful? He still has paid more money to professional players than any other promoter or organization ever.
I believe he was a little unlucky because of the government banning gambling on the Internet. If his intentions were not to pay us at all, he wouldn't even pay a million-dollar prize fund. Before KT came around, we never played for this amount of money before. It's not all his fault anyways, if the players were organized - we would not be in this situation.
I believe for any hope of pro players making serious money on a televised tour, we need to stick together and support KT and the IPT for the future of professional pool.
Regards,
Allen Hopkins
Professional Pool Player
allen.hopkins@hotmail.com