I’m in San Diego Jay.
Philippine Open
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I’m in San Diego Jay.
You missed my point completely. The entire tournament was given good television coverage in the Philippines until the final day and I'm sure the ratings were very high here. For some unexplained reason they decided to black out the final match on tv here in the Philippines. I'm sure that did not go down well to the audience they had already built up.
It would be like showing the Masters Golf on tv to golf fans all over the U.S. and deciding to black it out on the final day, or for the final nine holes.
Orcollo lost to Raga before this match. So they matched up again higher stakes- apparently $85K to winner
Badpenguin
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Yep, typical of their incompetence at how they are handling streaming.
* broadcasting. different kettle of fish, and not necessarily MR's fault. possible the broadcaster assumed less interest when pinoy players were out after the QF
Flakeandrun
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there a stream anywhere?
Here is the match with the early celebration at the end. They played a bunch of races, you can watch them all on Anton Raga's YouTube channel with the link below.
That would have to be matches won, not matches played.
Flakeandrun
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Seen this before. In fact, I had a funny experience with Dennis relating to this video
Just want to watch the most recent one. Thanks for sharing 
Paulo De Leon
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There's a pay per view set-up specifically for PH viewers, app is called "Pilipinas Live". It cost $2.50 USD per month for 1 device. They have 3 of the 4 tables playing live since Day 1. They also have the Reyes Cup on live telecast the week before. I hope they'll include the World 10 ball.
It was single elimination. All the players listed with one match lost their first match. Everyone except the winner -- DA -- had one loss that was included in their count. There were many byes.
The key matches were actually being shown live here on a Philippine television sports channel, OneSport. That is, until the finals. A secondary table was streamed live on Youtube as well. Also off for the finals.
That's sick jay, hard to believe. finale
Whom ever ran the programming should look for another job.
Whom ever ran the programming should look for another job.
then both guys in the finals would have the same number of matches played
Byes don't count as matches. One guy in the finals got a bye in the round of 128 and one guy didn't. Biado had two byes (or walkovers) in the first two rounds, and then lost to Manas in the round of 32, so he is listed as having one match.
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OK. Thanks.
I like the single elim format. Maybe make the races longer.
I thought the format worked well for this event, but I would have made the first round of matches a race to 11 instead of 10. But 10 was much better than a race to 9 given it was single elim.
Frazer seemed to commit to a Philippines Open next year in an interview near the end of the event. I'd expect the same locale.
I thought comments of Johann Chua were interesting about support for pool in the Philippines. He seemed to indicate the sport had been fading in popularity among the public. On his FB page, he wrote:
"Had a super early exit this last Philippine Open. Lost on my first match and didn't have the chance to play more. To other's point of view, it is painful or brutal.
But for me, seeing the venue flooded by our kababayans, I felt like I already won. It has been awhile, it has been more than a decade since I last saw that kind of atmosphere and audience here in our country. My heart is full and grateful to say that billiards is getting known again. The hype, the cheers, and the intense pressure are back. Nakakakilabot!
To Matchroom Pool and Ma'am Emily Frazer and Sir Putch Puyat, thank you for making this event possible. Thank you for bringing this wonderful event to us. Please promise this is not the last. MORE LIKE THIS TO COME! The event brought so much joy and thrill to my kababayans."
Frazer seemed to commit to a Philippines Open next year in an interview near the end of the event. I'd expect the same locale.
I thought comments of Johann Chua were interesting about support for pool in the Philippines. He seemed to indicate the sport had been fading in popularity among the public. On his FB page, he wrote:
"Had a super early exit this last Philippine Open. Lost on my first match and didn't have the chance to play more. To other's point of view, it is painful or brutal.
But for me, seeing the venue flooded by our kababayans, I felt like I already won. It has been awhile, it has been more than a decade since I last saw that kind of atmosphere and audience here in our country. My heart is full and grateful to say that billiards is getting known again. The hype, the cheers, and the intense pressure are back. Nakakakilabot!
To Matchroom Pool and Ma'am Emily Frazer and Sir Putch Puyat, thank you for making this event possible. Thank you for bringing this wonderful event to us. Please promise this is not the last. MORE LIKE THIS TO COME! The event brought so much joy and thrill to my kababayans."
There seemed to be no scheduling issues. Single elim helps a lot with that. Four days was a good length.
And like another mentioned race length.
A single elimination race to 11 is a good test if your prepared.
Someone mentioned 10 (better than 9).
One more on the wire feels to Be Perfect.... for single elimination
There's always something about these two numbers 7 & 11.
A single elimination race to 11 is a good test if your prepared.
Someone mentioned 10 (better than 9).
One more on the wire feels to Be Perfect.... for single elimination
There's always something about these two numbers 7 & 11.
Great stuff here. The big picture is that Matchroom produced a new major in the Philippines. The format, the venue, the race length, and the many no-shows are of far lesser importance than the fact that Matchroom rolled the dice on a new event in what some might call the world capital of pool.
Well done to all at Matchroom!