Philippine Open

iusedtoberich said:
MR has a few tiers of events. I read through them a couple years ago on their site.

Blue Ribbon
Major
Satellite (was called something else but I forgot now)

The tier is based on the total prize fund.
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They briefly changed the tiers earlier this year to gold, silver and bronze, but quickly junked that terminology. Now it's back to Blue Ribbon (Mosconi), Major and Ranking.

Doesn't matter much since each dollar of prize money equals a point. The winner of the Peri got as many points as the winner of Hanoi. Both winners got $40,000.
 
It looks like MR and their WNT has created what amounts to an Asian Tour, with a series of events all in the same area. First there was Peri, then Hanoi and now Manila. All have been what I would call mid level events, with only the current Philippine Open needing a boost in prize money (maybe up to 150K). This has been good for the Asian players and a chance to play multiple events without traveling around the world. They could add one more in Thailand and make it a foursome next year.

On another note the team match-up I'd like to see, and an easier one to put together, would be Team Philippines vs. Team Taiwan. Both countries have a wealth of good players to chose from and forgive me for saying this but it would be a lot more competitive then what we saw last week. There is truly a big rivalry between these two as well.
 
jay helfert said:
It looks like MR and their WNT has created what amounts to an Asian Tour, with a series of events all in the same area. First there was Peri, then Hanoi and now Manila. All have been what I would call mid level events, with only the current Philippine Open needing a boost in prize money (maybe up to 150K). This has been good for the Asian players and a chance to play multiple events without traveling around the world. They could add one more in Thailand and make it a foursome next year.

On another note the team match-up I'd like to see, and an easier one to put together, would be Team Philippines vs. Team Taiwan. Both countries have a wealth of good players to chose from and forgive me for saying this but it would be a lot more competitive then what we saw last week. There is truly a big rivalry between these two as well.
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How do you think this "Asian Tour" compares to the San Miguel tour in the early 2000's?

Refresher:

WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour - Wikipedia

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Neuhausen lost to John Vincent Vicedo in the second round. Has Vicedo played in big events previously? How old is he?
 
They ended up with 26 no-shows in the first round, which made it a 102-player tournament rather than 128. A record for no-shows?
 
Kris_b1104 said:
How does a 61 year old Bustamante still play so good? It's actually insane. Are there any other top tier players that have maintained somewhat of their speed at that age? I can only hope to be playing that good in my 60/70's
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In the straight pool era, there were many that were still killers in their 60s, with Crane and Balsis the ones that first come to mind. In the nine-ball era, the most obvious is Parica, who was still tough as nails at age 60. Strickland is still a tough out at 64, too.
 
AtLarge said:
They ended up with 26 no-shows in the first round, which made it a 102-player tournament rather than 128. A record for no-shows?
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Except during weather emergencies or natural disasters, I've never heard of 20% no-shows in a major in all of my years around the game. Still, the event has been excellent to this point, and I really hope it evolves into something big.
 
iusedtoberich said:
The first Hanoi Open seemed way higher than that. Although the no-shows may have been removed from the list before the draw.
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My notes from the first Hanoi Open indicate that it was planned for 256-players but they only got 228. I don't how many, if any, of the "missing" 28 were entries who didn't show up or just non-entries.
 
Busty on the hill 9-7. Both are not playing the best though.

Update: holy crap Gorst has tied it up hill-hill!
 
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Kris_b1104 said:
Gorst breaks dry. Busty runs all the balls and misses the easiest 8 he's had all match. Gorst makes the 8 and misses the 9!!!

Busty drills a long distance 9 for the win!
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They traded missed hangers, Bustamante on the eight and Fedor on the nine. Both shots were probably 95% or better. Really hard to believe. Delighted for the BCA Hall of Famer. This event is really delivering.
 
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