Question for Deno.....

[Jaden]

Deno, I know that the 100 top IPT money earners will be on the 2007 tour right? Well, my question is this. I know that there will be qualifyers for the 50 open spots, but let's say that someone enters one of the open qualifyers for THOSE 50 spots and wins one, there's a DAMN good chance if that happens that he/she would be in the top 100 money earner's owuld THAT person take one of the 100 spots for 2007 or would they have to have a 2006 tour card to be considered one of the top 100 money earners of 2006?

I think it should be WHOEVER the top money earners are regardless of whether or not they have a 2006 tour card.

 

[rackmsuckr]

Deno, I know that the 100 top IPT money earners will be on the 2007 tour right? Well, my question is this. I know that there will be qualifyers for the 50 open spots, but let's say that someone enters one of the open qualifyers for THOSE 50 spots and wins one, there's a DAMN good chance if that happens that he/she would be in the top 100 money earner's owuld THAT person take one of the 100 spots for 2007 or would they have to have a 2006 tour card to be considered one of the top 100 money earners of 2006?

I think it should be WHOEVER the top money earners are regardless of whether or not they have a 2006 tour card.

Hi Jaden,

I may be wrong but my understanding is that only members can qualify for total money earned points, but if there was a qualifier that did well in the other 2 tournaments, he/she may be 'asked' back.

 

[JAM]

Deno, I know that the 100 top IPT money earners will be on the 2007 tour right? Well, my question is this. I know that there will be qualifyers for the 50 open spots, but let's say that someone enters one of the open qualifyers for THOSE 50 spots and wins one, there's a DAMN good chance if that happens that he/she would be in the top 100 money earner's owuld THAT person take one of the 100 spots for 2007 or would they have to have a 2006 tour card to be considered one of the top 100 money earners of 2006?

I think it should be WHOEVER the top money earners are regardless of whether or not they have a 2006 tour card.

Jaden, some of the info you are seeking is on the IPT website: http://www.internationalpooltour.com

From what I can ascertain from the most recent links on that website, which is from Kevin Trudeau, is that there are going to be quite a few qualifiers up ahead. As an example, the North American Open will have 20 or more qualifiers for any aspiring player to compete in this IPT event.

At the end of this season, there is going to be a Masters tournament. The top six winners of the North American Open, to use this example again, are automatically in the Masters tournament. So that's a great opportunity to the non-IPT members who are high finishers, at least the top six, to make money.

As far as the IPT tour card, I still haven't figured out how the gains/loss formula works, but one feature about the scoring has something to do with rack-and-runs in each match. For instance, if there is a tie, then the tie-breaker will be which player had the best gains/loss ratio which could ultimately come down to the rack-and-runs. I know Colin can explain this much better than I.

I think the best way to get your question answered properly, though, would be to go on the IPT website and e-mail them your inquiry. Getting the answers from here may be only hearsay and/or interpretations, but when you get a response from the IPT website, it will be, as they say, from the horse's mouth, the horse in this instance being the IPT itself.

JAM

 

[Colin Colenso]

I remember reading an announcement that mentioned that if any of the qualifiers in the World or US Open event make the top 6 in one of those events, that they would be awarded a 2007 card....or something like that.

That would tend to indicate that qualifiers are not generally going to have their points tallied against the 150 members...but who knows. Maybe they'll want to mix things up a bit. That might knock an additional 10 or 15 of the current members out of the tour.