US Open 9-ball updates thread..

[pt109]

Alex did not make a single ball the entire set .. must the first for him

Nope...Kaci ran the set out on him playing 10-ball
Alex has had one pocket sets where the other guy didn’t make a ball.
It can be brutal when a world class player is going good.

 

[Nick B]

Matchroom is not a sponsor, they're a promoter, yes, they NEED the dead money entry fees, where else do you think the prize money is going to come from, Matchroom?

Nope. Wouldn't even cover Matchroom's staffing costs. That's a 1.0~1.2M show we are watching there. The 40 - "Dead Money" types only make a small dent. They probably spent more that that on Airfare from England.

 

[Nick B]

Where's Martin Scorsese? This is perfect!

The Colour of Yorkshire Pudding. (note that colour is spelled correctly)

Act 1:
Young Judd, raised in England, is torn from his ancestral home by the death of his mother. Forced to live with his estranged father in West Virginia, Judd is distressed to learn that his father is doing poorly, and may lose his farm.

Act 2:
Young Judd (picture Mr. Bean in the role) sees an ad for a US Open pool tournament with $100,000 as prize money. This is more than enough to save his father's farm. Young Judd has played snooker and decides to enter the tournament.

Act 3:
Young Judd wins his first few matches, and then runs against Macbeth, a famous Scottish player known for his temper and his peg leg and eye patch. Macbeth angrily berates the referee for not cleaning the balls properly. "Out damned spot"
and he humiliates Young Judd on the table, beating him 11-1.

Act 4:
Young Judd is now on the B-side, but does nothing but practice and practice. Young Judd starts beating his opponents on the B-side, and wins his way to the semi-final where again he faces the dreaded Macbeth.

Act 5:

I concur. Colour is the correct color.

 

[BRussell]

48 players left. By my count 6 North Americans, 11 Asians, 28 Europeans, plus a few I wasn’t sure about.

Pretty sad for USA.

 

[alstl]

I wonder what the odds are on Judd Trump now back in England. A few tickets are about to get tossed in the trash.

Different game.

 

[Positively Ralf]

48 players left. By my count 6 North Americans, 11 Asians, 28 Europeans, plus a few I wasn’t sure about.

Pretty sad for USA.

I'm glad someone else noticed. The state of pro players in the USA is very sad indeed. This event, the parts that I have watched, feels like an event not staged in the US.

 

[JusticeNJ]

I'm glad someone else noticed. The state of pro players in the USA is very sad indeed. This event, the parts that I have watched, feels like an event not staged in the US.

Yeah, I wish the US were more competitive. But the remaining field sort of represents the upper echelon of the Top 100 of Fargo players. Maybe the Asian contingent is a little underrepresented. If Shane retires, we don't have anyone in the top 20. Or 30. (Not counting Dechaine).

 

[Nick B]

I'm glad someone else noticed. The state of pro players in the USA is very sad indeed. This event, the parts that I have watched, feels like an event not staged in the US.

3 STEP PROGRAM ON HOW TO FIX THIS:

1. Get off the CRACK (Bar Box). Burn them. Not good for the game. Teaches and propagates poor fundamentals.
2. Youth programs.
3. Refer to #1 & #2

It's no fluke that Fedor started on Russian Pyramid Tables (10 x 5 or 12 x 6 as standard). Trains on 10Foot Diamond. World class before 20. Kaci snooker etc...

 

[gxman]

Is the final 16 single or double elimination?

 

[Nick B]

Is the final 16 single or double elimination?

Single

 

[Fatboy]

Nope. Wouldn't even cover Matchroom's staffing costs. That's a 1.0~1.2M show we are watching there. The 40 - "Dead Money" types only make a small dent. They probably spent more that that on Airfare from England.

This is spot on. Dead money is less than tip money at the end of the day. It don’t hurt, but is not anything meaningful or bankable.

 

[realkingcobra]

Nope. Wouldn't even cover Matchroom's staffing costs. That's a 1.0~1.2M show we are watching there. The 40 - "Dead Money" types only make a small dent. They probably spent more that that on Airfare from England.

Dead money is what makes up the prize fund. 240 players x $750 = $180,000 from players entry fees, $120,000 added, collected from all the vendors, including Diamond. Then Matchroom sells the streamed content to 14 other subscription streaming platforms around the world for $Millions, DAZN is just one of those platforms. That's what promoters do, they don't sponsor the events.

 

[Fatboy]

48 players left. By my count 6 North Americans, 11 Asians, 28 Europeans, plus a few I wasn’t sure about.

Pretty sad for USA.

We aren’t competitive , just merely hosts for a event

 

[HawaiianEye]

We aren’t competitive , just merely hosts for a event

They would be competitive if they had Jackpots.

 

[Nick B]

Dead money is what makes up the prize fund. 240 players x $750 = $180,000 from players entry fees, $120,000 added, collected from all the vendors, including Diamond. Then Matchroom sells the streamed content to 14 other subscription streaming platforms around the world for $Millions, DAZN is just one of those platforms. That's what promoters do, they don't sponsor the events.

Your math is suspect...like your rail delivery. Dead Money = Approximately 40 (thumb suck of all the sub 750 Fargos) x $750 = 30K. Still only 2.5% of 1.2Meg. Everyone else has a viable chance. The "Dead Money" is rounding error.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Dead money is what makes up the prize fund. 240 players x $750 = $180,000 from players entry fees, $120,000 added, collected from all the vendors, including Diamond. Then Matchroom sells the streamed content to 14 other subscription streaming platforms around the world for $Millions, DAZN is just one of those platforms. That's what promoters do, they don't sponsor the events.

i thought you were against amateurs competing in pro tournaments ?

 

[skogstokig]

48 players left. By my count 6 North Americans, 11 Asians, 28 Europeans, plus a few I wasn’t sure about.

Pretty sad for USA.

should be mentioned that a bunch of them didn't enter, dechaine, bergman most notably. then we have hatch, archer, oscar, sossei, i don't think they were there. of the one pocket boys i've only seen roberts and lunda. were chohan, frost, justin hall, chip compton in? chohan almost beat JL chang in 10-ball a week ago.

then again, there's a whole contingent of east asian monster players that didn't enter as well.

 

[jasonlaus]

Where's Martin Scorsese? This is perfect!

The Colour of Yorkshire Pudding. (note that colour is spelled correctly)

Act 1:
Young Judd, raised in England, is torn from his ancestral home by the death of his mother. Forced to live with his estranged father in West Virginia, Judd is distressed to learn that his father is doing poorly, and may lose his farm.

Act 2:
Young Judd (picture Mr. Bean in the role) sees an ad for a US Open pool tournament with $100,000 as prize money. This is more than enough to save his father's farm. Young Judd has played snooker and decides to enter the tournament.

Act 3:
Young Judd wins his first few matches, and then runs against Macbeth, a famous Scottish player known for his temper and his peg leg and eye patch. Macbeth angrily berates the referee for not cleaning the balls properly. "Out damned spot"
and he humiliates Young Judd on the table, beating him 11-1.

Act 4:
Young Judd is now on the B-side, but does nothing but practice and practice. Young Judd starts beating his opponents on the B-side, and wins his way to the semi-final where again he faces the dreaded Macbeth.

Act 5:

Biggest fantasy is the $100,000 1st place

 

[Cornerman]

3 STEP PROGRAM ON HOW TO FIX THIS:

1. Get off the CRACK (Bar Box). Burn them. Not good for the game. Teaches and propagates poor fundamentals.
2. Youth programs.
3. Refer to #1 & #2

It's no fluke that Fedor started on Russian Pyramid Tables (10 x 5 or 12 x 6 as standard). Trains on 10Foot Diamond. World class before 20. Kaci snooker etc...

I don’t know about how Fedor started, but Klenti most definitely did not start on snooker tables. He never played it until his Albanian Federation asked him to play. By then he was already an established American Pool (9-ball, 10-ball) professional.

 

[Cornerman]

Why


lol now that's funny , As I said earlier he had no chance playing upper tier players but has a great skill set , put him with Chip Klein for a yr his game would jump way up zero doubt,
He might be here for just for the challenge but my guess he's getting paid to be here ,to help promote rotation pool in the U.K. for Match Room as their putting on events like the U.K. Open next yr , that's why he's been on the TV table so often ,

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100%. Right or wrong, that’s why he’s on the TV table each of his matches. Matchroom playing the promotional thing. Brilliant of them.