WNT in Arizona

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jbart65

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Frazer said the WNT wanted to go bigger in the US. They just introduced a 128-player event in Zuma shortly before the U.S. Open in Frisco.

Seems patterned after the Philippines Open. Sixty-four top ranked WNT pros and 64 others. Single elimination start to finish.

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🏜️ All roads lead to Yuma 🌵 We're delighted to announce a brand new WNT Major to the calendar: The Arizona Open Pool Championship. 🗓️ August 13 - 16 📍 Quechan Casino And Resort, Yuma, Arizona...
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Yuma? What the actual Frick!?!

Phoenix would be the obvious place with Tucson the next best. There are bigger and better casinos. And in August no less!!

P.S. Because it is my best chance to see a “close to local” WNT event. I will make the drive. But Yuma in August? 🤦‍♂️
 
First off, Yuma is a most excellent place to grow grapefruit. If you have the water. I used to have relatives there.

Second, the casino there has been hosting US 3-cushion tournaments for several years, so they're cue-sports friendly.

I haven't been to the casino, but it is remote enough to have avoided the Las Vegas casino blight. Let's hope. It looks like the room rate is around $110 per night that time of year.

PHX and SAN are both about 180 miles away. Only American flies into Yuma (YUM!) with flights to PHX and DFW. So, I guess you could do
--> PHX --> YUM --> DFW --> on American and maybe they wouldn't be too harsh on your wallet. I hope no one at Matchroom was thinking Yuma is close to Frisco -- they are about 1000 miles apart, or twice the distance from the top to the bottom of Great Britain.
 
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All of the rooms at the casino are booked. I am gonna go, already told the wife, probably AB&B or Motel 6 then find every last AZB celeb and say hi and buy them a drink but I still say Scottsdale/Tempe would have been a better location.

As assessed by an Arizona native…

Bob, if you see a really tall guy introducing himself, have your drink order ready!
 
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