WPA Players Championship, April 2019, Las Vegas

[Bob Jewett]

I just saw this go by. Looks like I'll have to schedule a little more time in Vegas in April.

January 1, 2019 – The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International (CSI) are excited to announce a collaboration to produce the 2019 WPA Players Championship. The event will be staged at Griff’s Billiards in Las Vegas, April 16-19, ahead of the US Open 9-Ball Championship, which will be held April 21-26 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. This WPA Category 3 Ranking event, with $50,000 added prize money, will provide players, especially those competing in the US Open 9-Ball Championship, even more opportunity in Las Vegas.
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The full announcement will probably show up shortly on the AZB main page.

 

[iusedtoberich]

Wow. 2019 is shaping up to be quite a year for our sport.

Hopefully the events will go off smoothly.

 

[BeiberLvr]

Wow. 2019 is shaping up to be quite a year for our sport.

Hopefully the events will go off smoothly.

I may need to reconsider giving up on my dream of becoming a professional pool player.

 

[StraightPoolIU]

More excellent news for American pool. Love seeing more big table events.

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[Bob Jewett]

It's a 64-player event with a $250 entry fee so total entries are $16,000. The added is $50,000 for a total of $66,000. That's pretty good money odds.

 

[Joe_Jaguar]

It's a 64-player event with a $250 entry fee so total entries are $16,000. The added is $50,000 for a total of $66,000. That's pretty good money odds.

And race to 7 single elim. :scratchhead::thud:

 

[gxman]

Nevermind' misread.

 

[AtLarge]

It's a 64-player event with a $250 entry fee so total entries are $16,000. The added is $50,000 for a total of $66,000. That's pretty good money odds.

Looks like $57,400 for the 32 players who win their first match and $5,700 for half of the 32 players who lose their first match: https://www.playcsipool.com/csinews/wpa-and-csi-to-produce-2019-wpa-players-championship