WNT, WPA and 2026

Saw an interview with Predator CEO Karim Belhaj. Evidently Predator is holding an event in Jacksonville, Fla in December (15th to 20th) that will bring together the best 16 men's player and the best 16 women's players. What Karim called an "all-star" event.

Seems there will be a World Masters type format. I assume it will be one event for the men, one for the women, then a mixed event.

Sure appears to be Predator's answer to the Mosconi.

He did not say how the top 16 among the men and top 16 among the women will be picked. Could be simply WPA rankings, or a combination of rankings and wildcard picks.

To Be a Better Player

Well "Back in The Day", wink8. I encountered a few players that were using chemicals. Since I had experienced experiments, I knew that I could outlast them. Well that was my goal. As they could make any shot on the table. It was difficult to put handcuffs on 'em. 🤷‍♂️
The fact that they needed the helper, just gave me strength er uh confidence that I was stronger in the long run. My love for baseball was forgone my senior year in high-school. I ran track that year as I had received a Congress ional appointment to USAFA. 7250 feet above sea level. My mile best time flirted with the 5 minutes marker. Never broke it until I faced a rabbit that ran a mid 4 minute mile. I only got second but a personal goal was accomplished with a 4:58. 🤷‍♂️
So yeah my favorite was $50 sets that we broke even but his trips to the nose candy probably cost him a hundred. 🤷‍♂️ Oh well.
I knew when to walk away that night as the get my money back or stuck a hundred came down to hill/hill.
Yhat was in the days when I carried a full clip of a thousand. Just in case a fellow wanted to get frisky. As a bar box banger I could read the game quickly.
My best tournament pay was 900 for 2 days.
My best bar box score was 1100 to 1250. 🤷‍♂️
3 hours, .maybe.....
3 ball for 50.

WNT Florida Open 2026, August 4-9, Orlando, Caribe Royale

None of the 43 players in the event who are in the top 100 of Fargo Rate were eliminated in the first two days. All made it to the final 128.

The only top players sent to the losers side, but who made the final 128, were:

Aloysius Yapp
Naoyuki Oi
Jeffrey De Luna
Mickey Krause
(lost to Christopher Tevez)
Justin Bergman

Also, Omar Al Shaheen. He is just outside the top 100 Fargo at 789.

Three of the top 43 Fargos in the event are guaranteed to lose in the single-elimination stage going from 128 to 64.

Mickey Krause plays Jonas Souto
Wiktor Zielinski plays Naoyuki Oi
Konrad Juszczyszyn plays Jeffrey De Luna

Other potentially tough matches

Justin Bergman vs Felix Vogel
Eklent Kaci vs Billy Thorpe
Tyler Styer vs Dean Shields
Kledio Kaci vs Omar Al Shaheen
Aloysius Yapp vs Vitaly Patsura

anyone else who's cue was lost or stolen

The worst part about having my Karella stolen was that it looked very similar to a popular Schon cue and whenever I would see someone with a cue that looked just like the one I had ripped off, I'd get all wound up and mentally begin the process of flipping out on someone.

It was never my actual cue.

The Karella wasn't even worth 500 bucks but I'd still have a reaction every time.

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