On the evening of August 20 (Vietnam time), Tran Quyet Chien, Bao Phuong Vinh and Chiem Hong Thai arrived in Korea to prepare to compete in the World 3 Cushion Survival 2024 billiards tournament. The final round of this tournament officially started from August 22 (to August 25) in Seoul City.
Tran Quyet Chien reached the semi-finals at the World 3 Cushion Survival 2023 tournament.
Special: Measure player's heart rate
This playground promises to be extremely attractive when gathering the top names of the world's 3-cushion carom billiards village and has a "huge" prize money. The World 3 Cushion Survival 2024 tournament is also known as the survival arena, with a completely different competition format compared to a normal billiards match. A survival match has up to 4 players competing on the billiards table, playing in 2 rounds, each round lasting 45 minutes. Before the match, each player has 30 points. For each hit, the player is awarded 3 points, while the others are deducted 1 point. After 2 rounds, the 2 players with the highest total points will win the right to move on to the next round.
Survival matches require players to maintain high stability, as each turn will last for a longer period of time. The tournament also has a system to measure the players' heart rate before each shot. During the match, the player who regularly hits high-scoring series will have a big advantage to win.
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If you win, you will immediately become a... 'billionaire'
The motivation for each player to compete is also very high, as this tournament has an extremely high prize money (compared to other tournaments of the World Carom Billiards Federation - UMB). The winner of the World 3 Cushion Survival championship will take home 40,000 USD (about 1 billion VND). The runner-up will receive 25,000 USD (622 million VND), the third place will receive 15,000 USD (373 million VND), and the fourth place will receive 10,000 USD (249 million VND). Meanwhile, the championship of each stage of the 3-cushion billiards World Cup is 16,000 euros (443 million VND), and the winner of the 2023 World Championship (Bao Phuong Vinh) will receive 20,000 euros (554 million VND).
As mentioned, the World 3 Cushion Survival 2024 tournament has the presence of many top players, so there is no "easy" group. Accordingly, Tran Quyet Chien is in group A with Tasdemir Tayfun (Turkey), Tolgahan Kiraz (Turkey) and Kang Ja-in (Korea). In theory, Tran Quyet Chien (ranked 2nd in the world) is the player with the highest rating in this group. However, Tony Tran is expected to face many difficulties, as all 3 opponents are experienced faces.
All matches of World 3 Cushion Survival 2024 will be broadcast live on Afreeca TV platform
Commentator Minh Dien is also in Korea to accompany Vietnamese players and participate in commentary to serve the audience.
Bao Phuong Vinh is in Group D with Nikos Polychro. (Greece, world No. 15) and Marco Zanetti (Italy, world No. 11) and Son Jun-hyuk. In the survival format, Nikos Polychro. (World 3 Cushion Survival 2023 champion) is a formidable player, often creating big series of points. The Binh Duong player said he will try his best to go as far as possible at this World 3 Cushion Survival, after competing unsuccessfully at this tournament in 2023.
Chiem Hong Thai faces an even bigger challenge, being in group E with "prodigy" Cho Myung-woo (Korea, world No. 3), Eddy Merckx (Belgium, world No. 5) and Berkay Karakurt (Turkey, world No. 16).
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tran-quyet-chien-bao-phuong-vinh-chinh-phuc-giai-billiards-tien-ti-the-thuc-hap-dan-185240821094605097.htm
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