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POOL · 2024-06-24 · BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Mezz Bucharest Open 2024 pool prize money

The Mezz Bucharest Open paid £26,681 to 47 players. Mickey Krause won £7,926. Hubert Lopotko took £3,567 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£27k
WINNER£8k
PLAYERS PAID47
PAYOUT BANDS7

Every cheque

47 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the Mezz Bucharest Open.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
1st Mickey Krause Denmark £7,926£8k
2nd Hubert Lopotko Poland £3,567£4k
T3 Can Salim Germany £1,585£2k
T3 Oliver Szolnoki Hungary £1,585£2k
T5 Cliff Castelein Belgium £793£793
T5 David Alcaide Spain £793£793
T5 Francesco Candela Italy £793£793
T5 Wiktor Zielinski Poland £793£793
T9 Christos Papageorgiou Greece £396£396
T9 Fabio Petroni Italy £396£396
T9 George Antonakis Greece £396£396
T9 Karl Gnadeberg Estonia £396£396
T9 Mika Immonen Finland £396£396
T9 Talal Alblooshi United Arab Emirates £396£396
T9 Walter Laikre Sweden £396£396
T9 Yuma Dorner Germany £396£396
T17 Andrea Grosso Italy £233£233
T17 Anthony Vandenbussche Belgium £233£233
T17 Babken Melkonyan Armenia £233£233
T17 Cristian Surdea £233£233
T17 Daniel Kandi Denmark £233£233
T17 David Vaizman Israel £233£233
T17 Dean Shields Scotland £233£233
T17 Dennis Laszkowski Germany £233£233
T17 Dominik Zajac £233£233
T17 JJ Faul South Africa £233£233
T17 Joshua Filler Germany £233£233
T17 Mario Valchev Bulgaria £233£233
T17 Mika van Berkel Netherlands £233£233
T17 Mustafa Alnar Cyprus £233£233
T17 Niklas Dohr Germany £233£233
T17 Panagiotis Xypoliteas Greece £233£233
T33 Alexandru Florescu Romania £130£130
T33 Andrea Milioli Italy £130£130
T33 Antonis Brabin Cyprus £130£130
T33 Antonis Kakaris Greece £130£130
T33 Gareth Esprit Great Britain £130£130
T33 Georgi Georgiev Bulgaria £130£130
T33 Georgios Sofronis Romania £130£130
T33 Ciprian Gandac Romania £130£130
T33 Ioan Ladanyi Romania £130£130
T33 Ioannis Charlaftis Greece £130£130
T33 Mario Cardona United States £130£130
T33 Niels Feijen Netherlands £130£130
T33 Quinten Pongers Netherlands £130£130
T33 Ralf Souquet Germany £130£130
T33 Spasian Spasov Bulgaria £130£130

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the Mezz Bucharest Open.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
1st 1 £7,926£8k £7,926£8k
2nd 1 £3,567£4k £3,567£4k
T3 2 £1,585£2k £3,170£3k
T5 4 £793£793 £3,170£3k
T9 8 £396£396 £3,170£3k
T17 16 £233£233 £3,733£4k
T33 15 £130£130 £1,944£2k

Where the money went, band by band

1st £7,926
2nd £3,567
T3 £3,170
T5 £3,170
T9 £3,170
T17 £3,733
T33 £1,944

The rest of 2024

The 40 pool tournaments either side of this one, of the 79 we hold from 2024

Other pool tournaments in 2024.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2024 Pennsylvania Open Skyler Woodward £22,444£22k
WPA Predator World 8-Ball Championship 2024 Joshua Filler £185,185£185k
2024 Masse Women's World 9-Ball Championship Rubilen Amit £129,624£130k
Seattle Nineball Open Georgi Georgiev £14,815£15k
51st Annual Texas Open 9-Ball Vitaliy Patsura £31,407£31k
51st Annual Texas Open One Pocket Shane Van Boening £23,704£24k
Turning Stone Classic XXXIX Moritz Neuhausen £34,809£35k
WPBA Palmetto Billiards Invitational Allison Fisher £33,778£34k
2024 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship Fedor Gorst £198,519£199k
European Open 2024 Mickey Krause £136,296£136k
TAOM Maxrack Nineball Helsinki Open Naoyuki Oi £40,370£40k
Tony Chohan's Big Easy Classic One Pocket Shane Van Boening £15,556£16k
WPBA Iron City Invitational IV Kristina Tkach £29,481£29k
2024 Lushan Open Pin-Yi Ko £33,556£34k
3rd Annual Weir Memorial 9-Ball Tournament Shane Van Boening £22,963£23k
Ultimate Pool USA KC Open - Chris Melling £19,259£19k
2024 Midwest Billiards Expo 9-Ball Tyler Styer £15,185£15k
2024 The Americas Heyball Mens Championships Corey Deuel £33,148£33k
2024 The Americas Heyball Womens Championships Kelly Fisher £27,407£27k
Maldives Open 2024 Denis Grabe £90,370£90k
2024 WPBA Soaring Eagle Masters Chieh-Yu Chou £53,630£54k
2024 WPBA Biker Week Showdown Jasmin Ouschan, Monica Webb £22,222£22k
Knight Shot 9-Ball Open Joshua Filler £42,222£42k
World Pool Championship 2024 Fedor Gorst £668,148£668k
2024 WPBA Raxx Invitational Tzu-Chien Wei £32,593£33k
9th Annual Buffalo's Pro Classic Roberto Gomez £62,222£62k
9th Annual Buffalo's Pro Classic Open 9-Ball Lukas Fracasso-Verner £16,889£17k
Rally in the Shenandoah Valley Fedor Gorst £18,593£19k
2024 UK Open Robbie Capito £136,296£136k
2024 Borderline Brunswick Invitational Kelly Fisher £32,222£32k
Jacoby Scottish Open 2024 Quoc Hoang Duong £31,301£31k
World Pool Masters 2024 Fedor Gorst £92,593£93k
2024 Super Billiards Expo Pro Championship Jayson Shaw £61,778£62k
Marina Pool Open Albin Ouschan £19,448£19k
FSR Nineball Open 2024 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £19,701£20k
Premier League Pool 2024 Shane Van Boening £74,074£74k
WPBA Fairfield Invitational Meng-Hsia Hung £24,444£24k
Polish Dynamic Billard 10-Ball Open Daniel Maciol £59,259£59k
McDermott Classic 2024 Wiktor Zielinski £28,148£28k
2024 US Open Bank Pool Championship Shane Van Boening £15,185£15k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the Mezz Bucharest Open get?

Mickey Krause took £7,926.

How much did the runner-up get?

Hubert Lopotko took £3,567, 45% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the Mezz Bucharest Open?

£26,681, paid to 47 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2023 Mezz Bucharest Open paid £16,167, and the 2025 Mezz Bucharest Open paid £27,578.

Where to next

Every edition is on the Bucharest Open prize money page, and the whole year on pool prize money in 2024. The edition before was the 2023 Mezz Bucharest Open. The one after was the 2025 Mezz Bucharest Open.