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POOL · 2017-01-17 · ASTORIA, NY, UNITED STATES

Molinari Players Championship 2017 pool prize money

The Molinari Players Championship paid £54,074 to 32 players. Ruslan Chinakhov won £14,815. Lee Vann Corteza took £6,296 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£54k
WINNER£15k
PLAYERS PAID32
PAYOUT BANDS6

Every cheque

32 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the Molinari Players Championship.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
1st Ruslan Chinakhov Russia £14,815£15k
2nd Lee Vann Corteza Philippines £6,296£6k
T3 Darren Appleton Great Britain £3,889£4k
T3 Johann Chua Philippines £3,889£4k
T5 Chris Melling Great Britain £2,593£3k
T5 Dennis Orcollo Philippines £2,593£3k
T5 Karl Boyes Great Britain £2,593£3k
T5 Naoyuki Oi Japan £2,593£3k
T9 Alexandros Kazakis Greece £1,481£1k
T9 Billy Thorpe United States £1,481£1k
T9 Carlo Biado Philippines £1,481£1k
T9 Earl Strickland United States £1,481£1k
T9 Jayson Shaw Scotland £1,481£1k
T9 Mika Immonen Finland £1,481£1k
T9 Ralf Souquet Germany £1,481£1k
T9 Thorsten Hohmann Germany £1,481£1k
T17 Alex Pagulayan Canada £185£185
T17 Brandon Shuff United States £185£185
T17 David Alcaide Spain £185£185
T17 Imran Majid Great Britain £185£185
T17 Jeremy Jones United States £185£185
T17 Li Wen Lo Chinese Taipei £185£185
T17 Marc Vidal Claramunt Spain £185£185
T17 Mark Gray Great Britain £185£185
T17 Nick Ekonomopoulos Greece £185£185
T17 Pat Holtz Scotland £185£185
T17 Petri Makkonen Finland £185£185
T17 Raj Hundal India £185£185
T17 Ramil Gallego Philippines £185£185
T17 Rodney Morris United States £185£185
T17 Stephan Cohen France £185£185
T17 Vilmos Foldes Hungary £185£185

How the money splits

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

Prize money bands at the Molinari Players Championship.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
1st 1 £14,815£15k £14,815£15k
2nd 1 £6,296£6k £6,296£6k
T3 2 £3,889£4k £7,778£8k
T5 4 £2,593£3k £10,370£10k
T9 8 £1,481£1k £11,852£12k
T17 16 £185£185 £2,963£3k

Where the money went, band by band

1st £15k
2nd £6,296
T3 £7,778
T5 £10k
T9 £12k
T17 £2,963

The rest of 2017

Every other pool tournament we hold from 2017

Other pool tournaments in 2017.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2017 Carlo Biado £136,296£136k
All Japan Open Championship 2017 Johann Chua £46,213£46k
Dynamic Treviso Open Wiktor Zielinski £31,081£31k
East Coast Canadian 9-Ball Open Mika Immonen £38,180£38k
2017 Women's World 9-Ball Championship Siming Chen £126,518£127k
Predator Grand Finale Eklent Kaci £46,667£47k
U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship Jayson Shaw £147,407£147k
2017 American Straight Pool Championship Konrad Juszczyszyn £29,926£30k
Gotham City Pro 9-Ball Classic Mike Dechaine £20,519£21k
Dynamic Klagenfurt Open Ralf Souquet £31,512£32k
NAPT Freedom Classic Karen Corr £14,333£14k
2017 Kremlin Cup David Alcaide £39,941£40k
44th Annual Texas Open - John Morra £15,407£15k
Turning Stone Classic XXVIII 9-Ball Open Shane Van Boening £30,667£31k
Dynamic Dutch Open Ruslan Chinakhov £31,391£31k
US Open 8-Ball Championship 2017 Alex Pagulayan £26,667£27k
Japan Open 2017 Men's Division Jung-Lin Chang £24,044£24k
RYO Rack Classic Skyler Woodward £51,259£51k
2017 China Open Men's Division Joshua Filler £117,037£117k
Women's 2017 China Open Siming Chen £85,333£85k
The Break Room's 8-Ball Classic Corey Deuel £14,815£15k
Rocket City Open One Pocket Tony Chohan £14,815£15k
WPBA Rivers US Open 2017 Karen Corr £37,037£37k
The Aramith Masters Eklent Kaci £54,074£54k
Super Billiards Expo 2017 Players Championship Shane Van Boening £35,556£36k
2017 CBSA Chinese Pool World Championships Fan Yang £181,742£182k
Women's 2017 CBSA Chinese Pool World Championships Xiao-Fang Fu £110,761£111k
Chinook Winds Open 8-Ball Roberto Gomez £26,874£27k
World Pool Masters 2017 David Alcaide £59,259£59k
WPBA Masters 2017 Line Kjorsvik £35,000£35k
Derby City Classic 2017 Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge Jayson Shaw £23,704£24k
Derby City Classic 2017 9-Ball Banks Division Francisco Bustamante £39,630£40k
Derby City Classic 2017 One Pocket Division Billy Thorpe £43,056£43k
Derby City Classic 2017 9-Ball Division Dennis Orcollo £52,593£53k
Derby City Classic 2017 Master of the Table Dennis Orcollo £18,519£19k
Turning Stone Classic XXVII Jayson Shaw £30,667£31k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the Molinari Players Championship get?

Ruslan Chinakhov took £14,815.

How much did the runner-up get?

Lee Vann Corteza took £6,296, 43% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the Molinari Players Championship?

£54,074, paid to 32 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2019 WPA Players Championship paid £42,519.

Where to next

Every edition is on the Players Championship prize money page, and the whole year on pool prize money in 2017. The one after was the 2019 WPA Players Championship.