Chien was invited to the event in October after finishing seventh in the World Union of Billiards (UMB) rankings last year.

He will join the Netherlands' Dick Jaspers, Italy's Marco Zanetti, Sweden's Torbjorn Blomdahl, Belgium's Eddy Merckx, Turkey's Tayfun Tasdemir, and South Korea's Haeng Jik Kim at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas from October 11 to 17.

Tran Quyet Chien at the Blankenberge World Cup three-cushion, Belgium, June 2019.

The field will consist of 18 players vying for a top prize of $200,000.

The event will include an additional qualifying round at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, in June to single out the top two to be invited to the main event. Vietnam's Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (24th in the 2019 UMB ranking) and Ngo Dinh Nai (29th) are among 10 players competing in the qualifier.

Nine other players will enter with wildcards.

The 36-year-old cuiest from Ha Tinh Province is the first Vietnamese cueist to ever compete in the three-cushion tournament with the biggest prize in the world.

The 2018 McCreery tournament awarded prize money of $600,000, with the top prize of $150,000 won by Belgium's Frederic Caudron.

Vietnamese players compete in Carom Billiards Continental Cup

Eight top Vietnamese players will compete at the 3-cushion Carom Billiards Continental Cup from December 20-22 in Seoul, the Republic of Korea.

Vietnamese cueist finishes second at Int’l 3-Cushion Billiards Tournament

Vietnamese cueist Nguyen Ngoc Tri was defeated 12-40 by his rival from the Republic of Korea Cho Myung-woo at the final match of the International three-Cushion Billiards Tournament - Becamex IJC – Number 1 Cup which wrapped up in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 14.

Int’l 3-Cushion Billiards Tournament to open next week

The International 3-Cushion Billiards Tournament will be held in the southern province of Binh Duong from July 11-14, with 75 local and international players set to compete, heard a press conference on July 4. 

Asian Carom Billiards Championship kicks off in HCM City

Leading cueists from Vietnam, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Jordan and Lebanon are competing at the 10th Asian Carom Billiards Championship that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 23.

HCM City to host 10th Asian carom billiards championship

The 10th Asian Carom Billiards Championship 2019 is scheduled to take place at Nguyen Du Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 from April 23 to 27, featuring competition between the leading cueists from Vietnam, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan, Jordan and Lebanon in the one-cushion and three-cushion categories.

Source: VnExpress