Billiard Digest Artikel über Ralf Souquet

Denis Grabe (EST) gewinnt Slovenian Open 2014 im Finale gegen Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) mit 9-4. Den 3. Platz teilen sich Mats Schjetne (NOR) und Marcus Chamat (SWE). Der nächste Euro-Tour Stop 2014 findet direkt nach den Europameisterschaften der Jugendlichen und Senioren in Portoroz/Slowenien statt. In der Zeit vom 21. – 23. August 2014 trifft sich in Portoroz bei den Slovenian Open 2014 mal wieder annähernd die Gesamte europäischen Pool Billard Elite. Die letzte Euro-Tour Veranstaltung im Mai fand in Österreich statt und die Austria Open 2014 gewann Denis Grabe (EST) im Finale gegen Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) mit 9-1. Natürlich ist auch diese Euro-Tour teil des Mosconi Cup Rankings 2014. Für dieses Ranking des beliebtesten Pool Billard Events des Jahres werden Punkte verteilt und die ersten drei werden direkt nominiert für das Team Europa Anfang Dezember. Eine Übersicht über den aktuellen Stand des Mosconi Cup Rankings findet man hier –> 2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup – Double Dutch Lead Race to Blackpool. Als weitere Neuerung werden zukünftig die besten 32 jedes Euro-Tour Stops Punkte für die WPA-Weltrangliste […]

Three Quarter Of A Million People Catch Upstart Greek Damianos Giallourakis Take Down Defending Champion Chinahov On Day 1 Of The Aramith Masters In New York. By Ted Lerner – WPS Media Officer Photos by JP Parmentier (New York City)– The early stages of major pool tournaments generally see a few surprises from upstarts taking down big names. But Day 1 of the Aramith Masters, the 2nd leg of the new 8-ball tour the World Pool series(WPS), will surely go down in history for something quite different than a top star getting run out of the building by a no-hoper. That’s because professional pool surely entered a new era at Steinway Café-Billiards in Queens, New York City today, thanks to the WPS’ new partnership with social media giant Unilad. The UK based Unilad, which specializes in trending content from around the world, boasts nearly 27 million followers on its popular Facebook page. And now they are broadcasting live professional pool to their legions of followers. The sheer gravity of the possibilities for this long suffering […]

24/04/2015 In an all-German clash between two experienced players, BCA Hall of Famer Ralf Souquet defeated Ralph Eckert in a heartbreaker with 9:8. The match took place in the winner’s round of the men’s division of the Dynamic Billard Portuguese Open Euro-Tour. Souquet had the better odds on his side. He has been active as a player ever since whereas Eckert had taken some detours in his career. His last stop was Singapore for the recent three months where he was employed by the local billiard federation to coach their players and prepare them for the SEA Games. The match took the course as expected in the beginning. Souquet was always ahead but Eckert did not let the gap get too big. However, after 13 racks the score was 8:5 in favor of Souquet and it looked like the deal was sealed. But Eckert struck back and turned the scoreboard to 6:8. Then, Souquet missed a possible 7-ball and allowed Eckert back to the table. Accrete ran out and also ran the next rack which […]