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Predators Galore In Final Four

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Predators Galore In Final Four – Day 3 Report from the Predator Grand Finale Kaci, Wu, Makkonen and Orcollo make up stellar semi-final at the Predator Grand Finale of the World Pool Series in New York. By Ted Lerner – WPS Media Officer Photos By JP Parmentier (New York City)– The fourth leg of the World Pool Series, the Predator Grand Finale, has come down to the final four, and it’ll be two Europeans and two Asians contesting what has quickly become one of professional pool’s sternest tests. In the first semi-final, which will break off at 12noon EST(-4 GMT), 18year old Albanian sensation Klenti Kaci will lock horns with Taiwanese sharp shooter Wu Ku Lin. In the second semi-final which begins at 3pm, Finland’s Petri Makkonen will do battle with Filipino veteran and former World 8-ball champion, Dennis Orcollo. All eyes seem to be squarely upon the talk and good looking Kaci, as his game and temperament seem impervious to any outside pressure and distractions. Since he shocked the pool world by winning the […]

Only The Strong Will Survive

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Only The Strong Will Survive – Day 1 Report from the World Pool Series Predator Grand Finale By Ted Lerner – WPS Media Officer Photos by JP Parmentier (New York City)–As Jayson Shaw has spent the last 18 months rocketing to the top of the pool world, one opponent has consistently provided fodder for some of his most memorable comebacks in the sport’s biggest events. In the semi-finals at the US Open in 2016, Taiwan’s Ko Pin Yi looked set to send Shaw packing, only to see the Scotsman roar back at crunch time and win at the wire. A few weeks later in the semis at the Kuwait Open, Shaw did it again, storming back from a 10-6 deficit to oust the Taiwanese great, 11-10, on his way to the winner’s circle. And just last week in Virginia at the 2017 US Open, Shaw stormed back from another 4 rack deficit to clip Ko yet again. So before Tuesday’s first round matchup between Shaw and Ko at the World Pool Series’ Predator Grand Finale […]

US Open 9 Ball Championships 2017

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Jayson Shaw (SCO) gewinnt US Open 9 Ball Championships 2017 im Finale gegen Eklent Kaci (ALB) mit 13-4. Den 3. Platz belegt Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (SPA). Am nächsten Sonntag, den 22. Oktober 2017 beginnt in Norfolk, Virginia die 42. Ausgabe der US Open 9 Ball Championships. Bis zum 28. Oktober werden bei dem wohl prestigeträchtigsten Pool Billard Turnier in den Vereinigten Staaten ein Großteil der Weltelite um das Gesamtpreisgeld von 200.000$ spielen. Die US Open 9 Ball Championships werden von vielen als die Mutter aller Pool Billard Turniere bezeichnet. Es gibt kaum einen Titel, der auf der Welt mehr Bedeutung hat. Auch in diesem Jahr gehen knapp 160 Teilnehmer als allen Teilen der Welt an den Start. Im Vorjahr gewann Shane Van Boening aus den USA im Finale gegen Chang Jung-Lin (TW) mit 13-9. Der US Superstar sicherte sich damit seinen insgesamt fünften Erfolg bei den US Open. Der Gewinner am 28. Oktober erhält einen Siegerscheck in Höhe von 40.000$. Bei kaum einem anderen Event des Jahres ist das Preisgeld für den Sieger höher. Zu den […]

Lee Van Corteza Makes History: First Asian World 14.1 Champion

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New York City– Philippines‘ Lee Van Corteza did what no other Asian before him could do before him, win the World 14.1. The slim, smooth playing Filipino became the Bottledeck.net 77th World 14.1 Champion, and doing so in fashion by defeating none other than the king of straight pool, Thorsten Hohmann of Germany. The week long event was challenging with Corteza playing a total of 13 matches and pocketing almost 2000 balls. Hohmann had pocketed over 1700 shots. The World 14.1 title is perhaps the most hard earned title in billiards with no luck or short cuts in winning games. Day 6 which took place the day before the finals saw the quarter-finalists duel it out for a place in the semi’s. Top American 14.1 specialist Danny Harriman had defeated 2012 World 14.1 Champion John Schmidt in the final 12, but fell 200-111 to the powerful Darren Appleton of the UK. Newcomer Del Sim of Scotland had his dream run through the field finally ended by a fellow Scotsman Jonni Fulcher 200-105. USA’s hopeful Max […]

Chen Siming goes all the way and takes the title in Klagenfurt

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08/10/2017 Chen Siming goes all the way and takes the title in Klagenfurt With an impressive 7:4 victory over Austria’s powerhouse Jasmin Ouschan, Siming Chen from China won the Klagenfurt Women’s Open Euro-Tour! It was an amazing final match between the World’s #1 player and World Games 2017 Gold Medallist Chen Siming and her opponent, Europe’s #1 and World Games 2005 Gold Medallist Jasmin Ouschan. The dream of the organisers came true with these two high class players clashing in the final match. Chen’s way into the final was totally straight. She defeated all her opponents with a convincing result. The player who got closest to giving her a challenge was Eylul Kibaroglu (TUR) in the 3rd round who received a 4:7 defeat against Chen. On the other hand, Jasmin had to fight her way into the final match. She had clear results until she met Ina Kaplan (GER) in the semi-final. There, Jasmin was already on the hill, leading 6:3 when her opponent got some momentum and used her chances. Actually, Kaplan even managed […]

Ralf did it again!

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07/10/2017 Ralf did it again! The Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open are over and have a deserved winner. Ralf Souquet (GER) defeated Sebastian Ludwig (GER) in an exciting final with 9:6 and came up with an amazing comeback. The final match did not start well for Souquet. The German BCA Hall of Famer had two balls down each in his first two break shots but no other ball touched the head string so he had to give the open table to Ludwig who cleared it and like that achieved a nice 3:0 lead over Souquet. In the next rack, Ludwig broke dry but Souquet missed the 1-ball. With this chance given, Ludwig increased the lead to 4:0. It took 5 racks to be played before Souquet got the chance to open his account and win his first rack to get to 4:1. As the match went along, Souquet got a bit better into the match and after 9 racks, the score was 5:4 in favour of Ludwig still. With his own break shot coming up, Ludwig […]

Hometown boys on fire in Austria

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06/10/2017 Hometown boys on fire in Austria Day two of the Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open is in the books and this event is writing its own stories. Yesterday was in the light of the huge surprises. Today, the Austrian top players Albin Ouschan, Mario He and Maximilian Lechner all stormed into the round of the last 16 players single elimination. Hometown hero Albin Ouschan is definitely on fire on his own soil. Today, he went into the single elimination round undefeated with another victory. This time, Chen Siming (CHN) was his victim with 9:5. Then in the round of the last 32 players, Ouschan demonstrated to the audience that he really like to play in front of a home crowd. He played against Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP) and literally stormed off in the match. After 11 racks, the score was 8:3 in favour of Ouschan. He dominated Sanchez to his liking. Then, the Spaniard got a little bit wind underneath his wings and pulled 2 racks in a row from Ouschan. But that was it. Ouschan […]

Huge surprises dominate day 1 in Klagenfurt

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05/10/2017 Huge surprises dominate day 1 in Klagenfurt The Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open has begun with some major upsets and several huge surprises. One of the biggest upsets was presented by Chen Siming (CHN). The lady from China who took the Gold Medal at this year’s World Games won her first two matches in the open event, defeating Bruno Ernst (GER) 9:6 and then European top player and former World 9-ball Champion Daryl Peach (GBR) 9:5 in the second winner’s round. She will go up against local hero Albin Ouschan (AUT) tomorrow at 13:30 local time in the winner’s qualification round for a seat among the top 32 players single elimination stage of the event. Another major surprise took place in the match between David Alcaide (ESP) and Karol Skowerski (POL). Spain’s Alcaide desperately needs points in order to make it on to this year’s Mosconi Cup team. He just recently won the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia. Being the current #1 player of the Euro-Tour rankings, he could not get ahead of Skowerski. To […]

Pool is coming to Klagenfurt, Austria

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04/10/2017 Pool is coming to Klagenfurt, Austria Another new Euro-Tour event is on the verge of being launched – the Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open in Klagenfurt, Austria, followed by a women’s Euro-Tour tournament. After the Atlantic Challenge Cup in summer this year, this is the second huge pool billiards event in the capital of Carinthia which holds around 100.000 inhabitants. So far, 162 men and 43 women have announced to participate in these prestigious events. The two players that stick out from the full field are definitely Jasmin and Albin Ouschan. The siblings who reside in and originate from Klagenfurt are considered to be the anchor players for this event. Both are very famous in their home country Austria and Albin just recently conquered the title of „sportsperson of the year“ in Carinthia. Jasmin had already won that title 6-times in her career and finished 3rd in the Austrian election of the sports person of the year. The Ouschans are definitely the local celebrities that will draw the audience to come to the Klagenfurt sports […]

Klagenfurt Open 2017

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Ralf Souquet (GER) gewinnt Klagenfurt Open 2017 im Finale gegen Sebastian Ludwig (GER) mit 9-6. Den 3. Platz belegen Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) und Denis Grabe (EST). Chen Siming (CHN) gewinnt Klagenfurt Womens Open 2017 im Finale gegen Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) mit 7-4. Den 3. Platz belegen Kateryna Polovinchuk (UKR) und Ina Kaplan (GER). Vom 05. – 07. Oktober 2017 trifft sich in Klagenfurt/Österreich die europäische Pool Billard Elite um beim nächsten Euro-Tour Stopp einen weiteren Sieger zu ermitteln. Viele der besten Spieler Europas werden um das Gesamtpreisgeld von 36.000 Euro spielen. Bei den Klagenfurt Open 2017 geht es nicht nur um viele Punkte für das Euro-Tour Ranking sondern auch um eine bessere Platzierung im Mosconi Cup Ranking. Das Euro-Tour Ranking wird wie bereits vor dem letzten Euro-Tour Stopp vom amtierenden World Pool Masters Champion David Alcaide aus Spanien angeführt, dicht gefolgt von Ruslan Chinakhov aus Russland und Joshua Filler aus Deutschland. Natürlich gehören alle 3 Spieler auch zu den Favoriten in Klagenfurt. Die letzte Euro-Tour Veranstaltung (Dutch Open 2017) gewann Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) im Finale […]