2024 World 8 Ball Championship (2-8 Sep), New Zealand , Winner $75K
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And kudos to the two young Americans (Easton and Mast) who played in the finals of the u19 women. They both played great and the final went hill hill.
Filler Hsu was awesome. Filler made it look like a stroll through the woods. Hope Hsu sticks around. He could become a force in commercial pool.
Chen Amit while disappointing for this Chen fan, was some of the best womens' pool of late. Amit was getting out like a machine. Very enjoyable match.
Chen Amit while disappointing for this Chen fan, was some of the best womens' pool of late. Amit was getting out like a machine. Very enjoyable match.
You can talk about pocket size all you want, but that 3 that Filler rattled in the last game (that just about stopped Pia's heart) would have hung up on any APA table. The effects of newer cloth can't be overestimated.
Congrats to Rubilen Amit and Josh Filler, each of whom has now bagged a WPA World Championship in more than one discipline and each of whom has won a WPA sanctioned World Teams Championship. They are legends of our game and are still writing their competitive resumes. Well played.
I still can't believe I watched the men's final which, for this New Yorker, began at 2:00 AM and ended at 3:45 AM, but the quality was high and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. When Hsu ran that difficult rack to tie things at 8-8, I thought he was going to win, but the dry break in Rack 17 derailed his bid.
I still can't believe I watched the men's final which, for this New Yorker, began at 2:00 AM and ended at 3:45 AM, but the quality was high and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. When Hsu ran that difficult rack to tie things at 8-8, I thought he was going to win, but the dry break in Rack 17 derailed his bid.
probably there because of his fiancee?
yes, fedor was there, supporting his fiancé. i think she finished 3rd
Yes, and with the China Open, the Hanoi Open and the Reyes Cup all coming up shortly, Asia is where Fedor needs to be. Fedor can soon put an exclamation point on his record-breaking season, in which he's near certain to break $500,000 in earnings. Wish him well as he completes a year of play we will not soon forget.
Very interesting stuff here. The public viewpoint of a pool coach is one we rarely encounter, but whatever one's level of play, there is much to be learned from this. Mental strength and sustenance are, indeed, key elements of success and listening to a coach marveling over the mental qualities of one of our game's greatest champions is eye-opening.
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I was just reading either a thread or heard it on some old commentary that came across my youtube...
There was a trifecta winner one year. World 8 ball, World 9 ball, World 14-1 winner, all in the same year. Before WPA sanctioning I suppose. Does this ring a bell? I can't remember where I heard/read it now...
Darn maybe?
doubt it. although i think he won one of the unsanctioned 14.1 world championships about the same time he won the 9-ball. but 8-ball was either before (black ball) or a good bit after (c8b)
I don't think anyone has won all three of these sanctioned world championships in a career, let alone a single year. Off the top of my head, several active players have won two of them (sanctioned only): SVB, Niels Feijen, Josh Filler, Wu Jiaqing, Thorsten Hohmann, and there may be others.
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Found it! Larry Hubbart in your old Shortstop thread someone resurrected. What do you think, is this information correct? Post #19 if the link does not work.
What is a Shortstop?
It's a term I've heard for decades and even used myself from time to time, but I've never known exactly what it means. Would somebody be so kind as to offer a definition of the term "shortstop" as it relates to pool?
forums.azbilliards.com
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Update: A segment from Hubbart's Obituary:
Originally from Rochester, N.Y., Hubbart was one of the top professional poolplayers of his era during the late 70s and early 80s, winning numerous titles including the 1976 U.S. Open 8-Ball Championship, 1977 World 9-Ball Championship and the 1979 World 8-Ball Championship.
I looked up the World Championships for 14.1 and and the US Open 14.1 Championships (Both on wiki, and go back to the very beginning before WPA). Hubbart is not on either list. Someone did a good job on the the WC list on Wiki, showing winner, runner up, and current sanctioning body.
So it was not accurate it seems, but close
Originally from Rochester, N.Y., Hubbart was one of the top professional poolplayers of his era during the late 70s and early 80s, winning numerous titles including the 1976 U.S. Open 8-Ball Championship, 1977 World 9-Ball Championship and the 1979 World 8-Ball Championship.
I looked up the World Championships for 14.1 and and the US Open 14.1 Championships (Both on wiki, and go back to the very beginning before WPA). Hubbart is not on either list. Someone did a good job on the the WC list on Wiki, showing winner, runner up, and current sanctioning body.
So it was not accurate it seems, but close
Update: A segment from Hubbart's Obituary:
Originally from Rochester, N.Y., Hubbart was one of the top professional poolplayers of his era during the late 70s and early 80s, winning numerous titles including the 1976 U.S. Open 8-Ball Championship, 1977 World 9-Ball Championship and the 1979 World 8-Ball Championship.
I looked up the World Championships for 14.1 and and the US Open 14.1 Championships (Both on wiki, and go back to the very beginning before WPA). Hubbart is not on either list. Someone did a good job on the the WC list on Wiki, showing winner, runner up, and current sanctioning body.
So it was not accurate it seems, but close
didn't wu jiaqing win both the world 9b and the world 8b in the same year? i think at least within a year. he was 15 or 16 y.o.
Yes, he did, representing Taiwan. I remember he was on the cover of Billiards Digest that year.
He did, or at least in the same “season”. Alcano replicated the feat winning the 9 ball title in 2006 and 8 ball title in 2007.