Group Pairings 2008 Predator World 14.1 Championship & Schedule

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East Brunswick, New Jersey- Dragon Promotions announces the official group pairings for the 2008 Predator World Straight Pool Championship. The round robin stage will be held Aug 25-27, with the field narrowed to 32 in the double elimination stage races to 150 on Aug 28, and the last sixteen playing race to 200 points on Aug 29-30.
There may be last minute changes and substitutions in the schedule and the event if a player is not able to attend.

Official Group Pairings of the 2008 Predator World 14.1 Championship
Round Robin Races to 100 Points

Group 1
Oliver Ortmann GER
Allen Hopkins USA
Yu Ram Cha KOR
Mike Dechaine USA
Bernie Pettipiece USA
Bob Chamberlain USA
Bill Maropolous USA
Peter Burrows USA



Group 2
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Mike Sigel USA
Jonathan Fulcher SCO
Charlie Williams USA pd by DP
Stevie Moore USA
Jim Gottier USA
Devon Cataldi USA
Allan Cornia USA



Group 3
Huidji See NED
John Schmidt USA
Dominic Jentsch GER
Shaun Wilkie USA
Mark Vidal SPN
Jimmy Mendoza USA
Dan Heidrich USA USA
David Daya USA

Group 4
Danny Harriman USA
Niels Feijen NED
Danny Barouty USA
Gerda Hofstatter AUT
Bob Maidhof USA
Chris Lynch USA
Mark Snodgrass USA
Stefan Cohen FRA pd by pred


Group 5
Martin Kempter AUT
Ralf Souquet GER
Tony Robles USA
Francisco Bustamante PHI
Vincent Facquet FRA
Dan Wallace USA
Dennis Hatch USA
Jonathan Smith USA




Group 6
Thomas Engert GER #6 seed
Raj Hundal IND #11 seed
Corey Deuel USA
Nick Van Denberg (NED)
Sebastian Staab GER owed by maurice
Liz Ford USA
Tom Parisian USA
Shin Young Park KOR




Group 7
Mika Immonen FIN #7 seed
Bobby Hunter USA #10 seed
Konstantin Stepanov (RUS)
Mike Davis USA
Ed Deska USA
Mark Ritter USA
Michael Yednak USA
Bob M. Cozzolino USA



Group 8
Johnny Archer USA #8 seed
Jasmin Ouschan AUT #9 seed
Radoslaw Babica (POL)
Tony Rodriguez USA
Calvin Coker USA
Mohammed Hakim NED
Steve Lipsky USA
Steve Lillis USA

Time Table for Monday- Wednesday Round Robin
2 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
3 Mon 9:00am Maropolous vs. Burows Cataldi vs. Cornia Heidrich vs. Daya Snodgrass vs. Cohen
4 Mon 10:30am Pettipiece vs. Chamberlain Moore vs. Gottier Jentsch vs. Wilkie Barouty vs. Hofstatter
5 Mon 12:00pm Cha vs. Dechaine Fulcher vs. Williams Vidal vs. Mendoza Maidhof vs. Lynch
6 Mon 1:30pm Ortmann vs. Hopkins Hohmann vs. Sigel See vs. Schmidt Harriman vs. Feijen
7
8 Mon 3:00pm Dechaine vs. Maropolous Williams vs. Cataldi Wilkie vs. Heidrich Hofstatter vs. Snodgrass
9 Mon 5:30pm Hopkins vs. Pettipiece Fulcher vs. Cornia See vs. Mendoza Feijen vs. Maidhof
10 Mon 7:00pm Ortmann vs. Chamberlain Sigel vs. Moore Schmidt vs. Vidal Barouty vs. Cohen
11 Mon 8:30pm Cha vs. Burows Hohmann vs. Gottier Jentsch vs. Daya Harriman vs. Lynch
12
13 Mon 10:00pm Ortmann vs. Cha Hohmann vs. Fulcher See vs. Jentsch Harriman vs. Barouty
14 Mon 11:30pm Pettipiece vs. Maropolous Moore vs. Cataldi Vidal vs. Heidrich Maidhof vs. Snodgrass
15 Tues 9:30am Chamberlain vs. Burows Gottier vs. Cornia Mendoza vs. Daya Lynch vs. Cohen
16 Tues 11:00am Hopkins vs. Dechaine Sigel vs. Williams Schmidt vs. Wilkie Feijen vs. Hofstatter
17
18 Tues 12:30pm Ortmann vs. Maropolous Hohmann vs. Cataldi See vs. Heidrich Harriman vs. Snodgrass
19 Tues 2:00pm Hopkins vs. Burows Sigel vs. Cornia Schmidt vs. Daya Feijen vs. Cohen
20 Tues 3:30pm Cha vs. Chamberlain Fulcher vs. Gottier Jentsch vs. Mendoza Barouty vs. Lynch
21 Tues 6:00pm Dechaine vs. Pettipiece Williams vs. Moore Wilkie vs. Vidal Hofstatter vs. Maidhof
22
23 Tues 7:30pm Ortmann vs. Dechaine Hohmann vs. Williams See vs. Wilkie Harriman vs. Hofstatter
24 Tues 9:00pm Hopkins vs. Cha Sigel vs. Fulcher Schmidt vs. Jentsch Feijen vs. Barouty
25 Tues 10:30pm Pettipiece vs. Burows Moore vs. Cornia Vidal vs. Daya Maidhof vs. Cohen
26 Wed 9:30am Chamberlain vs. Maropolous Gottier vs. Cataldi Mendoza vs. Heidrich Lynch vs. Snodgrass
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28 Wed 11:00am Cha vs. Pettipiece Fulcher vs. Moore Jentsch vs. Vidal Barouty vs. Maidhof
29 Wed 12:30am Dechaine vs. Chamberlain Williams vs. Gottier Wilkie vs. Mendoza Hofstatter vs. Lynch
30 Wed 2:00pm Ortmann vs. Burows Hohmann vs. Cornia See vs. Daya Harriman vs. Cohen
31 Wed 3:30pm Hopkins vs. Maropolous Sigel vs. Cataldi Schmidt vs. Heidrich Feijen vs. Snodgrass
32
33 Wed 6:00pm Ortmann vs. Pettipiece Hohmann vs. Moore See vs. Vidal Harriman vs. Maidhof
34 Wed 7:30pm Hopkins vs. Chamberlain Sigel vs. Gottier Schmidt vs. Mendoza Feijen vs. Lynch
35 Wed 9:00pm Cha vs. Maropolous Fulcher vs. Cataldi Jentsch vs. Heidrich Barouty vs. Snodgrass
36 Wed 10:30pm Dechaine vs. Burows Williams vs. Cornia Wilkie vs. Daya Hofstatter vs. Cohen
37
38 Time Table for Monday- Wednesday Round Robin
39 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
40 Mon 9:00am Hatch vs. Smith Parisian vs. Park Yednak vs. Cozzolino Lipsky vs. Lillis
41 Mon 10:30am Facquet vs. Wallace Staab vs. Ford Deska vs. Ritter Babica vs. Rodriguez
42 Mon 12:00pm Robles vs. Bustamante Deuel vs. Van Denberg Stepanov vs. Davis Coker vs. Hakim
43 Mon 1:30pm Kempter vs. Souquet Engert vs. Hundal Immonen vs. Hunter Archer vs. Ouschan
44
45 Mon 3:00pm Bustamante vs. Hatch Van Denberg vs. Parisian Immonen vs. Ritter Archer vs. Hakim
46 Mon 5:30pm Kempter vs. Wallace Hundal vs. Staab Hunter vs. Deska Ouschan vs. Coker
47 Mon 7:00pm Robles vs. Smith Engert vs. Ford Davis vs. Yednak Rodriguez vs. Lipsky
48 Mon 8:30pm Souquet vs. Facquet Deuel vs. Park Stepanov vs. Cozzolino Babica vs. Lillis
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50 Mon 10:00pm Kempter vs. Robles Engert vs. Deuel Immonen vs. Stepanov Archer vs. Babica
51 Mon 11:30pm Facquet vs. Bustamante Staab vs. Parisian Deska vs. Yednak Coker vs. Lipsky
52 Tues 9:30am Wallace vs. Hatch Ford vs. Park Ritter vs. Cozzolino Hakim vs. Lillis
53 Tues 11:00am Souquet vs. Smith Hundal vs. Van Denberg Hunter vs. Davis Ouschan vs. Rodriguez
54
55 Tues 12:30pm Kempter vs. Hatch Engert vs. Parisian Immonen vs. Yednak Archer vs. Lipsky
56 Tues 2:00pm Souquet vs. Smith Hundal vs. Park Hunter vs. Cozzolino Ouschan vs. Lillis
57 Tues 3:30pm Robles vs. Wallace Deuel vs. Ford Stepanov vs. Ritter Babica vs. Hakim
58 Tues 6:00pm Bustamante vs. Facquet Van Denberg vs. Staab Davis vs. Deska Rodriguez vs. Coker
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60 Tues 7:30pm Kempter vs. Bustamante Engert vs. Van Denberg Immonen vs. Davis Archer vs. Rodriguez
61 Tues 9:00pm Souquet vs. Robles Hundal vs. Deuel Hunter vs. Stepanov Ouschan vs. Babica
62 Tues 10:30pm Facquet vs. Smith Staab vs. Park Deska vs. Cozzolino Coker vs. Lillis
63 Wed 9:30am Wallace vs. Hatch Ford vs. Parisian Ritter vs. Yednak Hakim vs. Lipsky
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65 Wed 11:00am Robles vs. Facquet Deuel vs. Staab Stepanov vs. Deska Babica vs. Coker
66 Wed 12:30am Bustamante vs. Wallace Van Denberg vs. Ford Davis vs. Ritter Rodriguez vs. Hakim
67 Wed 2:00pm Kempter vs. Smith Engert vs. Park Immonen vs. Cozzolino Archer vs. Lillis
68 Wed 3:30pm Souquet vs. Hatch Hundal vs. Parisian Hunter vs. Yednak Ouschan vs. Lipsky
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70 Wed 6:00pm Kempter vs. Facquet Engert vs. Staab Immonen vs. Deska Archer vs. Coker
71 Wed 7:30pm Souquet vs. Wallace Hundal vs. Ford Hunter vs. Ritter Ouschan vs. Hakim
72 Wed 9:00pm Robles vs. Hatch Deuel vs. Parisian Stepanov vs. Yednak Babica vs. Lipsky
73 Wed 10:30pm Bustamante vs. Smith Van Denberg vs. Park Davis vs. Cozzolino Rodriguez vs. Lillis



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Thanks for posting. This is exactly what I wanted to see. Sigel plays Hohmann in his first match. I guess we should find out if he is ready or not.
 
Group 5 is probably the toughest flight in the full three years of this tournament.

- Steve
 
Steve, or anyone who may know. I'm trying to find out when the evening sessions will start on Friday night, and about how long they go. My wife and I may be able to drive out and stay a night if the session doesn't start too early.

It's gonna take 3 hrs and we cant get started till 4pm. I'm hoping it is somethingl like 7 to midnight.

thanks for any info known.
 
The Friday evening matches are scheduled to start at 5:30 and 8pm if the DP website is correct. Hope that helps.
 
I can't seem to find the live feed for this event. Does anyone know where it is?

If I can't find it, I'll just go back to watching the plethora of regional tour events and humble gambling matches I get to watch every day from all around the country...surely something of this stature (it is a World Championship after all) would have a live feed or is being recorded in some manner?!?!?

Someone wouldn't drop the ball that bad would they?
 
I'm impressed by the dedication of some of the 14.1 fans here. Flying in or driving more than an hour or two is more than I would have done. And I thought I was a fan.
 
bluepepper said:
I'm impressed by the dedication of some of the 14.1 fans here. Flying in or driving more than an hour or two is more than I would have done. And I thought I was a fan.
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You're right about that. I also like that Steve and Chris both post on this thread the day before they play in the actual event being discussed!

I agree group 5 is as tough as it gets. While there are some lesser known players in the event, there are a few top players in every group. You've got to play great just to be in your group's top half! Good luck Steve and Chris! And best of luck to Ed Deska and Mike Davis - Maryland rivals in Group 7 playing Tuesday at 6:00.

Andy
 
My pick for the players that I believe will proceed from each group. (Names in red). Some groups I don't know the level of all the players, so hard to pick all 4...

koreandragon said:
Group 1
Oliver Ortmann GER
Allen Hopkins USA
Yu Ram Cha KOR
Mike Dechaine USA
Bernie Pettipiece USA
Bob Chamberlain USA
Bill Maropolous USA
Peter Burrows USA

Group 2
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Mike Sigel USA
Jonathan Fulcher SCO
Charlie Williams USA pd by DP
Stevie Moore USA
Jim Gottier USA
Devon Cataldi USA
Allan Cornia USA

Group 3
Huidji See NED
John Schmidt USA
Dominic Jentsch GER
Shaun Wilkie USA
Mark Vidal SPN
Jimmy Mendoza USA
Dan Heidrich USA USA
David Daya USA

Group 4
Danny Harriman USA
Niels Feijen NED
Danny Barouty USA
Gerda Hofstatter AUT
Bob Maidhof USA
Chris Lynch USA
Mark Snodgrass USA
Stefan Cohen FRA pd by pred

Group 5
Martin Kempter AUT
Ralf Souquet GER
Tony Robles USA
Francisco Bustamante PHI
Vincent Facquet FRA
Dan Wallace USA
Dennis Hatch USA
Jonathan Smith USA

Group 6
Thomas Engert GER #6 seed
Raj Hundal IND #11 seed
Corey Deuel USA
Nick Van Denberg (NED)
Sebastian Staab GER owed by maurice
Liz Ford USA
Tom Parisian USA
Shin Young Park KOR

Group 7
Mika Immonen FIN #7 seed
Bobby Hunter USA #10 seed
Konstantin Stepanov (RUS)
Mike Davis USA
Ed Deska USA
Mark Ritter USA
Michael Yednak USA
Bob M. Cozzolino USA

Group 8
Johnny Archer USA #8 seed
Jasmin Ouschan AUT #9 seed
Radoslaw Babica (POL)
Tony Rodriguez USA
Calvin Coker USA
Mohammed Hakim NED
Steve Lipsky USA (hope you play as good as I think you do) :D
Steve Lillis USA
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Good luck to all players! For those who will be present, please keep us updated!
 
How does Danny Barouty have a match at !0:00 and 10:30 tomorrow? He plays Harriman and Hofstader. I knew he was good, but wow.
 
OK, taking a shot at guessing the four survivors of round robin play from each group.

Group 1
Oliver Ortmann GER
Allen Hopkins USA
Yu Ram Cha KOR
Mike Dechaine USA
Bernie Pettipiece USA
Bob Chamberlain USA
Bill Maropolous USA
Peter Burrows USA

Ortmann should go 7-0 in this group. Hopkins, Cha, and Dechaine are my other three picks.

Group 2
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Mike Sigel USA
Jonathan Fulcher SCO
Charlie Williams USA pd by DP
Stevie Moore USA
Jim Gottier USA
Devon Cataldi USA
Allan Cornia USA

Hohmann, Williams, Moore and Gottier are my picks here.

Group 3
Huidji See NED
John Schmidt USA
Dominic Jentsch GER
Shaun Wilkie USA
Mark Vidal SPN
Jimmy Mendoza USA
Dan Heidrich USA USA
David Daya USA

See and Schmidt, second and fifth respectively last year, are obvious picks, but after that it's no clear. I'll go with Mendoza and Jentsch.

Group 4
Danny Harriman USA
Niels Feijen NED
Danny Barouty USA
Gerda Hofstatter AUT
Bob Maidhof USA
Chris Lynch USA
Mark Snodgrass USA
Stefan Cohen FRA pd by pred

Wow, this group is tough! Harriman, with two consecutive top fives in this event, multi-winner of the european straight pool champinships Feijen, and Barouty, who beat Hohmann on the way to finsihing ninth last year, should all get through. Maidhof won a qualifier to get here by beating Barouty in the finals, so he seems the logical pick to advance, but he'll be tested.

Group 5
Martin Kempter AUT
Ralf Souquet GER
Tony Robles USA
Francisco Bustamante PHI
Vincent Facquet FRA
Dan Wallace USA
Dennis Hatch USA
Jonathan Smith USA

The group of death, much harder than all the others, should provide some great drama, and, due to its depth, some very skillful players will fail to make it past the round robin stage. Souquet and Robles are my first two picks. I think Hatch will have a good event, and he is my third pick. Kempter is a little hard to gauge. He looked so good on the way to the final day last year, but played horribly when he got there, with several weaknesses exposed in the semifinal against Huidji See. I say he'll stumble and my fourth pick is Jonathan Smith.

Group 6
Thomas Engert GER #6 seed
Raj Hundal IND #11 seed
Corey Deuel USA
Nick Van Denberg (NED)
Sebastian Staab GER owed by maurice
Liz Ford USA
Tom Parisian USA
Shin Young Park KOR

Engert is an established world beater and VanDen Berg impressed me a lot last year, so I'll make them my first two picks. I'll take a shot with Staab and Deuel as my other two picks.

Group 7
Mika Immonen FIN #7 seed
Bobby Hunter USA #10 seed
Konstantin Stepanov (RUS)
Mike Davis USA
Ed Deska USA
Mark Ritter USA
Michael Yednak USA
Bob M. Cozzolino USA

Immonen and Hunter seem bvious picks here, and Eurotour star Stepanov should get through, as well. Mike Davis, who failed to get through the round robin ayear ago, should bounce back and make it through ths year.

Group 8
Johnny Archer USA #8 seed
Jasmin Ouschan AUT #9 seed
Radoslaw Babica (POL)
Tony Rodriguez USA
Calvin Coker USA
Mohammed Hakim NED
Steve Lipsky USA
Steve Lillis USA

Archer, Ouschan, Babica and Lipsky seem obvious picks here.

Well, that's how I see it. Let the games begin.
 
My picks:

1: Ortmann, Hopkins, Dechaine, Chamberlain
2: Hohmann, Sigel, Williams, Moore
3: See, Schmidt, Wilkie, Heidrich
4: Harriman, Feijen, Barouty, Maidhof
5: Kempter, Souquet, Robles, Bustamante
6: Engert, Hundal, Van Denberg, Deuel
7: Immonen, Hunter, Davis, Deska
8: Archer Ouschan, Babica, Lipsky
 
Group 4 & 5 are tough groups as far as I can see and group 8, aint too far behind either :)

My picks are;-

1. Ortman, Hopkins, Chamberlain, Burrows

2. Hohmann, Sigel, Moore, Williams/Gottier

3. See, Schmidt, Wilkie, Jentsch (I have a feeling that Jentsch will put up quite a hell of a tournament, after all, the German's are very adept at straight pool and I have a feeling that this guy won't be any different either)

4. Harriman, Feijen, Barouty, Lynch.

5. Souquet, Robles, Bustamante, Hatch (This is a nightmare group to pick the last 2 qualifiers from the RR stage)

6. Engert, Van Den Berg, Deuel, Staab.

7. Immonen, Hunter, Stepanov, Davis.

8. Archer, Ouschan, Babica, Lipsky.

This is definitely a high end group of players this year, good luck to everyone who is competeing in the event :thumbup:

I would love to be shooting in this tournament.... If I had the bankroll to play, that is :(

Willie
 
I'll give this a shot:

Group 1
Oliver Ortmann GER
Allen Hopkins USA
Yu Ram Cha KOR
Mike Dechaine USA
Bernie Pettipiece USA
Bob Chamberlain USA
Bill Maropolous USA
Peter Burrows USA

Ortmann, Hopkins, Pettipiece, Dechaine (people will be surprised at how well Bernie Pettipiece plays)

Group 2
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Mike Sigel USA
Jonathan Fulcher SCO
Charlie Williams USA pd by DP
Stevie Moore USA
Jim Gottier USA
Devon Cataldi USA
Allan Cornia USA

Hohmann, Sigel, Moore, Williams (Moore will beat out Fulcher by a small margin)

Group 3
Huidji See NED
John Schmidt USA
Dominic Jentsch GER
Shaun Wilkie USA
Mark Vidal SPN
Jimmy Mendoza USA
Dan Heidrich USA USA
David Daya USA

See, Schmidt, Jentsch, Mendoza (Wilkie could inch out Mendoza, but I think Mendoza has the better of it)

Group 4
Danny Harriman USA
Niels Feijen NED
Danny Barouty USA
Gerda Hofstatter AUT
Bob Maidhof USA
Chris Lynch USA
Mark Snodgrass USA
Stefan Cohen FRA pd by pred

Harriman, Feijen, Barouty, Cohen

Group 5
Martin Kempter AUT
Ralf Souquet GER
Tony Robles USA
Francisco Bustamante PHI
Vincent Facquet FRA
Dan Wallace USA
Dennis Hatch USA
Jonathan Smith USA

Souqet, Robles, Bustamante, Facquet (Hatch and Smith should both make it through, just not in this group)

Group 6
Thomas Engert GER #6 seed
Raj Hundal IND #11 seed
Corey Deuel USA
Nick Van Denberg (NED)
Sebastian Staab GER owed by maurice
Liz Ford USA
Tom Parisian USA
Shin Young Park KOR

Engert, Hundal, Deuel, Van Den Berg

Group 7
Mika Immonen FIN #7 seed
Bobby Hunter USA #10 seed
Konstantin Stepanov (RUS)
Mike Davis USA
Ed Deska USA
Mark Ritter USA
Michael Yednak USA
Bob M. Cozzolino USA

Immonen, Hunter, Stepanov, Davis

Group 8
Johnny Archer USA #8 seed
Jasmin Ouschan AUT #9 seed
Radoslaw Babica (POL)
Tony Rodriguez USA
Calvin Coker USA
Mohammed Hakim NED
Steve Lipsky USA
Steve Lillis USA

Archer, Ouschan, Babica, Lipsky

Ray
 
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beware the Orange crush! NVDB in form, Niels always dangerous and See will be motivated to improve last years result! Mo Hakim knows the game well and plays with a lot of intensity. if he doesn't overdo it, he'll tackle a couple of big guns.

poolkrant.nl
club-8.nl
 
plague said:
beware the Orange crush! NVDB in form, Niels always dangerous and See will be motivated to improve last years result! Mo Hakim knows the game well and plays with a lot of intensity. if he doesn't overdo it, he'll tackle a couple of big guns.

poolkrant.nl
club-8.nl
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Hi Alex,

Wish I could see you in the field of the tournament, you belong in there!

I wouldn't be surprised if either Niels or Nick brings the title home to the Netherlands. They are both great 14-1 players.
 
Over the past few years, this is the toughest field I have seen.

Here are some of my picks -

I know most of the players very well and my attention is on Niels Feijen. He has an impressive resume of accomplishments - but no world championship in any discipline. He has been knocking at the door for about 8-9 years now, and I believe he will be a major force in this tournament - and I hope he wins this. He works so hard on his game and he has such a strong mental focus - this could be his year.

I never count out Toastie - he loves straight pool and he is back in top form physically and mentally - I believe that the move back to J'ville has put everything back into perspective for Thorsten. He has been working very hard with his coach back in Germany and he is getting that look that he had in his eyes back in 2003-2006. As always the road to the World Championship goes through Thorsten Hohmann and it won't be easy.

The American players - Sigel, Harriman, Schmidt, Hopkins, Robles - they are all phenomenally strong. I like guys like Deska, Maidhof, Hatch, Barouty, and Hunter. Many consider them long shots to win this, but they are just as strong as the others and can catch a lot of players in this international field by surprise if they are underestimated.

Either way, this will be a great event - I hope that somehow they are able to capture some of it on video.
 
Blackjack said:
Over the past few years, this is the toughest field I have seen.

Here are some of my picks -

I know most of the players very well and my attention is on Niels Feijen. He has an impressive resume of accomplishments - but no world championship in any discipline. He has been knocking at the door for about 8-9 years now, and I believe he will be a major force in this tournament - and I hope he wins this. He works so hard on his game and he has such a strong mental focus - this could be his year.

I never count out Toastie - he loves straight pool and he is back in top form physically and mentally - I believe that the move back to J'ville has put everything back into perspective for Thorsten. He has been working very hard with his coach back in Germany and he is getting that look that he had in his eyes back in 2003-2006. As always the road to the World Championship goes through Thorsten Hohmann and it won't be easy.

The American players - Sigel, Harriman, Schmidt, Hopkins, Robles - they are all phenomenally strong. I like guys like Deska, Maidhof, Hatch, Barouty, and Hunter. Many consider them long shots to win this, but they are just as strong as the others and can catch a lot of players in this international field by surprise if they are underestimated.

Either way, this will be a great event - I hope that somehow they are able to capture some of it on video.
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Good picks, BJ. :)

Hey, U shoulda tried qualifying 4 a spot!! :)

Brian
 
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Roy Steffensen said:
Hi Alex,

Wish I could see you in the field of the tournament, you belong in there!

I wouldn't be surprised if either Niels or Nick brings the title home to the Netherlands. They are both great 14-1 players.
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thanks, i will be playing this thing someday, i love the game. i started out by watching Mike Sigel run 150-and-out about 50 times. his patterns are very easy to discern wich makes it easy to learn from.

i'm sure the trophy will come to Holland, this year or in the near future. we (niels,nick,rico and i) used to practice a lot of straight-pool and organise 4-man tournaments, winner take-all. in the Bootcamps with the Dutch team we mostly play straightpool. because it's a good practice for your fundamentals, your concentration and being the first disciplin in the European Championships. to draw first blood and make a statement to the rest of the field for the rest of the tournament.

in the EC's they didn't do well this year, i'm convinced that they will do well in New J and score heavily.
 
No updates?

Wasn't it last year that we had live updates of the action?? Seems like we are going backwards.

For DP to promote the tourney so heavily, yet no have someone to sit there and punch in the scores....
 
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