Hohmann Wins it!7-0

[sjm]

Spill it...AZ enquiring minds wanna know.

Nostroke is referring to the fact that I played poker for the first time ever in a casino on Tuesday night, which doesn't really fit my image. I actually won $35. Nostroke mentioned how surprised he was to see me playing poker when I saw him on Wednesday. Now Thursday night was a different story. I sat down at a table with WPBA pro Jeannie Seaver, and she beat me out of a couple of pots that night. I ended up losing $64 in that session, squandering the profits and then some.

Just had to try Texas hold em, the game I've watched on TV. Now I'm a veteran poker player. Landshark, at least I'm smart enough to sit in the $2 ante game having a $4 maximum bet. Tough to get hurt doing that.

 

[lewdo26]

Pagulayan's credentials are just not sufficient by my standards. Yes, he has a first and a second in the WPC and a second in the US open, but his list of titles is a very short one for anyone wishing to be considered the best.

Hohmann, still very young, in the last two years alone:

...won the 2003 world championship (beating Alex in final)
...has a second place in the 2004 US Open
...has won the 2005 BCA Open title
...dominated a very elite field at the 2003 NJ Straight Pool Campionships
...dominated the straight pool event at the 2005 European Championships

I haven't said this about any player in twenty years, but this guy is bringing back memories of Mike Sigel.

Alex is great, but Hohmann is better. Efren is better yet, beng the world's best eight ball player, the world's best one-pocket player, and one of the world's best nineball players.

But the Efren Reyes era is surely gradually drawing to a close and, to me, Hohmann may soon be known as the world's best pool player.

Your post certainly makes quite an impression on me, sjm. I'll have to study this guy more closely. I've seen Hohmann play twice in person and a couple of times on tape. His consistency and well-rounded play were always impressive, of course. But until now, if asked who are the most talented players now in their 20s, I would have said Corey Deuel or Pagulayan (though I haven't seen any of Yang).

I guess well-rounded players are often the hardest to spot because we aren't talking about an exceptional skill that overrides all others (Corey Deuel - pocketing; Efren - cueball control; etc.).

I just remember Hohmann diligently studying the one pocket games of the older unknows at the Derby, in the "chapel" of the tournament hall. Wee hours, all by himself. The guy is obviously very serious...

 

[vagabond]

Just had to try Texas hold em, the game I've watched on TV. Now I'm a veteran poker player. Landshark, at least I'm smart enough to sit in the $2 ante game having a $4 maximum bet.

Howdy,
Next time u are in Vegas you may try that game at PALMS casino where our Ex Pro player Mary Kenniston( Do not know the current last name) is one of the Dealers in Texas hold em. Cheers
vagabond

 

[sjm]

I guess well-rounded players are often the hardest to spot because we aren't talking about an exceptional skill that overrides all others (Corey Deuel - pocketing; Efren - cueball control; etc.).

I just remember Hohmann diligently studying the one pocket games of the older unknows at the Derby, in the "chapel" of the tournament hall. Wee hours, all by himself. The guy is obviously very serious...

Lewdo, Hohmann has one of the prettiest strokes I've ever seen, his follow through is a thng of beauty. Maybe he doesn't pocket like Fong Pang Chao, have Efren Reyes' touch, or play the patterns like Buddy Hall, but he's a truly awesome talent with a well-rounded and complete set of skills to go with a very strong competitive pedigree.

As you said, Thorsten's also a true student of the game. Nothing is more special than winning a big event in front of your mentor, and mentor Ralf Souquet wouldn't have missed the BCA Open final for the world. When Hohmann pocketed the nineball to end the match, the first and only high five he gave went to Ralf Souquet, and it was a very energetic high five at that. Not even the guy sitting next to Souquet, none other than Mike Sigel, who prepared his hand for a high five, got one.

Hohmann needs to be recognized for what he now is --- one of the game's true superstars.

 

[onepocketchump]

A younger Thorsten Hohmann was one of the few German players to post consistent wins over Francisco Bustamante in German tournaments. His emergence now on the world stage is no fluke. He has always been known to be a world-class talent in Germany and Europe.

John

 

[JustPlay]

Howdy,
Next time u are in Vegas you may try that game at PALMS casino where our Ex Pro player Mary Kenniston( Do not know the current last name) is one of the Dealers in Texas hold em. Cheers
vagabond

Mary Kenniston is married to Fred Guarino. Last time I saw her was 15 years ago when I lived in LV, her and Fred owned Cuetopia.

 

[vagabond]

Mary Kenniston is married to Fred Guarino. Last time I saw her was 15 years ago when I lived in LV, her and Fred owned Cuetopia.

Hi,
She was divorced from Fred and married another gentleman less than 9 months ago.
Vagabond