A series of photographs delineating five groups of competitors in Stage 1 of the 18th Annual American 14.1 Straight Pool Championships picked five men, one from each group, to demonstrate the caliber of play in each of the five groups. Pictured were Mario He, Lee Vann Corteza, Ralf Souquet, Thorsten Hohmann and Mika Immonen. Created before the event got underway at Q Master Billiards in Virginia Beach, VA on Thursday (Oct. 26), the photo proved to be a relatively accurate bit of handicapping as four of the five were among the event’s final six. Mario He came back from a hot seat loss to Lee Vann Corteza and won it. Ralf Souquet, who would end up being defeated by first, Immonen on the winners’ side of the double-elimination bracket and then, by Hohmann on the loss side, would finish in the tie for 9th/12th. Hohmann and Immonen came within a match of competing in the quarterfinals, but finished in the tie for 5th/6th.
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