The 18th Annual American 14:1 Straight Pool Championships got underway a couple of days ago. Wednesday, Oct. 25, to be precise. Though a combination One Pocket/9-Ball event some four hours away in Roanoke, VA cut into the event’s entrants, and much to the detriment of the social scene in general, women did not compete this year, 30 staunch advocates of the game, including three former champions - Thorsten Hohmann (’13), Mika Immonen (’07) and Bob Maidhof (’08) – showed up to play. Runner-ups from years gone by have signed on as well - Shaun Wilkie (’10), Danny Barouty (’06, ‘08) and Hohmann, who, in addition to his victory over Johnny Archer in 2013, has been runner-up three times; to John Schmidt (’12), Darren Appleton (’15) and Eklent Kaci (’18). As it has for the past five years, the event with this year’s $42,000 total purse (along with a $2,000 award for longest run), is being hosted by the country’s largest pool room, the late Barry Behrman’s Q Master Billiards in Virginia Beach, VA.
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