Thorsten Hohmann: Who was the last person to dominate 14.1 before him?

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Making his 11th year in a row appearance at the World 14.1, the new millennium record holder of 14.1 championships, GERMANY's reigning World 14.1 Champion Mr. THORSTEN "Hitman" HOHMANN!! The 2006, 2011, 2013, & 2015 champion, no European, Asian or American player in the world has dominated the game like he has since the 1970s...?? (or...??)
Sept 5-11 in NYC, he'll go for his 5th win.

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Kinda easier to dominate a game hardly anyone ever plays anymore.

I would say Sigel was pretty dominate in a time when 14.1 was still a lot more relevant.
 
I'd say Mike Sigel, more recent wins than Mizerak, though honorable mention would go to Ortmann and Schmidt. Not all that much straight pool has been played in this period.
 
Actually straight pool is still very much played and alive in many European countries and also in Japan and Taiwan.
The #1 14.1 player from Japan is attending this year.
Filipino wizards Orcullo, Reyes, and Bustamante play 14.1 quite well . All have made the final or semi-finals at the World 14.1

Appleton, Feijen, Ortmann, Schmidt, Archer, Cohen, and even Van Boening are monster straight pool competitors
 
Just looked up Thorsten's high run in 14.1. You always hear about John Schmidt's high run, but I was surprised at how many pros have run more. Thorsten's high run is 408, which is also the high run for the Dancing Bear and none other than Earl Strickland. I'm surprised I don't hear more about Earl and straight pool.
 
PocketSpeed11 said:
Just looked up Thorsten's high run in 14.1. You always hear about John Schmidt's high run, but I was surprised at how many pros have run more. Thorsten's high run is 408, which is also the high run for the Dancing Bear and none other than Earl Strickland. I'm surprised I don't hear more about Earl and straight pool.
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Earl's an aggressivie CB mover and I think his ability and penchant for pulling off big shots has a limiting effect on his patience in a game like 14.1. No doubt he has the skill, but with his combat-oriented mindset you'd have to put put him on a cocktail of xanax and ritalin to get him to clam down and focus on 14.1 in the right way for his talent to really show up on a regular enough basis to compete. On a good day, there are plenty of pros who can run 300-400, Thorsten's strength is he can take his fast and athletically-oriented game and then just pause it at any point to study a problem rack, then just crack right on blowing through the rack with the same aggressiveness. That's hard for a lot of people, keeping up the physical and mental energy needed to execute when you're also having to take frequent pauses to strategize like a grand chess master.
 
DutchPool said:
Niels and Nick pretty much owned 14.1 in Europe from 2002 onwards:

http://europeanpoolchampionships.eu/hall-of-fame/

Niels won 3 in a row (2002-2004), 5 in total and 3 second place finishes. Niels also has 1 Word Championship title in 14.1.
Nick won 2 in a row (2012-2013), 3 in total and 1 second place and 2 third place finishes.
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The last time Thorsten played, and won, yielding a 100+ ball run, inning average (a modern day tournament record) was the last time he bothered playing there. So yeah, Niels and Nick dominated in the event without the best straight pool player in the world.
 
NYC cue dude said:
The last time Thorsten played, and won, yielding a 100+ ball run, inning average (a modern day tournament record) was the last time he bothered playing there. So yeah, Niels and Nick dominated in the event without the best straight pool player in the world.
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Thorsten @ the European Championships 14.1:
2005 / Winner
2007 / L32: Lost to Niels
2008 / L32: Lost to Nick
2009 / 2016: Did not play

So, in three outings he won 1 title and didn't make it past the last 32 the next two years (losing to Niels and Nick).

Check your facts before replying next time.
 
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