Straight Pool champions were a popular attraction in local rooms where they were often booked for exhibitions. Local room owners tried to lure Taylor into money games. Eddie, a local owner of the local room, tried to convince Taylor to join them in money games. This was not to happen.
Wu is left-handed.
JiaQing Wu, a Chinese pool player, is the double world champion. As a teenager, he won World 9-Ball Championship. Wu, who was known as "Chia Chung Wu" when he was younger, beat Austria's world number one Ouschan in the finals by 11 points. Wu also won the World Eight-Ball Championship, and placed second in the World ten-ball championship.
The International Pool Tour is hosting a multi-million dollar 8-ball tournament, featuring young superstars Chia-Ching Wu and Jasmin Ouschan. The record-breaking purse for this event is $3 million, with a $500,000 first-place prize for the winner.
Styler is a left-handed player
Tyler Styler plays American pool. He started playing pool as a teenager and was 13th in his first WPA World Junior Championship. He has won several international tournaments, including both the Kremlin World Cup (8-ball) and the World Championship 8-ball. In the last few years, he has been in the top ten of the world.
He was also the youngest player to represent Europe at the Mosconi Cup 2008. In 2008, he was named MVP. He also became the youngest player to win China Open. He won the European Pool Championship in the year following. He was the winner of the WPA World 9ball Championship as well as the Leende Open. He also claimed the first position in the US Open 9-ball championship.
Saris defeats Albin at the Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open
The Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open has commenced with the 9-ball individual competition. The Netherlands' largest sports channel, Ziggo Sports Channel will broadcast the first match live. There will be a semi final and the ultimate.
Ivar Saris beat Albin Ouschan, in a thrilling match. Albin won nine of ten points to win the match. Next, he will face the winner of the Erol Kayas vs Michel Bartol match to make the knockout round.
David Alcaide defeats Shane Van Boening at the Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open
The Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open has reached its final phase and Shane Van Boening is still in the running for the title. American had won the Predator World-10-ball Championship last year. In the final, he will face Joshua Filler, the World Pool and Billiards Association 9 ball champion. Both men had overcome challenging draw conditions. Filler won the final round against Gerson Martnez of Peru, and Van Boening met Fedor Gorst from Russia. Filler won the second phase match by as much as four games.
Van Boening was the top 64-player seed. He had spent many hours in Qatar perfecting his break shot. He used this to easily beat his first four opponents. The combined score was 44-14. He beat Orcollo, and then went on to beat David Alcaide.