Van Boening Vows to Defend USA at the Predator International 10-Ball Championship

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Van Boening Vows to Defend USA at the Predator International 10-ball Championship
USA has mobilized a wealth of its best billiards talent to halt the hordes of foreign stars attending the 8th Annual Predator 10-ball Championship . Roughly twenty top pros will take on the task of countering their international adversaries. Leading the forefront will be USA’s hottest professional Shane Van Boening and veteran mega star Johnny Archer.
The biggest outside threat will be the strong Filipino contingent led by Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, and Alex Pagulayan. USA has strong hopes within their own ranks as players like Van Boening have halted Pinoys such as Ronnie Alcano from winning the US Open and battling back and forth with lion hearted Alex Pagulayan. Other top hopefuls such as John Schmidt, who zoomed past Filipino legend Rodulpho Luat to win the US Open and long time force Johnny Archer, who’s Scorpion sting has stung many champions from the eastern hemisphere such as Reyes and Bustamante for years.
I won the title for the USA last year, and I am confident we can keep the title this year. I know what we can do and what kind of firepower they will be facing when they play against me, Johnny, and the rest of the US crew. said a confident Van Boening. Shane has put his money where his mouth is with wins at last year’s Predator World 10-ball Championship and US Open 9-ball Championship, leaving a trail of Asian and European victims to the wayside.
If there is one player the Filipinos are intimidated by right now, it has to be Shane. He is so focused and smooth, nothing seems to phase him. No excuses, he is the real deal. says Mike Davis, currently #3 in the USA rankings.
The USA’s talented regiment will also include US Open Champions Rodney Morris, Gabe Owen, and Jeremy Jones. BCA Open Champions Charlie Williams and Tony Robles, along with experienced pros Dennis Hatch, Shawn Putnam, Tony Crosby, and hard nosed competitors Mike Davis, Charlie Bryant and Stevie Moore. New hot guns Shaun Wilkie, Mike Dechaine, and Louis Ulrich. Last year’s runner up Cliff Joyner will be back as well as veteran and now Hall of Famer Allen Hopkins.
Skybox Seats available for the first time at Predator International 10-ball Championship. Watch the pros play in style up high in the elite Skybox area seating. In the past, these seats were exclusive only to pro players,special guests and sponsors. This year the Skybox seating will host the pro players and sponsors as well as elite VIP ticket holders who specifically purchase tickets just for the skybox areas. Any remaining tickets can be purchased on site at the tickets sales counter near the pro arena. Buy now in advance at Playbca.com.

The 8th Annual Predator International 10-ball Championship is produced by Dragon Promotions. The event is hosted by the BCA Pool Leagues at the Riviera Hotel Casino and sponsored by The Predator Group, Seyberts.com, Diamond Billiard Products, Simonis cloth, Aramith Balls, Delta-13 Rack, and Extreme Focus Sports Drink. The event matches will be covered daily by Kozoom.com and InsidePOOLmag.com.

More info on the event can be found at Dragonpromotions.com

Top Seeds Advance at Korean Billiard Event

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Top Seeds Advance at Korean Billiard Event

The top billiards seeds continue on through Day 2 of the Korea Championships. Defending Champion Charlie Williams USA moved on to the final 16 with his 9-6 win over Korea #6 Jin Hyuk Han. Japan’s Syo Tsuken continued his domination with 9-5 win over Korea #3 Woong Dae Kim. Jundel Mazon PHI is looking to improve his last 5th place performance in Korea as he progesses to the final 16.

Raj Hundal (pictured), who recently gained citzenship in India, is playing for the first time under the banner of India. Hundal won a nail biter 9-8 over Korea #4 Min Hu Baek to advance to the Final 16.

It does feel a little strange to hear and see India by my name on the chart and announcements. But I like it. I plan on playing in more events in Asia and all the Dragon Promotions events in Korea. I want to represent India more and more on a global scale. says Hundal, who is former #1 in England and played for Europe in the Mosconi Cup.

Thorsten Hohmann of Germany dropped his match to Goh Takami JPN 9-7 after Takami made an amazing 3 rail kick shot. This was the second time they had played and second loss to Hohmann.
I saw him measuring it, and it was a super hard shot. He made it, and he meant to do it. It was an Efren shot. commended the classy Hohmann after his loss. Hohmann bounced back with a 9-2 win over 18 year old Korean sensation Kang Lee to advance to the Final 16.

Hiroshi Takenaka JPN , coming in as #11 seed, looked nervous with his 9-6 win over Korea women’s champ Yu Ram Cha. Mark Mendoza of PHI won a close call 9-7 over Japanese junior champ Hayato Hijikata 9-7 but lost to Korea’s #1 Young Hwa Jeong. #7 seed Mike Davis USA forfeited his match to Y. Cha KOR earlier as he was on route still from the UPA Phoenix event. Davis luckily received a bye on the loser’s side and will start off his match on his arrival in Korea this evening.

The women’s division showed no surprises as Korea #2 Eun Ji Park defeated Brazil’s Luciene Vieira 7-1 and then Japan’s Mika Muneta 7-4. Korea #1 Yun Mi Lim in turn defeated Park. Yu Ram Cha knocked out both Malaysians Ester Yee 7-2 and Suhana Sabtu 7-5 while Taiwan’s monster duet Chieh Yu Chou and Yuan Chun Lin have had no problems with Chou defeating back to back top Japanese pros K. Yukawa 7-5, Akio Ohtani 7-4, and then Korea’s Lim 7-4. World 9-ball Champion Lin cruised though G.Y. Lee KOR 7-2, Bora Jung KOR 7-4, and then Yu Ram Cha 7-4.

The Men’s Final 16 and Womens Final 8 continues tomorrow, with the final four players coming back on the fourth and final day for televised matches for MBC ESPN.

The 4th Annual Korea Pro Pool Tour Championships is sponsored by MBC ESPN, Ra Beauty Core Salons, Novotel Doksan, Predator Cues, Poison Cues. The official equipment used are Min Tables and Vigma Balls.

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