The Hilton East Brunswick Hotel
East Brunswick
New Jersey
USA
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25-30 August 2008
International Field Led by Defending Champion Oliver Ortmann
Germany, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, Canada, Japan, Finland, Poland, India, Austria, Scotland, France, Spain and the USA are some of the countries that will be represented at the 2008 Predator World Straight Pool Championship held at the Hilton East Brunswick, NJ from Aug 25-30,2008.
Reigning WPA World Straight Pool Champion Oliver Ortmann of Germany will be leading a mass of foreign players onto American soil once more to retain the prestigious mantle of World 14.1 Champion. The last American to win the World 14.1 title was Bobby Hunter in 1990,nearly 2 decades ago.
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Early favourites will be the Europeans, especially the German contingent of Thorsten Hohmann, Ralf Souquet, Thomas Engert, Oliver Ortmann and recently World Junior 10-Ball crowned Dominic Jentsch. Hohmann a week earlier had won the Lucasi Hybrid Classic 14.1 title in dominant fashion including a 167 ball run against Mika Immonen in the finals. Jentsch had a perfect 150 & out against Filipino Santos Sambajon during that event. 2006 World 14.1 Silver Medalist Thomas Engert will be back to try to finish the job while World 8-Ball Champion Ralf Souquet will look to improve on his 9th place finish last year.
Raj Hundal of India will head the Asian group of players from Korea, Japan, and India. Hundal is making his first appearance in a 14.1 competition.
"I'm excited to represent India at this World Championship event, and even though straight pool is not my game, I've been practicing hard and I've already run over a hundred in practice, so I'm up for the challenge." warns Hundal.
Other notable international stars to keep an eye on are last year's Silver Medalist Huidji See NED, 2006 Bronze Medalist Mika Immonen FIN, 2007 European #1 Konstantin Stepanov RUS, and 2007 Derby City 9-Ball Champion and 2x European 14.1 Champion Niels Feijen NED.
"It might be a very long time before an American will get this title back." predicted Oliver Ortmann last year.
Fans and players can still reserve rooms at Hilton East Brunswick at 1-732-828-2000
The room code for the event is "POL" There are still limited amount of rooms available.
Tickets can be purchased in advanced at www.dragonpromotions.com or in person at Amsterdam Billiards in NYC or Comet Billiards in NJ.
The 2008 Predator World Straight Pool Championship is proudly sponsored by Dr.Michael Fedak of NYC, Joel Schapiro of NYC, The Predator Group, Diamond Billiard Products, Aramith Balls, and Simonis Cloth. For more information on player registration, sponsorship, or if you would like to submit a comment, please email worldstraightpoolchampionships@gmail.com or contact Dragon Promotions at 1-407-782-4978.
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The 2008 Predator World Straight Pool Championship will feature the best 14.1 players in the world, in invited for this event and from qualifiers held around the world. In total, 64 elite players will be playing for the title of 2008 World 14.1 Champion.
The Hilton East Brunswick Hotel
This event has a strong history of European achievement as last year was an all Euro final between Huidji See from the Netherlands, and the eventual winner and 2007 World Straight Pool Champion Oliver Ortmann.
The 2006 event had a similar feel as yet another European, indeed another German, Thorsten Hohmann, took the World 14.1 Straight Pool Championship title with, incredibly, yet another German in the runner-up spot - Thomas Engert.