Tag: Wu Chia-Ching

With his parents and his girlfriend cheering him on in the stands, Ralf Souquet lifted his fifth PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters trophy over his head at the Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, which culminated June 18. Souquet has the best record of any player in this event with …

The World Pool Masters are underway at the Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, with 16 male players vying for wold dominance in straight-knockout, single-elimination 9-ball. Of the 16 players, nine are Europeans: Nick van den Berg, Alex Lely and Neils Feijen of Holland, Thomas En…

The 2006 San Miguel Beer Asian 9-Ball tour begins today, May 5, at the Nguyen Du Sports Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The field is divided into eight groups. Using a round-robin format, race-to-9, with alternating breaks, the winner of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. Filipino t…

It’s gut-check time in the world of pro pool as 78 players prepare to fight it out in the last U.S. qualifier for the International Pool Tour, held this weekend at Country Club Billiards in Boston. Only four more spots are open on the 150-player tour for the 2006 season, and two will be awarded i…

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, July 11 - From boy to man, in five racks. Trailing 16-12 in the all-Taiwanese final of the World Pool Championship, and with his opponent breaking for the title, 16-year-old Chia-Ching Wu took a breath and told himself to hang on. "Getting to the world championship final is …

[caption id="attachment_2883" align="alignright" width="150"] Taiwan's Chia-Ching Wu[/caption]KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, July 9 - The host country of the World Pool Championship has put two of its own players in the final Sunday. Taiwan's Po-Cheng Kuo and Chia-Ching Wu will lag for the $75,000 grand priz…