The Guinness World Series of Pool has started today in Jakarta with a press conference and the warm up for all participating players. There were three levels of seating for the draw. At first the “brand ambassadors” were seeded. I am one of them. Then around 26 other international players before they randomly drawn in [...]
I am currently in Medan. That’s a city in Northern Sumatra/Indonesia. It took me two days to get here. I made connections in New York, Frankfurt and Singapore and spend more than 24 hours on the plane. It’s my second trip to Indonesia and last time I was here I witnessed the best organized pool [...]
I finished 25th place in the US Open 10-Ball. After a loss to Charlie Williams and a 9:2 over Imran Majid I found my master once again in Shane. He broke like god, made two or three balls every time and I have forgotten how many break and runs he hit me with. 9:1, [...]
Second week in Las Vegas. We switch to 10-Ball and here comes the first bummer. We are not allowed to use a phenolic tip on the break cue. I read the nine pages rules that were sent a few weeks before the event but must have missed that part.
Most players here have a phenolic [...]
