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Michael Sigel (born July 11, 1953) is an American professional pool player [1] [2] nicknamed " Captain Hook ." He earned the nickname from his ability to hook his opponents with safety plays. [3] Sigel was dominant during the 1980s in 9-Ball and Straight Pool and has a high run of 339 balls in Straight Pool.
Tokyo Open 9-Ball (1992, 2001) All Japan Championship (1979, 1990, 1999, 2003) International Pool Tour. IPT King of the Hill Eight-Ball Shootout (2005) IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship (2006) International Challenge of Champions (2002) World Cup of Pool (2006, 2009) - with (Francisco Bustamante)
Quarter finals 1992 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Tournament wins. Other titles. 100. World Champion. English Eight-ball ( 1985) James Rempe (born November 4, 1947, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US) [1] is an American professional pocket billiards (pool) player, and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America 's Hall of Fame in 2002.
World Champion. 9-ball ( 2022 ), 8-ball ( 2023) Shane Van Boening ( / ˌvæn ˈboʊnɪŋ /; [1] born July 14, 1983) is an American professional pool player from Rapid City, South Dakota. Van Boening is considered one of the best players of all time.
Fedor Gorst of Russia and Alex Pagulayan of Canada are the only players to win all three events: nine-ball, bank pool, one-pocket. The oldest pool player to ever win the tournament to date is Efren Reyes, at 59 years old at the time of his victory. The youngest is Billy Thorpe of United States, aged 20 years old at the time. References
2001 The Color of Money II vs. ( Earl Strickland) [60] 2000 U.S. Open One-Pocket Championship [61] 2000 Camel Riviera Eight-ball Open [55] 2000 Pennsylvania State Nine-ball Championship [62] 2000 USA Billiards Challenger Event 2 [63] 1999 Philippine Legion of Honor. 1999 The Outstanding Filipino Award.
List of WPA World Nine-ball champions. The World Nine-ball Championships are held annually, and are sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association. Events have been held for boys and women, and for the main world championships since this time, with a girl's tournament being created in 2004.
Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue stick, players must strike the white cue ball to pocket nine ...
Francisco Bustamante (born December 29, 1963) is a Filipino professional pool player from Tarlac, Central Luzon and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion, nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the 1966 film of the same name, and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States. Bustamante has won over 70 International ...
Carlo Biado (born October 31, 1983) is a Filipino professional pool player. His highest profile wins include the World Nine-ball Championship and the World Ten-ball Championship in 2017 and 2024 respectively.