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“The Mexican” Ignacio Chavez captures first Predator Tour win in an impressive field.
The Predator 9-Ball Tour Stop # 14 had a full field of 64 players August 30-31 at Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ.
Top players included. John “Mr. 400” Schmidt, Ralf “The Kaiser” Souquet, Ignacio “The Mexican” Chavez, Marc Vidal, Allen Hopkins, Mike Davis, Joey Kong, Jonni Fulcher, Manny Chau, Dan Heidrich, Jason Michas, Mike Dechaine, Earl Herring, Yesid Geribello & Ryan McCreesh.
On day one, Ignacio Chavez led the top of the bracket with wins over Carmen Lombardo, Ryan McCreesh and Marc Vidal, before winning a tough match against one of Maryland’s best Manny Chau 8-7.
Allen Hopkins was also tearing them up with wins against Mike Panzerella, Bob Riley, John Schmidt 8-2, and Yesid Geribello 8-2.
Can “The Ice Princess” Jasmin Ouschan win the 2008 Straight Pool World Championships against the men?

64 of most of the Worlds Best Pool players began the week playing for a chance earn the monumental title of being called the 2008 World Straight Pool Champion.
Whiled Jasmin Ouschan barely squeaked by a into the final 32 players through grit and heart. Once clearing the 1st hurdle of making it past the difficult round robin format, Jasmin was forced to take a look at her level of play and look within and dig deep… if she wanted to show the world her amazing talent.
Jasmin Ouschan takes the game seriously, she works with a coach and is known as one of the most dynamic players in the game today. While Jasmin has earned everyones respect, and is known for a super strong game of straight pool… she still has a lot to prove.
Jasmin was forced to dig deep and show the world that not only can she “Hang” with the men pool players in pool, she can dominate.
Be sure to read the story for the breakdown!
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