A former world no. 1 player, a two-time World 9-Ball Pool champion and a Korean House Pro from the United States are the latest foreign bets set to invade the inaugural World Ten Ball Championship to be hosted by the Philippines from Sept. 29-Oct. 5 at the Philippine International Convention Center.
Shane Van Boening, formerly the world’s best player and now one of the biggest earners among pool players this year, will head the American bidders in this tournament organized by Raya Sports in cooperation with the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines and sanctioned by the World Pool Association.
Johnny Archer, known in the international billiard circuit as The Scorpion, won the World 9-Ball Pool in 1992 and 1997. He saw action in the Philippine Pool Tour-Mandaluyong Mayor’s Cup and finished 13th. The 40-year-old was also the runner-up in the Mosconi Cup last year. Van Boening has previously ruled two Ten Ball tournaments in the US—the US Bar Table Championship and the Derby Classic Ten Ball Ring Game.
Charlie Williams is a Korean, who became a House Pro in billiards in the United States. He is the founder of the United States Professional Pool Players’ Association Men’s Pro Tour and was dubbed the Korean Dragon. The 11 other players from the US will be determined via the two qualifying events set by the Billiards Congress of America.
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