Pool Cue News and Review

Jasmin Ouschan gets kicked to the losers bracket in the first round by Yu Ram Cha.  Not to take anything away from Yu Ram Cha’s hill/hill victory, but damn.  Jasmin’s game has really taken a couple steps backwards this season.

No other upsets so far, but two of my favorite WPBA hotties are moving to the second round.  Sarah Rousey who skipped the GP event, rolled to a 9-3 win over for Michelle Monk and Liz Ford scraped out a 9-8 win over Liz Taylor.  Other than the Jasmin loss, everyone you’d expect to move to the second round did.

The ladies of the WPBA are pretty busy it seems.  Fresh off the Generation Pool event, the WPBA rolls into Indiana for the Great Lakes Classic.  You can never really tell much from the initial draws, as it is a double elimination event, but as always there are some interesting first round matches.

Britt-Anna vs. Megan Minerich
Haven’t seen Megan in a while since she blew off the GP event, and because she’s buried at the bottom of the rankings, she pulls everyone’s favorite gum snapping, sweats wearing teen - Anna Kostanian.  In reality this shouldn’t be much of a match as Anna is playing really strong as of late, but they’re both pretty cute, so it should make for some decent eye candy as Anna rolls Megan.

Xiaoting Pan vs. Line Kjoersvik
This could be a fun one to watch.  Both are playing solid pool and Line seems really determined to earn her WPBA card back, blasting through every WPBA qualifier she plays in.

Jasmin Ouschan vs. Yu Ram Cha
Another potentially strong match.  Jasmin’s game has been so streaky as of late and Yu Ram Cha is showing some decent chops at the table which could lead to an early upset.

Tiffany Nelson vs. Angel Paglia
Seriously, damn!  I don’t know how good the pool is actually going to be, but in my opinion this is definitely the hottest first round matchup.  Both Angel and Tiffany are unbelievably foxy and Angel is just the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.  It probably won’t devolve into a pillow fight or a round of foxy boxing, but hey… a guy can dream, right?

Almost forgot to mention… once again, Jennifer “pea shooter” Barretta is skipping a tournament.  Should we even consider her to be a pro pool player anymore?  Seriously, how many skipped matches will it take before the WPBA strips her of her touring card?