Pool Cue News and Review

I’m not going to go into a lot of detail here because there’s no need.  All you need to know is that Jasmin is finally playing like the player we all know she is.  Other than a loss to Sarah Rousey, Jasmin played at an unreal level for the entire tournament.  In the semis, she drilled Vivial Villarreal 7-1 and in the finals she crushed Jeanette Lee 7-1 to take her first WPBA title in over 2 years.

Congrats to Jasmin Ouschan.  All I can say is that if Jasmin has finally decided to set her sights on the WPBA instead of playing in these other events, its going to be a rough remainder of the season for the other ladies on the tour.

The final four are set for today’s action and once again, there is no sign of Allison Fisher or Karen Corr.

Up and comers continue to dominate the WPBA this year with the first semi pitting Jasmin Ouschan against Vivian Villarreal and the second has WPBA qualifier Line Kjorsvik up against Thug Life herself Jeanette Lee. In all seriousness, how good is Jeanette looking nowadays. After an awful start to the season, she’s been playing at the top of her game ever since. Oh by the way, has anyone else noticed that one again Allison Fisher got knocked off by a qualifier?

Back later with the final results. If all goes the way it should, Jasmin Ouschan should be winning her first WPBA event since the 2006 Enjoy Pool BCA Championships.

(Once again, photo props to the lovely Anne Craig of the WPBA)

Not too much in the news today to report on, so I spent some time trolling around looking for anything to write about.  Sure, I could take a day off, but I saw a couple of items I just felt the need to share.

First, someone on the AZ Billiards site posted a ton of pictures of Jasmin Ouschan breaking and shooting.  You can check out all the pictures here, but I linked to one so ya’ll could get an idea of what they are.  Jasmin seriously has some amazing chops.  I give her grief from time to time, but from a raw talent perspective she really has the potential to run wild on the WPBA tour.  By the way, is it just me, or does that girl’s break look exactly like Johnny Archer?

The second is a blog post that just made me chuckle Beavis and Butthead style.  People are constantly giving me grief for mentioning that certain pool players are “all about the ladies”.  Well, it seems that I’m not the only one that thinks so.  I can’t remember what I Googled to find it, but there’s this site called AfterEllen.com where they talk about all things lesbian and bisexual.  Naturally, there was a post about the ladies of the WPBA with the readers using their gaydar to try and ID their favorite players.  Some of the comments are pretty damn funny.  See… its not just me that talks about this stuff after all!

Move over Angelyne, because there’s a new billboard queen. I was checking the news on AZ Billiards this morning and once again, Ms. Ouschan was on the front cover looking all hot and scowley (is that even a word?) with her cute little face all scrunchy looking serious and stuff. I kept getting distracted though by the 5,000 billboards that seem to be covering almost every square inch of her shirt.

Now I’m not one to talk since I just whored the shit out of my website Google style so I can get my $0.31 per day in clicks, but damn girl! You look like you’re one step away from having Golden Palace sponsor your forehead. If a hot blond can get her pregnant belly sponsored by Golden Palace, you could probably get them to sponsor just about anything you want!

Oh yeah, congrats on making it to the Round of 32 at the World 8 Ball Championships. Hard to believe you made it this far after you crapped out so early in San Diego, but that’s pool I guess.

I’m a fan of Jasmin just like everyone else (an not just because she’s smokin’ hot), but saying that her game is slipping is an understatement.  In the last WPBA event, Jasmin lost in the second round and then again in the third round to players that she honestly should have beaten.  Two years ago at the BCA 9 Ball Tournament, I watched her tear through everyone, but since then she’s been very beatable.  As hot athletes go, she’s beginning to look a lot more like Anna Kournikova than Maria Sharapova and questions are starting to be asked if she’s just a flash in the pan.

She did have a nice run in the Women’s World Championships, but its still just another Top 5 finish.  My opinion - she’s got Michelle Wie Syndrome.  She read too many of her clippings, spread herself too thin and as a result, can’t even come close to making it to the TV round for the first WPBA event.  We’ll see what happens in Charlotte this June, but you really have to question whether or not she should be grouped in the same company as players like Allison Fisher, Karen Corr and Ga Young Kim.