Pool Cue News and Review

So I poke fun at Shane Van Boening quite a bit, mostly because the guy doesn’t generate any heat. He seems to be really well liked and just puts his thing down when it comes to pool. While I’ll continue to tease, I did want to give a shout out for the guy.

See, the other day he and Melissa Little went down to the Rocky Mountain Deaf School and hung with the kids there. Right on Shane! I have tons of respect for people who use their celebrity to raise hope and awareness, which is one of the reasons I also dig Sarah Rousey so much.  Well done Shane.  Hopefully others in this pseudo-sport will follow your lead.

Alright, Alright… this event gets more and more interesting every day. As you know, Liz Ford got bounced by Miyuki Sakai 9-3 yesterday, but my favorite little pixie is just one win away from the round of 16! Sarah Rousey beat Maria Catalano 9-8 and is now matched up against Caroline Pao who yesterday got rolled 9-3 by Karen “The Librarian” Corr.

In other results, teeniebopper Anna Kostanian took time out of her mall tour to beat 3 time champ Kelly Fisher who is matched up against Dawn Hopkins. Anna will be joined by tour regulars Allison Fisher, Karen Corr, Xiaoting Pan, Ga Young Kim, Sarah Ellerby and Monica Webb. In addition, they’ll be joined by another surprise winner in Melissa Herndon who hasn’t been on TV since that godawful show “Ballbreakers”. Final matches in the losers bracket will conclude this afternoon and the next round of matches are scheduled to start at 9:00PM tonight. Stop by later and I should have some updated results. I leave you with an action shot of Jasmin Ouschan courtesy of the WPBA, who hasn’t lived up to the hype she built with her 2007 BCA/EnjoyPool/GenerationPool 9 Ball Championship. We forgive her though since she is such a foxy little minx!

Not a good day for the hotties. Sarah lost a close 9-7 match to The Hoff and Liz got crushed by a steamrolling Monica Webb, just off a 9-2 thrashing of Morgan Steinman. That throws these two into the one loss bracket, which is turning into a virtual calendar of WPBA pinups. Along with Rousey and Ford, Jasmin Ouschan, Jennifer Barretta, Ewa Laurence, Tiffany Nelson, and Rachael Abbink (who sometimes looks unreal and other times looks well… not her freshest) are all on the one loss side.

One of the survivors of a brutal second round was Anna Kostanian, who’s playing lights out pool. Unfortunately, she’s matched up against Kelly Fisher which means we’ll likely see her on the one loss side shortly. The match I’m looking forward to though is Liz taking on Angel Paglia, assuming Angel can get past Miyuki Sakai. Holy schneikes!!

I’m pretty much done with this damn site migration finally. I couldn’t get the old Wordpress theme to work, so I settled on this new one… pretty bland, but I’m to lazy to find something better. As for the San Diego Classic, what can I say… I’m a fan. For those not aware, the WPBA kicked off their 2008 tour in San Diego and two of my favorites are playing: Sarah Rousey and Liz Ford. Both hotties easily won their matches with Liz beating Janet Atwell 9-5 and Rousey rolling Mitchell 9-3.

For those interested in the “other” players, I suppose I’ll let you know that Allison Fisher, Kelly Fisher, Jasmin and Karen Corr all won their first round matches as well. There’s actually a great match-up in the second round with Jasmin going against Kelly Fisher, so one of the favorites is going to end up in the losers bracket quite early. I’ll have more results tomorrow morning, but I’ll leave you with a picture of the lovely Ms. Rousey warming up, courtesy of the WPBA.

All sorts of factors go into my selections for the monthly hottie profile. There are some like Shanelle that are super sexy and there are some like Sarah that just epitomize cuteness. Seriously, how freakin’ adorable is this girl! Not only is she pixie sized but she does something that you almost never see with pool players: she looks like she’s actually having a good time. She’s so damn cute I won’t even hold it against her that she’s a Sox fan. How anyone can choose the White Sox over the Cubbies is beyond me. Plus, she gets major points with me for being an advocate for a cure for diabetes.

See boys and girls, its not all about double D’s and glamour shots. Sometimes you’ve just gotta go with a girl with substance. Anyone interested in seeing more of Ms. Rousey should visit her site at www.sarahrousey9ball.com. Judging by how she’s been playing lately, hopefully we’ll be seeing her in some TV rounds in the near future.