Feijen is Predator World 14.1 Straight pool Champion

By Inside pool staff

Niels “The Terminator” Feijen added the Predator World 14.1 Straight pool Championship to his resume by beating Filipino billiards legend Francisco “Django” Bustamante in the finals, 200-11.

After six strenuous days filled with nothing but straight pool, Niels “The Terminator” Feijen has come out on top of a 64-player field at the Predator World Straight pool Championships. Hosted by the Hilton Hotel, this prestigious event brought the finest players in the world together to vie for this 14.1 title.

In the first semifinal match, Feijen and fellow countryman Nick Van den Berg went head to head, with Van den Berg taking the early lead. However, Van den Berg suffered from nerves in this match—mainly because of the 30-second shot clock and the referee calling every ball—and couldn’t maintain his focus. Feijen, on the other hand, displayed superior composure while putting runs together, running 62 from the start and then 40 in the next inning. After Van den Berg’s final error, though, Feijen went 60 and out to advance to the finals 200-157.

The second semifinal match featured the veteran Francisco “Django” Bustamante versus Jasmin Ouschan, the young Austrian who burst onto the U.S. pool scene when she won the 2006 EnjoyPool.com 9-ball Championships over Allison Fisher in the finals. For Ouschan to make it this far in a male-dominated tournament was not unheard of, as she tied for fifth place in the 2006 event. Like Van den Berg, she took an early lead but couldn’t pull away in time to escape the onslaught of Bustamante. Though Ouschan notched a 73-ball run, ultimately Bustamante who took the lead and ran with it without looking back to win 200-148.

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All keyed up for the final match upon which a world championship title was hinged, Feijen and Bustamante went to work in the final race to 200. Bustamante missed a combo early on and missed a cut shot, and that was all it took—Feijen took the reins and kept methodically running out until he had won the final match by the stunning score of 200-11.

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Feijen is Predator World 14.1 Straight Pool Champion

By Inside POOL staff

Niels "The Terminator" Feijen added the Predator World 14.1 Straight Pool Championship to his resume by beating Filipino billiards legend Francisco "Django" Bustamante in the finals, 200-11.

After six strenuous days filled with nothing but straight pool, Niels Feijen has come out on top of a 64-player field at the Predator World Straight Pool Championships. Hosted by the Hilton Hotel, this prestigious event brought the finest players in the world together to vie for this 14.1 title.

In the first semifinal match, Feijen and fellow countryman Nick Van Den Berg went head to head, with Van den Berg taking the early lead. However, Van den Berg suffered from nerves in this match—mainly because of the 30-second shot clock and the referee calling every ball—and couldn’t maintain his focus. Feijen, on the other hand, displayed superior composure while putting runs together, running 62 from the start and then 40 in the next inning. After Van den Berg’s final error, though, Feijen went 60 and out to advance to the finals 200-157.

The second semifinal match featured the veteran Francisco “Django” Bustamante versus Jasmin Ouschan, the young Austrian who burst onto the U.S. pool scene when she won the 2006 EnjoyPool.com 9-Ball Championships over Allison Fisher in the finals. For Ouschan to make it this far in a male-dominated tournament was not unheard of, as she tied for fifth place in the 2006 event. Like Van den Berg, she took an early lead but couldn’t pull away in time to escape the onslaught of Bustamante. Though Ouschan notched a 73-ball run, ultimately Bustamante who took the lead and ran with it without looking back to win 200-148.

View the Final 16 Single Elimination Brackets
View the Predator World Straight Pool Championship Final 32 Double Elimination brackets
View the Predator World 14.1 Straight Pool Round Robin Brackets online
View the Predator World 14.1 Straight Pool Final Round Robin Scores

All keyed up for the final match upon which a world championship title was hinged, Feijen and Bustamante went to work in the final race to 200. Bustamante missed a combo early on and missed a cut shot, and that was all it took—Feijen took the reins and kept methodically running out until he had won the final match by the stunning score of 200-11.

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Final Four Set at Straight Pool Championships
Predator Straight Pool Championships / East Brunswick, NJ

by Skip Maloney

The final four are set at the Predator Straight Pool Championships at the Hilton Hotel in East Brunswick, NJ. Niels Feijen will join Nick Van Den Berg, while the Philippines’ Francisco Bustamante and Jasmin Ouschan meet in a final single-elimination round of play on Saturday to determine the champion.

Bustamante was the first to make his way to the final four with an early evening 200-41 victory over Huidj See. The remaining matches played out simultaneously, with Feijen facing USA’s John Schmidt, Thorsten Hohmann versus Nick Van Den Berg and Jasmin Ouschan, continuing an unlikely streak of victories, playing the number-one-seed Oliver Ortmann.

Ahead by two balls at 184-182, Schmidt allowed a moment of pique to cost him the victory, not to mention some cold hard cash. After missing a shot that he presumed signaled victory for his opponent, Schmidt swept his stick across the table and conceded the match to Feijen. Van den Berg was next. He and Hohmann were rarely more than 20 or so balls apart until the score hovered in the area of the 120s, when Van den Berg took repeated command of the racks and finished it at 200-126.

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Arguably the surprise of the tournament, Jasmin Ouschan, followed her 200-174 victory over Mika Immonen that advanced her into the final eight, with an impressive 200-133 victory over the number-one-seeded Oliver Ortmann that placed her among the final four. Ouschan did a lot of little things right, leading to a series of repeated mini-runs of 10 or 15 balls in the race to 200 that were offered to her by an increasingly frustrated Ortmann. 

Ortmann stumbled repeatedly over the transition from one rack to the next, putting himself in a position for a good break but failing to make one. Ouschan stepped to the table, negotiated her mini-run, and just prior to a rack transition, missed and sat down. Ortmann stepped up, finished the rack, and then failed, for a variety of reasons, to capitalize on his own break chances; at one point, he smashed his stick on the table edge in frustration over a shot that he should have made. Ouschan took advantage of every opportunity, settling for small but consistent runs that eventually added up to 200.

Saturday’s action will commence with a noon match-up between Niels Feijen and Nick Van Den Berg, followed at 2:30 p.m. by Bustamante and Ouschan. The finals are scheduled to begin at 6:30.

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Ouschan Defeats Immonen to Advance to Final Eight
Predator Straight Pool Championships / East Brunswick, NJ

by Skip Maloney

Action at the Predator Straight Pool Championships in East Brunswick, NJ, moved into the final round of eight early Friday evening with Oliver Ortmann, Francisco Bustamante, Huidji See, Niels Feijen, John Schmidt, Thorsten Hohmann, Nick Van Den Berg, and a surprise Jasmine Ouschan advancing out of the single-elimination round of 16.

Ortmann, who ousted Thomas Engert 200-42, was set to square off against Ouschan in Friday’s final session, leading to Saturday’s final four. Ouschan, who overcame some adversity in the round robin sessions of the tournament, reached the final eight by defeating frontrunner Mika Immonen 200-174.

Earlier in the day, Huidji See concluded Corey Deuel’s tournament run 200-96 and turned to face Francisco Bustamante, who’d advanced with a 200-137 defeat of Harriman. Niels Feijen defeated Ignacio Chavez 200-128 and earned a spot battling John “Mr. 403” Schmidt, who eliminated Mike Dechaine with a 200-144 victory.

The final pairing was to pit Thorsten Hohmann against Nick Van Den Berg. Hohmann had eliminated Ralf Souquet from further action with a 200-144 victory, as Van den Berg was concluding Dominic Jentsch’s day 200-38.

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Defending Champ Ortmann Fallen but Not Out
Predator World Straight pool Championships / New Brunswick, NJ

by InsidePOOL Staff

Sixteen players are still fighting for the prestigious Predator World Straight pool Championship title in New Brunswick, NJ, at the Hilton Hotel. Held this week through Sunday, this event began with 64 of the world’s top 14.1 players and will end Sunday with one in the winner’s circle.

Eight players still stake out the winners’ bracket. Mika Immonen just felled U.S. 14.1 bastion John “Mr. 403” Schmidt 150-73 and will advance to play former world 9-ball champion Thorsten Hohmann, who just defeated fellow countryman Ralf “The Surgeon” Souquet 150-47.

Defending champion Oliver Ortmann fell to Mike Dechaine by a thin 150-140 margin and now will have to struggle through the one-loss side. Dechaine’s next opponent will be Niels “The Terminator” Feijen, fresh off a strong 150-10 victory over Ignacio Chavez.

Corey Deuel, recent Million Dollar 9-ball Shootout champion, sent Raj Hundal to the west side 150-104 and will next play Francisco Bustamante, who just bested Danny Harriman 150-111. And German champion Thomas Engert advanced to the winners’-side final eight with a 150-50 win over Dominic Jentsch. Engert’s next opponent will be Dutch player Nick Van den Berg, just off of a 150-103 win over Radislaw Babica.

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On the one-loss side, there are also eight players. Schmidt is still alive, having just eliminated Hall of Famer Allen Hopkins 150-111. He will next play Souquet, who annihilated Russia’s Konstantin Stepanov 150-10. Ortmann is also still attempting to defend his title, having sent Mike “The Mouth” Sigel home 150-105. Ortmann’s next challenge will come in the form of Ignacio Chavez, who just ousted Steve Lipsky 150-2.

Danny Harriman of the U.S. is still hanging in there, having just defeated Dan Barouty 150-91. Huidji See of the Netherlands will be his next opponent. See just bested Hundal 150-70. And Jasmin Ouschan is still on the move. She recently eliminated Radislaw Babica 150-10 and will next play Jentsch, who just ousted Vincent Facquet 150-80.

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