Corey Deuel

Corey Deuel

Corey Deuel at the Big Apple Championship in 2003
Born (1977-11-20) 20 November 1977
Santa Barbara, California
Nickname Cash Money
Professional 2000-

Corey Deuel (born November 20, 1977 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American professional pocket billiards (pool) player from West Jefferson, Ohio. Nicknamed "Cash Money", he is an accomplished tournament competitor, having won the US Open Nine-ball Championship in 2001, as well as many other major titles. As of January 2008, Deuel is the second highest ranked pool player in the US by the United States Professional Poolplayers Association.[1] He regularly represents the USA in the Mosconi Cup. In 2010 he again was selected for the US team in the Mosconi Cup and was responsible for winning 2 of the 8 points that the US team won during that event.

In 2013 he made a successful crossover to snooker by capturing the United States National Snooker Championship title in Houston, Texas and would go on to represent the United States in the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship.[2][3]


Early life

At the age of 14, Deuel began playing pool at Drexeline Billiards in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania,[4] before taking to the road in his teen years.

Professional Pool Career

Deuel has been competing professionally since the year 2000.[5]

Deuel is (as of 2007) a member of the International Pool Tour.[6]

Deuel was selected again for Team USA in the 2007 Mosconi Cup,[7][8] after serving on the team in four previous years. He was not selected in 2008, but again represented his country during the 2009 tournament.[9]

For 2007, he was ranked #9 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.[10]

His reported career earnings to date (as of February 2008) are approximately $562,000.[5] His worst professional year was 2003, in which he did not win a single major event.[11]


Professional Snooker Career

In 2013 Deuel decided to make crossover to snooker. He entered in the United States National Snooker Championship and would go on to win the event. [2] His victory meant he automatically qualified as the United States entrant for the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship where he was eliminated in the round-robin stage after finishing 5th in his group.[12]

In May 2014 Deuel entered into the World Snooker Q School qualification tournament in an attempt to win himself a 2-year tour card to play on the professional World Snooker Tour. However was defeated in the second round by former world number 70 Daniel Wells in the first event and lost 4–2 to Martin Ball in the second event.

Deuel later competed in the 2015 Xuzhou Open in China, but was eliminated in the first round after losing 4-2 to world number 81 Zhou Yuelong.

Deuel re-entered the World Snooker Q School qualification tournament in May 2015. Despite at one stage leading 3–1 and only needed one more frame to advance Deuel lost 4–3 Jamie Barrett in the second round of the first event.


Titles

Snooker

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2013 United States Amateur Championship United States Sargon Isaac 5–1

Pool


Personal life

Deuel lived in West Jefferson, Ohio (as of early 2008), but now resides in New Port Richey, Florida.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "UPA Men's Pro Rankings". Pool & Billiard Magazine. Vol. 26 no. 2 (Summerville, South Carolina: Sports Publications). February 2008. p. 57. ISSN 1049-2852.
  2. 1 2 "Corey Shows His Deuel Talent". World Snooker. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  3. ↑ "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Daugavpils / Latvia 2013". E Snooker. 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  4. ↑ "Deuel Dueling for #1", by Don "Cheese" Akerlow, OnTheBreakNews.com. Retrieved August 5, 2007
  5. 1 2 3 "2008 Player Profiles: Corey Deuel". AZBilliards.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  6. ↑ Corey Deuel Player Profile, InternationalPoolTour.com. Retrieved August 5, 2007
  7. ↑ Panozzo, Mike (February 2008). "Long Live the Cup!". Billiards Digest (Chicago, Illinois: Luby Publishing) 30 (3): 56–61. ISSN 0164-761X.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "2007 Player Profiles: Corey Deuel". AZBilliards.com. 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  9. ↑ "Deuel hoping Europeans crack under weight of expectation". Matchroom Pool. 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
  10. 1 2 "The Survey Says...: Pool & Billiard Magazine's 22nd Annual Player and Fan Poll". Pool & Billiard Magazine. Vol. 26 no. 2 (Summerville, SC: Sports Publications). February 2008. p. 14. ISSN 1049-2852.
  11. ↑ "2003 Player Profiles: Corey Deuel". AZBilliards.com. 2003. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  12. ↑ "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Daugavpils / Latvia 2013". E Snooker. 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  13. ↑ "2006 Player Profiles: Corey Deuel". AZBilliards.com. 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  14. 1 2 3 "2005 Player Profiles: Corey Deuel". AZBilliards.com. 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "2004 Player Profiles: Corey Deuel". AZBilliards.com. 2004. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  16. 1 2 "2002 Player Profiles: Corey Deuel". AZBilliards.com. 2002. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2001 Player Profiles: Corey Deuel". AZBilliards.com. 2001. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  18. ↑ "2000 Player Profiles: Corey Deuel". AZBilliards.com. 2000. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  19. ↑ http://www.azbilliards.com/thepros/showtitles.php?playernum=45

18. Corey Deuel USA snooker champion - Article on SnookerUSA.com

Preceded by
Earl Strickland		 US Open Nine-ball Champion
2001 		Succeeded by
Ralf Souquet
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