Corey Deuel (born November 20, 1977 in

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) is an American professional

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player from

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. Nicknamed "Prince of Pool", he won the

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in 2001, and has won many other major titles. In January 2008, he was ranked the second highest US pool player by the United States Professional Poolplayers Association. He regularly represents the US in the

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. In 2010, he again was selected for the US team in the Mosconi Cup and was responsible for winnin
2 of the US team's 8
points in the event. His tournament walk-on music is “

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” by

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. In 2013, he made a successful crossover to

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by capturing the United States National Snooker Championship title in

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, and went on to represent the

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in the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship.

Early life

At the age of 14, Deuel began playing pool at Drexeline Billiards in

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, before taking to the road in his teen years.

Snooker career

In 2013, Deuel decided to cross over to

. He entered in the United States National Snooker Championship and went on to win the event. 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. In May 2014, Deuel entered into the

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Q School qualification tournament in an attempt to win himself a 2-year tour card to play on the professional

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. He lost in the second round to the 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

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, but was eliminated in the first round after losing 4–2 to the world number 81

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. 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. He entered Q School in May 2018 in a bid to win himself place on the snooker professional tour and lost in the first round of the first event to

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Pool career

Deuel has been competing professionally since 1995. Deuel was a member of the

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. He was selected again for Team USA in the

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, after being on the team in the four previous years. He was not selected in 2008, but again represented his country during the 2009 tournament. For 2007, he was ranked #9 in ''Pool & Billiard Magazine'''s "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll. His reported career earnings to February 2008 were approximately $562,000. His worst professional year was 2003, in which he did not win a single major event. "Soft breaking" and "pattern racking" are techniques that have been used by Deuel and others as a strategy to gain an advantage in tournament competitions. Pattern racking refers to purposefully racking the balls in strategic positions to take advantage of where those balls typically head. Pattern racking is illegal and unethical unless tournament rules specifically allow it.

Personal life

Deuel lived in

in early 2008. He now resides in New Port Richey, Florida.

Career titles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deuel, Corey 1977 births Living people American pool players American snooker players People from Santa Barbara, California People from West Jefferson, Ohio