Huidji See
Born | [1] | 30 May 1981
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Sport country | ![]() |
Nickname | "Hooch" |
Professional | 2005 |
Pool games | 10-ball, 9-ball, Straight pool |
Best finish | Second WPA World Straight pool Championship |
Tournament wins | |
World Champion | 10-ball (2011) |
Ranking info |
Huidji See (born 30 May 1981 in Arnhem, Netherlands, also known as Huidji Lake) is a Dutch pool and billiards player. He was the 2011 10-Ball Pool world champion.[2][3]
Career[]
Early life[]
See was born in 1981 in the Netherlands, the son of Chinese parents, and grew up there. Instead of finishing his education, he opted for a career as a professional billiard player.[4] In competitions he competes for the Rotterdam Billiards Club Thurston . His nickname in the pool billiard scene is Hooch.[5]
Pool career[]
In 2007 See won silver in the World 14.1 Championship, losing the final 171–200 against the German Oliver Ortmann. On reaching the final, he had successively defeated players , , , , Niels Feijen, Warren Kiamco and .
In the Straight pool world championship 2008 in New Brunswick See lost in the quarterfinals to Francisco Bustamante. At the European Pool Championship 2011 he was defeated in 10-ball in the quarterfinals the Russian Konstantin Stepanov, however, won the bronze medal in 9-ball.[6] In March 2010 in the European Pool Championship in the See won a bronze medal in straight pool.[4]
In May 2011, See in Manila won the 2011 WPA World Ten-ball Championship with an 11–8 victory in the final against the Chinese title favorite Jian-Bo Fu.[7] In the group stage he had previously successively defeated the players Jalal Yousef (9–3), Ricky Yang (9–7), Ko Pin-yi (9–6), Tony Drago (9–4) and Yukio Akakariyama (9–6).[8]
See did not opt to retain his World 10-ball championship in 2015.[9]
Titles[]
- 2011 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
- 2007 U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship
References[]
- ^ "Huidji SEE - AZBilliards.com". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "World 10 Ball Championship 2011". sixpockets.de. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "'El Nino' Nick van den Berg Delfshaven Champion". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ a b ANP/Redactie (17 May 2011). "Nederlander Huidji See: poolheld op Filipijnen". AD.nl. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ billiardapps.com, retrieved on 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Matches – Draw and Results (Men 9-Ball)". billiardapps.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Huidji See wereldkampioen 10-ball". nos.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Huidji See Wins the 2011 WPA World 10-Ball Championship". philnews.ph. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Striding, and Stumbling, Out Of The Gates". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
External links[]
- Huidji See on azbilliards.com
- WPA World Ten-ball Champions
- Dutch pool players
- Dutch people of Chinese descent
- 1981 births
- People from Arnhem
- Living people