Huidji See Explained

Birth Date:30 May 1981[1]
Nickname:"Hooch"
Professional:2005
Game:10-ball, 9-ball, Straight pool
World Champ:10-ball (2011)

Huidji See (born 30 May 1981 in Arnhem, Netherlands, also known as Huidji Lake) is a Dutch professional pool and billiards player. He was the 2011 WPA World 10-Ball Pool 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 WPA World Straight Pool 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Huidji SEE - AZBilliards.com . azbilliards.com . 17 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170626073027/http://www.azbilliards.com/people/4040-huidji-see/ . 26 June 2017 . live . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: World 10 Ball Championship 2011 . sixpockets.de . 1 April 2017 . 4 April 2017.
  3. Web site: 'El Nino' Nick van den Berg Delfshaven Champion . azbilliards.com . 17 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160318215836/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/8471-el-nino-nick-van-den-berg-delfshaven-champion/ . 18 March 2016 . live . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Nederlander Huidji See: poolheld op Filipijnen . ANP/Redactie . AD.nl . 17 May 2011 . 17 August 2018 .
  5. http://www.billiardapps.com/player_profile.asp?db=epc&header=yes&playerid=598on billiardapps.com
  6. Web site: Matches – Draw and Results (Men 9-Ball) . billiardapps.com . European Pocket Billiard Federation . 4 April 2017 . 20 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160220121435/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2011100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=M9&stageround=All . dead .
  7. Web site: Huidji See wereldkampioen 10-ball . nos.nl . 17 August 2018 . nl . https://web.archive.org/web/20170611193416/http://nos.nl/artikel/240561-huidji-see-wereldkampioen-10-ball.html . 11 June 2017 . live .
  8. Web site: Huidji See Wins the 2011 WPA World 10-Ball Championship . philnews.ph . 16 May 2011 . 4 April 2017.
  9. Web site: Striding, and Stumbling, Out Of The Gates . azbilliards.com . 17 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170709084937/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/11799-striding-and-stumbling-out-of-the-gates/ . 9 July 2017 . live . dmy-all .

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