Corey Deuel
Corey Deuel (born November 20, 1977, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American professional pool player from West Jefferson, Ohio. Nicknamed "Prince of Pool", he won the US Open Nine-ball Championship 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 Mosconi Cup. In 2010, he again was selected for the US team in the Mosconi Cup and was responsible for winning 2 of the US team's 8 points in the event. His tournament walk-on music is "Disco Inferno" by the Trammps.
Corey Deuel at the 2003 Big Apple Championship | |
| Born | 20 November 1977 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
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| Sport country | United States |
| Nickname | "Prince of Pool" |
| Professional | 1995 |
| Best finish | Quarter finals 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
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.
In 2013, he made a successful crossover to snooker by capturing the United States Amateur Championship title in Houston, Texas, and went on to represent the United States in the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship.