Corey Deuel Snooker player

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