Ralf Bauer

THE FIRST THREE TV games took place on Friday evening at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas as the round of 16 got underway in the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters. From a starting line up of 64 players, there are just 13 left as Dennis Orcollo, John Morra and Ralf Souquet won through. In the opening match of the last 16, Filipino Dennis Orcollo made light work of Raj Hundal (India), going through to the quarter finals by an 8-1 scoreline. Hundal, who looked composed as he negotiated...Read Full Story

Team USA has won the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup for the first time since 2005 as they took the required two points on Sunday to defeat defending champions Europe by a four point margin. A win for Dennis Hatch, who took 'Most Valuable Player' honors as the winning team's biggest point scorer, took the team to the hill and then Shane Van Boening snatched the trophy clincher as he defeated Ralf Souquet. It was a proud moment for American captain Nick Varner after last year's disastrous trip to...Read Full Story

Imagine losing in the second round of the US Open when you're the defending champion. You're looking at a virtual wall of the world's top players between you and the title. Nearly impossible, right? Wrong. Mika Immonen successfully defended his title despite an 11-9 second round loss to Chris Bartram. From there he won thirteen (yes, thirteen!) straight matches from the one-loss side to face undefeated Ralf Souquet in the finals. Along the way, Mika defeated Thorsten Hohmann, Steve Moore...Read Full Story

Day One: Europe 3 - 1 USA Team Match - Europe 5 - 3 USA Feijen / Souquet 5 - 3 Morris / Van Boening Mika Immonen 5 - 1 Jeremy Jones Gray / Drago 3 - 5 Strickland / Archer Team Europe, captained by Dutchman Alex Lely, enjoyed a runaway start to the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup as they sped into a 3-0 lead before being pegged back in the final match. Wins for the whole team in the first match of the competition followed by a doubles win for the Feijen/Souquet axis and then a great singles win...Read Full Story

Down to the final four in the Predator World 10 Ball Championships and no Americans left to root for. P&B; columnist Charlie Williams, after decisive wins over Gomez 11-5 and Alcaide 11-8, was handed his final loss at the hands of Dennis Orcullo 11-6. That left Johnny Archer as the sole hope for the U.S.A. Johnny defeated fellow American Shawn Putnam 11-7, but then fell to German champ and multiple world title holder Ralf Souquet 11-3. The final four match-ups are Dennis Orcullo vs. Warren...Read Full Story