Malaysia
Name:
Ibrahim Bin Amir.
Nickname:
None.
Home town:
Date and place of birth:
October 5, 1961.
Family:
Married.
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
9-ball pairs bronze medalist at the 2007 South East Asia Games in
Career achievements:
Runner-up in the Singapore leg of the 2007 Guinness 9-Ball Tour, silver medalist at the 2001 and 2003 South East Asia Games (8-ball), bronze medalist at the 2005 and 2007 South East Asia Games (9-ball).
Biggest disappointment:
Unable to play professional pool in the
Favourite player:
Efren Reyes.
Sponsors:
XZ Billiards.
Cues used:
Predator SE1 and BK2.
Hobbies:
Travelling and football.
Home pool room:
XZ Club.
Like about pool:
Anybody's game.
Dislike about pool:
Bad conditions of the table.
Occupation other than pool:
Snooker and pool coach.
Describe yourself:
Friendly but shy, happy but unlucky and generous but poor.
Name:
Lee Poh Soon.
Nickname:
Ben.
Home town:
Date and place of birth:
June 16, 1971 - Penang.
Family:
Single.
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
Bronze medalist at the 2007 South East Asia Games in
Career achievements:
Runner-up of the Asian Invitational Snooker Championship in 2001 and 2004, winner of the National Snooker Championship in 2007, third place at the 2008 Jember Indonesia Open.
Biggest disappointment:
Unable to progress further in snooker.
Favourite player:
Efren Reyes.
Sponsors:
XZ Billiards.
Cues used:
Predator SE 2 and Poison VX 2.9 break cue.
Hobbies:
Fishing, chess and billiards.
Home pool room:
-
Like about pool:
Exciting, fun and fast.
Dislike about pool:
Fluke shots and golden breaks.
Occupation other than pool:
Operation manager for billiards products.
Describe yourself:
Dedicated and serious, hardworking and productive but sensitive and fragile.
World Cup of Pool record
2006 - Ibrahim Bin Amir and Patrick Ooi
R1 9-3 v Qatar (Bashar Hussain and Fahad Mohammadi)
L16 5-9 v Philippines (Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante
2007 - Did not compete
2008 Campaign
R1 - (Thursday, October 9 - afternoon session) v Russia (Konstantin Stepanov and Ruslan Chinakhov)
