Poles ease past Thailand
POLAND look to be a quiet threat in the top half of the draw as Radoslaw Babica and Mateusz Sniegocki performed well in overcoming Thailand 8-3 in their first round match at the 2008 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool.
The Thai duo of Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Dechawat Poomjang were sound technically but perhaps a little naïve in their shot selection and the Poles took full advantage to steam into a fast lead at 5-1.
Wearing matching black outfits and white shoes, Thailand steadied themselves in the seventh game to move to 2-5 and looked to be gaining in confidence as they ran through the table to reduce the deficit.
Poland though reasserted themselves in the next rack and Sniegocki potted a long range 9 ball to take his team to 6-3.
A 2/9 fluked combination took the Poles to the hill at 7-3 as the Thais stared defeat in the face.
The Poles crowned a very confident display as they ran the final rack from the break to advance to the second round where they will play Qatar or Germany.
