By Lily O. Ramos
MANILA, (PNA)– The Euro-USA West Team will be strengthened with the presence of “Texas Tornado” Vivian Villareal who will join fellow champions Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan and captain Kelly Fisher of England of the West Team
“An event like the Queens Cup has never been done before and this is what we needed for women’s pool. And I love that it’s 10-Ball because it’s harder to make a ball on the break”, said Villarreal, a winner of the Women’s Pro Tour National Championship and ESPN World Open.
“I feel its going to be great! I think its about time we do something different.”
Villareal is USA’s 19x Pro Tour stop winner and a big fan favorite in the JBET.com Queens Cup to be held at the Resorts World Manila on Nov. 5-7 using MIN Table of Korea with Andy Cloth as the official cloth on all televised matches while OB Cues is the official cue with co-sponsorship of www.Sabong King.com of the host country Philippines.
“Vivian is about as experienced as they come. Like the other ladies on the team, she’s a former World #1, and knows how to win. And she has a unique style full of energetic offense. And psychologically she knows how to gain advantage with winning over the crowds. She’s definitely going to give Team Asia a hard time,” said Charlie Williams, creator of the Queens Cup.
An additional perk is the coming on board of JBET.com the title sponsor of the inaugural Queens Cup which also features Asia’s powerhouse squad with South Korea’s Ga Young Kim as team captain and the Philippines’ pride, Rubilen Amit and two more additional players to be named soon.
The East vs West is the ultimate team showdown between the world’s greatest lady professional billiards players produced by USA’s Williams’ Dragon Promotions and filmed by ABS-CBN to be aired live in over a dozen countries in five continents.
JBET.COM is operated by Red Velvet S.A. in Costa Rica and provides all device mobile and pc based social and gaming entertainment. JBET will have joint venture with local online technology and gaming investment firm Basegame Philippines Inc., said to open its new office in the Philippines in 2014.
BaseGame Philippines Inc. is the same company owner of the only official local authorization for gaming, including Junket Operations in the famous island of Boracay where it hopes to bring this Queens Cup event to Boracay towards the end of 2014 with soft opening of its foreign tourist only entertainment center.
The Queens Cup will showcase the rivalry between the Asians and their western counterparts in Europe and USA, much similar to the Ryder Cup in golf or Davis Cup in tennis.
The absolute best ladies from their respective countries and continents will be selected for the teams. The event will last three days in a 10-Ball format that will race to the first team reaching 10 matches for the win.
Style of play will include singles, doubles, triples, and 4-on-4.
Captains will be put to the test to create the best strategy in partnerships and chemistry of match-ups.
If the matches go 9 to 9 hill hill, a final 4-on-4 play will create the dramatic conclusion.