Easy Win Puts American Billiard Team Back On Top

Easy Win Puts American Billiard Team Back On TopTeam America regained their lead in the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup with a comfortable 6-1 success in the second match of Day Two. Captain Johnny Archer and Corey Deuel were never in any trouble in their doubles meeting with David Alcaide and Thomas Engert to put USA 3-2 ahead.Discuss the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup“I feel I’m playing good right now and so is Johnny and he kept me in line," said Deuel.
“The Mosconi is the only time we get to play doubles and it’s nice to play for here for your country.“To play in this event is a real dream for all US players. We all want to make the team and after missing a couple of years, it’s good to be back."They won the lag but with no shot on the 1-ball, they were forced to play safe. The Americans then got a stroke of fortune as Engert as did well to pot the 1-ball but the cue ball took an unlucky deflection off the two and went into the bottom right pocket.That enabled Deuel to eventually make it 1-0 before the same player finished the second rack off to give America a 2-0 lead for the second successive match.Unlike the first encounter of the second day when Schmidt and Davis then capitulated after being 2-0 ahead, Archer and Deuel were playing at the top of their games.A fine shot from Deuel saw him roll the 8-ball down the rail and that gave Archer the simple task of downing the 9-ball for a 3-0 advantage.Europe played themselves into trouble in the fourth rack when Alcaide underhit his pot on the 6-ball and left Engert facing a tricky bank shot on the 7-ball into the right middle pocket.When that attempt missed it left the Americans with an easy task to sink the final three balls for an emphatic 4-0 lead and in sight of the first whitewash victory of the 2006 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup.Engert had a touch of fortune in the next when a table-length bank shot disposed of the 2-ball but his teammate did him few favours as Alcaide potted the 3-ball but hooked his partner and gave the German no sight of the pink 4.He was left with a hit and hope shot but this time luck deserted him as the ball remained hanging over the bottom right pocket for the Americans to move 5-0 ahead.A rare mistake from Archer in the sixth gave Alcaide a shot at the yellow one and that set up a first rack for Europe as they avoided a 6-0 humilation but still had a great deal of work to get back into the match.Archer lost position going from the 6-ball to the 7-ball in the seventh rack and left Deuel with a bank shot. He subsequently missed but left the cue ball right behind the black 8 with the 7-ball tight on the bottom cushion.Alcaide failed to make contact with the 7-ball and that proved to be Europe's last shot of the tie as America regained their overall lead.

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