USA Billiards Team Retains the Mosconi Cup

USA Billiards Team Retains the Mosconi CupIn the final match of the 2006 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup, the proposition was a simple one for Spain's David Alcaid - beat Corey Deuel and win the cup for Europe, lose and the American's would retain it.The Spaniard won the lag and looked calm as he went through the balls and he incompleted the rack with an 8-9 combination to take a 1-0 lead.Discuss the PartyPoker.com Mosconi CupDeuel, the master of the soft break, made a very comfortable run out in the next to square it up at 1-1.
But Alcaide, who was competing in the Mosconi Cup for the first time, kept cool to win the third rack and after winning the lag was in prime position to win the match and the trophy as long as he made no errors for the rest of the encounter.Deuel kept up the pressure on the Spainard by breaking and running through the next but still needed Alcaide to make a mistake.It came in the fifth rack when Alcaide missed a shot at the 1-ball but he got lucky as Deuel had to play safe. The American then had some fortune of his own by missing the 1-ball but also not leaving it on.Both players then produced some of the best safety play seen throughout the competition before a full contact on the 1-ball from Deuel left Alcaide with a chance but he lost position going for the pink 4.However, Deuel missed the same ball in a match full of tension and drama but Alcaide missed the 9-ball and with it passed the advantage to the American as Deuel could not believe his luck to go 3-2 in front.A 5-9 combination from Deuel made the score 4-2 as USA were now one rack away from retaining the Mosconi Cup.Alcaide missed the six in the next and that proved to be Europe's last shot in the competition. Deuel used a jump shot and got lucky as the six ball come back up the table and deflected off the 7-ball to go into the pocket and set up the 5-2 victory.

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