Welcome To The 2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters

WELCOME TO the official website for the 2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool Masters which will be taking place from Friday 16th - Sunday 18th June

2006 at the Hotel Zuiderduin , Egmond aan Zee, Holland, home to the event in '03 and '04.

This site will tell you everything you need to know about Europe's longest running invitational 9-ball event. From player profiles to hotel packages for spectators www.worldpoolmasters.com is the place to be.

This year the event is sponsored by one of the world's leading online gaming houses PartyCasino.com .

Event promoters Matchroom Sport are bringing sixteen of the very best 9-ball players in the world together to chase the US$62,000 prize-fund.

The line-up includes former champions Raj Hundal ('05), Thomas Engert ('04), Tony Drago ('03), Alex Lely ('99) and making his return after a two-year absence, Germany's Ralf Souquet , a winner of this event in '94, '96, '00 and '02.

Television production is by Matchroom Sport TV Productions who will produce 15x 1 hour programmes for distribution around the world including Sky Sports in the UK and a major broadcaster in the Netherlands.

As well as Alex Lely, spearheading the Dutch challenge will be Nick van den Berg of Amsterdam and Den Hague's Niels Feijen . These two are Nos. 2 and 4 in Europe respectively and both will be looking to make a significant impact in front of a big home crowd.

Making his first Masters appearance since losing in the 1998 quarter-finals to Earl Strickland is two-time World Snooker Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan . 'The Rocket' has been playing more and more pool and the 2006 Masters will a real benchmark of his progress.

From Asia come a trio of the game's superstars and all WPA World Champions. Reigning World 8 Ball and 9 Ball Champion Wu Chia-ching makes his second Masters appearance and he will be joined by the dynamic Filipino duo of Efren Reyes and Alex Pagulayan .

Last year's beaten finalist and one of the game's great entertainers Rodney Morris of the USA will be in attendance as will snooker legend Steve Davis .

Play commences on the Friday afternoon and then takes a break on Friday evening while the annual trickshot fest, the World Pool Trickshot Masters takes place. With some new faces in the line up including Italian Trickshot king Stefan Pelinga and mesmerising Dutch magician Rob Mollien, the Trickshot Masters looks like being its best yet.

In order not to disappoint football fans during the World Cup, between sessions on the Friday, organisers Matchroom Sport are putting up a big screen in the arena to show live coverage of Holland's Group C match against the Ivory Coast.