His reported career earnings to February 2008 were approximately
$562,000.[2] His worst professional year was 2003, in which he did not win a single major event.[3]
"Soft breaking" and "pattern racking" are techniques that have been used by Deuel and others as a strategy to gain an advantage in tournament competitions. Pattern racking refers to purposefully racking the balls in strategic positions to take advantage of where those balls typically head. Pattern racking is illegal and unethical unless tournament rules specifically allow it.[4]
Deuel entered the
World Snooker2014 Q School qualification tournament in an attempt to win himself a 2-year tour card to play on the professional
World Snooker Tour. He lost in the second round to the former world number 70
Daniel Wells in the first event and lost 2–4 to Martin Ball in the second event.
Deuel later competed in the 2015
Xuzhou Open in
China, but was eliminated in the first round after losing 2–4 to the world number 81
Zhou Yuelong.
Deuel re-entered the
2015 Q School qualification tournament in May 2015. Despite at one stage leading 3–1 and only needed one more frame to advance Deuel, lost 3–4 to Jamie Barrett in the second round of the first event.
He was selected again for Team USA in the
2007 Mosconi Cup,[11][12] after being on the team in the four previous years. He was not selected in 2008, but again represented his country during the
2009 tournament.[13]
For 2007, he was ranked #9 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.[14]
Personal life
Deuel lived in
West Jefferson, Ohio, in early 2008. He now resides in New Port Richey, Florida.[2]
^"The Survey Says...: Pool & Billiard Magazine's 22nd Annual Player and Fan Poll". Pool & Billiard Magazine. Vol. 26, no. 2. Summerville, South Carolina: Sports Publications. February 2008. p. 14.
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