Dechawat Poomjaeng
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Poomjaeng at the 2014 German Masters
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| Born | July 11, 1978 |
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 Thailand
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| Nickname | Mr Poombastic |
| Professional | 2011– |
| Highest ranking | 37 (March–April 2015) |
| Current ranking | 59 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £165,709 |
| Highest break | 147 (2014 German Masters qualifying) |
| Century breaks | 24 |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (2013 World Championship, 2015 China Open, 2015 UK Championship) |
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| Non-ranking | 1 |
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| Representing Thailand
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| Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | Singles |
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2013 Cali | Singles |
Dechawat Poomjaeng (Thai: เดชาวัต พุ่มแจ้ง Dechāwạt Phùmcæ̂ng, born July 11, 1978) is a Thai professional snooker player. He is the No. 2 ranked Thai player on the main tour.
He won the 2010 IBSF World Snooker Championship in Damascus, Syria, defeating India's Pankaj Advani 10–7 in the final. This earned him a place on the professional Main Tour for the 2011/2012 season.
Due to being a new player on the tour and therefore unranked he would need to win four qualifying matches to reach the ranking event main draws. He came closest to doing this in the World Open when he beat Andrew Pagett and Liu Song, before losing to Michael Holt 4–5.
Poomjaeng played all 12 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, with his best finish coming in Event 8 where he beat seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry and Stephen Maguire to reach the last 16, but succumbed 1–4 to Ben Woollaston. Poomjaeng finished the season ranked world number 82, comfortably outside the top 64 who retain their places for the 2012/2013 season. However, his final placing of 57th on the PTC Order of Merit was good enough to earn him a spot for next season.
The 2012/2013 season saw Poomjaeng qualify for the main draw of a ranking event for the first time. This came in the 2013 German Masters, by defeating Yu Delu and Fergal O'Brien. He lost 2–5 to Barry Hawkins in the first round in Berlin. Poomjaeng continued his form by winning four matches to reach the China Open. Once at the venue in Beijing, he saw off Zhu Yinghui 5–2 in the wildcard round, but then lost 3–5 to Mark Davis in the first round. In the Players Tour Championship events this season Poomjaeng's best results were last 16 defeats in the First and Fourth events, losing to Alan McManus and Mark Joyce respectively. He was ranked 42nd on the PTC Order of Merit. Poomjaeng beat Michael Leslie 10–4, Liu Chuang 10–9, Anthony Hamilton 10–4 and Jamie Cope 10–3 to qualify for the World Championship for the first time. He faced sixth seed Stephen Maguire in the first round and produced a huge shock with the world number 70 Poomjaeng winning 10–9, with a composed 63 break in the final frame. The crowd warmed to Poomjaeng as he walked to the wrong table at the start of play and animatedly expressed his emotions throughout the match, including applauding his own safety shot. He played Michael White in the second round and lost the fourth frame without a ball having been potted due to missing the reds three times. The rules of snooker state that if a red can be seen full ball and is missed on three consecutive shots, the frame is conceded. Poomjaeng lost the session 1–7 and went on to be defeated 3–13. His cheque of £16,000 for reaching the last 16 more than doubled his previous career earnings since turning professional in 2011. Poomjaeng finished the season ranked world number 67.
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