{{short description|Dutch pool player, born 1981}} {{Infobox pool player | name = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|05|30|df=yes}}<ref name="profile">{{Cite web |title=Huidji SEE - AZBilliards.com |work=azbilliards.com |access-date=17 August 2018 |url=http://www.azbilliards.com/people/4040-huidji-see/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626073027/http://www.azbilliards.com/people/4040-huidji-see/ |archive-date=26 June 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} --> | death_place = | sport_country = {{NED}} | nickname = "Hooch" | professional = 2005 | game = 10-ball, 9-ball, Straight pool | best_finish = | major_wins = | minor_wins = | other_wins = | world_champ = 10-ball (2011) | website = <!-- {{URL|www.Example.com}} and leave off the "www." part if not necessary --> | medaltemplates = }}
'''Huidji See''' (born 30 May 1981 in Arnhem, Netherlands, also known as Huidji Lake{{citation needed|date=September 2023|reason=Not in sources; probably just an over-enthusiastic translation}}) is a Dutch professional pool and billiards player. He was the 2011 WPA World 10-Ball Pool Champion.<ref name="Six">{{cite web |url=http://www.sixpockets.de/2011/05/world-10-ball-championship-2011/ |title=World 10 Ball Championship 2011 |work=sixpockets.de |date=1 April 2017 |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="azbi_'ElN">{{Cite web |title='El Nino' Nick van den Berg Delfshaven Champion |work=azbilliards.com |access-date=17 August 2018 |url=http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/8471-el-nino-nick-van-den-berg-delfshaven-champion/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318215836/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/8471-el-nino-nick-van-den-berg-delfshaven-champion/ |archive-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Career== ===Early life=== See was born in 1981 in the Netherlands, the son of Chinese parents, and grew up there. Instead of finishing his education, he opted for a career as a professional billiard player.<ref name="Overview">{{Cite web | title = Nederlander Huidji See: poolheld op Filipijnen | author = ANP/Redactie | work = AD.nl | date = 17 May 2011 | access-date = 17 August 2018 | url = https://www.ad.nl/andere-sporten/nederlander-huidji-see-poolheld-op-filipijnen~ade881b3/ }}</ref> In competitions he competes for the Rotterdam Billiards Club Thurston. His nickname in the pool billiard scene is Hooch.<ref>[http://www.billiardapps.com/player_profile.asp?db=epc&header=yes&playerid=598on billiardapps.com], retrieved on 4 April 2017.</ref>
===Pool career=== In 2007 See won silver in the WPA World Straight Pool Championship, losing the final 171–200 against the German Oliver Ortmann. On reaching the final, he had successively defeated players {{ill|Stevie Moore|de}}, {{ill|Antonio Fazanes|de}}, {{ill|Matt Krah|de}}, {{ill|Bob Maidhof|de}}, Niels Feijen, Warren Kiamco and {{ill|Martin Kempter|de}}.
In the Straight pool world championship 2008 in New Brunswick See lost in the quarterfinals to Francisco Bustamante. At the ''European Pool Championship 2011'' he was defeated in 10-ball in the quarterfinals the Russian Konstantin Stepanov, however, won the bronze medal in 9-ball.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2011100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=M9&stageround=All |title=Matches – Draw and Results (Men 9-Ball) |work=billiardapps.com |publisher=European Pocket Billiard Federation |access-date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=20 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220121435/http://www.billiardapps.com/drawresults.asp?db=epc&client=&eventnr=2011100&header=yes&eventheader=no&showtabs=yes&tab=Tournament&footer=no&tournament=M9&stageround=All |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2010 in the European Pool Championship in the See won a bronze medal in straight pool.<ref name="Overview"/>
In May 2011, See in Manila won the 2011 WPA World Ten-ball Championship with an 11–8 victory in the final against the Chinese title favorite Jian-Bo Fu.<ref name="nos._Huid">{{Cite web | title = Huidji See wereldkampioen 10-ball | work = nos.nl | access-date = 17 August 2018 | url = https://nos.nl/artikel/240561-huidji-see-wereldkampioen-10-ball.html | language = nl | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170611193416/http://nos.nl/artikel/240561-huidji-see-wereldkampioen-10-ball.html | archive-date = 11 June 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref> In the group stage he had previously successively defeated the players Jalal Yousef (9–3), Ricky Yang (9–7), Ko Pin-yi (9–6), Tony Drago (9–4) and Yukio Akakariyama (9–6).<ref name="philnews-201110">{{cite web |url=https://philnews.ph/2011/05/16/huidji-see-wins-the-2011-wpa-world10-ball-championship/ |title=Huidji See Wins the 2011 WPA World 10-Ball Championship |work=philnews.ph |date=16 May 2011 |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref>
See did not opt to retain his World 10-ball championship in 2015.<ref name="azbi_Stri">{{Cite web |title=Striding, and Stumbling, Out Of The Gates |work=azbilliards.com |access-date=17 August 2018 |url=http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/11799-striding-and-stumbling-out-of-the-gates/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709084937/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/11799-striding-and-stumbling-out-of-the-gates/ |archive-date=9 July 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Titles== * 2011 WPA World Ten-ball Championship * 2007 CSI U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.azbilliards.com/people/4040-huidji-see/ Huidji See] on azbilliards.com
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{{DEFAULTSORT:See, Huidji}} Category:WPA World Ten-ball Champions Category:Dutch pool players Category:Dutch people of Chinese descent Category:1981 births Category:Sportspeople from Arnhem Category:Living people