Nayan Tamrakar, who lives near San Diego State University, is an amateur pool player who won the 2024 American Pool Association 8-Ball Classic Pool Championship in Las Vegas earlier this month
What started as a friendly challenge to a game of pool, turned into Nayan Tamrakar’s journey to amateur championship pool player. “We literally were going in to have fun and challenge each other,” he said of the day in 2012 when he walked into the now-closed Lou Jones Inn, down the street from the Adams Avenue Recreation Center, where they had been playing basketball. “Later, as I continued to test my skills, I met someone that posed a challenge.
Q: What has it taken to build this amateur career? A: It takes a lot of time, dedication, and practice; spending some coin for the right cue/cues; but most importantly, table time. I’ve spent numerous hours on drills, watching YouTube videos, and at tournaments. Q: What did your family say when you first told them that this was what you wanted to do? How did they respond? A: Well, my parents didn’t really support my choice of playing pool in the beginning.
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