USA
Name: Rodney Morris.
Nickname: Rocket.
Age: 35 (date of birth 25/11/70).
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months: UPA Players champion, 2005 World Pool Masters runner-up, member of winning USA Mosconi Cup side.
Career achievements: 1996 US Open champion, two-time Reno Open champion, winner of 2003 World Pool League.
Favourite player: Efren Reyes.
Cues used: Szamboti.
Hobbies: Golf, basketball and chess.
Describe yourself: I love to make people laugh and help them.

Name: Earl Strickland.
Nickname: The Pearl.
Home town: Roseboro, North Carolina, USA.
Age: 45 (date of birth 8/6/61).
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months: Became a Hall of Fame member in 2006 and was a member of the American team that won the 2005 Mosconi Cup.
Career achievements: World 9-ball champion, US Open winner and Hall of Fame member.
Favourite player: Willie Mosconi.
Cues used: Cuetec.
Hobbies: Running, golf and tennis.
Describe yourself: I love pool and the world.