Gallego Wins Bangkok Leg Of Asian 9-Ball Tour

Central Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand - Another Filipino came out on top, this as Ramil "Bebeng" Gallego topped the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour, Bangkok Leg.

Ramil came from behind in the semifinals, defeating Taiwanese 2-time World 9-Ball Champion, Fong Pang Chao, 11-8 - avenging the loss of compatriot Efren Reyes to Chao in the quarterfinals. Then in the finals, Ramil repeated the same feat, coming from behind against tournament darkhorse Au Chi Wai of Hong Kong, winning with the same score, 11-8.

Ramil was a replacement for former World Champion, Alex Pagulayan, after winning qualifiers in the Philippines.

Gallego took home $10,000 for the win.

The first leg of the the 2006 Asian tour was won by Efren Reyes in Ho Chi Minh, and this was just the second leg. Last year, 3 of 4 legs were won by Filipinos - Gandy Valle (Singapore), Reyes (Jakarta) and Ronato Alcano (Manila), conceding the Kaohsiung leg to Taiwanese Yang Ching Shun.

The tournament was in June 2-4, 2006.