tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222806042011-11-20T19:12:01.003+08:00This BlogSite is for all Philippine Billiard fans. Most articles would be news regarding Philippine cue-artists' conquest of the world via the pool table. Ratings of top-billed Pinoy billiard players and features on budding stars would be posted too.Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-36860220159987353512007-04-08T09:01:00.000+08:002007-05-03T09:17:27.282+08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Rubilen Amit Loses In </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Women's World 9-Ball Finals</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><h4 style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b> Tao-Yuan, Taiwan - Rubilen Amit </b></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">landed second place in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">2007 Amway Women's World 9-Ball Championship</span>.</span><br /></h4><span style="font-family:georgia;">Amit lost to Xiao-Ting Pan of China in the finals in the score of 5-11.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Amit was a revelation in the tournament. Virtually unknown, she conquered big names in the tournament. She defeated Japanese Yukiko Hamanishi in the semis, 9-6. She also defeated two-time World 9-Ball Champion Ga-Young Kim of Kore in the quarterfinals, 7-2.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Amit took home </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >$10,000</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> for the win and the beautiful Pan of China took home $20,000.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-3686022015998735351?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1169522400678861382007-01-23T10:46:00.000+08:002007-01-23T11:20:00.723+08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Filipinos Dominate The 2007 Derby City Classic</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Executive West Hotel, Louisville, KY</span> - The famous Derby City Classic which ran January4-13, proved to be a great year opener for Filipino cue-masters.</span><br /><br /><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Derby City Classic Bank Pool Event</span></u><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Magician" Efren Reyes</span>, succumbed to American Steve Moore in the finals. Moore took home $10,000 while Reyes settled for a nice <span style="font-weight: bold;">$5,000</span> pay.Filipino veteran and 2006 US 9-Ball Open runner-up, Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat finished 3rd for $3,000.</span><br /><br /><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Derby City Classic One Pocket Event</span></u><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Efren Reyes</span> avenged his Bank Pool Finals loss via dominating the One Pocket Event. Reyes, a One Pocket Hall of Fame awardee, stomped his class by going through the entire event undefeated. Efren took <span style="font-weight: bold;">$12,000</span> by winning against Cliff Joyner in the finals. Joyner took $6,000 for finishing 2nd. Another Filipino great, Francisco "Django" Bustamante took 3rd place and $3,600.</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><br /><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Derby City Classic 9-Ball Event</span></u><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three-time European Straight Pool Champ, Holland's Niels "The Terminator" Feijen, captured the 9-Ball Event by defeating <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rodolfo Luat</span> in the finals. Feijen took home $16,800 while Luat has <span style="font-weight: bold;">$8,400</span>. Django Bustamante who placed 3rd took $4,400.</span><br /><br /><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Derby City Classic Master of the Table</span></u><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The eventual Master of the Table (given to the best performer in all 3 events) is <span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes</span>. He took a bonus price of <span style="font-weight: bold;">$20,000</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat</span> placed 2nd with a bonus of <span style="font-weight: bold;">$3,000</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Francisco "Django" Bustamante</span> placed 3rd with a bonus of <span style="font-weight: bold;">$2,000</span>. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-116952240067886138?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1168504857982488802007-01-11T16:40:00.000+08:002007-01-23T16:19:23.450+08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Top Philippine Billiard Players of 2006<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4259/2045/1600/892800/efren_reyes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4259/2045/320/481781/efren_reyes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >1. "The Magician" Efren Reyes</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 2006 Asian 9-Ball Tour Jakarta Leg </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 2006 IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 2006 World Cup of Pool </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">4th - 2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Championship</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - Derby City Classic, One Pocket Event </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 2006 Asian 9-Ball Tour Ho Chi Minh City Leg</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd - Derby City Classic, Master of the Table</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >2. Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 2006 World Pool League </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">5th - 2006 IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">3rd - 2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Championship </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - World (9-Ball) Championship Bar Table Tournament</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - US Bar Table Championship, 8-Ball </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 43rd Annual Reno Open </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >3. Ronato "The Volcano" Alcano</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 2006 World Pool championship </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >4. "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd - 2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Championship </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >5. Antonio "Ga-Ga" Gabica</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd - 2006 Doha Asian Games Men's 8-Ball Pool-Singles</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 2006 Doha Asian Games Men's 9-Ball Pool-Singles</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >6T. Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd - 31st Annual US Open 9-Ball Championships</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 2006 Asian 9-Ball Tour Kaohsiung Leg </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Qtrs - 2006 World Pool Championship </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >6T. Francisco "Django" Bustamante</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - World Cup of Pool </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 2006 San Miguel Philippine 9-Ball Open </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >7. Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - BSCP National Pool Championship </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd - 2nd SML Open 9-Ball Championship </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd - 2006 World Pool Masters </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >8. Lee Van "Van-Van" Corteza </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - 39th All Japan Championship </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >9. Jeff "Bata" De Luna</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd - 2006 Doha Asian Games Men's 9-Ball Pool-Singles </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >10. Antonio "Nickoy" Lining</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st - Japan Open 9-Ball Billiards Championship</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-116850485798248880?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1168504747156663582007-01-11T16:37:00.000+08:002007-01-13T10:22:18.380+08:00<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Philipppines Dominates Asiad 9-Ball; Gabica Grabbed 2 Medals</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Al-Sadd Sports Club, Doha, Qatar</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> - The Philippines dominated the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Men's 9-Ball</span></span><a style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4259/2045/1600/514951/72518892MR040_15th_Asian_Ga.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4259/2045/320/20544/72518892MR040_15th_Asian_Ga.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pool-Singles</span> event in the recently concluded 2006 Asian Games. Filipinos <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Antonio "Gaga" Gabica</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Jeffrey "Bata" De Luna</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> contested for the gold medal with Gabica winning out with an 11-7 score. In the semis, Gabica defeated Korean Jeoung Young Hwa while De Luna defeats eventual bronze medalist Taiwanese Yang Ching Shun.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The win was Gabica's way making out for his loss in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Men's 8-Ball Pool-Singles</span> finals, where he settled for the silver medal, against Japanese Satoshi Kawabata, the match ended with a score of 7-9. In the semis, Kawabata defeated another Filipino in the person of Dodong "The Rattlesnake" Andam while Gabica defeated eventual bronze medalist Taiwanese Huang Kung Chang.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Gabica took home </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >1 gold</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >1 silver</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and should be rewarded with </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Php2.3Million ($46,000)</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> while de Luna takes home </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >1 silver</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> worth </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Php800,000 ($16,000)</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. The cash prizes are incentives to be given by the Philippine government to all Asiad medalists.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-116850474715666358?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1164180205840270382006-11-22T15:17:00.000+08:002007-01-13T10:20:53.310+08:00<p><strong><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Corteza Wins All Japan</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Hotel New Archaic in Hyogo, Japan</strong> - <strong>Lee Van "VanVan" Corteza</strong> tops the 39th <span style="font-weight: bold;">All Japan Championships</span> to pocket the top purse equivalent to <strong>$20,000</strong>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Corteza defeated former World Pool Championships runner-up Chang Pei-wei of Chinese Taipei, 11-3, in the finals to win the championship. He also beat for mwer World Pool Champion Mika Immonen of Finland, 9-5, and local bets Japanese T. Tobo, 9-0, and A. Shiraiwa, 9-2, in the earlier rounds to reach the finals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Other big guns who saw action were former World Pool Champions Wu Chia-ching of Chinese Taipei and Ralf Souquet of Germany.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-116418020584027038?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1162529229338890822006-11-03T12:37:00.000+08:002006-11-11T22:11:10.836+08:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:13;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">2006 World Pool Championship</span><br /></span></b><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;">PICC, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines (Oct 27 - Nov 11, 2006)</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><br /><br /><b style="font-family: georgia;">Last 32<br /></b><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Philippines campaign took a big blow in the round of 32. Almost every Filipino got eliminated including Pinoy top bets Efren Reyes and Marlon Manalo. Reyes was defeated by compariot Ronato Alcano 7-10 and Manalo was defeated by Taiwan's Kuo Po Cheng 7-10.</span></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></b><span style="font-family:georgia;">Only 3 Filipinos were left for the round of 16 (18.75%). Alcano, lone remaining big gun Rodolfo Luat and a budding talent, 22-yrs old Jeff De Luna.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Taiwanese also suffered big losses in the defeat of former world champion Fong Pang Chao and Taiwanese big gun Yang Ching Shun.</span><br /><b style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Last 64<br /></b><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Filipino campaign for the world crown did farely well in the round of 64, but not without major losses. 8 of 12 Filipinos got through to the next round but a couple of big guns got eliminated. Erstwhile Dennis Orcullo was necessarily defeated by the sentimental favorite Efren Reyes 6-10. But the bigger loss was of another previously undefeated Filipino, Francisco Bustamante, who was defeated by Germany's Thomas Engert 7-10.</span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></b><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Philippines was not the only country who suffered big losses today. USA had no one left after this round, after notable players like Johnny Archer and the volatile Earl Strickland, both former world champions, got knocked out. Germany suffered big too, as former world champions Thorsten Hohmann and Oliver Ortmann were also eliminated.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">8 of 32 players remaining are Filipino, making the Filipinos compose 25.00% of the field.</span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: georgia;">Judgement Day</b><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The dust have already settled and many Filipino cue-masters have fallen by the wayside. Primary of which is 2004 World Champion Alex Pagulayan. Alex lost to Taiwanese Lee Kun Fang in a hill-hill thriller, which saw the Taiwanese advancing to the next round.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">A couple of lucky Pinoy players squeaked pass with just win like Jharome Pena and Ronato Alcano. Other pinoys came through the group stages unscathed - Marlon Manalo, Lee Van Corteza, Francisco Bustamante, Rodolfo Luat and Roberto Gomez who incidentally had the best record among the 64 players who got through.<br /><br />The Filipinos representing other nations did not do so well, Ibrahim who played for Malaysia only got 1 win while Montal who bannered the Canadian flag did not win a single match. Both did not get pass the group stages.<br /><br />Overall it was so far a good campaign for the Filipinos, having 12 players left for the Round of 64, compising 18.75% of the field.<br /><br />There is a couple of bad draws for the Filipinos though. Ronny Alcano will battle Roberto Gomez in the round of 64. A worse draw would be the battle of two Pinoy giants, Reyes and Orcullo in the next round. And much worst, the winners of both matches will surely be knocking eack other out in th Round of 32.<br /><br /><b>Manila Welcomes The World<br /></b>Manila welcomes the 107 foreign players playing in the World Pool Chamnpionship which for the first timne will be held in the Philippine capital.<br /><br />There are 23 Filipinos entered in this years World Pool Championship. 21 of which represent the Philippines, 1 represents Canada and 1 represents Malaysia. The Philippine Team then composes 16.41% of the 128 man field.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Here's the list of Filipinos entered in the tournament and how they are grouped:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 2 Efren Reyes (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 4 Alex Pagulayan (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 5 Marlon Manalo (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 7 Leonardo Andam (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 9 Lee Van Corteza (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 10 Francisco Bustamante (PHI) and Jharome Pena (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 11 Antonio Lining (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 13 Roland Garcia (PHI) and Rudy Morta (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 15 Gandy Valle (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 16 Dennis Orcollo (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 21 Rodolfo Luat (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 22 Roberto Gomez (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 23 Jose Parica (PHI) and Santos Sambajon (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 25 Israel Rota (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 28 Ronato Alcano (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 29 Jeff de Luna (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 30 Eduardo Villanueva (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Group 32 Ramil Gallego (PHI)<br /><br />The Filipinos representing other countries are Ibrahim bin Amir of Malaysia and Edwin Montal of Canada.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-116252922933889082?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1161665585890880172006-10-24T11:11:00.000+08:002006-10-28T11:47:35.240+08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Django Keeps San Miguel Philippine 9-Ball Open Crown</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >New Talent Found In Person Of Mike Takayama</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Casino Filipino Pagcor Theater, Manila, Philippines</span> - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Francisco "Django" Bustamante</span> successfully defended his title in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">San Miguel Philippine 9-Ball Open</span> by defeating veteran campaigner <span style="font-weight: bold;">Leonardo Didal</span> in the finals to the score of 17-11, October 14th. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The tournament was a great success, owing to the presence of grizzled veterans and the emergence of very young talents. One of the revelations would be Mike Takayama who reached the semi-finals of the event.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Mike defeated big names like: Alex Pagulayan (9-2), Gandy Valle (9-7) and Dennis Orcullo (9-4).<br /><br />Bustamante takes home PHP500,000 (approximately <span style="font-weight: bold;">$10,000</span>) and Didal has PHP250,000 (approximately <span style="font-weight: bold;">$5,000</span>) for finishing <span style="font-weight: bold;">2nd</span>.<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-116166558589088017?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1160970940200716852006-10-16T11:54:00.000+08:002006-11-11T22:25:37.420+08:00<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Philippine Billiards Ranking (Q3 - 2006)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Let us revisit our billiards ranking before the highly anticipated World Pool Championship to be held the very first time in Manila. We have 6 likely heroes in this quarter's ranking. We may expect them to lead the Philippine's ques for the coveted World Pool Championship crown. We have three grizzled veterans and three young guns on our list, and here they are... </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >1. "The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes [2]</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Magician in definitely in a hot streak. He has not only been winning left and right, he is also making history in the process. Efren has been very consistent in his performance in the International Pool Tour (IPT). After landing 4th place in the 2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Championship he upped the ante by winning the 2006 IPT World 8-Ball Championship and taking home the biggest ever prize money in pool history. He also copped the first ever PartyPoker.Com World Cup of Pool with his buddy Francisco Bustamante. And then lastly, he paved the way for the Philippine's sweep of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour by following up his win in Ho Chi Minh City by another win in Jakarta. The sweep was the first ever in the tour history. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - 2006 Asian 9-Ball Tour Jakarta Leg </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - 2006 IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - World Cup of Pool </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >4th - 2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Championship </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - Derby City Classic, One Pocket Event </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - 2006 Asian 9-Ball Tour Ho Chi Minh City Leg </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >2. Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo [1]</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Though overtaken by Reyes in the list, Orcullo coninues to sizzle. He, like Reyes, is also a picture of consistency in the International Pool Tour (IPT). He placed 3rd and 5th in the IPT North American and World Championship respectively. Also, he continued Reyes' and Bustamante's legacy in winning the World Pool League.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - 2006 World Pool League<br />5th - 2006 IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >3rd - 2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Championship </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - World (9-Ball) Championship Bar Table Tournament </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - US Bar Table Championship, 8-Ball </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - 43rd Annual Reno Open </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >3. "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo [New]</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">It has been a very quiet year for Manalo. But he did almost catch a biggie, he finished second in the 2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Championship, and that is more than enough to put him in third.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >2nd - 2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Championship</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >4. Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan [3]</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Alex</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> became the first ever Philippine champion when he took the BSCP National Pool Championship crown undefeated. Although, it should be noted that Efren Reyes and Django Bustamante were not in the competition as they were together busy making history in the World Cup of Pool.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st - BSCP National Pool Championship </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >2nd - 2nd SML Open 9-Ball Championship </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >2nd - 2006 World Pool Masters </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat [New] & Francisco "Django" Bustamante [New]</span><br />These two veterans are finally waking up. Luat has been performing well, he topped one of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball tour legs, and the most difficult leg to capture at that, the Kaohsiung Leg. Also, he almost took the 31st Annual US Open 9-Ball Championship crown. Meanwhile, Django has been fairly quit this year. But the historical win for the first ever </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">PartyPoker.Com World Cup of Pool, together with his friend Efren, cannot be overlooked.<br /><br />Luat's achievements:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">2nd - 2006 US Open 9-Ball Championship</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1st - 2006 Asian 9-Ball Tour Kaohsiung Leg </span><br /><br />Bustamante's achievements:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1st - </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >PartyPoker.Com World Cup of Pool</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-116097094020071685?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1159778894204477732006-10-02T16:47:00.000+08:002006-10-28T11:44:48.096+08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">"Boy Samson" Luat Is 2006 US Open Runner-Up</span></span><br /><strong style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></strong><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chesapeake Convention Center, Chesapeake, VA, USA</span> - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat</span> was defeated by John "Mr. 400" Schmidt in the finals to win the <span style="font-weight: bold;">31st Annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship</span>. 219 players entered for a chance to walk away with the prestigious title and $40,000 first-place prize, but in the end only one man could achieve it.</span><span class="poolsites"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Luat was undefeated all through out the tournament. On the contrary, Schmidt came from the losers bracket to snap up the grand prize.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Luat took home <span style="font-weight: bold;">$20,000</span> for placing <span style="font-weight: bold;">2nd</span> in the prestegious event held Sep 25 - Oct 1.</span><br /> <p><a href="http://www.insidepoolmag.com/"><br /></a></p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115977889420447773?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1159778858020863502006-10-02T16:46:00.000+08:002006-10-21T21:27:54.143+08:00<strong><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Dennis Orcullo Is The New World Pool League Champion</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>NOT Building, Warsaw, Poland</strong> - Continuing in the legac</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">y</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> of lege</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">ndary </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Filipino cue</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/1600/orcollo-wpl.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/320/orcollo-wpl.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> masters Efren Reyes and Django Bustamante, Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo is the <strong>2006 PartyCasino.com World Pool League</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Orcullo defeated Hol</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">land's Niels Feijen, 8-5, in a very exciting final match.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Orcullo bested everybody in the six-man tourney which includes former world champions Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann of Germany. Other contenders are Chan Pei Wei of Taiwan and Radislaw Babica of Poland.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Orcullo would bring home a sweet <strong>$20,000</strong> pay check for his win.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115977885802086350?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1161521415277201562006-09-20T20:49:00.000+08:002006-10-22T21:44:12.130+08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Asian Tour Sweep - Reyes Wins Jakarta</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mutiara Ballroom, Jakarta, Indonesia</span> - A few days after winning the biggest prize money in pool history, the master <span style="font-weight: bold;">Efren "Bata" Reyes</span> stamped his class in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">2006 San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour, Jakarta Leg</span>. Efren defeated local boy Ricky Yang in the finals winning for himself the <span style="font-weight: bold;">$10,000</span> grand prize and paving the way for the Philippines to record first ever sweep of the tour.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">There were 4 official legs in this year's San Miguel 9-Ball Tour and every leg was won by a Filipino. Efren started the trend by winning the Ho Chi Minh City Leg (Vietnam), then Ramil Gallego won the Bangkok leg (Thailand) and then Rodolfo Luat conquered the Kaohsiung Leg (Taiwan).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The tournament ran from September 15 to 17.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-116152141527720156?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1157558277575602682006-09-06T23:55:00.000+08:002006-10-22T21:40:44.040+08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2006 IPT World Open 8-Ball Championships</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><em>Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA (Sept 2-10, 2006)</em></strong></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/1600/wo_open_thumb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/320/wo_open_thumb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>"The Magician" Is The World Open Champion<br />"The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes</strong> wins the inaugural <strong>IPT World Open 8-Ball Championships</strong> to pocket the <strong>$500,000</strong> grand prize. He won it over "Rocket" Rodney Morris in the tune of 8-6. </p><p>The $500,000 grand prize was the biggest ever in the history of professional billiards.</p><p></p></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round of 6<br /></strong>It will be USA vs Philippines in the finals. "Rocket" Rodney Morris of Hawaii posted a 4-1 record in this round to be the first finalist. Meanwhile, living-legend Efren "Bata" Reyes posted a 3-2 record to tie Mika "The Iceman" Immonen. Reyes has a 60.0% games won record versus Immonen's 57.1%, hence Reyes earned the 2nd finals slot.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">The finals match will be USA's chance for vengeance. As the Team USA was in the finals defeated by Team Philippines in the recently concluded World Cup of Pool. Morris was part of the Team USA and Reyes was part of the Philippine team. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">The finals will be an almost even match owing to both players' almost similar tournament record. Rodney Morris won 195/323 (60.37%) games in 20/28 (71.43%) matches. Efren Reyes also 198/330 (60.00%) games also in 20/28 (71.43%) matches.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo</strong> bowed out in the Round of 6 with a <strong>5th</strong> place finish. He earned for himself a decent <strong>$66,000</strong> pay check. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round of 18 (Round 5)</strong><br />It was a tough day for the Philippine Team. Django Bustamante got eliminated after being perfect in the first 4 rounds of elimination. Everyone in the team struggled to make it through. Reigning Philippine 9-Ball Champion, Alex Pagulayan, also failed to move on. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Efren Reyes and Dennis Orcullo will be representing the Philippines and Asia in a seemingly world war casting of the Final 6 (33.33%). There are 2 representatives from US and Europe as well. Half of the group are also former WPA 9-Ball World Champions, namely Immonen, Ortmann and Reyes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">THE FINAL 6<br />1. Rodney Morris - USA<br />2. Mika Immonen - Finland<br />3. Oliver Ortmann - Germany<br />4. Corey Deuel - USA<br />5. Dennis Orcullo - Philippines<br />6. Efren Reyes - Philippines </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round 4 Review</strong><br />Ronny Alcano, Nickoy Lining and Amang Parica are axed in the 4th round. Only 4 Filipinos will enter the next round, the Round of 18 (22.22%). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Remainders of Team Philippines:<br />1. Django Bustamante<br />2. Efren Reyes<br />3. Dennis Orcullo<br />4. Alex Pagulayan </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Bustamante continues to lead the way with his perfect record. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round 3 Review</strong><br />Rodolfo Luat and Ramil Gallego are the latest Pinoy casualties. This now leaves 7 Filipinos out of 36 players (19.44%). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Remainders of Team Philippines:<br />1. Ronny Alcano<br />2. Django Bustamante<br />3. Efren Reyes<br />4. Nickoy Lining<br />5. Dennis Orcullo<br />6. Alex Pagulayan<br />7. Jose Parica </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Two-time world number one Django Bustamante continues to lead the team with a clean slate, he now also leads the entire pack of players having the best record. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Fil-Canadian Edwin Montal also exited in the 3rd round. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round 2 Review</strong><br />Warren Kiamco, Marlon Manalo, Santos Sambajon Jr. fell by the wayside leaving 9 Filipinos out of 60 players (15.00%). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Here's a complete list of remaining Filipino players:<br />1. Dennis Orcullo<br />2. Django Bustamante<br />3. Efren Reyes<br />4. Ronny Alcano<br />5. Alex Pagulayan<br />6. Antonio Lining<br />7. Rodolfo Luat<br />8. Ramil Gallego<br />9. Jose Parica </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Bustamante continues to lead the team with his unblemished record. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Earl "The Pearl" Strickland is one of the big names who was not able to make it to the next round. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round 1 Review</strong><br />Fresh out of a win in the inagural staging of the World Cup of Pool, Team Philippines has sent out resounding warning to all competitors. There are 12 Filipinos in a pool of 200 players, and none were eliminated in Round 1. In fact 7 Filipinos went pass Round 1 undefeated, Kiamco, Manalo, Orcullo, Reyes, Alcano, Bustamante and Pagulayan all went through unscathed. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Here's a complete list of Team Philippines:<br />1. Warren Kiamco<br />2. "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo<br />3. Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo<br />4. "The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes<br />5. Ronato Alcano<br />6. Francisco "Django" Bustamante<br />7. Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan<br />8. Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat<br />9. Ramil "Bebeng" Gallego<br />10. Santos Sambajon Jr.<br />11. Jose "Amang" Parica<br />12. Antonio "Nickoy" Lining </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Filipino-Canadian Edwin Montal, who is representing Canada was able to get pass the first round too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thorsten Hohmann, champion of the 2006 IPT North American 8-Ball Open shockingly failed to qualify for Round 2. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">There are now 12 Filipinos among 120 (10.00%) remaining players.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115755827757560268?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1156326907094020202006-08-23T17:53:00.000+08:002006-11-01T12:12:37.950+08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Team Philippines Wins First Ever World Cup of Pool<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/1600/Philippines%20with%20trophy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/320/Philippines%20with%20trophy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, UK</span> - Team Philippines made up living-legend </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Efren "Bata" Reyes</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > and two-time world number one </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Franciso "Django" Bustamante</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > took home the $60,000 (</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >$30,000</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > each) grand prize in the inaugural staging of the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >The highly touted dynamic duo of Reyes and Bustamante was top seeded in the event and they did not disappoint. They trashed unseeded Malta 9-0 in the 1st round. Then they defeated 16th seed Malaysia in the second, 9-5. They doused the fire of the unseeded Czechs in the quarterfinals, 9-6. (The Czechs were counqurors of Poland and Canada, 9th and 8th seeds respectively). They avenged Marlon Manalo's loss agains German Thorsten Hohmann in the IPT North American 8-Ball Open by defeating 4th seed Team Germany in the semis, 9-7. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >The finals was a dream match against 3rd seed Team USA composed of Rodney Morris and spitfire hall-of-famer Earl "The Pearl" Strickland. Team Philippines won the finals convincingly with a 13-5 drubbing of the US.<br /><br />The tournament is 9-Ball Scotch doubles format and was held August 22-26.<br /></span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115632690709402020?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1156130748026731972006-08-21T11:21:00.000+08:002006-10-11T15:32:30.076+08:00<span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Alex Pagulayan Is The First Ever Philippine National Champion</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila Philippines </strong>- <strong>Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan</strong> is the official Philippine 9-Ball champion, this as he finished undefeated in the recently concluded <strong>Billiard and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) National Pool Championship</strong>.<br /><br />Pagulayan defeated <strong>Gandy "YangYang" Valle</strong> in the finals 13-6.<br /><br />Both finalists came to the finals undefeated.<br /><br />Pagulayan took home PHP1,000,000 (roughly <strong>$20,000</strong>) for winning while Valle took home PHP500,000 (roughly <strong>$10,000</strong>) for finishing <strong>2nd</strong>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The 2006 BSCP National Pool Championship, the first ever national pool tournament, was held August 15-20. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115613074802673197?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1155392808425991622006-08-12T19:30:00.000+08:002006-08-12T22:30:19.383+08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Luat Wins Kaohsiung Leg Of Asian 9-Ball Tour - Gives Way For RP Sweep</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/1600/11548814533290DBE6863.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/320/11548814533290DBE6863.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kaohsiung Business Exhibition C</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">enter, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan</span> - The Asian 9-Ball Tour, Kaohsiung Leg was won by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat</span>. It was Luat's first time to join the tour, but he came from a very impressive performance in the just concluded IPT North American 8-Ball Championships.<br /><br />The beginning of the stop was a bit hard for Luat, still having jet lag after coming from Las Vegas. But the momentum he brought from the US did him very well.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;">Rodolfo defeated Hui-Kai Hsia 11-7 in the finals to win the leg and to avenge compatriot Django Bustamante's loss to the Taiwanese in the semis.</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Luat took home <span style="font-weight: bold;">$10,000</span> for winning, and he gave the Philippines a chance to sweep this year's Asian 9-Ball Tour. Efren Reyes won the Ho Chi Minh and Ramil Gallego won the Bangkok leg this year. One more leg to go and the Philippines earns a sweep. The final leg will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia in September. </span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />The top 10 players to emerge from the tour will automatically qualify for the WPA World 9-Ball Championships to be held for the first time this year in Manila.<br /><br />The leg was held August 4-6. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115539280842599162?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1153794430657453652006-07-25T09:36:00.000+08:002006-10-21T18:06:53.206+08:00<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >2006 IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship The Venetian, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (July 22 - 30, 2006) </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Hitman" Is The Champion</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thorsten "The Hitman" Hohmann proved to be the ultimate party spoiler for the Filipinos. He defeated <strong>"Marvelous" Marlon Manalo</strong> in the very exciting finals match-up. The two protagonists proved to be very worthy finalists, as the match went to double hill. Hohmann overcame a 7-6 lead by Manalo by tying on a game break by Manalo and then a break and runout on the final rack - final score 7-8 Hohmann. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Hohmann takes home a healthy $350,000 and Manalo should be happy with his not-so-bad <strong>$99,000</strong> payout for coming in 2nd. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Final 6 Round-Up</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The dream of having an all-Filipino finals did not materialize. Former World Pool Chapion Thorsten "The Hitman" Hohmann spoiled the party by defeating all Filipinos in the Final 6. Hohmann's only defeat was in the hands of fellow German Ralf "The Kaizer" Souquet. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>"The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes</strong> was only able to win only 2 out of 5 matches and finished <span style="font-weight: bold;">4th </span>in the tournament . Efren takes home <span style="font-weight: bold;">$65,000</span>. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo</strong> had a big chance to end up as the other finalist but he failed to win his match against Hohmann. Orcullo had another chance had compatriot Marlon Manalo defeated Hohann also. In the end, Orcullo finished <span style="font-weight: bold;">3rd</span> in the tournament, taking home <span style="font-weight: bold;">$80,000</span>. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The finalist therefore are: </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo (Philippines) [23-5 82.14%, 199-127 61.04%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Thorsten "The Hitman" Hohmann (Germany) [21-7 75.00%, 197-147 57.27%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Statistically, Manalo has the edge, but when Manalo faced Hohmann in the Final 6, Hohmann trashed Manalo 8-1. But statistics and history should be thrown out the window as these two pool stars go at it in the finals. The Asia vs Europe, Philippines vs Germany finale will be a best of 15 games with the winner taking home a whopping $350,000. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">Round 5 (Round of 18) Round-Up </span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">This could be considered as the worse round for the Filipinos in the tournament. Hightened pressure and exhaustion due to the length tournament might be taking its toll on our campaigners. Four out of seven Filipinos were eliminated today - Django Bustamante, Alex Pagulayan, Ronny Alcano and Rodolfo Luat bos out of competition and will take home $30,000.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">A difference for the day would be Efren "Bata" Reyes who seems to thrive on pressure by riding on experience. Efren swept the round, winning all of his 5 matches. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">There are now only 6 players left in the tournament. It is a virtual Asia vs Europe scenario as the Final 6 is composed of 3 Filipinos, 2 Germans and a Russian. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Here is the Final 6 in order of statistics: [matches (win-loss), games (win-loss)] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes (Philippines) [20-3 86.96%, 179-112 61.51%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo (Philippines) [19-4 82.61%, 166-100 62.41%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Ralf "The Kaizer" Souquet (Germany) [19-4 82.61%, 168-103 61.99%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo (Philippines) [17-6 73.91%, 174-132 56.86%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Thorsten "The Hitman" Hohmann (Germany) [17-6 73.91%, 158-127 55.44%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Evgeny Stalev (Russia) [16-7 69.57%, 153-114 57.30%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Round 5 will be in a round-robin format also, top 2 players will be meeting up in the finals for a chance to win $350,000. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round 4 (Round of 36) Round-Up</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Majority of Team Philippines survived Round 4, a round which saw plenty of blue chip players bowing out of competition. There were lots of close calls, but the Filipinos won the matches that counted most. The Efren Reyes, Ronny Alcano and Alex Pagulayan got the close calls, but all won their final matches to get through. Most notable was the win of Alcano over American Hall-of-Famer, the firebrandish Earl "The Pearl" Strickland, which went to a hill-hill match that saw Strickland being eliminated off the tournament. The team did not come out without casualties though, Antonio Lining and Santos Sambajon Jr. got eliminated but they took home $17,000. In terms of statistics, Marlon Manalo still leads the tea and the entire field of competition as well.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Members of Team Philippines who are still active in the tournament: [matches (win-loss), games (win-loss)] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo (Group 81) [16-2 88.89%, 136-71 65.70%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes (Group 79) [15-3 83.33%, 139-86 61.78%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo (Group 80) [14-4 77.78%, 139-106 56.73%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Francisco "Django" Bustamante (Group 80) [13-5 72.22%, 136-72 65.38%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan (Group 81) [13-5 72.22%, 127-91 58.26%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat (Group 79) [12-6 66.67%, 131-100 56.71%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Ronato "Ronny" Alcano (Group 80) [13-5 72.22%, 128-101 55.90%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Blue chip players eliminated in this round aside from Strickland are Nick Van Den Berg, Alex Lely and Neils Feijen of The Netherlands, American Corey "Prince of Pool" Deuel and former World Champion Mika "The Iceman" Immonen of Finland. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Round 5 would still be in a round-robin format, top 2 players of three 6-man groups will advance. Seven of the 18-man field, that would be 38.89% of the field are Filipinos. Other countries still represented are USA (3), England (3), Germany (2), Australia (1), Russia (1) and Sweden (1). </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round 3 (Round of 60) Round-Up</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Team Philippines remains strong after Round 3. Not one of the nine remaining Filipinos is booted out of this round. Most of the team has toyed with fate by losing their initial matches but came out strong in the final matches. After a very strong showing in the first few days of competition, Django Bustamante was almost eliminated after winning only two of his matches - same with Rodolfo Luat, Ronny Alcano and Santaos Sambajon Jr. The team though has taken inspiration from Efren"Bata" Reyes, Antonio "Nickoy" Lining and "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo - all of which has won all their matches in the 3rd round. Manalo now takes the helm from Bustamante in terms of leading the Filipinos in terms of statistics. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Members of Team Philippines who are still active in the tournament: [matches (win-loss), games (win-loss)] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo (Group 75) [12-1 92.31%, 100-45 68.97%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes (Group 74) [12-1 92.31%, 103-50 67.32%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Antonio "Nickoy" Lining (Group 77) [11-2 84.62%, 101-55 64.74%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo (Group 76) [11-2 84.62%, 102-74 57.95%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Francisco "Django" Bustamante (Group 74) [10-3 76.92%, 99-48 67.35%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan (Group 76) [10-3 76.92%, 92-57 61.74%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Ronato "Ronny" Alcano (Group 73) [10-3 76.92%, 94-69 57.67%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat (Group 76) [9-4 69.23%, 95-68 58.28%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Santos Sambajon Jr. (Group 74) [9-4 69.23%, 91-76 54.49%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Notable names who have fallen in the 3rd round are Americans Johnny "The Scorpion" Archer and Hall-of-Famer Nick Varner. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Round 4 will be in a round-robin format wherein each match is a race to make 8, and then the top 3 players from each group of 6 will advance to Round 5. Only 18 out of 36 players will make it to the next round. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">There are now 9 Filipinos in a 36-man field of competition. Filipinos no equal the number of Americans remaining in the competition. The next most number of representatives left are The Netherlands and England which both has four. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Filipinos now make-up a quarter (25.oo%) of the field. Filipinos and Americans make-up half of the field. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round 2 (Round of 120) Round-Up</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Team Philippines is still making a romp. Out of 10 remaining members in Round 2, only one was not able to make it to Round 3. Gandy "YangYang" Valle dropped 3 out of 5 matches, including matches against compatriots Orcullo and Alcano. Valle takes home $5,000. Bustamante still leads the team in stats. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Members of Team Philippines who are still active in the tournament: [matches (win-loss), games (win-loss)] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Francisco "Django" Bustamante (Group 63) [8-1 88.89%, 70-25 73.68%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes (Group 62) [8-1 88.89%, 71-33 68.27%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo (Group 70) [8-1 88.89%, 68-36 65.38%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo (Group 64) [8-1 88.89%, 70-45 61.21%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Ronato "Ronny" Alcano (Group 70) [8-1 88.89%, 70-47 59.83%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Antonio "Nickoy" Lining (Group 65) [7-2 77.78%, 69-37 65.09%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan (Group 69) [7-2 77.78%, 61-35 63.54%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat (Group 67) [7-2 77.78%, 67-43 60.91%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Santos Sambajon Jr. (Group 69) [7-2 77.78%, 69-50 57.98%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Filipino-Canadian Edwin Montal also failed to make the cut. He dropped 4 out of 5 matches including one against Philippine Team member Santos Sambajon Jr. (who was so impressive in the 2nd round, winning all his matches) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Some big timeplayers who failed to qualify for the next round include 1995 WPA World Poll Champion Oliver "The Machine" Ortmann from Germany and Hall-of-Famer Mike "The Mouth" Sigel of the USA. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Round 3, is still in a round-robin format wherein each match is a race to make 8, and then the top 3 players from each group of 5 will advance to Round 4. Only 36 out of 60 players will make it to the next round. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Team Philippines is down to 9 members but basic probability shows that Team Philippines now has an improved 15.00% (9-man team / 60-man field) probability of winning the tournament. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Round 1 Round-Up</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Team Philippines was very impressive in Round 1. Seven Filipinos, lead by Francisco "Django" Bustamante swept their team assignments, to end up on top of their group. Overall, 10 of the original 12 were able to get into the 2nd round. Bustamante leads the team in stats. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Members of Team Philippines who are still active in the tournament: [matches (win-loss), games (win-loss)] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Francisco "Django" Bustamante (Group 45) [4-0 100.00%, 32-4 88.89%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan (Group 42) [4-0 100.00%, 32-8 80.00%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes (Group 45) [4-0 100.00%, 32-11 74.42%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo (Group 46) [4-0, 100.00%, 32-12 72.23%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Antonio "Nickoy" Lining (Group 53) [4-0 100.00%, 32-13 71.11%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo (Group 48) [4-0 100.00%, 32-16 66.67%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Ronny Alcano (Group 48) [4-0 100.00%, 32-21 60.38%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat (Group 53) [3-1 100.00%, 31-17 64.58%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Gandy "YangYang" Valle (Group 48) [2-2 50.00%, 27-21 56.25%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Santos Sambajon Jr. (Group 57) [2-2 50.00%, 29-27 51.79%] </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Some unblemished records from Team Philippines would surely go though, as Bustamante and Reyes are grouped together in Group 45 also Orcullo and Alcano should face each other in Group 48. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Two Filipinos were eliminated in Round 1, Warren Kiamco had a 2-2 win-loss card to end up 4th in Group 25 while Jose "Amang" Parica had it 1-3 to end up 4th in Group 30. Both would take home $2,000. Filipino-Canadian Edwin Montal was also able to make it inin the 2nd Round to represent Canada. He had a 3-1 record and is now grouped with Santos Sambajon Jr. in Group 57. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Round 2, is still in a round-robin format wherein each match is a race to make 8, and then the top 3 players from each group of 6 will advance to Round 2. Only 60 out of 120 players will make it to the next round. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Basic probability shows that Team Philippines now has an improved 8.33% (10-man team / 120-man field) probability of winning the tournament. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Go Team Philippines!</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Philippine Team, headed by Hall-of-Famer Efren "Bata" Reyes, will embark on a fantastic quest to win the first ever IPT sanctioned tournament, the prestegious 2006 IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship. The Philippines has a 12-man team to go up and compete in a 200-man field of competitors. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Team Philippines is composed of (in bracket is their Round 1 group assignments): </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan (Group 4) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "The Magician " Efren "Bata" Reyes (Group 9) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Francisco "Django" Bustamante (Group 10) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* "Marvelous" Marlon Manalo (Group 12) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo (Group 15) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Ronato "Ronny" Alcano (Group 16) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Gandy "YangYang" Valle (Group 20) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Warren Kiamco (Group 25) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Antonio "Nickoy" Lining (Group 26) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat (Group 27) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Jose "Amang" Parica (Group 30) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Santos Sambajon Jr. (Group 38) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Another Filipino is also in contention but is representing Canada, Filipino-Canadian Edwin Montal (Group 35). </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">In Round 1, each group will duke it out in a round-robin format wherein each match is a race to make 8, and then the top 3 players from each group of 5 will advance to Round 2. That would mean only 120 players will make it to the next round. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Basic probability shows that Team Philippines stands a 6.00% (12-man team / 200-man field) probability of winning the tournament. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115379443065745365?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1152364045943330822006-07-08T20:28:00.000+08:002006-10-22T21:43:28.900+08:00<span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Philippine Billiard Players Ranking (Q2 - 2006)</span></span><br /><br />Before the action sizzles in the second half of the year, let us visit our Pinoy Billiard rankings. New Pinoy hotshot Dennis Orcullo continues to sizzle. The Magician, still doing great as usual. And another Filipino-Canadian enters the ranking as forer World 9-Ball Champion, Alex Pagulayan, joins the fray. So here are our heroes along with their accomplishments this year:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo [1]</span><br />Dennis continues his hot streak for 2006. He is the latest champ of the prestegious Reno Open. He also dominated in the Hard Times Summer Jamboree.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1st - World (9-Ball) Championship Bar Table Tournament</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1st - US Bar Table Championship, 8-Ball</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1st - 43rd Annual Reno Open</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Efren "Bata" Reyes [3]</span><br />The Magician still has it. Lately, he topped the 2006 Asian 9-Ball Tour Vietnam Leg.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1st - Derby City Classic, One Pocket Event</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1st - 2006 Asian 9-Ball Tour Ho Chi Minh City Leg</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan [New]</span><br />The Lion just woke up. After a lackluster 1st quarter, Alex reached the championship round for a couple of major tournaments. He placed runner-up for both the 2nd SML Open 9-Ball Championship and the World Pool Masters.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">2nd - 2nd SML Open 9-Ball Championship</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">2nd - World Pool Masters</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Antonio "Nickoy" Lining [2]</span><br />No new accomplishments for Nickoy after topping the Japan Open 9-Ball Billiards Championship.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">1st - Japan Open 9-Ball Billiards Championship</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Edwin Montal [4]</span><br />No news from the Filipino-Canadian after doing good in the US Bar Table Championship.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">2nd - US Bar Table Championship, 8-Ball</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">2nd - US Bar Table Championship, 9-Ball</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115236404594333082?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1150732100435093852006-06-19T21:50:00.000+08:002006-06-22T09:56:50.740+08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Dennis Orcullo Dominates In The Hard Times Summer Jamboree</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hard Times Billiards, Bellflower, CA, USA</span> - Right after dominating everyone to win the Reno Open, Dennis Orcullo dominates in both One Pocket and 9-Ball Divisions of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hard Times Summer Jamboree</span>, held June 13-18.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >One Pocket Division</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo</span> fell victim to Tony "T-Rex" Chohan in the finals with the score of 5-1. Chohan was unbeatable on the entire One Pocket event. Meanwhile, Orcullo came from the loser's bracket after losing his game against Mark Haddad. It was an excellent showing for Orcullo though, for he made the finals without a classic One Pocket experience to boast of. Chohan took home $2,200 while Orcullo took home a decent <span style="font-weight: bold;">$1,500</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >9-Ball Division</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">It was an All-Filipino final in the 9-Ball Division. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dennis "Surigao" Orcullo</span>, who was undefeated on the entire 9-Ball Event, disputed the championship against compatriot <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gandy "Yang-Yang" Valle</span>, who came from the loser's bracket. The finals finished 11-7 in favor of Dennis Orcullo. Dennis took home <strong>$3,500</strong> while Yang-Yang took hime <strong>$2,200</strong>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The 9-Ball Division was dominated by Filipinos as Warren Kiamco, Santos Samajon, Edwin Montal are among the final contenders to join Orcullo in the finals.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115073210043509385?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1150724887250220662006-06-19T21:35:00.000+08:002006-07-25T10:45:15.566+08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >The Kaiser Edges The Lion In 2006 World Pool Masters<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hotel Zuiderduin, The Netherlands</span> - It was a battle of two former World 9-Ball Champions in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">World Pool Masters</span>, where Germany's Ralf "The Kaiser" Souquet defeated Filipino-Canadian <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan</span>, 8-4 in the finals (June 16-18).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">It was Souquet's 5th World Pool Masters trophy, as it was Pagulayan's best ever showing in the tournament.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Alex ran over Steve Davis, Vilmos Foldes and Raj Hundal to reach the finals.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Kaiser took home a handsome $20,000 pay check while The Lion took home a not-so-bad <span style="font-weight: bold;">$10,000 </span>pay for placing second.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115072488725022066?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1150182249533997582006-06-13T14:32:00.000+08:002006-06-22T10:03:14.563+08:00<span class="fonttext"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Orcullo Cashes Out In Reno</span></span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/1600/orcollo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/320/orcollo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span class="fonttext" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sands Regency Hotel and Casino, Reno, NV, USA</span> - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dennis Orcullo</span> once again proved that he might be the next big thing for Philippine billiards, as he bested 158 players enroute to winning the <span style="font-weight: bold;">43rd Annual Reno Open</span>, June 6-11.<br /><br /></span></span><span class="fonttext" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dennis was undefeated all-the-way to the finals, emerging from the winner's bracket with a twice to beat advantage in the finals. </span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span class="fonttext">Orcollo's notable victims on the way to the finals are Corey Deuel (9-5) and Kim Davenport (9-1). </span></span><span class="fonttext"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Davenport got the chance to go to the finals for topping the loser's bracket. In the finals, Davenport survived the first finals match 9-7 to earn a decision match and a fitting revenge to Orcullo. In the second match though, Orcullo prevailed 9-8, winning the trophy.<br /><br />Dennis, dubbed as "Philippine's Money-Game King" took home <span style="font-weight: bold;">$12,000</span> for the win.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-115018224953399758?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1149641547615391742006-06-07T08:36:00.000+08:002006-06-07T08:52:27.633+08:00<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Gallego Wins Bangkok Leg Of Asian 9-Ball Tour</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Central Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand </span>- Another Filipino came out on top, this as <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ramil "Bebeng" Gallego </span>topped the <span style="font-weight: bold;">San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour, Bangkok Leg</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">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.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ramil was a replacement for former World Champion, Alex Pagulayan, after winning qualifiers in the Philippines.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gallego took home <span style="font-weight: bold;">$10,000</span> for the win.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">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.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The tournament was in June 2-4, 2006.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114964154761539174?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1147444894028865512006-05-12T22:23:00.001+08:002006-05-14T21:19:37.303+08:00<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Reyes Wins 2006 Asian 9-Ball Tour Viet</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >nam Leg</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" >Nguyen Du Sports Hall, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" > - </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" >"The Magician" Efren Reyes</span> has worked his magic once again, proving that he is still the best in Asia. Efren reigned supreme in the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" >2006 San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour, V</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" >ietnam</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" > (May 5-7).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" >Reyes, who was mobbed by Filipino and Vietnamese fans after the win, bested surprise Chinese finalist, Li He, in the finals with the score 11-6 to pocket the </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" >$10,000 </span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" >grand prize.<br /><br />The win served as Reyes' 6th leg title in the Asian tour. He has topped the Asian 9-ball Tour rankings in it's first 2 years (2003 & 2004). Last year Yang Ching Shun topped the tour after Reyes, hampered by poor Eye sight, only won the Vietnam leg. Now after a laser surgery to correct his vision, Reyes once again threatens to trample on everyone in Asian pool.<br /><br /></span><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/1600/efren-2006smb.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/320/efren-2006smb.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" >Big names of Asian pool who has fallen on the way side are Django Bustamante, Alex Pagulayan and Marlon Manalo of the Philippines and Taiwanese bets - Yang Ching Shun, Fong Pang Chao and reigning World 9-ball Champion Wu Chia Ching.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114744489402886551?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1145675706708633342006-04-22T07:52:00.000+08:002006-06-22T10:08:31.186+08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Archer Stung Pinoys In The 2nd SML Open 9-Ball Championship</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Olympic Oval, Calgary, Alberta, Canada</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> - Johnny Archer spoiled the party for the Filipinos, as he came on top, out-shinining 3 Filipino semifinalists in the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >2nd Annual SML Open 9-Ball Championship</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, April 11-15.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">It loomed to be a Filipino triumph in Calgary as 3 Filipinos entered the semis together with Archer. Filipino-Canadians Alex Pagulayan and Edwin Montal with Pinoy sensation Dennis Orcollo all entered the semis. Unfortunately, after the dust settled, it was Johnny Archer winning over Alex Pagulayan 15-11 in the finals.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The payout goes like this:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st Johnny Archer $12000 </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" > 2nd Alex Pagulayan $6000 </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" > 3rd Edwin Montal $3000</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" > 4th Dennis Orcollo $2000</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114567570670863334?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1144422967101105492006-04-07T20:33:00.000+08:002006-04-11T11:52:07.256+08:00<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Philippine Billiard Players Ranking</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> (Q1 - 2006)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">OK, we still don't have any sort of official ranking for Philippine pool players. So I have decided to create my own list. The list is based on the performance of Filipino billiard players in recent tournaments. And since it is just early in the year, let me just give you the top 5.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1. Dennis Orcullo</span><br />Dennis is so far the hottest Pinoy player for 2006. He already won 2 tournaments in the US. - the World (9-Ball) Championship Bar Table Tournament and the US Bar Table Championship, 8-Ball Event. Also, he earned for himself a ticket for the International Pool Tour (IPT) by topping the Hard Times IPT Qualifier.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2. Antonio "Nickoy" Lining</span><br />Nickoy won the prestigious Japan Open 9-Ball Billiards Championship.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">3. Efren "Bata" Reyes</span><br />The Magician is back in his winning ways as he topped the Derby City Classic One Pocket Event. In doing so, he also placed 2nd in the Derby City Classic "Master of the Table".<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">4. Edwin Montal</span><br />Filipino-Canadian Edwin Montal is representing the Canadian flag but he has made the Filipino race proud in the US Bar Table Championship. He has placed 2nd in both the 8-ball and 9-ball events.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">5. Don-Don Razalan</span><br />A virtual unknown, Don-Don placed 2nd to Antonio Lining in the prestigious </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Japan Open 9-Ball Billiards Championship.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114442296710110549?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1144412678005402742006-04-07T20:11:00.000+08:002006-04-07T20:24:40.960+08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">World Pool Championship In Manila</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is now official. The World (9-Ball) Pool Championship will be held in Manila, November 4-12, 2006.<br /><br />Inspite the fact that the Philippines is the hottest hotbed of pool talents it would just be the first time for Manila to host the event. From 1999-2003 the event was held in Cardiff, Wales. After that, Kaoshiung, Taiwan hosted the event in 2004 and 2005.<br /><br />Only two Filipinos emerged triumphant in the World Pool Championship so far. Pool legend </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Efren "Bata" Reyes won the event in 1999 while Filipino-Canadian pool sensation Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan championed in 2004. But </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">because of the relocation, Filipinos are now being more favored to top the mother of all 9-ball events.<br /><br />Another good news is that, the top prize this year would be an unprecedented $100,000 and the total prize pot is $400,000.<br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114441267800540274?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1142948600798872802006-03-21T21:31:00.000+08:002006-06-22T10:09:28.390+08:00<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filipinos Conquered Japan - Lining New Japan Open Boss</span></span><br /><br /><span class="fonttext" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Tokyo, Japan</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> - Filipinos conquered Japan through the billiard table, this as <span style="font-weight: bold;">Antonio "Nickoy" Lining</span> took top honors in the just concluded </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">2006 Japan Open 9-Ball Billiards Championship</span>. </span><br /><span class="fonttext" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/1600/liningstands.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/320/liningstands.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Lining defeated compatriot <span style="font-weight: bold;">Don Don Razalan</span>, who took home Y600,000 or approximately <strong>$5,000</strong>, in the finals with the score of 9-3. </span><br /><span class="fonttext" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ></span><br /><span class="fonttext" style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Before the all-Filipino final, Nickoy bested the Filipino legend and defending champion, Efren "The Magician" Reyes in the tune of 9-4 in the quarterfinals.<br /><br />Antonio took home Y1,500,000 or around <span style="font-weight: bold;">$13,000 </span>for winning the event.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114294860079887280?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1141707507361411812006-03-07T12:36:00.000+08:002006-03-21T21:31:29.413+08:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="">Filipinos Dominates The US Bar Table Championship - Orcullo Wins 2nd US Title This Year</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><strong>Sands Regency Hotel and Casino, Reno, NV </strong>- Filipino billiard sensation, <strong>Dennis Orcullo</strong>, just asserted his newly found superstar status as he topped 227 players to win the <strong>8-Ball Division of the US Bar Table Championship</strong>. This is after Orcullo won the World (9-Ball) Championship Bar Table Tournament last month. </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />It was again an all-Filipino final as Dennis won over Canada-based Filipino <span style="font-weight: bold;">Edwin Montal</span> in the finals with a lopsided score of 5-1. Dennis won for himself <span style="font-weight: bold;">$10,000 </span>for winning the 8-ball event while Edwin earned <span style="font-weight: bold;">$6,000</span> for finishing second.<br /><br />A couple of days before, Orcullo also pocketed $1,500 when he ended 4th in the 9-Ball Division. In the 9-ball event, Montal also finished 2nd losing 9-6 to Mike Davis in the finals earning for himself <span style="font-weight: bold;">$5,000</span>. The 9-ball event was contested by 127 players.<br /><br />The US Bar Table Championships was held March 1 - 5, 2006.</span><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/320/orcollo-barboxwinner.jpg" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114170750736141181?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1141136105127460572006-02-28T21:53:00.000+08:002006-03-19T21:45:21.863+08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Filipinos Ruled The World Championship Bar Table Tournament</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><b><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gold Country Casino & Hotel, </span>Oroville, CA</b> - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dennis Orcullo</span> topped the <strong>World (9-Ball) Championship Bar Table Tournament</strong>, winning it over compatriot <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jose "Amang" Parica</span>.<br /><br />On the way to the finals, Orcullo topped the qualifying rounds and then defeated American Hall of Famer, Johnny Archer, 9-3 in the semis to gain a twice-to-beat advantage.<br /><br />Parica also won against Archer in the losers' bracket, setting up an All-Filipino final.<br /><br />In the finals, Parica won the first game 9-7, to set-up a do-or-die game. But eventually, Orcullo prevailed winning the game 9-3.<br /><br />Orcullo took home a decent <span style="font-weight: bold;">$12,000 </span>from the February 22-26 event</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >.<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114113610512746057?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1140622309419401782006-02-22T23:17:00.000+08:002006-02-26T08:33:15.263+08:00<strong style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">International Pool Tour (IPT) - Good News for Philippine Billiards!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The International Pool Tour (IPT), a pool organization which sets up the very first organized big-money pool tour</span>, <span style="font-weight: normal;">was officialy launched last year</span>. <span style="font-weight: normal;">Looking forward, the establishment of the tour seems to be good news for Philippine billiards</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The IPT's slogan goes: <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Real Pool. Real Rules. Real Money</span></span>.<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REAL MONEY </span><br />Last year, Filipino cue-masters got a taste of how lucrative the pool tour can be by joining just one tournament - the <span style="font-style: italic;">2006 IPT "King of the Hill"</span>. Filipino Hall of Fame, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Efren Reyes</span>, won the event and took home with him<span style="font-weight: bold;"> $200,000</span>. Another Filipino legend, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Francisco Bustamante</span>, finished 3rd and took home <span style="font-weight: bold;">$70,000</span>. Filipino billiard star, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marlon Manalo</span>, won for himself <span style="font-weight: bold;">$60,000</span></span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">for placing 4th. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jose Parica</span>, another Filipino legend, had a mediocre showing but was still able to earn <span style="font-weight: bold;">$6,500</span>.<br /><br />Aside from the big money, the IPT offers more good news for Filipino pool players.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REAL POOL</span><br />All IPT tournaments are to be played in 8-ball. This would mean that luck should be less of a winning factor, and winning should depend more on skill. This in contrast to the more popular game of 9-ball, where luck is a big factor. One can bet that many perennial World Pool Championship campaigners won't even be able to make it to qualify for the IPT just because it is played in 8-ball. But this should not be true for Filipino players, who are masters of different pool events.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REAL RULES</span><br />Aside from being played in 8-ball, the tournament rules are really only for the skillful, that even 8-ball champs would have a tough time. Tables would be slower and would have smaller pockets. Rules does not allow breaking from the side rails and the using of jump cues. Surely only the skillful players would prevail, And and there should be no lacking of pool skills among Filipinos.<br /><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">A<span style="font-style: italic;">ll IPT events promises to be high-profile and televised and will abide by the following rules:</span></span><p style="font-family: georgia;"><strong> </strong></p> <ul style="font-family: georgia;"> <li>All events will be 8-Ball </li><li>4 1/2 pockets </li><li>Slow nap cloths </li><li>No breaking from the side rails </li><li>Winners break </li><li>No shot clocks </li><li>No jump cues </li><li>All tournaments will be round-robin with the exception of the final match </li><li>All final matches will be a race to 8 with the best 2 out of 3 sets winning the match</li> </ul>Reyes, Bustamante, Manalo and Parica are the only Filipino players that have automatic passes for the 2006 tour. Other Filipino stars would have to go through the qualifying tournaments to join the tour.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114062230941940178?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1140223536514189332006-02-18T08:13:00.000+08:002006-03-23T01:36:33.086+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Efren Reyes Wins The 2006 Derby City Classic One Pocket Event</span></span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/1600/Efren_Reyes_Derby_City_06.4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/2045/320/Efren_Reyes_Derby_City_06.4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Executive West Hotel, Louisville,</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> KY</span> - <font>The One Pocket Hall of Famer</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><font><font><font><font> Efren "Bata" Reyes</span></span></span></span></span><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> did what was expected of him as he topped the <span style="font-weight: bold;">One Pocket Event of the 2006 Derby City Classic</span> by defeating Jason Miller 3-0 in the finals. <span style="font-family:georgia;">He cashed in </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >$11,000</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> for the event. </span>It was the 4th time that Reyes joined the event, and in all 4 times he became the champ - 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006.<br /><br />He was beautiful to watch in the finals. He made everything he went for, with the exception of one shot. It was described as the finest example of one-pocket in a final match by several spectators.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan</span> was able to reach the semis but Reyes defeated him 3-1, he finished <span style="font-style: italic;">3rd</span>, with <span style="font-style: italic;">$3,400</span> for the event. The other finalist and eventual 2006 Derby City Classic "Master of the Table" winner, Jason Miller, got lucky by drawing a bye for the finals, leaving the 2 Filipinos to battle it out in the semis.<br /><br /><br /><span style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;" ><spale></spale></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">One Pocket</span><br /><font>Requiring an intricate combination of strategy and finesse that all billiards players admire, One-Pocket sets a slower more deliberate pace. It is a game of chess played on a billiard table, with feints, advances, retreats and attacks. Allowed only one pocket to score points, each player must still use the entire table as his playing field, calling upon every skill, shot and ability in his repertoire. He must exhibit the patience and wisdom to protect his position and the cunning to seize opportunity immediately. 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href="http://www.derbycityclassic.com">www.derbycityclassic.com</a>-<br /><br /><span style="text-align: center;"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >2006 Derby City Classic Results</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" > (Jan 6 - 14, 2006)</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >- Filipinos Did Not Disappoint</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >9-Ball Event</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st Place - Ralf Souquet (GER)<br />2nd Place - </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Rodolfo Luat (PHI)<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">3rd Place - </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Efren Reyes (PHI) </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">& Johnny Archer (USA)</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >9-Ball Bank Event</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st Place - Jason Miller (USA)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd Place - Jason Kirkwood (USA)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >One Pocket Event</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st Place - </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Efren Reyes (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd Place - Jason Miller (USA)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">3rd Place - </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Alex Pagulayan (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><br />"Master of the Table"<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">1st Place - Jason Miller (USA)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd Place - </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Efren Reyes (PHI)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">3rd Place - </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Alex Pagulayan (PHI)</span><br 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class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-114022353651418933?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1139753897711842272006-02-12T21:45:00.000+08:002006-02-17T18:27:28.700+08:00<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">2005 Philippine Billiard Players Ranking</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Before 2006 starts heating up with cue stick action. Let's review how Filipino player's did last year by ranking them based on how the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) ranked them. Although, most of us would agree that the money list is the most important list, the WPA ranking gives us an objective view on the quite complex world of pool, since the Philippine's has yet to come up of a way of ranking it's world-class billiard players. Here's how the list went...</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Alex "<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Lion</span>" Pagulayan</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Filipino-Canadian's best achievement in 2005 was to win the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >2005 US Open</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. Also, he topped the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Derby City Classic Ring 10-Ball</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >SML Entertainment 9-Ball Championship</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. He finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >12th in the 2005 WPA ranking</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">s inspite ending up </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >11th in the 2005 Players Money List</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >"<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marvelous</span>" Marlon Manalo</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Considered as the future of Filipino billiards, the former snooker player proved his worth by winning the very lucrative </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >2005 Texas Hold Em Billiards</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, and earned himself a whopping </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >$100,000</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. He also became the champion of the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >2005 Reno Open</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. He finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >16th in the 2005 WPA rankings</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> inspite ending up </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >3rd in the 2005 Players Money List</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">3. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Francisco "<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Django</span>" Bustamante</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The future Hall of Famer had a rough year. He topped plenty of minor competitions but failed to to finish strong on the majors. He landed 1st place in the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Weert Open 10-Ball Ring Game</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >All Filipino Billiards Open</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >2005 Masters 9-Ball Championship</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Joss NE 9-Ball Tour Finale</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. His biggest pay day in 2005 was when he finished 3rd in the IPT King of the Hill 8-Ball Shoot Out and earned </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >$70,000</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. He finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >18th in the 2005 WPA rankings</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> inspite ending up </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >4th in the 2005 Players Money List</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">4. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >"<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Magician</span>" Efren 'Bata' Reyes</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">It was not the best year for this Hall of Famer in terms of tournaments won. He indeed won several tournaments like the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Derby City Classic Master of the Table</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> (where he ruled the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Derby City Classic Bank Division</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Derby City Classic One Pocket</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Derby City Classic 9-Ball</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">), </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >2005 Japan Open</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour, Jakarta Stop</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. No easy tournaments to win, but much was expected from the one considered by many as the best ever player to ever play the game. He played very poorly in the 2005 World Pool Championship. But just when everyone already counted him out, he won the tournament that really mattered. He defeated fellow Hall of Famer Mike Sigel to win the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >IPT King of the Hill 8-Ball Shoot Out</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and was able to take home a whopping </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >$200,000</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. He finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >22nd in the 2005 WPA rankings</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> inspite ending up </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >1st in the 2005 Players Money List</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">5. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Rodolfo "<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Boy Samson</span>" Luat</span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">* </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Finished</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" > </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2nd</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> in the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >2005 Japan Open</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >48th in the 2005 WPA rankings</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">6. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Dennis Orcullo<br />* </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >59th in the 2005 WPA rankings.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">7. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Ramil "<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bebeng</span>" Gallego<br />* </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >67th in the 2005 WPA rankings.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">8. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Santos Sambajon<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">The California-based Filipino won </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Joss NE 9-Ball Tour, Rhode Island Stop</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, but biggest win would be topping the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Skins Billiard Championship </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">where he took home </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >$73,500.00</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. He finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >70th in the 2005 WPA rankings</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> inspite ending up </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >8th in the 2005 Players Money List</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">9. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Gandy "<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Yang Yang</span>" Valle</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Yang Yang defeated, World 9-Ball Champ, Chia-Ching Wu to win the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour, Singapore Stop</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">. He finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >73rd in the 2005 WPA rankings.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">10. </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Antonio "<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Nikoy</span>" Lining</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Finished</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span>3rd </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">in the </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour, Manila Stop</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">* Finished </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >91st in the 2005 WPA rankings.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-113975389771184227?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280604.post-1139635318304156922006-02-11T13:05:00.000+08:002006-02-17T17:57:44.790+08:00<span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" >2005 Billiard Players Money List (Men)</span><br /><br />Six Filipino cue-masters made it to the Top 20 of the 2005 Players Money List. The only country that topped that was USA with 7 entrants. But if one would just look at the top 10, there were 4 Filipinos who made it versus only 3 Americans. Also, doing the math, the Filipino's still out did everybody else. The list should prove that the Pinoys still dominated the world of pool in 2005. Don't worry, I already did the math! Hehe...<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span>1. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Efren Reyes (PHI) </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$279,169.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2. Mike Sigel (USA) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$250,000.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">3. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Marlon Manalo (PHI) </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$199,500.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">4. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Francisco Bustamante (PHI) </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$140,272.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">5. Chia-Ching Wu (TPE) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$109,500.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">6. Johnny Archer (USA) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$100,104.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">7. Thorsten Hohmann (GER) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 96,635.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">8. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Santos Sambajon (PHI) </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 89,669.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">9. Corey Deuel (USA) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 87,482.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">10. Mika Immonen (FIN) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 83,642.00<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">11. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Alex Pagulayan (PHI) </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 80,824.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">12. Nick Van Den Berg (NED) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 63,100.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">13. Fong-Pang Chao (TPE) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 57,500.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">14. Po Cheng Kuo (TPE) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 46,000.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">15. Rodney Morris (USA) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 44,998.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">16. Buddy Hall (USA) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 44,385.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">17. Niels Feijen (NED) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 43,200.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">18. Charlie Williams (USA) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 41,950.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">19. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Jose Parica (PHI) </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 40,994.00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">20. Shawn Putnam (USA) </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">$ 39,679.00</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Philippines</span><br />$830,428.00 (40.34%</span>)<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">USA<br />$731,777.00 (35.54%)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Taiwan<br />$213,000.00 (10.35%</span>)<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Holland<br />$106,300.00 (5.16%</span>)<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Germany<br />$ 93,635.00 (4.55%</span>)<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Finland<br />$ 83,642.00 (4.06%)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Also, it shows how Asia continues to dominate the game, with the Filipinos and the Taiwanese leading the way...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Asia</span><br />$1,043,428.00 (50.68%</span>)<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">N.America<br />$ 731,700.00 (35.54%</span>)<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Europe<br />$ 283,577.00 (13.77%) </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22280604-113963531830415692?l=philippinebilliards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yisra'elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722559435527579459noreply@blogger.com0