ALEX, DJANGO WINS; BATA FALTERS
ALEX "The Lion" Pagulayan and Francisco "Django" Bustamante continued their winning ways to keep the Philippine hopes high, however Puyat Sports stablemate Efren "Bata" Reyes yielded in the eight round of 2007 Derby City Classic ' 9-ball Bank' Division yesterday at the Executive West Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.
Pagulayan, the 2004 Taiwan World 9-Ball Champion and 2005 US Open 9-Ball kingpin demolished John Schmidt, Bustamante nipped Jonathan Demet while Reyes, bowed to Tony Fergerson. Reyes, who is seeking to surpass his runner-up finish in the last year's edition bowed out in this $100,000 annual series.
Earlier, Pagulayan needed to beat Tiger Nail, Curtis Dehart, Shin Young Park and John Schmidt in round 4 to 7 (Schmidt use Buy-In option to force a rematch with Pagulayan in the eight round but loss), Bustamante, on the other hand crushed Michael Collins, Tiger Nail, Gerald Reichle and Jeremy Jones, in order. Pagulayan, the only Filipino with undefeated record while Bustamante who earlier lost to unheralded Tom Spencer in the opening round but used his Buy-In option to return to the table.
Compatriots Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat, Santos "The Saint" Sambajon and Jose "Amang" Parica was also booted out in this event.
After losing his match to Edward Ames in the second round, Luat suffered his second loss to Tony Blankenship in the fourth round.
Sambajon back to back loses to Mark Tadd and Shawn Putnam in the sixth and seventh round while Parica, who surprised ex-world 9-ball champ Thorsten Hohman of Germany in the fifth round loss to Larry Nevel in the sixth round for his second loss. He also lost to Mark Slyle Jr. in the fourth round.
Contributed by MARLON BERNARDINO
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