FILIPINO-CANADIAN Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan flashed his old fiery form to down American Rodney "Rocket" Morris, 8-6, and became the first semi-finalist at the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters yesterday being at the Riviera Convention Centre in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
"I enjoyed that absolutely," said Pagulayan after the match in an interview of the organizing committee. "I was nervous and a bit shaky but I think I played well under the conditions and tried really hard to focus." he added.
"In the end I had a bit more luck than him. Out there, under the gun, the table played tough but race to eight, with the TV and crowd, everything is tough," he added.
Another Filipino entry and former World No.1 Francisco "Django" Bustamante is schedule to face Imram Majid of England in the Final Eight, who beat Shane Van Boening of the United States.
The winner of the match between Bustamante and Majid will meet Pagulayan in the semi-final round.
In other matches saw, reigning WPA World Junior Champion Ko Pin-Yi of Taiwan defeated ex-world titlist Ralf Souquet of Germany, 8-3, to meet Tony Drago of Malta, who brought down Niels Feijen of the Netherlands, 8-7.
contributed by MARLON BERNARDINO
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