BILLIARDS NEWS PHILIPPINES

 


THE PAIR OF ORCOLLO, CORTEZA READY FOR WORLD CUP OF POOL AGAINST SWISS DUO 
FILIPINO cue masters Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo and Lee Vann "The Slayer" Corteza are ready to plunge into action at the 2012 Partypoker.Net World Cup of Pool on September 4 to 9 at the Robinson's Place Manila.

Orcollo and Corteza will make up Philippine Team A in the $250,000 billiards team event with $60,000 going to the eventual champions. 

 Orcollo and Corteza face the dangerous Swiss pair of Dimitri Jungo and Ronni Regli.

THE TANDEM OF 'BATA', 'DJANGO' WILL PLAY HONGKONG 
Making up Philippine Team B are fellow billiards champions Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante will play Hongkong.

In last year’s World Cup of Pool, the tandems of Orcollo and Ronato "Volcano" Alcano, Reyes and Bustamante represented the Philippines. Unfortunately though, both teams suffered defeats in the quarterfinal round.

Reyes and  Bustamante, won the inaugural edition back in 2006 in Newport, England after they beat Americans Earl Strickland at Rodney Morris. Then in 2009, they repeated as champions. In their 2011 stint, the duo made their way past two rounds but was demolished by Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, who became the eventual champions.

 There are a total of 32 teams competing with 31 nations represented –host nation the Philippines are allowed to have 2 teams in the event according to Philippine Billiards God Father Aristeo "Putch " Puyat.

PAGULAYAN MAKES A WELCOME RETURN TO MANILA 
In other exciting first round matches, 2004 World Pool Champion Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan makes a welcome return to Manila, this time representing Canada and paired with John Morra.
They are up against the capable Swedish duo of Mosconi Cup legend Marcus Chamat and Andreas Gerwen.

Tournament features defending champions Germany headed by Souquet and Hohmann looking to open their account against qualifiers Serbia.

The USA, made up of 2008 champions Morris and Shane Van Boening, are back and face a tricky contest against flamboyant Indian duo Raj Hundal and Amar Kang.

Reyes, Bustamante, Orcollo, Corteza, Pagulayan and Alcano are member of the Billiards Managers and Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP) under the leadership of Puyat, co-founder Perry Mariano of Bugsy Promotions, Jonathan Sy of Negros Billiards Stable and it's chairman Isaac Belmonte of the Philippine Star.
-Marlon Bernardino-

AMIT, CENTENO CONTINUE WINNING WAYS IN YALIN WOMEN'S WORLD 10-BALL

 FILIPINA Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit continued her streak in the ongoing WPA (World Pool-Billiard Association) 4th Annual Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship yesterday at the Robinson's Galleria in Ortigas.

The Cebuana native Amit, who also won Women's World 10-Ball Championship four years ago, used her power breaks to defeat B.R. Jung of Korea, 6-2, and K.Yukawa of Japan, 6-1, respectively to match the 2-0 record of countryman 13-year-old  Cheska Centeno of Zamboanga City.

“Break has become the difference in the match,” said Amit, playing under the Puyat Sports after the match. “I had a more solid breaking game in my first two matches.” she added.

Centeno on the other hand, dumped M. Grujicic of Venezuela, 6-0, for her second straight wins in as many rounds. She earlier beat Japan's Noriko Onoda, 6-4.

Another Filipino entry Iris Ranola of Zamboanga City had a 1-2 win-loss record.  The reigning Southeast Asian Games double gold medallist is not as fortunate as she dropped her opening matches against Kimuka Maki of Japan with a similar 6-4 output then followed a 6-4 victory against Singaporean Charlene Chai but bowed to L. Fulberg of Sweden, 4-6.

2010 World 10-ball champion Jasmin Ouschan of Austria is the first player advanced to the knock-out stage. She beat N. Praveen of India, 6-2, K. Sone of Japan, 6-3, and Ga Young Kim of Korea, 6-4.

Defending champion Kelly Fisher of Great Britain, meantime tallied 2-1 record. She beat A. Mazhirina of India, 6-2, and Onoda, 6-0, but failed to Yu Ram Cha of Korea, 5-6.

According to Charlie Williams of the organizing Dragon Promotion, the four-day $21,000 top prize event divided into eight groups, with the top three players from each group will advance to the next round.-Marlon Bernardino-

'Bata' Reyes winds up second in World Straight pool in US

FILIPINO hall of famer Efren "Bata" Reyes failed to overhaul his American foe’s hot start to settle for second place in the the World 14.1 (World Straight pool) tournament in Flushing, New York, USA, over the weekend.

John Schmidt of Hesperia, California put USA back on top again in the 100th anniversary tournament of the game after beating Reyes, 200-169, in the finals.

Schmidt reached the finals after outclassing Ralph Eckert of Germany 200 to 60 while Reyes subdued reigning World 9-Ball and US Open 9-Ball Champion Darren Appleton of Great Britain, 200-108.       -Marlon Bernardino-

ALEX PAGULAYAN WINS BACK TO BACK TITLE IN U.S. POLL CIRCUIT

FILIPINO pool master Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan preserved his winning run in the American pool circuit by ruling the 2012 Southern Classic 9 Ball Championship at the  Accu-Stats Simonis Arena at Harrah’s Casino and Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi, United States on Wednesday.

Pagulayan defeated fellow World 9-ball champion Johnny "The Scorpion" Archer, 7-6, in the finals.

Pagulayan beat Shane Van Boening of the USA to get into the final, and Archer beat another Filipino entry Warren "Warrior" Kiamco. In the previous round the Pasil, Cebu pride Kiamco beat countryman World 8-Ball titlist Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo, putting paid to the chances of there being three Filipinos in the last four.

It was the Cabagan, Isabela native Pagulayan second straight title in US pool circuit whose stint is being supported by Philippine Billiard God Father Aristeo "Putch" Puyat, following his triumphs in the Diamond 10 Ball Challenge over the weekend. He nipped Landon Shuffett of the USA, 15-10, for the coveted title.

" Alex do his best to put the country once again in the world map of sports." said Philippine Billiard God Father Aristeo "Putch" Puyat.       -Marlon Bernardino-