ADD Qatar Open now to the name of Dennis Orcollo.
The Bislig, Surigao native, winner of the 2006 World Pool leaque and 2007 BCA Enjoypool.com, added the inauguration of Qatar World 9-Ball Open to his growing list of tournament achievements when he topped Saturday night at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation in Al Muntazah Road in Doha, Qatar.
The 29-year-old Orcollo, fondly called "Robocop" in the pool world bested veteran European player Niels "The Terminator" Feijen 13-5, in the finals to bag the title and the top purse $40,000. Feijen, on the other hand receive the runner-up prize of $20,000.
Losing semi-finalists reigning World 8-Ball Champion Ralf "Kaiser" Souquet of Germany and current US Open 9-Ball titlist Shane "The South Dakota Kid" Van Boening of the United States, likewise received $ 10,000 each.
This was the second major title of Orcollo, currently No.1 in the world ranking after winning the Japan 9-Ball Open last March, beating Japanese pro player Ryoji Aoki, 9-2, in the finals to bag the title and the two million yen (P835,127) top purse.
On the road to the race-to-13 finals, Orcollo stuns Souquet 11-8, in the final four while Feijen stop the winning run Van Boening, 11-4, in other semi-final pit.
Other Filipino who competed in this $150,000 total pot prize tournament were most Filipino popular cue artists Efren "Bata" Reyes, Francisco "Django" Bustamante, Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan, Ronato "Volcano" Alcano, Lee Vann "The Slayer" Corteza, Warren "Warrior" Kiamco, Ramil "Bebeng" Gallego, Antonio "Ga-Ga" Gabica, Marlon "Marvelous" Manalo, Jeffrey "The Bull" De Luna, Roberto "Pinoy Superman" Gomez, Joven "The Shark" Bustamante and Middle East based Pinoy---Allan "Surigao" Cuartero and Ruben Cuna.
contributed by MARLON BERNARDINO, edited by jovie sison
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