Filipino pool legend Francisco 'Django' Bustamante added another crown to his already huge collection after grabbing the title in the just ended 4th Annual Chet Itow Memorial last March 9 to 10 at the California Billiard Club Mountain View, California, USA.
The top player of sportsman/businessman Aristeo "Putch" Puyat of Puyat Sports bested Scotland's Jayson Shaw in the finals to finished undefeated in the 109 player's field. The 49-year-old Tarlac native started playing billiards seriously when he was 12 years old, went home the top prize of $US 2,500 while Shaw pocketed the runner-up purse of $US 1,600.
"Shaw opened the potential double-set finals with two quick racks; he and Bustamante both playing as though they were late for a bus. Bustamante got on the board, and Shaw took advantage of an unforced error to regain his two-rack lead. Bustamante used a carom shot to drop the 9-ball early in the fifth rack, and pull back within one, but he made another unforced error in the sixth rack to return the two-game lead to Shaw at 4-2.
Shaw didn't know it as the balls spread out in rack seven, but it was over. Bustamante put together a title-earning six-pack that included a 3-9 bank combination that finished it, in less than 45 minutes." according toAZBilliards.com report yesterday.
Santos "The Saint" Sambajon finished in tie for 7th to 8th place with American Bobby Alexander while Ronato "Volcano" Alcano and Deomark Alpajora was landed at 9th to 12th placer. Warren "Warrior" Kiamco and Ray Campana joined 13th to 16th placer.
Bustamante, Alcano and Kiamco are members of the Billiards Managers and Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP). -Marlon Bernardino-
