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The Philippines has already a list of Magic 12 in the coming 2006 World Pool Championship but more Filipino players could make it to the main draw with the staging of final qualifiers leading to the main event slated Nov. 4-12 at the Philippine International Convention Center.


The final qualifiers will be held on Oct. 28-Nov. 1 at the Star Billiards Center in Quezon City to fill 10 slots in the main draw in the 17th edition of the WPC hosted by the Philippines with the Department of Tourism as lead sponsor.


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                    [Summary] => The World Pool 9-ball Championship fires off Nov. 4 at the PICC with 128 of the world’s finest pool players, including Filipino pool legends Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante, vying for the top purse of $100,000 out of the record $400,000 prize fund.


The Filipinos head six of the 32 groups of four players each with Reyes, the 1999 champion in Cardiff, leading Group 2 that includes Radoslaw Babica of Poland, Indon Roy Apancho and American Tony Crosby.


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                    [Title] => Champ top seed in World Pool; Bata 2nd
                    [Summary] => Defending world pool champion Wu Chia-ching of Chinese Taipei has been seeded No. 1 in the 2006 World Pool Championship slated Nov. 4-12 in Manila, according to Matchroom Sports, lead promoter of the tournament.


Efren "Bata" Reyes, whose stirring victory in 1999 in Cardiff, Wales helped raise the sport to the level of a major league, is ranked No. 2 followed by Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, champion in 2003, and Alex Pagulayan, the Canada-based Filipino, who romped away with the crown in 2004 in Taiwan.


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                    [Title] => Alcano rules final leg of Asian 9-ball
                    [Summary] => Filipino Ronnie Alcano, playing in his first finals appearance, outclassed Busan Asian Games gold medalist Yang Ching Shun of Taiwan, 11-6, and won the final leg of the San Miguel Beer Asian 9-Ball Tour  at the Robinson’s Galleria Trade Hall late last night.


Alcano took advantage of two scratched shots of Yang to break away from a 6-all deadlock to win the top purse of $10,000 in the tournament whose main draw included the 32 top Asian players from 11 countries. 


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                    [Title] => Manalo fiery surge sweeps Bata
                    [Summary] => TAIPEI — Proving he’s up to the task, Marlon Manalo sustained his giant-killing spree, beating Efren "Bata" Reyes with an emphatic 11-4 victory to advance to the quarterfinal round of the World Pool Championship at the World Trade Center here Friday.


Playing with so much confidence and showing grace under pressure, the 28-year-old Manalo cashed in on Reyes’ uncharacteristic miss on the red 3 right on the first rack to go 1-up then dominated the entire match to the chagrin of the former champion’s millions of fans.


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Playing with so much confidence and showing grace under pressure, the 28-year-old Manalo cashed in on Reyes’ uncharacteristic miss on the red 3 right on the first rack to go 1-up then dominated the entire match to the chagrin of the former champion’s millions of fans.


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More RP bets get chance in pool elims

By Joey Villar | October 19, 2006 - 12:00am

The Philippines has already a list of Magic 12 in the coming 2006 World Pool Championship but more Filipino players could make it to the main draw with the staging of final qualifiers leading to the main...

Sports

Pinoys head 6 groups in World 9-ball

October 14, 2006 - 12:00am

The World Pool 9-ball Championship fires off Nov. 4 at the PICC with 128 of the world’s finest pool players, including Filipino pool legends Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante,...

Sports

Champ top seed in World Pool; Bata 2nd

October 12, 2006 - 12:00am

Defending world pool champion Wu Chia-ching of Chinese Taipei has been seeded No. 1 in the 2006 World Pool Championship slated Nov. 4-12 in Manila, according to Matchroom Sports, lead promoter of the tournament. Efren...

Sports

Alcano rules final leg of Asian 9-ball

June 6, 2005 - 12:00am

Filipino Ronnie Alcano, playing in his first finals appearance, outclassed Busan Asian Games gold medalist Yang Ching Shun of Taiwan, 11-6, and won the final leg of the San Miguel Beer Asian 9-Ball Tour at the Robinson’s...

Sports

Manalo fiery surge sweeps Bata

July 17, 2004 - 12:00am

TAIPEI — Proving he’s up to the task, Marlon Manalo sustained his giant-killing spree, beating Efren "Bata" Reyes with an emphatic 11-4 victory to advance to the quarterfinal round of the World...

Sports