Saturday, June 16, 2007 3 Pinoys advance in World Summit of Pool
ALEX “The Lion” Pagulayan, Francisco “Django” Bustamante and Cebuano Warren Kiamco advanced to the fourth round following their magnificent run in the 4th Annual Billiard Factory World Summit of Pool in Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The tournament which drew a total of 64 top notch billiard players that started last Thursday saw Pagulayan scoring a 11-7 win over John Schmidt in the first round followed by an 11-5 victory over Tony Chochan in the second round and Dave Hemmah 11-7 in the third round. He will play John Morra in his next assignment.
Bustamante, on the other hand, easily cruised to meet Austin Murhy in the fourth round following an 11-2 win over Tyler Edey, an 11-5 victory over Jeff Kennedy, and an 11-7 win against Tony Robles.
The Pasil-Cebu City native Kiamco meanwhile marched into the fourth round conceding only a total of nine racks in three games.
Kiamco first beat Dennis Coulter 11-1 in the first assignment then an 11-4 win over Charlie Williams and finally another 11-4 victory over Demetrius Jelatis in the third round. Kiamco will play Stevie Moore in the fifth round.
Meanwhile, bouncing back into contention from the loser’s bracket after suffering a defeat in the opening round is Marlon Manalo, who eliminated Dan Wallace 11-3, Allen Hopkins, 11-4 and Danny Medina 11-3, on his way to play Jeremy Jones.
Dennis Orcollo, meanwhile, had an easy 11-3 win over Mel Lund in the opening round but succumbed to an 8-11 defeat to Stevie Moore in his next assignment.
The Surigao City born Orcollo, however, bounced back from the loser’s bracket with an 11-2 win over Rodney Mooris and will see action against Mika Immonen next. (RCM)
