Philippines Illustrated, November 2007 issue (= over 100 PICTURES!)
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"Silence please!" Michaela Tabb had to ask for it at least a dozen of times, raising her hand at the same time. Local audience has been famous for cheering the misses of their favorite's rivals since last year, and nothing changed. Even after the referee took time and explained the spectators that it is very unsportsmanlike, it still continued. Well, it's just different culture perhaps. Though it must be very tough to compete under these conditions, so Daryl Peach showed very much composure and concentration during overall miserable final game.
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Next time Vahmurka, I will introduce myself to you. I was seated besides Jay during the Last 64 match of Earl Strickland vs Luong Chi-Dung. You were with your buddies and don't wanna distract you.
Nice reports btw. See you next time and hopefully they will announce it soon. See you in Cebu.
Nice reports btw. See you next time and hopefully they will announce it soon. See you in Cebu.
Thanks For All The Nice Pics...repp..
I might as well post these 2 videos that's related to this thread:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=DvilMN0B8U4
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=RP75aCCiA4o
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=DvilMN0B8U4
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=RP75aCCiA4o
man, these pics are AWEsome. You did such a nice job finishing them too, everything is so sharp and colorful.
I especially liked:
sleeping efren - who here will be this hardcore about pool at his age?
pic of shane with that little smile. Was that just after the miscue? Shane somehow looks very french at certain angles, or when he smiles like that.
earl looking halfway happy and cheery, and then BOOM - devil eyes pointing at the crowd (though he probably was just chatting to a railbird).
niels with hooded eyebrows doing his dutch terminator thing.
closeup of stepanov... did you get to chat with someone in russian?
I especially liked:
sleeping efren - who here will be this hardcore about pool at his age?
pic of shane with that little smile. Was that just after the miscue? Shane somehow looks very french at certain angles, or when he smiles like that.
earl looking halfway happy and cheery, and then BOOM - devil eyes pointing at the crowd (though he probably was just chatting to a railbird).
niels with hooded eyebrows doing his dutch terminator thing.
closeup of stepanov... did you get to chat with someone in russian?
Vahmurka said:
I've said it once and I will say it again. The filipino audiences are great! Enthusiastic, applaud great shots by ALL players, understand the game, cheer hard for their countrymen but also acknowledge the efforts of foreigners.
thanks for your replys pals, that's all for you. The only thing I could regret about is that I can't host my pics at some external resourse at the moment and have to stcik to 100 Kb limit. Being of 3 Mb original quality, you can imagine how much the photos lose due to such resize. I will post the drawsheets from Dumaguete separately as it's all about the names there, and you can't see them on a 60kb image.
gopi, videos are cool. I could've shot some myself but only if I had separate memory card, else I wouldn't be able to make photos Japanese youtube must be an abyss having some pearls inside like these two. Could be great to have more links to such stuff in the future. One of my pals is playing a game at One Side, can be noticed by his purple t-shirt, same in which he played at Negros. And I'm watching SVB-Kiamco game, sitting just by Shane, in the first video I appear there at 1:27 when a girl in yellow leaves Shane and passes in front of me.
gopi, videos are cool. I could've shot some myself but only if I had separate memory card, else I wouldn't be able to make photos
Japanese youtube must be an abyss having some pearls inside like these two. Could be great to have more links to such stuff in the future. One of my pals is playing a game at One Side, can be noticed by his purple t-shirt, same in which he played at Negros. And I'm watching SVB-Kiamco game, sitting just by Shane, in the first video I appear there at 1:27 when a girl in yellow leaves Shane and passes in front of me.
Right after the WPC we moved to Dumaguete, centre of Negros island. There was an invitational tournament and Stepanov was a seeded player there. We were accompanied by a lot of pros with the same mission, Niels Feijen, Ralf Souquet, Mika Immonen, Corey Deuel, Johnny Archer, not to mention a bunch of local pros. And almost everyone I saw at One Side was there also, they either qualified already in Manila or were to play a qualification in Dumaguete which offered 5 places in the main draw. Can you imagine, those who couldn't afford to take a plane traveled to the south by a boat!
Whenever I met Johnny Archer, he was with Robb Saez. Even last year when I didn't know Robb. They went to try the tables right after the flight, qualies for Saez were to start soon, but Johnny seemed to be tired enough to fall asleep on the row of chairs.
Whenever I met Johnny Archer, he was with Robb Saez. Even last year when I didn't know Robb. They went to try the tables right after the flight, qualies for Saez were to start soon, but Johnny seemed to be tired enough to fall asleep on the row of chairs.
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Negros Oriental tournament turned out to be a tough affair: Archer was followed by many. Stepanov later took the same couch, my pal was snoozing aseat, Roberto Dy who is at the age of Efren though looks at least twice older lost his fight against Morpheus as well. Even I immediately started feeling asleep when seated there. Must be something in the (ch)air? 
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almost everybody in the Philippines does pay from behind the back (at the same time being able to shoot opposite-handed). Seems like you can never get them in awkward position.
I first saw that from "Django" Bustamante, but now I'm not sure he's got a patent for that one
I first saw that from "Django" Bustamante, but now I'm not sure he's got a patent for that one
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they managed to build a very nice TV table and stands around. If you look at them and didn't see the construction process from the very beginning you would never imagine what was the material. That must be cheapest TV arena (in terms of cost) ever existed? That's Philippines, they can do something from nothing
Jarry Pelayo introduced us to what seems to be the best (if not the only one) pool hall in Dumaguete. Three tables which are almost in the street, they are outside, just under a cover. Slowest, damp cloth, balls haven't been cleaned for ages, nice straight house cues, signatures of local pros on the rails... And that's where Jarry started, and now he is Negros Oriental semifinalist, 9th at the Phi Open. The most amazing thing was that he played equally good there on slow cloth and in Convention Center with fast cloth, like there was no difference!
Jarry Pelayo introduced us to what seems to be the best (if not the only one) pool hall in Dumaguete. Three tables which are almost in the street, they are outside, just under a cover. Slowest, damp cloth, balls haven't been cleaned for ages, nice straight house cues, signatures of local pros on the rails... And that's where Jarry started, and now he is Negros Oriental semifinalist, 9th at the Phi Open. The most amazing thing was that he played equally good there on slow cloth and in Convention Center with fast cloth, like there was no difference!
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The drawsheets. First is qualification, second is main draw.
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main draw
There the names are readable. Take your time and browse the sheets, qualification is packed with those local sharks and young guns. Main tournament features plenty of unexpected results. Immonen said that in his career it's the first tournament of such high standard and competition level where number of players exceeds 8.
qual draw
main draw
There the names are readable. Take your time and browse the sheets, qualification is packed with those local sharks and young guns. Main tournament features plenty of unexpected results. Immonen said that in his career it's the first tournament of such high standard and competition level where number of players exceeds 8.
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As you can see in the drawsheet, our brave friend who decided to invest 100 dollars in exchange of a possibility to earn 300 (in case he manages to qualify somehow and gets eliminated after two straight defeats). His first opponent was late because of the boat 
, and his second was to be Carlo Biado himself.
We all, Anton included, well realize that if they play 20 (or even 50) more times Biado will win them all. But this time luck was Russian. My pal managed to make it to hill-hill, held his nerve and ran out last rack - the only rack he ran out from furst ball to last in that game! Watch Carlo smiling at himself and then reacting to cheers from the side, laughing - and everyone around was happy that such a strong opponent will go to losers bracket Eventually Biado didn't qualify.
Jonatan Sy said before the game that if my pal wins 5 racks (in a race to 7) it would be a very good result. After he won 7-6 he was one of the first to congratulate Presnyakov with his unbelieveable win.
By the way, could someone name a guy in yellow? He is always in One Side, and though he usually carries a bag for Bustamante (or someone else) he is a strong player himself. I think he wasn't mentioned by gopi-1 when introducing Pinoy players.
, and his second was to be Carlo Biado himself.We all, Anton included, well realize that if they play 20 (or even 50) more times Biado will win them all. But this time luck was Russian. My pal managed to make it to hill-hill, held his nerve and ran out last rack - the only rack he ran out from furst ball to last in that game! Watch Carlo smiling at himself and then reacting to cheers from the side, laughing - and everyone around was happy that such a strong opponent will go to losers bracket
Eventually Biado didn't qualify.Jonatan Sy said before the game that if my pal wins 5 racks (in a race to 7) it would be a very good result. After he won 7-6 he was one of the first to congratulate Presnyakov with his unbelieveable win.
By the way, could someone name a guy in yellow? He is always in One Side, and though he usually carries a bag for Bustamante (or someone else) he is a strong player himself. I think he wasn't mentioned by gopi-1 when introducing Pinoy players.
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Vahmurka said:
You are a really cutie pie! Thanks for sharing these incredibly cool pictures. I am sure that I can speak for the entire forum to say we all enjoy viewing them and appreciate you sharing.
I thought the sleeping pictures were funny!
My favorite is Bustamante shooting behind his back!
JAM
Kosta Stepanov lost his very first game to Leonardo Didal, he didn't get used to the tables at once and was frustrated about that, so he played without any will. While the qualifiers were not only hot but accustomed to the tables already.
After that he managed to compose himself and started playing well, eliminating Alcano (who lost to Feijen) and Bustamante (beaten by Calasang), both 9-7. His next opponent should have been either Gallego or Luat, and we would have preferred the latter. Both of them suffered a lot, but next day Ramil was flawless and pocketed everything he could. No wonder he got to the finals. He let Kosta win only one rack at 8-0.
After that he managed to compose himself and started playing well, eliminating Alcano (who lost to Feijen) and Bustamante (beaten by Calasang), both 9-7. His next opponent should have been either Gallego or Luat, and we would have preferred the latter. Both of them suffered a lot, but next day Ramil was flawless and pocketed everything he could. No wonder he got to the finals. He let Kosta win only one rack at 8-0.
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thanks again, I'm happy to see all of you enjoying them. I didn't intend to post sleeping pics first, but then decided they are pretty nice to transfer the atmosphereJAM said:You are a really cutie pie! Thanks for sharing these incredibly cool pictures. I am sure that I can speak for the entire forum to say we all enjoy viewing them and appreciate you sharing.
I thought the sleeping pictures were funny!
JAM