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Today's AZB front page has the following headlines: "Pagulayan Tops AZB List" "Orcollo in Florida" "Parica Wins 14.1 Event" These three together with Sambajon probably form the greatest 4-man bantam team in pool. None of them stands more than 5 feet 4, but each is a giant in his own way.

Here are my not so bold predictions: 1. At least 4 of the following players will reach the round of 6: Hohmann, Souquet, Reyes, Manalo, Orcullo, Bustamante, Archer, Immonen, Varner and Stalev. These players reached that round in the 2005 KOH and/or the 2006 North American championships...

For the first time in the history of pool, a pool player has a chance to make a million dollars in 2 to 3 years' time. He has a chance to do it in one year if he wins all 4 IPTtournaments, but that is a long shot. Earl and Efren may already have crossed a million in career earnings but it took...

Much has been said about Mr. Trudeau (KT) and his IPT on this board. Mr. KT's avowed mission is to give pool players the chance to win decent prize money which for so long they fully deserve. His so-called world 8ball championship between Mike and LJJ also reflects his belief that there is...

The PREMISE: The World 9Ball and US Open 9Ball championships are the top two majors in pool. The other two, probably on a lower scale, are the World 8Ball and DCC Derby Master of the Table titles. The RECORD: Here are the only players to win both the world and US Open 9ball titles and their...

The most touching moments at the recent world pool championship occurred at its beginning and end, respectively: Efren Reyes, 51, ousted from the group stage, stepping out into the dark Kaoshiung night, and Wu Chia Ching, 16, basking in the glow of his triumph with his grandma wiping his tears...

Whenever I see a thread saying "so-and-so is the greatest player who ever held a cue", I ask myself why people are so obsessed with this topic. I guess it is human nature. We want to put a label on everything, as if all life's aspects can be reduced into an almanac: who's the best, who's the...

The AZB Money List shows the following as top tournament money winners (men)for the last 5 years: 2000 Earl Strickland 2001 Efren Reyes 2002 Efren Reyes 2003 Johnny Archer 2004 Efren Reyes Incidentally, in the years that Efren did not top the list, he placed either...

With the continental games now in full swing in Taiwan, it is timely to conjure our mixed dream teams. EFREN says ALLISON FISHER is his favorite lady player. I'm sure he'd love to play with her on his team. Imagine then the following lineups: TEAM #1 Efren Reyes Django Bustamante...

If I had a million $ to give away, I'll sponsor a winner-take-all, four-cornered fight as follows: U.S. EUROPE Earl Strickland Thorsten Hohmann Johnny Archer Ralf Soquet...