The Derby City Classic is more than just a tournament. It is a week-long festival and celebration of pool. It is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, and offers various disciplines to compete. It is a unique tournament because it welcomes a wide spectrum of competitors from world class athletes professionals, to ladies, to relative neophytes in the sport, quote/unquote.
I kind of like the description the Filipino print media gives of our annual pool mecca known as the Derby City Classic. They are proud, and rightfully so, of their 49-year-old "Tarlac native." I had to look up Tarlac and discovered it is a landlocked province in the Philippines, which is where Francisco grew up, the youngest of eight children.
He got his nickname "Django," before he picked up a cue, which came from the so-called Spaghetti western movies aka "Italian westerns." Well, I had to look up "Spaghetti western," as well, and found that they are a broad sub-genre of western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by critics in United States and other countries because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.
Young Bustamante took care of his family by doing everything from building toilets to planting rice by hand. His older sister, who owned a pool hall, introduced Bustie to the game by requiring him to watch her business while she was away as a scrawny boy of 10. He did odd jobs like racking up and spotting balls on the tables for the patrons. Late in the evenings after closing time, though, the pool hall was his kingdom where he practiced alone.
Before following the American tournament trail, Bustamante lived in Germany for 10 years and competed in European pool events, putting a few more notches on his pool belt.
And so the article continues: Like fine wine Filipino pool legend Django Bustamante just seems to get better as the years go by. Bustamante added another crown to his already huge collection after grabbing the Master of Table crown in the 15th Annual Derby City Classic. He won $20,000 for the All Around of The Master of the Table Crown. He also dominated the 9-Ball Banks and settled for second in the One Pocket division which was won by American Corey Deuel.
Source: Bustamante Continues to Win Pool Tournaments [Retrieved 23 February 2013]
I always enjoyed running into Bustie. He is charistmatic and handsome. He has a flare for fashion, and when he smiles, the whole room lights up. Last time I saw him was in Vegas, and he came up behind me and gave me a big bear hug.
Here's a photo I took of him in, subject to check, 2005. While most of the Filipino players prefer Asian-type meal, Francisco joined us for dinner and was chomping down on steak and potatoes. A few hours later, Francisco Bustamante was crowned the winner of the $25,000-added Joss tournament at Turning Stone.
I kind of like the description the Filipino print media gives of our annual pool mecca known as the Derby City Classic. They are proud, and rightfully so, of their 49-year-old "Tarlac native." I had to look up Tarlac and discovered it is a landlocked province in the Philippines, which is where Francisco grew up, the youngest of eight children.
He got his nickname "Django," before he picked up a cue, which came from the so-called Spaghetti western movies aka "Italian westerns." Well, I had to look up "Spaghetti western," as well, and found that they are a broad sub-genre of western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by critics in United States and other countries because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.
Young Bustamante took care of his family by doing everything from building toilets to planting rice by hand. His older sister, who owned a pool hall, introduced Bustie to the game by requiring him to watch her business while she was away as a scrawny boy of 10. He did odd jobs like racking up and spotting balls on the tables for the patrons. Late in the evenings after closing time, though, the pool hall was his kingdom where he practiced alone.
Before following the American tournament trail, Bustamante lived in Germany for 10 years and competed in European pool events, putting a few more notches on his pool belt.
And so the article continues: Like fine wine Filipino pool legend Django Bustamante just seems to get better as the years go by. Bustamante added another crown to his already huge collection after grabbing the Master of Table crown in the 15th Annual Derby City Classic. He won $20,000 for the All Around of The Master of the Table Crown. He also dominated the 9-Ball Banks and settled for second in the One Pocket division which was won by American Corey Deuel.
Source: Bustamante Continues to Win Pool Tournaments [Retrieved 23 February 2013]
I always enjoyed running into Bustie. He is charistmatic and handsome. He has a flare for fashion, and when he smiles, the whole room lights up. Last time I saw him was in Vegas, and he came up behind me and gave me a big bear hug.
Here's a photo I took of him in, subject to check, 2005. While most of the Filipino players prefer Asian-type meal, Francisco joined us for dinner and was chomping down on steak and potatoes. A few hours later, Francisco Bustamante was crowned the winner of the $25,000-added Joss tournament at Turning Stone.
