Betting odds for the 2007 World Pool CHampionships

Here are the latest odds as of Oct. 28, according to England based Stan James:



Reyes, Efren -- 14/1
Bustamante, Francisco -- 14/1
Manalo, Marlon -- 14/1
Wu, Chia Ching -- 16/1
Yang, Chin-Shun -- 16/1
Pagulayan, Alex -- 16/1
Van Boening, Shane -- 16/1
Alcano, Ronnie -- 18/1
Orcollo, Dennis -- 22/1
Souquet, Ralf -- 25/1
Chao, Fong Pang -- 25/1
Archer, Johnny -- 25/1
Immonen, Mika -- 25/1
Morris, Rodney -- 25/1
Chang, Jung-Ling -- 28/1
Hohmann, Thorsten -- 33/1
Strickland, Earl -- 33/1
Engert, Thomas -- 33/1
Deuel, Corey -- 33/1
Van Corteza, Lee -- 40/1
Li, He-Wen -- 50/1
Chamat, Marcus -- 50/1
Luong, Chi-Dung -- 50/1
Kuo, Po Cheng -- 50/1
Gallego, Ramil -- 50/1
Ortmann, Oliver -- 50/1
Luat, Rodolfo -- 66/1
Alcaide, David -- 66/1
Fu, Che Wei -- 66/1
Jones, Jeremy -- 66/1
Feijen, Niels -- 66/1
Chang, Pei Wei -- 66/1
Stepanov, Konstantin -- 80/1
Van Den Berg, Nick -- 80/1
De Luna, Jeff -- 80/1
Chan, Keng Kwag -- 80/1
Foldes, Vilmos -- 80/1
Bustamante, Joven -- 80/1
Chun-Chuan, Liu -- 80/1
Williams, Charlie -- 100/1
Majid, Imran -- 100/1
Drago, Tony -- 100/1
Lining, Antonio -- 100/1
Xu, Meng -- 100/1
Schmidt, John -- 100/1
Robles, Tony -- 100/1
Holtz, Pat -- 125/1
Petroni, Fabio -- 125/1
Yang, Ricky -- 125/1
Hundal, Raj -- 125/1
Hybler, Roman -- 125/1
Lely, Alex -- 125/1
Saez, Rob -- 125/1
Tschudi, Marco -- 150/1
Peach, Daryl -- 150/1
Uzzell, Kevin -- 150/1
Tot, Sandor -- 150/1
Jeong, Young Hwa -- 150/1
Davis, Mike -- 150/1
Putnam, Shawn -- 150/1
Boyes, Karl -- 150/1
Bryant, Charles -- 150/1
Schmidt, Michael -- 175/1
Condo, Louis -- 200/1
Ryu, Seong-Woo -- 200/1
Edey, Tyler -- 200/1
Montal, Edwin -- 200/1
Frank, Troy -- 200/1
Gollan, Brady -- 200/1
Wiseman, Ron -- 200/1
Hisashi, Kusano -- 200/1
Martel, Alain -- 200/1
Morra, John -- 200/1
Furuta, Kasuo -- 200/1
Bin Amir, Ibrahim -- 250/1
Craig, Osborne -- 250/1
Fuclher, Jonni -- 250/1
Tanaka, Masaaki -- 250/1
Babica, Radoslaw -- 300/1
Stolka, Harry -- 300/1
Oi, Naoyuki -- 300/1
Tuan Ngoc, Pham - 400/1
Wims, John -- 400/1
Carvajal, Alejandro -- 500/1
Al-Mutawa, Saeed Ahmed -- 500/1
Tey-Choon-Kiat, Bernard -- 500/1
Arrunath, Tepwin -- 500/1
Rojas, Enrique -- 500/1
Kaplan, Tomasz -- 500/1
Zulfikri, Muhammed -- 500/1
Kempter, Martin -- 500/1
Stojanovic, Phillip -- 500/1
Trajdos, Wojciech -- 500/1
Kwok, Kenny -- 500/1
Dabovic, Dejan -- 500/1
Tan, Alan -- 500/1
Reike, Kay -- 500/1
Shahverdi, Farhad -- 500/1
Singh-Lilly, Dharminder -- 500/1
Toh, Lian-Han -- 500/1
Erculj, Matjaz -- 500/1
Castro, Carlos -- 750/1
De Falco, Vittorio -- 750/1
Hamsa Mohammed Saeed Ali -- 750/1
Vaic, Zybnek -- 750/1
Mladenovic, Goran -- 750/1
Mohammadi, Farad -- 750/1
Ayas, Muyat -- 750/1
Delahunty, James -- 1000/1
Muratore, Bruno -- 1000/1
Das, Serge -- 1000/1
Worts, Ceri -- 1000/1
Capaldi, Stephen -- 1000/1
Alcoberro, David -- 1000/1
Billah, Prince Muhtadee -- 1000/1
Lofty, Bahram -- 1000/1
Reljic, David -- 1000/1
Chandra, Manan -- 1000/1
Jenkins, Greg -- 1000/1


http://www.stanjames.com/betting/?gi=29
 
BlowFish said:
Steve Davis is not on the lineup. ;)
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Hmmm... he was listed on page one- must have decided not to make the trip- too bad- he's a great player and a terrific announcer (he's usually in the booth for a few matches).

I'm not nearly as tempted to put any money on him now (and if I do I want better odds).:p
 
Favorite: Reyes, Efren or Wu --- 14/1 or 16/1
Dark Horse: Tony Drago--- 40/1 (his eurotour results are impresive!! and he has the snooker background of long tournaments..)
Long Shot: Serge das--- 1000/1 (i know him personally, and even if it is his debute, im sure he'll make it into the last 16. after that, anybody can win.)

anyone in for a friendly bet that serg das makes it into the last32? :D
 
A bit of a 9-ball lottery, but E/W I would bet on

Yang CS 16/1 - playing his best ever pool this year
Wu CC 16/1 - always a favorite with his big break
Chang JL 28/1 - most successful Asian player this year

The thing is, these Taiwanese live on these Brunswick Metro and Metro copies with super fast cloth, humidity and under TV lights. The Guinness 9-ball Tour primes all of the SE Asian players solely for this event, under exactly the same conditions. This immediately gives them a ball headstart on the field.

A Taiwanese or Filipino will win this one :)
 
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Chang, Jung-Ling --- 66/1???:eek:
This is ridiculous.
Chang's had a phenomenal year, his form has been great & consistent.
He's Taiwan's national champion in 2006 & arguably Asia's best performer in 2007. In fact, I think he won prize money more than anyone else in 2007 (before this WPC).
I'm a fan of Wu Chia Ching, but I think Chang's a better bet than Wu.
 
big_worm said:
Chang, Jung-Ling --- 66/1???:eek:
This is ridiculous.
Chang's had a phenomenal year, his form has been great & consistent.
He's Taiwan's national champion in 2006 & arguably Asia's best performer in 2007. In fact, I think he won prize money more than anyone else in 2007 (before this WPC).
I'm a fan of Wu Chia Ching, but I think Chang's a better bet than Wu.
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Oh, they've changed his odds to 28/1. Sorry I didn't notice.
But that's still a good shot.
 
Filipino pool sharks still failed to win any single WPC spots...



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After four qualification tournament no Filipino pool sharks yet win any single
spots.

The qualifying tournament is being hosted by Mr. Sebastian Chua, president
of Star Paper Corporation and Star Billiards, which is the exclusive distributor
of Brunswick billiard tables and Aramith billiard balls in the Philippines.

In fact three Taiwanese has now won three of four qualifiers. Kenichi
Ichigaki of Japan took the Qualifying 2 by beating Do Huang Quan of
Vietnam 9-3 in the second qualifier, which consisted of 79 players.

Lu Hui-Chan, Ko Pin-Yi and Wu Yu-Lun won the Qualifying 1, 3 and 4, respectively.



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(The tournament venue, Star Billiards Center)



Eighty players while Ko and Wu also hurdle their countryman to advance in
the main proper which start on November 3 and will ends on November 11
at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City.

Ko, nicknamed "The Prince of Pool" in his native country trounced Lu Hsun-
Cheng 9-7 in Event 3 while Wu, the reigning three-time world junior champion
won over Chien Ching-Ju in a hill-hill battle in Event 4.

According to tournament director Sol Gueco, Ko will now enter Group 5 of
the main tournament and face 2003 world champion Thorsten Hohmann of
Germany in his opening match on Monday, November 5 while Wu will be
joining Group 15 and will play Johnny Archer of the United States in his
opening match on Tuesday, November 6.


Source:

http://www.billiardphilippines.com/v3/modules/news/
 
Andam Breaks Taiwanese Stranglehold



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Veteran Leonardo "Dodong" Andam nicknamed "The Rattlesnake" showed
he still had some venom in his cue stick when he overcame a tough field in
the sixth qualifier to book a place in the 2007 World Pool Championships
which opens on Saturday at the Araneta Coliseum, the renowned "Mecca"
of Philippine sports and entertainment.

The 47 year old Andam joined Alwi of Indonesia who won the sixth qualifier
to break the stranglehold of the machine-like Taiwanese who had won
three of then four previous qualifiers and relegated the hometown favorites
to the spectators gallery. Coincidentally, Alwi is also named "Dodong."

But Andam corrected the seeming anomaly when he bested a field of 84
with a super display of skill and coolness under pressure even when all
seemed lost. Down in a clash with fellow Filipino Elvis Calasang who rocked
and rolled to a 6-3 lead, Andam clawed back in a classic display of pool
that had the fans at the Star Billiards Center gasping in awe to win 7-5.

Facing young Jherome Pena who gave snooker ace Steve Davis a run for
his money in last year's round of 32, eventually losing 8-10, Andam
demonstrated his superb positional play, exquisite safeties and perfect
positional play to rout Pena who could merely sit and watch in amazement
as the veteran ran out rack-after-rack in effortless fashion 9-4.

Alwi showed he was not afraid of the reputation of the Taiwanese when he
beat two of their aces - Kung-Fang Lee in the semi finals 7-5 and followed
it up with a 9-7 win over Hung-Hsiang Wang in the finals.

Andam, a part-time fisherman in Mindanao, finished 65th in last year's
World Pool Championship and is perhaps best remembered for his four gold
medals in the 1991 Southeast Asian Games. He also won the "Match of the
Masters" International 9-ball championships in 2000 and was first runner-up
in the Philippine International Open 9-Ball Championship in 2005.

By Ronnie Nathanielsz


Source:

http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.cfm?storynum=4797
 
LATEST: Gomez wins seventh qualifier



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Filipino Roberto Gomez has qualified for the 2007 Philippines World Pool
Championship.

Gomez defeated Lee Kun-fang (Chinese Taipei) 9-5 to take the seventh
qualifying spot out of the ten available.

The Filipino player, who made his debut in the 2006 competition, narrowly
missed out on qualifying earlier this week when he lost in the semi-finals of
the third qualifier on Sunday.

But this time he was the one celebrating after his victory at the Star
Billiards Center in Quezon City, Philippines, over Lee, the 1997 World Pool
Championship runner-up.

In the main 2006 event, Gomez enjoyed a fine opening phase as convincing
victories against John Wims (Ireland), Masaaki Tanaka (Japan) and Corey
Deuel (USA) saw him finish top of his group and qualify for the Last 64 with
the best record out of any player.

His 8-2 triumph over Deuel was particuarly impressive, especially as the
American then won the Most Valuable Player award in the 2006 Mosconi
Cup one month later.

Unfortunately for Gomez, he then ran into Ronnie Alcano, who had
mastered the use of the soft break, and Alcano completed a convincing
10-1 victory on the second television table.

This year's main event begins on Saturday, November 3 but Gomez will not
be in action until Tuesday, November 6 when he meets Holland's Niels
Feijen, in what promises to be a cracking affair.

Group 16 is now...

A. Niels Feijen (Holland), B. Daryl Peach (England), C. Rodolfo Luat
(Philippines), D. Dharminder Singh Lilly (India), E. Charles Bryant (USA), F.
Toh Lian Han (Singapore), G. Matjaz Erculj (Slovenia), H. Roberto Gomez
(Philippines).


Source:

http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=12
 
LATEST: Another Chinese Taipei man in



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(Chang Yau-Mau playing Immonen with Souquet in the foreground)




Chinese Taipei continued their stranglehold over the 2007 qualifiers as
another of their players has made the 2007 World Pool Championships.

Chang Yau-Mau defeated countryman Chu Hung-Ming 9-6 in the final of
the eighth qualifying tournament, held at the Star Billiards Center, Quezon
City, Philippines.

It means that four of the eight spots so far contested have gone to
players from Chinese Taipei, but a further six players from that country
have also been defeated in the final matches.

With only two tournaments left, a number of Chinese Taipei men are high
up on the points table, and may have a chance to step in if any of the
people in the main tournament drop out.

Chang, who will be making his World Pool Championship debut, has a
difficult task as he becomes Player H in the tough-looking Group 13.

His first match will be on Tuesday afternoon against American Shane van
Boening, the winner of the 2007 US Open earlier this month.

Group 13 is now...

A. Shane van Boening (USA), B. Dennis Orcollo (PHI), C. Marcus Chamat
(SWE), D. Pat Holtz (SCO), E. Wojciech Trajdos (POL), F. Satoshi
Kawabata (JPN), G. Kenny Kwok (HKG), H. Chang Yau-mai (TPE)


Source:

http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=13
 
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Three Chinese players make the 2007 WPC



China will have at least three representatives in the 2007 Philippines World
Pool Championships.

Dang Jin-Hu joins Li He-wen and Xu Meng in the line-up after he won the
ninth qualifying tournament, held at the Star Billiards Center, Quezon City,
Philippines.

Dang defeated Japan's Toru Kuribayashi 9-5 in the final and will now take
the spot of Player B in Group 7, which was originally filled by German
Christian Reimering until he withdrew from the competition.

China are fast becoming a leading nation in pool after Li reached the
semi-finals of the 2006 World Pool Championship and then Li and
team-mate Fu Jian-bo clinched the 2007 World Cup of Pool last month.

Group 7 is now...

A. Chang Jung-ling (TPE), B. Dang Jinhui (CHN), C. Nick van den Berg
(NED), D. Chan Keng Kwang (SIN),E. Ramil Gallego (PHI), F. John Morra
(CAN), G. Kazuo Furuta (JPN), H. Alwi (INO).


Source:

http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=14
 
WPC cast complete; Chinese, Taiwanese Take Final Slots



The cast of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship is now complete.

When the greatest pool show on earth raises its curtains at the Araneta
Coliseum tomorrow, China's Dang Jinhui and Taiwan's Chun Min-Hung will be
among the 128 contenders vying for the sport?s coveted trophy and its top
prize of $100,000.

Dang and Chung hitched the last ride to the main event by topping their
qualifying tournaments in contrasting fashion at the Star Billiards Centers in
Quezon City last Wednesday.

Dang conquered Japan's Toru Kobayashi, 9-5, in the finals of the ninth
qualifier and earned the No. 2 spot in Group 7 behind Taiwan top seed
Chang Jung-Ling, the reigning Asian 9-Ball Tour king.

But Chung had to dig deep into his bag of tricks in pulling off a thrilling 9-8
decision over stubborn Filipino Jundel Mazon, the 2006 Kuwait 9-Ball titlist,
to seal the 10th and last qualifying slot near the stroke of midnight as the
world celebrated Halloween.

The Taiwanese found himself in Group 3 where compatriot and 2005 world
titlist Wu Chia-Ching is the top seed.

Mazon, who coaches pool in the Middle East, could have emerged as the
third Filipino bet from the qualifiers after veteran Leonardo Andam and
Roberto Gomez, who earlier ruled the fifth and sixth qualifying tournaments.

Another prominent hometown casualty here was former Asian 9-ball
champion Warren Kiamco, who reached the semifinals of Qualifier 4 but
could not make any headway in the succeeding ones that he entered.

It was the Taiwanese who stamped their class in the qualifying round,
bagging half of the 10 spots up for grabs to raise their total number of
players in the main draw to 13, just two less of the Filipinos, who have 15.

But it's back to square one for everyone when the group matches of the
pool festival presented by San Miguel Corp. and PAGCOR starts tomorrow
with three Filipino aces, led by defending champion Ronnie Alcano, making
their debut.

Group 1 top seed Alcano opens his title-retention drive against Saeed
Ahmed Al-Mutawa of the United Arab Emirates while Efren "Bata" Reyes,
the 1999 titlist, kicks off his own quest in Group 6 against Japanese
qualifier Kenichi Uchigaki.

Scheduled at 11:30 a.m., the Reyes-Uchigaki tussle will be played on TV
Table 1 and will be the first match of the event to be broadcast worldwide.

Doha Asian gold medalist Antonio Gabica, who earned a wild card berth in
Group 4, also gets the first chance to play in front of his countrymen when
he meets Bruno Muratore, who last saw action in last September's World
Cup of Pool and is a five-time Italian champion.

Taiwanese 16-year-old sensation Wu, the No. 1 seed in Group 3, tests the
mettle of Nicaragua's Carlos Castro while in Group 4, it will be an all-
Taiwanese clash between top-ranked Yang Ching-sun and qualifier Lui
Hui-Chan, in other featured Day 1 matches.


Source:

http://www.poolphilippines.com/content/view/147/1/
 
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Three World champions bannered RP
in World 9-Ball Championships tomorrow



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Manila, Philippines - The 2007 World Pool Championships gets underway
tomorrow, November 3, Saturday at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao,
Quezon City with 128 of the world's leading players from 42 countries
competing for a winner's purse valued at $100,000, the biggest prize yet in
the 18-year tournament which will be aired on ESPN Star Sports and
ABS-CBN 2.

The cuefest offers $40,000 to the runner-up, $20,000 to the third placer
and $10,000 to the fourth placer.

The last 16 players will each receive $4,500 while the last 32 will go home
with $3,000 and the last 64 with $2,000 apiece.

Defending champion and tournament top seed Ronato Alcano, the
35-year-old lanky cue from Calamba, Laguna, said he expects a grueling
competition. "To keep this title will be very difficult," he said.

Alcano who is fresh from a runner-up finish with eventual US Open
champion American Shane Van Boening will meet his first round assignment
against little known H. Saeed Ahmed Al-Mutawa of United Arab Emirates in
Group 1.

"There is tremendous pressure because of the strong Taiwanese
contingent," said Alcano, who tagged a moniker "Volcano" when he beat
1995 World 9-Ball Champion Ralf "Kaiser" Souquet in the last year's finals at
the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. Souquet, the
No.2 seed takes on Qualifier 6 Leonardo Andam. The German ace trounced
Andam in the opening round last year, 4-8.

No.8 pick Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan, who beat Taiwanese Chang Pei Wei in
the 2004 World 9-Ball crown said in a recent interview, "I just play my very
best." The 29-year-old Cabagan, Isabela native will meet H. Hamsa
Mohammed Saeed Ali of Iran on Sunday in Group 8.

Sixth seed Pool Maestro Efren "Bata" Reyes, the 1999 World 9-Ball
Champion in Cardiff, Wales added, ""This is going to be a tough
tournament. I also expect a strong showing from the Europeans and
Americans aside from the Taiwanese," added Reyes.

Reyes, known as the "the Magician" for his table tricks, bowed to Alcano in
the last year's edition, will face Qualifier 2 Kenichi Ichigaki of Japan,
tomorrow, Saturday in Group 6.

Joining the triumvirate in the main draw were 2002 Cardiff World 9-ball
runner-up Francisco "Django" Bustamante, Lee Vann Corteza, Dennis
Orcullo, Marlon Manalo, Antonio Lining, Ramil Gallego, Rodolfo Luat, Joven
Bustamante, Jeffrey de Luna, Antonio Gabica and qualifiers Leonardo
Andam and Roberto Gomez.

Meanwhile, WPC 2005 champion Wu Chia Ching of Chinese Taipei is third
seed, and his compatriot Yang Ching-Shun is No. 4 pick.

Other seeded players are Germany's Thorsten Hohmann (fifth), Chinese
Taipei's Chang Jung-Lin (seventh), Germany's Thomas Engert (10th),
Russia's Konstantin Stepanov (11th), Finland's Mika Immonen (12th), USA's
newly-crowned US 9-Ball Open champion Shane Van Boening (13th),
China's Li He-wen (14th), USA's Johnny Archer (15th), Holland's Niels Feijen
(16th), England's Daryl Peach (17th), Chinese Taipei's Chao Fong-Pang
(18th), Italy's Fabio Petroni (19th), USA's Rodney Morris (22nd), England's
Imran Majid (23rd), USA's Corey Deuel (24th), Spain's David Alcaide (25th),
Malta's Tony Drago (27th), Chinese Taipei's Fu Che-Wei (28th), Scotland's
Jonni Fulcher (29th), Vietnam's Luong Chi Dung (30th), Canada's Ronnie
Wiseman (31st) and Indonesia's Ricky Yang (32nd).


Marlon Bernardino


Source:

http://www.billiardphilippines.com/v3/modules/news/article.php?storyid=59
 
God Bless America

Never underestimate "The Prince".... He might offer each of his opponents $1,000,000.00 to lose their match with him.

Doug
( what would YOU do ? What would many poolplayers do ? )



*Vincent to Fast Eddie: I knew it would be the 5 ball when I saw the layout. :)
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Smorgass Bored said:
Never underestimate "The Prince".... He might offer each of his opponents $1,000,000.00 to lose their match with him.

Doug
( what would YOU do ? What would many poolplayers do ? )



*Vincent to Fast Eddie: I knew it would be the 5 ball when I saw the layout. :)
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Remember Django vs. the Prince last year?
It will cost him 8 million dollars to go all the way, which is chump change to him! :D
 
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