^michael feliciano is an up-and-coming local player. i've seen him play alcano and carlo biado, and he can pretty much match their caliber. i think there's a youtube video where michael beats efren in a race to 25.
here, efren went to michael's town/city for this match, so a lot would probably bet on michael because he's somewhat the local tier-1 player in their place. they know how good he is.
That makes sense...thanks for clarifying, Arps! One last question: how come Michael hasn't competed abroad? Or has he? How did he do? If not, why hasn't any of the billiards stables pick him up yet? Or have they? How'd that go, for him and the backer? (OK, that was several questions)