For the pinoys.....

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BlowFish

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They made the 64:

Marlon Manalo (Group 15)
Gande Valle (Group 10)
Dennis Orcollo (Group 5)
Warren Kiamco (Group 3)
Rodolfo Luat (Group 2)
Alex Pagulayan [He is a pinoy. :)] (Group 1)


Didn't make the 64:

Antonio Lining (Group 6)
Efren Reyes (Group 4)


Fighting to make the 64:

Ronato Alcano (Group 12)
Francisco Bustamante (Group 7)
 
I was doing some math, I am pretty positive Alcano and Busta both made it, barely. Alcano actually had a huge match against his main competitor for the final spot.

Alex may be Philipino but it is hard to claim he learned the game there if you read his big article that was put out a while ago. He left the Philipines in his early teens when he was still pretty new to the game and only became a powerhouse in Canada, largely under the wing of some old school players in the Toronto area who helped him out alot and road players such as Ronnie Wiseman he honed his game with on the road.

Canada without Alex got 2/4 through in Salvas and Martel. I am not at all surprised about Jeff White not making it, how we could send him over Horsfall or Montal who I am sure would have been a favorite to make the knockout in any group I have no idea. Hjorfelson is young, I am actually kind of suprised he did not do a little better but he will have lots of chances in the future I am sure. Canada really needs to change how we chose who we send from one frickin tournament. We need a tour there that truely crosses the entire country and ranks the players based on mulitple events.
 
Celtic said:
I was doing some math, I am pretty positive Alcano and Busta both made it, barely. Alcano actually had a huge match against his main competitor for the final spot.

Alex may be Philipino but it is hard to claim he learned the game there if you read his big article that was put out a while ago. He left the Philipines in his early teens when he was still pretty new to the game and only became a powerhouse in Canada, largely under the wing of some old school players in the Toronto area who helped him out alot and road players such as Ronnie Wiseman he honed his game with on the road.

Canada without Alex got 2/4 through in Salvas and Martel. I am not at all surprised about Jeff White not making it, how we could send him over Horsfall or Montal who I am sure would have been a favorite to make the knockout in any group I have no idea. Hjorfelson is young, I am actually kind of suprised he did not do a little better but he will have lots of chances in the future I am sure. Canada really needs to change how we chose who we send from one frickin tournament. We need a tour there that truely crosses the entire country and ranks the players based on mulitple events.
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Prior to coming to canada, Alex was already in the junior team philippines with other players such as Orcullo, Gabica, Alcano and, Corteza . He goes home (philippines) on a regular basis to meet up and match up with other players (prior to making it big here). In the philippines, he was already a PRO or Panisera with the nickname of MAO. His game was Honed in the philippines, but, he would have had a harder time to make it mainstream if he stayed in manila due to the competition.


The above points is coming straight from alex himself. I know him and met him thru one of the filipino pro players that i sponsored to come to canada (Ramon Mistica). Currently, Ramon lives at Alex's place in Toronto. I have not spoken to alex for about 2 months since he went to the philippines to play in the Philippine open(which he eventually won) . I do talk regularly to Ramon tho; He said that alex just loss a money match to Dennis.

I would agree that, in first class-tournament play, Alex's game was honed here. IMHO alot of upcoming filipino players need more exposure in tournament play to become comfortable with the big crowds, tv, lights,etc.
......Although, money games is a different story.
 
Ibrahim Bin Amir is another Filipino who is representing Malaysia that made it through 64. Alcano and Bustamante got through barely. I think Pagulayan Django and Manalo are the only Filipinos that have the legitimate chance of bringing it home. Hopefully the rest can make some noise. You know anybody can beat anybody in this level.
 
sliqueshot said:
Ibrahim Bin Amir is another Filipino who is representing Malaysia that made it through 64. Alcano and Bustamante got through barely. I think Pagulayan Django and Manalo are the only Filipinos that have the legitimate chance of bringing it home. Hopefully the rest can make some noise. You know anybody can beat anybody in this level.
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Watch out for Alcano... Alcano won the near flawless game vs Yang in the Manila Leg of the Asian Tour.... definitely has the talent to win WPC...
 
And there where 5.

Marlon Manalo
Gande Valle
Warren Kiamco
Rodolfo Luat
Alex Pagulayan

Marlon and Valle will face each other if they both make it tomorrow. What a bummer.

Warren and Alex will come face to face only later in the quarter finals if they both also make it.

Go pinoys go. Fight pinoys fight.
 
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pinoyincalgary said:
Prior to coming to canada, Alex was already in the junior team philippines with other players such as Orcullo, Gabica, Alcano and, Corteza . He goes home (philippines) on a regular basis to meet up and match up with other players (prior to making it big here). In the philippines, he was already a PRO or Panisera with the nickname of MAO. His game was Honed in the philippines, but, he would have had a harder time to make it mainstream if he stayed in manila due to the competition.


The above points is coming straight from alex himself. I know him and met him thru one of the filipino pro players that i sponsored to come to canada (Ramon Mistica). Currently, Ramon lives at Alex's place in Toronto. I have not spoken to alex for about 2 months since he went to the philippines to play in the Philippine open(which he eventually won) . I do talk regularly to Ramon tho; He said that alex just loss a money match to Dennis.

I would agree that, in first class-tournament play, Alex's game was honed here. IMHO alot of upcoming filipino players need more exposure in tournament play to become comfortable with the big crowds, tv, lights,etc.
......Although, money games is a different story.
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I've seen ramon playing at le spot here....i didn't really knew who he was until he showed us this article, picture was of the same one from easypooltutor. he's really good and was offering instruction.
 
Cardinal_Syn said:
I've seen ramon playing at le spot here....i didn't really knew who he was until he showed us this article, picture was of the same one from easypooltutor. he's really good and was offering instruction.
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Ramon or Monching(as he prefers to be called), imo, is a very good teacher and a kind person. The language barrier is the only factor which kinda limits his teaching, but, he said that he is getting the hang of it. He is a very nice guy and easy to approach; never heard anything bad about him and my Kumpare(Jackson Tan) was all praises regarding him....this was why i felt comfortable in helping him come to Canada.

If u get to see him, ask him to shoot the "bottom-follow thru" shot. It is an amazing shot where he aims straight bottom, but, the cueball ends up spinning forward instead of backwards. :D
 
pinoyincalgary said:
Ramon or Monching(as he prefers to be called), imo, is a very good teacher and a kind person. The language barrier is the only factor which kinda limits his teaching, but, he said that he is getting the hang of it. He is a very nice guy and easy to approach; never heard anything bad about him and my Kumpare(Jackson Tan) was all praises regarding him....this was why i felt comfortable in helping him come to Canada.

If u get to see him, ask him to shoot the "bottom-follow thru" shot. It is an amazing shot where he aims straight bottom, but, the cueball ends up spinning forward instead of backwards. :D
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he entered a tournament and he won here which is what the article was about. i have no problem understanding him since i'm pilipino too. he did say his name was monching i guesse that was his nick name. next time i see him maybe i'll ask about that trick.
 
I would have liked Valle and Manalo to meet later (i.e. in the finals!) but alas, it will not be so. Who to root for??? Valle appears very confident and focused, but I think Manalo has more experience (not sure though -- who's older, btw? Valle looks deceivingly young while Manalo appears prematurely old). Anyway, hopefully, the taiwanese knock each other out (there are a lot more of them thru).
 
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