I know you guys that post here regularly are pool fans. But in the gambling world,no american pool player other than shane,are ever gonna play a phillipino pool player even for the cash in 9-10 ball. Bergman has even said that here. If you "do not understand that" then you haven't gambled much or seen many pinoys play for the money. Any American knows they need weight playing any top 10 phillipino ( chua,biado,gomez,cortezza, etc...) no American will EVER play these guys even,unless some stakehorse that just wants to give their money away, puts them in the box. Seriously folks,its ok to be a patriot,but we aren,t close to even with the pinoys,chinese,or taiwanese players.not close. I once heard chamat say that he went to the phillipines and played just to get better( chamat at that time was close to bergmans speed) he was actually talking to dechaine at the time,and he said when he got up and left his room each morning,that there was 10-20 pinoy teenagers waiting outside to offer him the 7 in 9 ball for money. These are pinoys that can,t get off the island and you will never see or hear from. There are literally about 100 guys in the phillipines that will play any American (except shane) and they will definitely be favored in a long match against any American. Probably 30 or so will be favored over bergman. It's truly a different level of play. Our players will tell you the same if put on the spot.
