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Sorry, I wasn't there, but if you're interested about the results, read on! 
The Negros Oriental International 9-Ball Championship started out with 32
hopeful pool players with 12 players coming from the international side and
20 more for the local side to hold the fort has now been decided. It was a
little bit anti-climactic as the homegrown talents mowed down their foreign
counterparts to snatched the bigger slice of the pie, although you would be
a bit surprised that it wasn't Reyes, Bustamante, Orcullo, Alcano, Corteza,
Kiamco, Luat or the recent World Pool Championship runner-up, Roberto
"Superman" Gomez who came out on top.
It was Alex "Lion" Pagulayan who emerged as the inaugural winner of this
event as he won his final match against the wily veteran, Ramil "Bebeng
Bacolod" Gallego. Pagulayan earned his finals ticket as he stopped the
giant-killing run of Kuwait based pool instructor, Elmer Haya (11-5), while
on the other hand, Gallego ended the Cinderella run of Jarry "Putol" Pelayo
with a convincing win (11-3).
The final score is not available at the moment but a reliable source
(CebuanoNiNoy) told me the spoiler that Alex won the whole shebang. The
international side was probably having a good time that they must've
thought that they were there for some R&R as one by one, they fell by the
wayside. The Japanese triumvirate of Satoshi Kawabata, Kunihiko Takahashi
and Naoyuki Oi, Johnny Archer and Corey Deuel, Ralf Souquet and Thorsten
Hohmann, Niels Feijen, Konstantin Stepanov, the vaunted Taiwanese duo
of Yang Ching Shun and Wu Chia Ching, and Mika Immonen couldn't stand
the barrage of assaults these unknown Filipino upstarts threw at them. The
more well known Filipino pool players weren't spared either as Reyes, Alcano,
Bustamante, Orcullo and Corteza also fell meekly. The good news is, everybody
gets paid and this is how the loot was shared:
1st - $20,000
2nd - $10,000
3rd & 4th - $5,000 each
5-6 - $2,500 each
7-8 - $1,500 each
9-12 - $1,000 each
13-16 - $750 each
17-24 - $500 each
25-32 - $300 each
The Negros Oriental International 9-Ball Championship started out with 32
hopeful pool players with 12 players coming from the international side and
20 more for the local side to hold the fort has now been decided. It was a
little bit anti-climactic as the homegrown talents mowed down their foreign
counterparts to snatched the bigger slice of the pie, although you would be
a bit surprised that it wasn't Reyes, Bustamante, Orcullo, Alcano, Corteza,
Kiamco, Luat or the recent World Pool Championship runner-up, Roberto
"Superman" Gomez who came out on top.
It was Alex "Lion" Pagulayan who emerged as the inaugural winner of this
event as he won his final match against the wily veteran, Ramil "Bebeng
Bacolod" Gallego. Pagulayan earned his finals ticket as he stopped the
giant-killing run of Kuwait based pool instructor, Elmer Haya (11-5), while
on the other hand, Gallego ended the Cinderella run of Jarry "Putol" Pelayo
with a convincing win (11-3).
The final score is not available at the moment but a reliable source
(CebuanoNiNoy) told me the spoiler that Alex won the whole shebang. The
international side was probably having a good time that they must've
thought that they were there for some R&R as one by one, they fell by the
wayside. The Japanese triumvirate of Satoshi Kawabata, Kunihiko Takahashi
and Naoyuki Oi, Johnny Archer and Corey Deuel, Ralf Souquet and Thorsten
Hohmann, Niels Feijen, Konstantin Stepanov, the vaunted Taiwanese duo
of Yang Ching Shun and Wu Chia Ching, and Mika Immonen couldn't stand
the barrage of assaults these unknown Filipino upstarts threw at them. The
more well known Filipino pool players weren't spared either as Reyes, Alcano,
Bustamante, Orcullo and Corteza also fell meekly. The good news is, everybody
gets paid and this is how the loot was shared:
1st - $20,000
2nd - $10,000
3rd & 4th - $5,000 each
5-6 - $2,500 each
7-8 - $1,500 each
9-12 - $1,000 each
13-16 - $750 each
17-24 - $500 each
25-32 - $300 each
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Alex amazes me, so many wins in the different formats, in a long race I'd take him over anyone in the world
The "Lion" roars to win!
Pagulayan whips Gallego to bag $20,000
Dumaguete City, Philippines --- Alex Pagulayan, Negros Champion. Banking
on his experience and international exposure, Pagulayan added that
description to his growing list of billiards honors by outclassing compatriot
Ramil "Bebeng" Gallego, 13-9, Saturday night in the All-Filipino finals of the
Negros Oriental International 9-Ball Championships at the Dumaguete
Convention Center in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental here.
The 28-year-old Pagulayan, fondly called "The Lion" in the world of pool
from Puyat Sports clawed back from a 2-4 deficit clustered seven straight
racks to seize a comfortable 9-4 lead in the race-to13, alternate break
format to pocket the $20,000 top prize of the tournament jointly organized
by the Negros Billiard Stable and Puyat Sports and will be aired on Solar
Sports from Nov.22-29.
A five-time Japan champion, Gallego whose playing under the banner of
Negros Billiard Stable (NBS) settled for the runner-up pot of $10,000 in the
event presented by businessman Julio "Jun-Jun" Sy Jr, owner of KOPIKO
3-In-1 coffee, Altus Communication, TAO and distributor of NOKIA
Philippines and San Miguel Corporation in close cooperation with Negros
Oriental Governor Emilio Macias II and Negros Oriental 1 st district
representative Josie Limkaichiong of La Libertad.
Pagulayan and Gallego, also each receive Nokia 7710 courtesy of
businessman Julio "Jun-Jun" Sy Jr.
"I was so very cautious all-throughout because I knew Bebeng (Gallego) is
also good, a very tough opponent especially in the TV table final matches,
but of course besides experience I had a better luck and he was not doing
well in the end game after his magnificent performance at the start of the
game," the Cabagan, Isabela native Pagulayan, the 2004 World Pool
champion, said.
Although the match looked easy in the final canto, "The Lion" said he was
not in top form at the start of the game when Gallego took a 4-2
commanding lead after winning the opening lag.
Gallego virtually did himself in by fouling three times against Pagulayan that
put the latter's 4-9 lead in the $61,400 total pot tournament jointly
organized by NBS and Puyat Sports.
Negros Billiard Stable (NBS) coach/ manager Christopher Palses lauded
Pagulayan's another major title feat, "He played a true World Champion last
night (Saturday), he is the man," said Palses who needed to travel four
hours by land going back to his head quarter in Bacolod City from
Dumaguete City.
Earlier in the night, Pagulayan trounced another NBS bet Elmer Haya, 11-5,
in the semi-final round to arrange a titular showdown with Gallego, winner
over fellow NBS ace Jarry Pelayo, 11-4.
Losing semi-finalist Pelayo and Haya, both unheralded player brought home
$5,000 each.
Down from 8-11, Gallego had a chance to close the match at 9-11 count in
the nineteen racks after Pagulayan's dry break but failed to capitalize.
From there, Pagulayan never looked back as he ran-out the final rack for a
13-9 victory.
"He is good it is just that I played much better," added Pagulayan, also the
2005 US Open champion.
Gallego admitted later learning much from Pagulayan, saying he really lost
to a better player.
"I learned a lot from Alex [Pagulayan]. He taught me also and I really lost
to a much better player," admitted Gallego, whose victims in the weeklong
tourney include BSCP founding chairman Edgar Acaba, 9-8, Rodolfo "Boy
Samson" Luat, 9-8, European no.1 player Konstantin Stepanov of Russia,
9-1, ex-US Open champion Corey Deuel of the United States, 9-5, 1996
World 9-Ball Champion Ralf Souquet of Germany, 9-6, and current National
Open Champion Lee Vann Corteza, 9-6, in the loser's bracket.
Gallego, who also post an 11-0 run in this year's US Open in Virginia only
lost here in Dumaguete City against Haya, an 8-9 heart-breaking lost in the
opening round last Wednesday.
The Negros Oriental International 9-Ball Championships is the biggest-ever
international standard event in the Visayas and outside Metro Manila which
featured some of the world's best that includes a total of nine (9) World
Pool Champions headed by Pagulayan, Efren "Bata" Reyes, Ronato Alcano
of the Philippines, Johnny Archer of the United States, Ralf Souquet and
Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan, Kunihiko
Takahashi of Japan and Mika Immonen of Finland.
Marlon Bernardino
Source:
http://www.billiardphilippines.com/v3/modules/news/article.php?storyid=120
Pagulayan whips Gallego to bag $20,000
Dumaguete City, Philippines --- Alex Pagulayan, Negros Champion. Banking
on his experience and international exposure, Pagulayan added that
description to his growing list of billiards honors by outclassing compatriot
Ramil "Bebeng" Gallego, 13-9, Saturday night in the All-Filipino finals of the
Negros Oriental International 9-Ball Championships at the Dumaguete
Convention Center in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental here.
The 28-year-old Pagulayan, fondly called "The Lion" in the world of pool
from Puyat Sports clawed back from a 2-4 deficit clustered seven straight
racks to seize a comfortable 9-4 lead in the race-to13, alternate break
format to pocket the $20,000 top prize of the tournament jointly organized
by the Negros Billiard Stable and Puyat Sports and will be aired on Solar
Sports from Nov.22-29.
A five-time Japan champion, Gallego whose playing under the banner of
Negros Billiard Stable (NBS) settled for the runner-up pot of $10,000 in the
event presented by businessman Julio "Jun-Jun" Sy Jr, owner of KOPIKO
3-In-1 coffee, Altus Communication, TAO and distributor of NOKIA
Philippines and San Miguel Corporation in close cooperation with Negros
Oriental Governor Emilio Macias II and Negros Oriental 1 st district
representative Josie Limkaichiong of La Libertad.
Pagulayan and Gallego, also each receive Nokia 7710 courtesy of
businessman Julio "Jun-Jun" Sy Jr.
"I was so very cautious all-throughout because I knew Bebeng (Gallego) is
also good, a very tough opponent especially in the TV table final matches,
but of course besides experience I had a better luck and he was not doing
well in the end game after his magnificent performance at the start of the
game," the Cabagan, Isabela native Pagulayan, the 2004 World Pool
champion, said.
Although the match looked easy in the final canto, "The Lion" said he was
not in top form at the start of the game when Gallego took a 4-2
commanding lead after winning the opening lag.
Gallego virtually did himself in by fouling three times against Pagulayan that
put the latter's 4-9 lead in the $61,400 total pot tournament jointly
organized by NBS and Puyat Sports.
Negros Billiard Stable (NBS) coach/ manager Christopher Palses lauded
Pagulayan's another major title feat, "He played a true World Champion last
night (Saturday), he is the man," said Palses who needed to travel four
hours by land going back to his head quarter in Bacolod City from
Dumaguete City.
Earlier in the night, Pagulayan trounced another NBS bet Elmer Haya, 11-5,
in the semi-final round to arrange a titular showdown with Gallego, winner
over fellow NBS ace Jarry Pelayo, 11-4.
Losing semi-finalist Pelayo and Haya, both unheralded player brought home
$5,000 each.
Down from 8-11, Gallego had a chance to close the match at 9-11 count in
the nineteen racks after Pagulayan's dry break but failed to capitalize.
From there, Pagulayan never looked back as he ran-out the final rack for a
13-9 victory.
"He is good it is just that I played much better," added Pagulayan, also the
2005 US Open champion.
Gallego admitted later learning much from Pagulayan, saying he really lost
to a better player.
"I learned a lot from Alex [Pagulayan]. He taught me also and I really lost
to a much better player," admitted Gallego, whose victims in the weeklong
tourney include BSCP founding chairman Edgar Acaba, 9-8, Rodolfo "Boy
Samson" Luat, 9-8, European no.1 player Konstantin Stepanov of Russia,
9-1, ex-US Open champion Corey Deuel of the United States, 9-5, 1996
World 9-Ball Champion Ralf Souquet of Germany, 9-6, and current National
Open Champion Lee Vann Corteza, 9-6, in the loser's bracket.
Gallego, who also post an 11-0 run in this year's US Open in Virginia only
lost here in Dumaguete City against Haya, an 8-9 heart-breaking lost in the
opening round last Wednesday.
The Negros Oriental International 9-Ball Championships is the biggest-ever
international standard event in the Visayas and outside Metro Manila which
featured some of the world's best that includes a total of nine (9) World
Pool Champions headed by Pagulayan, Efren "Bata" Reyes, Ronato Alcano
of the Philippines, Johnny Archer of the United States, Ralf Souquet and
Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan, Kunihiko
Takahashi of Japan and Mika Immonen of Finland.
Marlon Bernardino
Source:
http://www.billiardphilippines.com/v3/modules/news/article.php?storyid=120
I've got a funny story about Ramil Gallego!
At the 2002 U.S. Open -- I think it was and subject to check -- Ramil and a few of his Filipino comrades came to the States to compete in this event. I had never heard of many of the Filipino champions at that time. The only Filipino player I did know well was Jose Parica, as he and Keith were pretty good friends. They traveled together, gambled together, went to the horse track together. In fact, when I met Keith for the first time, he was on the road with Jose.
At any rate, at the Open, Keith was scheduled to go up against Ramil in an afternoon match. Back then, I was so enthusiastic about pool. I loved everything about the U.S. Open and all of the players. It was like a Who's Who in pool for me, seeing all the super stars up front and close.
When match began, the score between Keith and Ramil went back and forth. Meanwhile, a whole slew of Filipinos sat right in the front row to show Ramil support, and, of course, Jose Parica was one of them.
Normally, Keith doesn't get too rattled, but during this match, Ramil was really putting the heat on Keith. Keith's nerves began to get frayed, and a la Earl Strickland, he was hearing voices in the front row of the audience, and the loudest voice he could hear was, of course, Jose Parica speaking in a Filipino language to his friends. Keith gave Jose a long and hard stare a few times, but eventually, he couldn't contain himself and spoke out directly to Parica, "Jose, I can hear you."
Ramil continued to remain stoic and quiet, while poor Keith was truly struggling to keep up with him. Every time Keith missed a shot, he looked over at Jose as he returned to his chair, talking to himself. Jose wasn't doing anything wrong, and when Keith would look away, Jose winked at me, knowing Keith was feeling the heat big time.
I think soon Keith realized his doom was near. Again, Ramil never uttered a peep the entire match. Finally, Ramil made the game-winning ball, and this gentle quiet man immediately cracked a big smile. He runs right over to Keith's designated chair, with cue stick in hand. Keith had the old deer-in-headlights look, as Ramil proceeded to jump up and down like a mighty warrior, screaming at the top of his lungs, "PHILIPPINES, PHILIPPINES, PHILIPPINES." The whole crowd cracked up. Everyone enjoyed it, except Keith, of course!
Picture of Keith and Jose at the 2002 U.S. Open!
JAM
At the 2002 U.S. Open -- I think it was and subject to check -- Ramil and a few of his Filipino comrades came to the States to compete in this event. I had never heard of many of the Filipino champions at that time. The only Filipino player I did know well was Jose Parica, as he and Keith were pretty good friends. They traveled together, gambled together, went to the horse track together. In fact, when I met Keith for the first time, he was on the road with Jose.
At any rate, at the Open, Keith was scheduled to go up against Ramil in an afternoon match. Back then, I was so enthusiastic about pool. I loved everything about the U.S. Open and all of the players. It was like a Who's Who in pool for me, seeing all the super stars up front and close.
When match began, the score between Keith and Ramil went back and forth. Meanwhile, a whole slew of Filipinos sat right in the front row to show Ramil support, and, of course, Jose Parica was one of them.
Normally, Keith doesn't get too rattled, but during this match, Ramil was really putting the heat on Keith. Keith's nerves began to get frayed, and a la Earl Strickland, he was hearing voices in the front row of the audience, and the loudest voice he could hear was, of course, Jose Parica speaking in a Filipino language to his friends. Keith gave Jose a long and hard stare a few times, but eventually, he couldn't contain himself and spoke out directly to Parica, "Jose, I can hear you."
Ramil continued to remain stoic and quiet, while poor Keith was truly struggling to keep up with him. Every time Keith missed a shot, he looked over at Jose as he returned to his chair, talking to himself. Jose wasn't doing anything wrong, and when Keith would look away, Jose winked at me, knowing Keith was feeling the heat big time.
I think soon Keith realized his doom was near. Again, Ramil never uttered a peep the entire match. Finally, Ramil made the game-winning ball, and this gentle quiet man immediately cracked a big smile. He runs right over to Keith's designated chair, with cue stick in hand. Keith had the old deer-in-headlights look, as Ramil proceeded to jump up and down like a mighty warrior, screaming at the top of his lungs, "PHILIPPINES, PHILIPPINES, PHILIPPINES." The whole crowd cracked up. Everyone enjoyed it, except Keith, of course!
Picture of Keith and Jose at the 2002 U.S. Open!
JAM
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Ramil Gallego the GIANT KILLER
Gallego admitted later learning much from Pagulayan, saying he really lost
to a better player.
"I learned a lot from Alex [Pagulayan]. He taught me also and I really lost
to a much better player," admitted Gallego, whose victims in the weeklong
tourney include BSCP founding chairman Edgar Acaba, 9-8, Rodolfo "Boy
Samson" Luat, 9-8, European no.1 player Konstantin Stepanov of Russia,
9-1, ex-US Open champion Corey Deuel of the United States, 9-5, 1996
World 9-Ball Champion Ralf Souquet of Germany, 9-6, and current National
Open Champion Lee Vann Corteza, 9-6, in the loser's bracket.
Gallego, who also post an 11-0 run in this year's US Open in Virginia only
lost here in Dumaguete City against Haya, an 8-9 heart-breaking lost in the
opening round last Wednesday.
Ramil Gallego is not even considered one of the top players in the Philippines today, and yet he continues to surprise me. He was a revelation in the last US Open. After losing his very first match, he won at least 11 (I think it was 12) straight games in the losers' side against players like Efren, Bustmante, Hohmann, Mike Davis, etc. He played I think 7 matches in the day prior to the finals, losing only to Souquet after he led earlier in the match. He got his revenge by defeating Souquet in this last tournament. Include Stepanov, Corey Deuel, Luat and Lee VAn Corteza in that list and you have the makings of a 'giant killer'. It is just unfortunate that he failed to win his match against the Lion. I hope he has better luck next time.
Gallego admitted later learning much from Pagulayan, saying he really lost
to a better player.
"I learned a lot from Alex [Pagulayan]. He taught me also and I really lost
to a much better player," admitted Gallego, whose victims in the weeklong
tourney include BSCP founding chairman Edgar Acaba, 9-8, Rodolfo "Boy
Samson" Luat, 9-8, European no.1 player Konstantin Stepanov of Russia,
9-1, ex-US Open champion Corey Deuel of the United States, 9-5, 1996
World 9-Ball Champion Ralf Souquet of Germany, 9-6, and current National
Open Champion Lee Vann Corteza, 9-6, in the loser's bracket.
Gallego, who also post an 11-0 run in this year's US Open in Virginia only
lost here in Dumaguete City against Haya, an 8-9 heart-breaking lost in the
opening round last Wednesday.
Ramil Gallego is not even considered one of the top players in the Philippines today, and yet he continues to surprise me. He was a revelation in the last US Open. After losing his very first match, he won at least 11 (I think it was 12) straight games in the losers' side against players like Efren, Bustmante, Hohmann, Mike Davis, etc. He played I think 7 matches in the day prior to the finals, losing only to Souquet after he led earlier in the match. He got his revenge by defeating Souquet in this last tournament. Include Stepanov, Corey Deuel, Luat and Lee VAn Corteza in that list and you have the makings of a 'giant killer'. It is just unfortunate that he failed to win his match against the Lion. I hope he has better luck next time.