Who is Alwi?

Fast Lenny said:
Looked at the final 64 of the World 10 Ball and it says Alwi beat Archer 9-2. :cool:
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This is all I could find on this tournament about the 2009 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer Johnny Archer:

Dang Jin Hu of China, a player who made it to the main draw via the qualifying stage, was surprisingly one of those who booked an early seat to the knockout stage. The Chinese sensation upset two-time world champion Johnny Archer of the United States, 9-5.

Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177890/orcullo-corteza-barge-into-wtbcs-round-of-64 [Retrieved 28 November 2009]
 
Just out of curiosity, I would be interested to learn how many Americans are competing in this tournament.

I know about Oscar, Shane, and Johnny. Shane and Johnny are sponsored, thank goodness, with funds with their industry member spnosor.

I'm not sure about Oscar as far as sponored with funds, but I do know that AzBilliards has a pro player fund, which is a GREAT thing for the pros.

The existing lot of American players.... :sorry:
 
JAM said:
Just out of curiosity, I would be interested to learn how many Americans are competing in this tournament.

I know about Oscar, Shane, and Johnny. Shane and Johnny are sponsored, thank goodness. I'm not sure about Oscar as far as sponored with funds.

The existing lot of American players.... :sorry:
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Charlie Williams just got beat out by Thomas Engert, no more American players left.
 
Fast Lenny said:
Charlie Williams just got beat out by Thomas Engert, no more American players left.
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With more and more high-profile and/or WPA events being held in Philippines, I think it will be difficult for most American pro-caliber players to participate.

Charlie, Johnny, and Shane can afford to travel the globe, thanks to stakewhores and industry sponsors, which is a good thing for the Americans to have a presence and representation.

It is a shame, though, that other American pros, some very worthy, cannot afford this kind of tourmament. I would venture to guess that the staff of these tournaments may end up coming out ahead financially or "in the black," as they say, more so than the competitors themselves.

Bravo to AzBilliards pro player fund. Maybe we should all think more about contributing to it, in order to keep our place in overseas events, since more and more tournaments are not held today on American soil for the WPA.
 
Okay. I dug up a little more on this Alwi guy.

It's Alwi Alwi from Indonesia.

Here's the Indonesian players for this tournament: Alwi Alwi, Widi Harsoyo and Ricky Yang (Indonesia)

I did a job once about Indonesia, and I seem to recall something about many Indonesians have only a single name as opposed to a first and last name.
 

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poolnoob said:
Thats not Alwi,:grin::grin::grin: I think thats a Phillipino Female player. Rublin Amit. Pardon my spelling. Too lazy to check on those
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Yikes, I think you're right. No wonder I thought the player was cute! :o

I just discovered this:

The first Pinoy qualifier was rather an Indonesian with one name; Alwi. Actually Alwi is a full blooded Filipino from the province of Surigao, on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines. Way back when he was a fairly well known pool shark on the local Pinoy circuit. This was back in 1970’s and early ‘80’s when there was lots of great pool talent in the Philippines, but only Efren Reyes and Jose Parica were on the pool world’s radar screens. In 1985 Alwi upped and moved to Indonesia, and continued to play and compete in pool. He’s a long time member of the Indonesian national team. He once played in the World Pool Championship back in 2001 in Cardiff, Wales and got knocked out in the round of 64.

The 48 year old Alwi played Taiwan’s Wang Hung Hsiang in the final race to 9 in the first session of day three. Alwi wore one of those colorful, flowing Indonesia shirts and wore a waste pouch underneath and looked more like an aging hippie professor than a pool player. At one point late in the match, the three ball married up against the 9-ball and it was difficult to tell if it passed. Alwi reached inside the pouch and took out his reading glasses, put them on and bent over and studied the balls to see if the three passed. This had the crowd laughing. He won the tense match 9-7 to move into the World Pool Championship for the second time in his long career.

I have no idea when it was written, as there is no date provided. :frown:

Source:
http://www.azbilliards.com/heyjoe/heyjoe3.php [Retrieved 28 November 2009]
 
Got him! :grin-square:

Nickname:
Date of Birth:
Birthplace: Philippines
Nationality: Indonesian
Residence: Indonesia
Cue Used:
Highlight of Career:
17th Place, 2008 WPA World Ten Ball Championship
17th Place, 2004 San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour Stop
33rd Place, 2001 Admiral World Pool Championship
9th Place, 2001 World All Stars Pro Tour

Source: http://www.worldtenball.com/Alwi_profile.html [Retrieved 28 November 2009]
 

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JAM said:
Okay. I dug up a little more on this Alwi guy.

It's Alwi Alwi from Indonesia.

Here's the Indonesian players for this tournament: Alwi Alwi, Widi Harsoyo and Ricky Yang (Indonesia)

I did a job once about Indonesia, and I seem to recall something about many Indonesians have only a single name as opposed to a first and last name.
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Would Widi Harsoyo or Ricky Yang constitute a single name or a first and last name?

Anyways, he lives in Indonesia but he is a Pinoy. Imagine that.

I did find this in the AZBilliard archives....

http://www.azbilliards.com/heyjoe/heyjoe3.php


The first Pinoy qualifier was rather an Indonesian with one name; Alwi. Actually Alwi is a full blooded Filipino from the province of Surigao, on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines. Way back when he was a fairly well known pool shark on the local Pinoy circuit. This was back in 1970’s and early ‘80’s when there was lots of great pool talent in the Philippines, but only Efren Reyes and Jose Parica were on the pool world’s radar screens. In 1985 Alwi upped and moved to Indonesia, and continued to play and compete in pool. He’s a long time member of the Indonesian national team. He once played in the World Pool Championship back in 2001 in Cardiff, Wales and got knocked out in the round of 64.

The 48 year old Alwi played Taiwan’s Wang Hung Hsiang in the final race to 9 in the first session of day three. Alwi wore one of those colorful, flowing Indonesia shirts and wore a waste pouch underneath and looked more like an aging hippie professor than a pool player. At one point late in the match, the three ball married up against the 9-ball and it was difficult to tell if it passed. Alwi reached inside the pouch and took out his reading glasses, put them on and bent over and studied the balls to see if the three passed. This had the crowd laughing. He won the tense match 9-7 to move into the World Pool Championship for the second time in his long career.

And this might be the man....Dodong Alwi?

http://www.wpapoolonline.com/playerprofile.asp?playerid=12508


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Here is more ....

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http://philboxing.com/news/columns.php?aid=1170&id=13536 Other good pics of the scenes of the World Pool Championships.


Youtube of Alwi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TKNaDSPM4Y
 
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watchez said:
Would Widi Harsoyo or Ricky Yang constitute a single name or a first and last name?

Anyways, he lives in Indonesia but he is a Pinoy. Imagine that.

I did find this in the AZBilliard archives....

http://www.azbilliards.com/heyjoe/heyjoe3.php


The first Pinoy qualifier was rather an Indonesian with one name; Alwi. Actually Alwi is a full blooded Filipino from the province of Surigao, on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines. Way back when he was a fairly well known pool shark on the local Pinoy circuit. This was back in 1970’s and early ‘80’s when there was lots of great pool talent in the Philippines, but only Efren Reyes and Jose Parica were on the pool world’s radar screens. In 1985 Alwi upped and moved to Indonesia, and continued to play and compete in pool. He’s a long time member of the Indonesian national team. He once played in the World Pool Championship back in 2001 in Cardiff, Wales and got knocked out in the round of 64.

The 48 year old Alwi played Taiwan’s Wang Hung Hsiang in the final race to 9 in the first session of day three. Alwi wore one of those colorful, flowing Indonesia shirts and wore a waste pouch underneath and looked more like an aging hippie professor than a pool player. At one point late in the match, the three ball married up against the 9-ball and it was difficult to tell if it passed. Alwi reached inside the pouch and took out his reading glasses, put them on and bent over and studied the balls to see if the three passed. This had the crowd laughing. He won the tense match 9-7 to move into the World Pool Championship for the second time in his long career.

And this might be the man....Dodong Alwi?

http://www.wpapoolonline.com/playerprofile.asp?playerid=12508


12508_a001.jpg
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Fast Fingers JAM wins again! :nanner:

FWIW, many Indonesians do, in fact, have one name only -- not all, but many do. How do I know this? It's all work-related.

Indonesians do not generally use the Western naming practice of a given first name and a family last name. The majority of Indonesians do not have family names as the West would understand them but, such names as are given, are geographically and culturally specific. Hence, names such as Supomo, Soeprapto, etc. beginning with "Su, Soe" and ending with an "o" are usually Javanese. In general, Indonesian names fall into one of the following categories (in order of popularity):

A single name, such as Sukarno and Suharto
Two (or more) names without a family name, such as Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Two (or more) names with a family name such as Abdul Haris Nasution or Liem Swie King
Two (or more) names with a patronymic, such as Megawati Sukarnoputri or Abdurrahman Wahid

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_names [Retrieved 28 November 2009]

This is such an educational forum sometimes! :wink:
 
Looking at the 2006 Indonesian rankings, it appears that the women follow the one name rule. Almost all of the men have two names....

Indonesia annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (211.77.241.---)
Date: 01-08-07 10:13
No. Men 9-Ball
1 Ricky Yang
2 M. Zulfikri
3 Siau Wieto
4 Apsi Chaniago
5 Roy Apancho
6 Widi Harsoyo
7 Jimmy Jusman
8 Nurdin Abuba
9 Robby Suarly
10 Alwi Dodong
11 William Ipaenen
12 Imran Ibrahim
13 Adam Abdurahim
14 Yudharman
15 Ramly Harja
16 Tony CP

No. Men 8-Ball
1 M. Zulfikri
2 Siau Wieto
3 Alwi Dodong
4 Jimmy Jusman
5 Robby Suarly
6 Ricky Yang
7 Ramly Harja
8 Adam Abdurahim
9 Yudharman
10 Imran Ibrahim
11 Bambang Susilo
12 Tony CP
13 Apsi Chaniago
14 Budi Sumarno
15 Agus Miage
16 Andre Johan

No. Women 9-Ball
1 Nova Floura Rachmawati
2 Sri Wahyuni
3 Amanda
4 Fanny Lestari
5 Angeline Magdalena Ticoalu
6 Junnainy Hartono
7 Asti
8 Desak Raka Kasih Aryati
9 Nunung
10 Sukma
11 Dessi Papua
12 Endah W
13 Lina
14 Meiling
15 Mira
16 Mutiara Sasini Bunga

No. Women 8-Ball
1 Angeline Magdalena Ticoalu
2 Sri Wahyuni
3 Nunung
4 Shanti
5 A Endah W
6 Desak Raka Kasih Aryati
7 Fanny Lestari
8 Sukma
9 Hani J
10 Ira Z
11 Lercy
12 Mega
13 Mutiara Sasini Bunga
14 Nova Floura Rachmawati
15 Poppy
16 Siti A
 
An Indonesian Filipino? And the player from Malaysia that Mika played yesterday, Ibrahim Bin Amir, is also a Filipino who moved overseas at the age of 19.

Filipino top-players everywhere
 
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