Over! Alex wins!!Black-Balled said:
WPC 2007-live internet coverage dates & times
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Anyone know what time their gonna show the reruns of last nights matches?
JAM said:They sure do have some odd-looking buses in Manila.
JAM
They have a very American root. Story has it that someone salvaged and refitted WWII US Army jeeps into a more utalitarian form, and the jeepney was born.
Mike Templeton said:
I don't think you can get one from a bar. You will need to go to a liquor store.
It has something to do with the alcohol level of San Miguel.
Django continues impressive form
Francisco Bustamante continued his impressive march through the 2007 Philippines World
Pool Championship.
The Filipino, known as Django, recorded his third straight-forward victory of the competition
with a 10-1 triumph over Spain's David Alcaide to advance into the last 64.
Bustamante has now gained a win in each of the three matches he has played, won 26 racks
and only conceded five. In a packed press conference after the match, he admitted he was
feeling very confident and happy with his performance so far.
"Last year my play was not as good as this year, especially in my match against Thomas
Engert in 2006," said Bustamante.
"But this year I feel very good. I've been practising a lot and I'm in a way, way better condition
now.
"I've studied the soft break and it's a big advantage. I tried using the hard break earlier (in the
tournament) and was not getting much luck but now I can control the cue ball better and there's
always a wing-ball going in. So I will probably use it from here onwards."
Asked who he wanted to play, Bustamente replied: "Anybody is alright but of course I don't want
to play Efren (Reyes) in the last 64 or 32. If I do play him I want it to be in the final. Whoever
wins that would be okay as we are buddies."
Source:
http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=32
Francisco Bustamante continued his impressive march through the 2007 Philippines World
Pool Championship.
The Filipino, known as Django, recorded his third straight-forward victory of the competition
with a 10-1 triumph over Spain's David Alcaide to advance into the last 64.
Bustamante has now gained a win in each of the three matches he has played, won 26 racks
and only conceded five. In a packed press conference after the match, he admitted he was
feeling very confident and happy with his performance so far.
"Last year my play was not as good as this year, especially in my match against Thomas
Engert in 2006," said Bustamante.
"But this year I feel very good. I've been practising a lot and I'm in a way, way better condition
now.
"I've studied the soft break and it's a big advantage. I tried using the hard break earlier (in the
tournament) and was not getting much luck but now I can control the cue ball better and there's
always a wing-ball going in. So I will probably use it from here onwards."
Asked who he wanted to play, Bustamente replied: "Anybody is alright but of course I don't want
to play Efren (Reyes) in the last 64 or 32. If I do play him I want it to be in the final. Whoever
wins that would be okay as we are buddies."
Source:
http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=32
Filipino legend Reyes crashes out
Efren Reyes is out of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship.
The 53-year-old Filipino legend went down on TV Table 2 at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City,
Manila, at the hands of European No.1 Konstantin Stepanov of Russia.
For Reyes, the winner of this event in 1999, the dream is over for another year as he was well
beaten 10-5 by the 24 year-old from Moscow.
Stepanov lead 3-0 before Reyes gave the full arena hope as he levelled it at 3-3. The Russian
pulled away though to lead 7-4 and then 8-5 before clinching the final two racks for victory.
He can now look forward to a very tough draw in the round of 32 as he faces Jeff "Bata" De
Luna, a possible heir to the Reyes thrown.
Another young Filipino who could take Reyes' mantle is Roberto Gomez, the 29-year-old who
resides in Quezon City. Gomez put paid to Dutchman Alex Lely's hopes as he drubbed him 10-1
on the easy breaking TV Table 1.
Nicknamed "Superman", Gomez is a former ABS-CBN news reporter but if he continues in a similar
vein this week, the news hounds will be chasing him.
He soon got the measure of the table and employed the soft break to excellent effect and he
can now look ahead to a match against former two-time champion Chao Fong-Pang tomorrow
(Thursday).
Gomez said: "I was watching television a couple of days ago the match between Earl Strickland
and Li He-Wen and I noticed that Earl shifted to the soft break so I thought 'it could work'."
"Now I tried it in my match here and the wing-ball kept going in. I think that was my edge for the
match. A lot of players were using the soft break, I went with the flow and it worked."
"You have to just play your own game, your opponent is really yourself so you have to take it
easy, relax and never mind your opponent."
There was less good fortune for another Pinoy hope as Poland's Radoslaw Babica, playing in his
ninth World Pool Championship, put in his best performance to date to put paid to Marlon Manalo's
title aspirations, winning 10-1 on table 7.
Babica, the 28 year-old from Poznan, recorded seven break and runs to put himself in the driving
seat and restricted Manalo to two visits to extricate himself from safeties.
"I was lucky to make it through the qualifications on Saturday. I didn't play well and only got
through because my opponents didn't play well either," said Babica.
He defeated Carlos Castro (Nicaragua) and Chun Min-Hung of Taiwan after a defeat at the hands
of Vilmos Foldes.
"Today though I really played my best and was really delighted with the way it went. I need to try
and relax now and see if I can do the same tomorrow," he added.
Source:
http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=33
Efren Reyes is out of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship.
The 53-year-old Filipino legend went down on TV Table 2 at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City,
Manila, at the hands of European No.1 Konstantin Stepanov of Russia.
For Reyes, the winner of this event in 1999, the dream is over for another year as he was well
beaten 10-5 by the 24 year-old from Moscow.
Stepanov lead 3-0 before Reyes gave the full arena hope as he levelled it at 3-3. The Russian
pulled away though to lead 7-4 and then 8-5 before clinching the final two racks for victory.
He can now look forward to a very tough draw in the round of 32 as he faces Jeff "Bata" De
Luna, a possible heir to the Reyes thrown.
Another young Filipino who could take Reyes' mantle is Roberto Gomez, the 29-year-old who
resides in Quezon City. Gomez put paid to Dutchman Alex Lely's hopes as he drubbed him 10-1
on the easy breaking TV Table 1.
Nicknamed "Superman", Gomez is a former ABS-CBN news reporter but if he continues in a similar
vein this week, the news hounds will be chasing him.
He soon got the measure of the table and employed the soft break to excellent effect and he
can now look ahead to a match against former two-time champion Chao Fong-Pang tomorrow
(Thursday).
Gomez said: "I was watching television a couple of days ago the match between Earl Strickland
and Li He-Wen and I noticed that Earl shifted to the soft break so I thought 'it could work'."
"Now I tried it in my match here and the wing-ball kept going in. I think that was my edge for the
match. A lot of players were using the soft break, I went with the flow and it worked."
"You have to just play your own game, your opponent is really yourself so you have to take it
easy, relax and never mind your opponent."
There was less good fortune for another Pinoy hope as Poland's Radoslaw Babica, playing in his
ninth World Pool Championship, put in his best performance to date to put paid to Marlon Manalo's
title aspirations, winning 10-1 on table 7.
Babica, the 28 year-old from Poznan, recorded seven break and runs to put himself in the driving
seat and restricted Manalo to two visits to extricate himself from safeties.
"I was lucky to make it through the qualifications on Saturday. I didn't play well and only got
through because my opponents didn't play well either," said Babica.
He defeated Carlos Castro (Nicaragua) and Chun Min-Hung of Taiwan after a defeat at the hands
of Vilmos Foldes.
"Today though I really played my best and was really delighted with the way it went. I need to try
and relax now and see if I can do the same tomorrow," he added.
Source:
http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=33
Here's the individual odds for all of tonight's games. The marquee match-up
for me would be the Roberto Gomez/ Fong Pang Chao match, and the odds
are dead even...
Chao, Fong Pang - 5/6 vs. Gomez, Roberto - 5/6
Peach, Daryl - 6/4 vs. Lee, Kun-Fang - 1/2
Stolka, Harry -15/8 vs. Wu, Yu-Lin 4/11
Bustamante, Francisco - 4/11 vs. Van Den Berg, Nick 15/8
Pagulayan, Alex - 1/4 vs. Condo, Louis 5/2
Mladenovic, Goran - 11/10 vs. Martel, Alain 4/6
Immonen, Mika - 1/2 vs. Drago, Tony 6/4
Van Boening, Shane - 2/5 vs. Foldes, Vilmos 7/4
Lu, Hui Chan - 1/3 vs. Babica, Radoslaw 2/1
Luong, Chi-Dung - 6/5 vs. Kawabata, Satoshi 8/13
Wu, Chia Ching - 2/5 vs. Bustamante, Joven 7/4
Stepanov, Konstantin - 6/5 vs. De Luna, Jeff 8/13
Rye, Seung-Woo - 5/6 vs. Boyes, Karl 5/6
Kuo, Po Cheng - 8/13 vs. Ortmann, Oliver 6/5
Chang, Jung-Ling - 4/5 vs. Deuel, Corey 10/11
Souquet, Ralf - 4/6 vs. Feijen, Niels 11/10
for me would be the Roberto Gomez/ Fong Pang Chao match, and the odds
are dead even...
Chao, Fong Pang - 5/6 vs. Gomez, Roberto - 5/6
Peach, Daryl - 6/4 vs. Lee, Kun-Fang - 1/2
Stolka, Harry -15/8 vs. Wu, Yu-Lin 4/11
Bustamante, Francisco - 4/11 vs. Van Den Berg, Nick 15/8
Pagulayan, Alex - 1/4 vs. Condo, Louis 5/2
Mladenovic, Goran - 11/10 vs. Martel, Alain 4/6
Immonen, Mika - 1/2 vs. Drago, Tony 6/4
Van Boening, Shane - 2/5 vs. Foldes, Vilmos 7/4
Lu, Hui Chan - 1/3 vs. Babica, Radoslaw 2/1
Luong, Chi-Dung - 6/5 vs. Kawabata, Satoshi 8/13
Wu, Chia Ching - 2/5 vs. Bustamante, Joven 7/4
Stepanov, Konstantin - 6/5 vs. De Luna, Jeff 8/13
Rye, Seung-Woo - 5/6 vs. Boyes, Karl 5/6
Kuo, Po Cheng - 8/13 vs. Ortmann, Oliver 6/5
Chang, Jung-Ling - 4/5 vs. Deuel, Corey 10/11
Souquet, Ralf - 4/6 vs. Feijen, Niels 11/10
For those who missed the action last night, the replays will usually be from 4 to
10 pm Pacific (7 to 1 am EST), Check out the TV listings for the WPC replays here:
http://www.espnstar.com/tvtimes/search-tvtimes.cmd
10 pm Pacific (7 to 1 am EST), Check out the TV listings for the WPC replays here:
http://www.espnstar.com/tvtimes/search-tvtimes.cmd
DAY 6 - Last 32
Table 1 (All tables begin at 3.30pm Manila time/11:30 Pacific/2:30am EST)
1. Wu Chia-ching (Chinese Taipei) v Joven Bustamante (Philippines)
2. Mika Immonen (Finland) v Tony Drago (Malta)
3. Chao Fong-pang (Chinese Taipei) v Roberto Gomez (Philippines)
4. Francisco Bustamante (Philippines) v Nick van den Berg (Holland)
Table 2
1. Kuo Po-cheng (Chinese Taipei) v Oliver Ortmann (Germany)
2. Alex Pagulayan (Philippines) v Louis Condo (Australia)
3. Konstantin Stepanov (Russia) v Jeff De Luna (Philippines)
4. Chang Jung-lin (Chinese Taipei) v Corey Deuel (USA)
Table 4
1. Harald Stolka (Germany) v Wu Yu-lun (Chinese Taipei)
2. Shane van Boening (USA) v Vilmos Foldes (Hungary)
3. Daryl Peach (England) v Lee Kun-fang (Chinese Taipei)
4. Rye Seung-woo (Korea) v Karl Boyes (England)
Table 7
1. Goran Mladenovic (Serbia) v Alain Martel (Canada)
2. Luong Chi Dung (Vietnam) v Satoshi Kawabata (Japan)
3. Lu Hui-chan (Chinese Taipei) v Radoslaw Babica (Poland)
4. Niels Feijen (Holland) v Ralf Souquet (Germany)
Table 1 (All tables begin at 3.30pm Manila time/11:30 Pacific/2:30am EST)
1. Wu Chia-ching (Chinese Taipei) v Joven Bustamante (Philippines)
2. Mika Immonen (Finland) v Tony Drago (Malta)
3. Chao Fong-pang (Chinese Taipei) v Roberto Gomez (Philippines)
4. Francisco Bustamante (Philippines) v Nick van den Berg (Holland)
Table 2
1. Kuo Po-cheng (Chinese Taipei) v Oliver Ortmann (Germany)
2. Alex Pagulayan (Philippines) v Louis Condo (Australia)
3. Konstantin Stepanov (Russia) v Jeff De Luna (Philippines)
4. Chang Jung-lin (Chinese Taipei) v Corey Deuel (USA)
Table 4
1. Harald Stolka (Germany) v Wu Yu-lun (Chinese Taipei)
2. Shane van Boening (USA) v Vilmos Foldes (Hungary)
3. Daryl Peach (England) v Lee Kun-fang (Chinese Taipei)
4. Rye Seung-woo (Korea) v Karl Boyes (England)
Table 7
1. Goran Mladenovic (Serbia) v Alain Martel (Canada)
2. Luong Chi Dung (Vietnam) v Satoshi Kawabata (Japan)
3. Lu Hui-chan (Chinese Taipei) v Radoslaw Babica (Poland)
4. Niels Feijen (Holland) v Ralf Souquet (Germany)
ready for a great night of pool everyone? who's on tonight watching?
Is it on yet? Didn't see espn 109** on there a few minutes ago..
yep, its been on for about 5 minutes
Now that would be interesting, but you'd always have to give the edge to Francisco.big_worm said:
bustamante is rolling but i remember when put 9 racks in a row together in the 2005 WPC. Great bank by Wu, might be his chance.