Your man in Manila

Both made great mistake. But seems like J.Pena made more mistake especially on the last few racks.

Lastly, congrat to Steve Davis. :cool:

Yang is out.:(

Look like Taiwanese conquer the pool world again. ;)

So far till now, Wu is unbeaten in all game.
 
I can't believe I read it all. Flying shoes, Filipino lovelies, $.50 action...I loved it all. Cool experience, Jay. Thanks for sharing it!!!!!
 
Thanks for the reports Jay, I wished I could've gone, the Philippines sounds like it would be my kind of place:cool:
 
opinion please, Jay?

Hi Jay...

After seeing the results for the Final 16, and no Americans in sight, I'm reminded of the recent BD article about how Americans have fallen behind the rest of the world in Pool....These latest results sure seems to confirm or verify that ...... What is your opinion on why Americans have fallen behind the rest of world in pool?
 
awesome post jay,i dont know who you are but this is the best post i have read here,keep it up,just wondering how im going to get there next year,sounds great.
 
jimmy-leggs said:
awesome post jay,i dont know who you are but this is the best post i have read here,keep it up,just wondering how im going to get there next year,sounds great.
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I planned on going all year, then in the last 3 months Ive had no energy. I knew one day I'd have to start feeling old and maybe this is it. Im working on a few things to reverse it and hoping ill be up to it next year.

And BTW Jay-You sound nothing like Jerry, at least not to an American.
 
Allow me to fill in some match-up details since these happened after Jay left. After chalking up another point to make it 9-12, Kuo hits Warren a 4-pack to close out the match at 13-12 to pocket part of the US$500 stake. Tan Tiong Boon of Singapore got part of that stake. After Jay left this morning, Kuo walks in with his girlfriend looking for Warren but alas Warren has flown to Cebu for another tournament. He then matches up with Ronnie Alcano but had to wait a while until a table frees-up. Must not be Kuo's night as he only got on the table 4 times in the whole match losing US$500 to the free-wheeling Alcano 1-11. Ouch!!!

Bobby Hunter dropped a couple of hill-hill cheap sets to Jimmy, who he also played the other night. We talked shop a little after the match and finally called it a night at 5:30 am.
 
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Must not be Kuo's night as he only got on the table 4 times in the whole match losing US$500 to the free-wheeling Alcano 1-11. Ouch!!!
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Do you think this was just a forcast of their upcoming tournament match? Maybe it's all part of Kuo's hustle for Alcano to let his guard down. ;)

Any rotation money games going on? Are all the money matches 9ball? Thanks for the updates bandido, and especially jay.
 
Ronnie is a better money player than Warren in my opinion. And I think Kuo knows that, too.

Kuo once told me he likes to play for money with the pinoy players because he thinks it is a good practise for him to improve.

Richard
 
jsp said:
Do you think this was just a forcast of their upcoming tournament match? Maybe it's all part of Kuo's hustle for Alcano to let his guard down. ;)
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If this was suppose to be "Kuo's hustle" it just didn't show-up as such. Except for his run-out to get his solitary point Kuo was shooting 2 rails, on the other 3 turns on the table, just to get contact. Ronnie was just breaking perfect and running out from everywhere! Ronnie finished off with an 8-pack!! Unfortunately, Kuo looked more like a rack boy than a hustler in that match.
 
nipponbilliards said:
Ronnie is a better money player than Warren in my opinion. And I think Kuo knows that, too.

Kuo once told me he likes to play for money with the pinoy players because he thinks it is a good practise for him to improve.

Richard
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I heard this too. This morning though (4am), I think that he learned that its best to keep Ronnie from controlling the match.
 
bandido said:
Tan Tiong Boon of Singapore got part of that stake.
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I dun really understand this...did you mean that TTB staked Kuo some and got a little in return? thanks.
 
bandido said:
I heard this too. This morning though (4am), I think that he learned that its best to keep Ronnie from controlling the match.
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I think money game wise Ronnie is the favorite, but tournament wise, it is anyone's game, especially with an alternate format.

It is going to be a tough battle between Alcano and Kuo in the last 16 battle.

I so totally wish I was there.:confused: :(
 
wahcheck said:
Hi Jay...

After seeing the results for the Final 16, and no Americans in sight, I'm reminded of the recent BD article about how Americans have fallen behind the rest of the world in Pool....These latest results sure seems to confirm or verify that ...... What is your opinion on why Americans have fallen behind the rest of world in pool?
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The filipinos are hungry and live, eat and breathe Pool 24 hours a day. It is more than a sport here. It is a national mania, with poolrooms everywhere! The top players stay in action too. I see Ronnie at One Side every night after the matches. Alex, Jeff Deluna, Gandy Valle and Jerome Pena are just a few I saw there last night.

I like this Jeff Deluna. He has that aura of a champion. And the Chinese are equally dedicated. They work hard at their game with a rigorous practice schedule. They also do not mind mixing it up for the cash.
 
jay helfert said:
The filipinos are hungry and live, eat and breathe Pool 24 hours a day. It is more than a sport here. It is a national mania, with poolrooms everywhere! The top players stay in action too. I see Ronnie at One Side every night after the matches. Alex, Jeff Deluna, Gandy Valle and Jerome Pena are just a few I saw there last night.

I like this Jeff Deluna. He has that aura of a champion. And the Chinese are equally dedicated. They work hard at their game with a rigorous practice schedule. They also do not mind mixing it up for the cash.
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There are rotation games at One Side. Last night it was Fabio and a young filipino I do not know betting it up pretty good. And the youngster took him off. Bob Hunter is in action every night. He was playing Bubba last night. Just another straight shooting local hustler.

I mean the pool talent in this one room is awesome. I have yet to hit a ball on a table here. They would be all over me like vultures. They all know I am doing the commentary, because the matches are on TV here every day. It is all over the Philipines, in hotels, restaurants, everywhere!

The players are very friendly to me, but step to the table and I become fair game. No thank you, I will just watch. Not even making any side bets, which are my stock in trade. I just don't want to get involved. I Have been asked more than once "who do you like?" I usually say I like them both and give a faint smile. The truth is, it is hard to gage these matchups because so many of these young filipinos are unfamiliar to me. But from what I've seen, if you just bet the straight filipino ticket, you'll do quite well.

I trired to get down on the Engert-Tot match last night. There are people making bets on the matches every day. I liked Engert. Lucky for me there were no takers. The Chinese are still in great shape with five players left out of 16. I see Ralf as the biggest obstacle to them having a repeat champion. Ralf is the Mike Sigel of this era. He just knows how to win, and has a nose for the goal line.
 
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If this was suppose to be "Kuo's hustle" it just didn't show-up as such. Except for his run-out to get his solitary point Kuo was shooting 2 rails, on the other 3 turns on the table, just to get contact. Ronnie was just breaking perfect and running out from everywhere! Ronnie finished off with an 8-pack!! Unfortunately, Kuo looked more like a rack boy than a hustler in that match.
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What he meant is, Kuo is setting up Ronnie later for the tournament. There's a
5500 dollar difference. They're about to face each other today and the loser
goes home with $4500, while the winner is guaranteed $10Gs. Ronnie might
let his guard knowing he just easily beat Kuo the day before in a money
match. The set-up is still at work bro...
 
jay helfert said:
There are rotation games at One Side. Last night it was Fabio and a young filipino I do not know betting it up pretty good. And the youngster took him off. Bob Hunter is in action every night. He was playing Bubba last night. Just another straight shooting local hustler.

I mean the pool talent in this one room is awesome. I have yet to hit a ball on a table here. They would be all over me like vultures. They all know I am doing the commentary, because the matches are on TV here every day. It is all over the Philipines, in hotels, restaurants, everywhere!

The players are very friendly to me, but step to the table and I become fair game. No thank you, I will just watch. Not even making any side bets, which are my stock in trade. I just don't want to get involved. I Have been asked more than once "who do you like?" I usually say I like them both and give a faint smile. The truth is, it is hard to gage these matchups because so many of these young filipinos are unfamiliar to me. But from what I've seen, if you just bet the straight filipino ticket, you'll do quite well.

I trired to get down on the Engert-Tot match last night. There are people making bets on the matches every day. I liked Engert. Lucky for me there were no takers. The Chinese are still in great shape with five players left out of 16. I see Ralf as the biggest obstacle to them having a repeat champion. Ralf is the Mike Sigel of this era. He just knows how to win, and has a nose for the goal line.
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A young Filipino? They are a dime a dozen Jay! :D
And about Bob Hunter's opponent, he must be Jimmy "Baba", meaning chin in
Tagalog. He's a B player, that's according to Filipino's standards.

Ralf Souquet has the easiest path to the championship, let me correct myself;
he's trekking the path of lesser resistance. The upper bracket is a killer for
anyone, including Efren who just fell by the wayside...
 
gopi-1 said:
What he meant is, Kuo is setting up Ronnie later for the tournament. There's a
5500 dollar difference. They're about to face each other today and the loser
goes home with $4500, while the winner is guaranteed $10Gs. Ronnie might
let his guard knowing he just easily beat Kuo the day before in a money
match. The set-up is still at work bro...
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Thank you but I know exactly what he meant. And like I replied, Kuo had better learn to keep Ronnie from controlling the table instead of trying to work on controlling Ronnie's mental game. The result of their WPC match-up, that concluded a few minutes ago, attest to te failure of his strategy. It's a good thing that it was alternating break or Kuo wouldn't even win the 5 racks that he did! Ronnie won the mental game that Kuo was trying to, if he really was, do on Ron this morning. Kuo's confidence was broken while Ron's killer-instinct got fiercer.
 
gopi-1 said:
A young Filipino? They are a dime a dozen Jay! :D
And about Bob Hunter's opponent, he must be Jimmy "Baba", meaning chin in
Tagalog. He's a B player, that's according to Filipino's standards.
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You're close but its B-. My 2 17 year olds, Renemar "Revo" David and Mike "Cho-Keh" Takayama gives Jimmy Cheng the wild 7 in 10-balls.
 
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