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ORCOLLO, FIVE OTHER FILIPINOS, ADVANCE TO KO STAGE IN WORLD 9-BALL By Marlon Bernardino PhilBoxing.com Wed, 27 Jun 2012  Dennis Orcollo. FORMER World Champion Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo led five other Filipinos to the knockout stage of 2012 World 9-ball Championship at the beautiful Al Sadd Sports Club in Doha, Qatar Wednesday. Orcollo, top player of Bugsy Promotions top honcho Perry Mariano didn't waste no time to beat compatriot Raymund Faraon to registered 9-2 victory in Group 15 in their do-or-die match in the loser's side. "Suwerte lamang kasi laging pabor y'ung bola. Saka sinabi ko din kay Boss Perry (Mariano) na kailangan makauna agad tayo kasi magaling din talaga si Raymund (Faraon)," said Orcollo, a former fisherman from Bislig, Surigao del Sur. Orcollo earlier suffered a heart-breaking loss to Andrew Kong of Hongkong, 9-5, last Tuesday that relegated him to the loser's side. "Medyo nakahinga na tayo kasi nakapasok na sa knock-out stage si Dennis (Orcollo). Hope mahawakan niya ang momentum," added Billiards Managers and Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP) founding head and Busgy Promotions top honcho Ceferino "Perry" Mariano who finished 3rd place in the 2012 Hermes 10-Ball Cup last June 22 at the Hermes Sports Bar in Hollywood Square Building in West Avenue, Quezon City with Rogel S. Garcia and Dr. Robin V. Medina dominated the top two spot respectively. Jundel Mazon also won his match against Shane Van Boening of the USA in Group 3, Marlon Caneda blasted Ceri Worts of New Zealand, 9-3, in Group 14, Joven Alba dealt Afou Nayf Abdel of Jordan as well Israel Rota nipped David Anderson of Republic of South Africa, 9-7, in Group 16 and Elvis Calasang crushed Al Amar Abdul Rahman of Kingdom of Saudia Arabia, 9-7, in Group 11. Newest Filipino Casualty is Ramil "Bebeng" Gallego who yielded to Hsu Kai-lun of Chinese-Taipei, 9-7, in Group 2 , Joyme Vicente suffered a 9-8 sorry lost to Huidji See of the Netherlands in Group 1. Oliver Medenilla is the first Filipino casualty. Last Tuesday, hall of famer Efren "Bata" Reyes together with Francisco "Django" Bustamante, Lee Vann "The Slayer" Corteza, Ronato "Volcano" Alcano, Antonio "Ga-Ga" Gabica, Carlo "The Black Tiger" Biado and Roberto "Superman" Gomez booked their seats to the KO stage. A total of 128 of the best pool players from over 50 countries, who are vying for $300,000 in prize money, with $40,000 going to the eventual winner. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Marlon Bernardino.  |
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