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Luat breaks title drought with Villar Cup 9-ball championship

November 17, 2008

MANILA, Philippines – Rodolfo Luat secured the championship of the Bacolod leg of the First Senate President Manny Villar Cup Sunday night, after he defeated Ramil Gallego 13-10.

It was Luat’s first championship in more than two years.

On his way to the title, the 50-year-old veteran downed giants Dennis Orcollo and Ronnie Alcano in the first two rounds before he defeated former Villar Cup winner Gandy Valle and the qualifier Michael Feliciano in the last two.

Playing in front of Gallego’s hometown, Luat didn’t let the hostile crowd affect him as he raced to a 6-0 lead.

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Efren “Bata” Reyes to compete in Cebu

June 20, 2008

CEBU CITY — Sixty-four players, led by the who’s who of Philippine billiards, gather to compete in the First Senate President Manny Villar Cup Cebu Leg, which formally starts today at the Trade Hall of SM City Cebu.

With three former world champions, a former and the current world No.1, a horde of other world-class veterans and a flock of promising young guns, this tournament, presented by Villards: Tulong sa Pagsulong ng Philippine Sports, in partnership with the Billiards Managers and Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP) and sponsored by Camella Communities, promises topnotch competition.

Indeed, the Villar Cup, supported by Puyat Sports, Bugsy Promotions and Negros Billiards Stable, is by far the biggest pool event in the South.

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Ronnie Alcano tries to end long title drought

June 16, 2008

Former double world champion Ronnie Alcano hopes to finally pocket his first title this year as he competes in the First Senate President Manny Villar Cup Cebu Leg, which fires off on Friday at the Trade Hall of SM City in Cebu .

“It’s been quite long that I haven’t won a championship, and it’s already middle of the year, so I will do my best to finally nail one,” said Alcano, who is one of the seeded players in what would be the biggest pool tournament in the South presented by Villards: Tulong sa Pagsulong ng Philippine Sports in partnership with the Billiards Managers and Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP).

One of the only four players to hold both the world 8-ball and 9-ball tiaras, Alcano has not won a title since ruling the World 8-Ball Championship in March 2007. He twice fell a win short another crown, first in the All-Japan Open in March, where he lost in the finals to compatriot and fellow Bugsy boy Dennis Orcollo, and second in the World 8-Ball tilt, where he bowed to German Ralf Souquet in the titular match.

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Big guns in big Pool tilt

June 4, 2008

The big names of local pool gather for the very first time in the “Queen City of the South” to vie for  honors and cash prizes in the First Senate President Manny Villar Cup Cebu Leg, slated from June 20 to 22 at the Atrium of SM City Cebu.

With no less than King Efren “Bata” Reyes wielding his magic, this second stop of the Villar Cup will surely be another world-class event.

“As I’ve promised during our kickoff leg, I will bring the Villar Cup to the provinces to give our kababayans a chance to see in flesh our world-class Filipino billiards players, and give those aspiring players there a chance to compete with them,” Senator Villar said during the press conference Wednesday at the Trade Hall of StarMall EDSA in Mandaluyong City.

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