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IPT Open Continues: Filipinos Dominate; Fisher’s Perfect While Most Women Falter

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The IPT’s North American 8-Ball Open is shaping up to be the Philippines 8-Ball Smackdown. The Filipino contingent flew their flag high and often on Monday — the second day of the history-making, $2 million event — as six Pinoy shooters scored perfect 4-0 records in round-robin play: Efren Reyes,…
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Matchroom Sport selects Manila to host 2006 World Pool Championship

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After the last two years in Chinese-Taipei and Kaohsiung, Matchroom Sport has decided to push the envelope and stage the prestigious World Pool Championships in Manila this year, marking the first time that the annual event will be held in the Philippines. Matchroom Sport, headed by its chairman,…
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It’s Sigel vs. Reyes for King of the Hill!

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In a dream match-up for pool fans, Hall-of-Famers Efren Reyes and Mike Sigel will meet in the finals of the International Pool Tour's King of the Hill event on Sunday afternoon, playing for the biggest payday in the history of billiards. Forty-two of the world's best cue artists started play on N…
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Irrepressible Pagulayan Wins Second Major in All-Filipino U.S. Open Final

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Alex Pagulayan ran undefeated through a 256-man field to win the 30th Annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, which this year could well have been called "The Philippine Open" after placing three Filipinos in the top three spots. "A win is a win is a win," an ebullient Pagulayan said after beating…
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Upsets Galore at U.S. Open as Former Champs Drop to One-Loss Bracket

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The giants all fell from the winners' bracket on Friday night at the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship in Chesapeake, Va., as Johnny Archer, Francisco Bustamante, Efren Reyes, Ralf Souquet, Niels Feijen and Jeremy Jones dropped to the one-loss side in the same round of matches. The carnage started at…
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