'BATA', 'DJANGO' ADVANCE TO WORLD CUP OF POOL QUARTERS
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 09 Sep 2011
FILIPINO pool partners Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante outhustled their Indian opponents during their Thursday encounter in the 6th Party Poker.net World Cup of Pool at the The Block Atrium of SM North EDSA in Quezon City,
Reyes and Bustamante, who make up Philippine Team B, scored 8-5 against Indian duo Raj ?the Hitman? Hundal and Amar ?AK47? Kang to enter the quarterfinals.
The Filipino tandem, top player of Puyat Sports, both established legends in the sport, felt the pressure to win especially while playing for the home crowd.
"Hopefully it doesn't matter who we play next but me and Efren have lots of pressure every time we miss a ball or make a mistake," said Bustamante, who won the WPA World 9-ball title during the World Pool Championships in Doha, Qatar last year who bested Taiwanese Kuo Po-cheng, 13-7, in the finals.
"We got lucky again," said Reyes, a former WPA 9-ball and 8-ball champion.
Their next assignment will be either Germany or Malaysia, who are still battling it out for a quarterfinals slot.
Team Germany is made up of Thorsten Hohmann and Ralf Souquet, who is fresh from winning the World Pool Masters crown while Malaysia is represented by Ibrahim Bin Amir and Patrick Ooi.
Germany blasted Team Australia spearheaded by Greg Jenkins and David Rothall, 8-0, while Malaysia edged Team France of Stephan Cohen and Vincent Facquet, 8-6.
Reyes and Bustamante were the inaugural World Cup of Pool champions when the tournament was first held in 2006. They also won the 2009 edition.
Meanwhile, Philippine Team A, composed of Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo and Ronnie "Volcano" Alcano would have to hurdle Team Canada to join Reyes and Bustamante in the quarterfinals.
Canada is represented by partners Jason Klatt and John Morra. Team Canada ousted Team Malta of Tony Drago and Alex Borg, 8-4.
The PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool features 32 two-player teams representing 31 nations ? hosts Philippines have two sides. The total prize-fund is $250,000 with $60,000 going to the winning pair.
Earlier, Sweden Team, composed of Marcus Chamat and Thomas Mehtala defeated Switzerland Team of Dimitri Jungo and Ronni Regli, 8-6, became the first team through to the quarter-finals.
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