Orcollo wins Myanmar Southeast Asian Games 10-ball event
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 19 Dec 2013
Orcollo.
MANILA, Philippines ? Filipino ace Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo nabbed the gold medal at the Men's 10 Ball competition of the 27th Southeast Asian Games-Myanmar 2013 at the Wunna Theikdi Billiards Hall in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
Orcollo won the next three racks to beat fellow Bugsy International Promotions stablemate Carlo "The Black Tiger" Biado to score a come-from-behind 9-7 victory on Wednesday to pocket the men?s 10-ball singles title, ending the drought in billiards.
The former fisherman from Bislig, Surigao del Sur, Orcollo, earlier beat Brunei?s Ahmad Taufiq Murni, 9-5; Nitiwat Kanjanasri of Thailand, 9-3; and Vietnam?s Anh Tuan Nguyen, 9-4, to arrange an all-Filipino final.
Biado, on the other hand, subdued Riyan Setiawan of Indonesia, 9-5; Keng Kwang Chan of Singapore, 9-4; and Thanh Kien Dang of Vietnam, 9-3.Both players have been supported by Bugsy Promotions of Perry and Verna Mariano.
The gold was the first for the Philippine Billiards team after they stumbled in Mens and Women's 9 Ball and in One Cushion Billiards.
Meanwhile, Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit and Iris "Fighter" Ranola will attempt to go for gold again in the Women's 10 Ball competition on Thursday. Amit, the reigning world 10 Ball champ, won silver in 9 Ball while Ranola, who lost her father to cancer on the day she flew to Myanmar, is trying to put aside her personal grief in the hopes of bringing joy to the nation.-Marlon Bernardino-
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