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FIVE Filipino billiard heavyweights extended their winning streak during Round Three of the 2011 US Open 9-Ball tournament yesterday at the Chesapeake Conference Center in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. Former World 9-ball champion Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan, ex-national champion Lee Vann "The Slayer Corteza toyed with their foes while billiard cue masters Warren "Warrior" ... Full story

PHILIPPINES BIGTIME BILLIARDS PHOTO CAPTION MEGA SPORTS WORLD trading manager Louis Watts (seated second from left) and BRKHRD Corporation representative Reli de Leon (seated third from left) shakes hand to formalize the opening of the forthcoming Philippines Bigtime Billiards or much known PBB Face Off scheduled on November 5 at the PAGCOR Airport Casino in Paranaque ... Full story

CARLO "COOL" BIADO is this year's toughest BSCP National Pool Champion was held at the Star Billiards Center in Grace Village, Quezon City. He collected over-all champion purse of P200,000. Allan Cuartero settled P100,000 for over-all second  while Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo went home P50,000 for over-all third. Biado, playing under the banner of Perry Mariano's Bugsy Promotions ... Full story

FILIPINO Jundel "Janno" Mazon made some of his trademark shots but settled only for a runner-up finish behind former World Pool Champion Chao Fong Pao at the conclusion of the 2011 China 9-Ball Invitational Championships at the Best Bet Maccaline Plaza in Hefei City, Anhui Province in Eastern China, over the weekend. Mazon whose stint here ... Full story

FORMER Guinness World Series of Pool Champion Jundel "Janno" Mazon of the Philippines gained a spot in the finals Saturday of the 2011 China 9-Ball Invitational Championships with a heart-stopping 11-10 victory over compatriot Lee Vann "The Slayer" Corteza. The Davao City bet Corteza was so confident at the start of the match that he immediately ... Full story

FOR the second time in five months,  up-and-coming star Carlo Biado has beaten  fellow Bugsy Promotions mainstay world No.1 and World 8-Ball champion Dennis Orcollo, serving strong notice on his title aspiration in the 8-Ball event  and grand championship of the 2011 BSCP National Pool Championships. Biado defeated Orcollo, 8-5, on Wednesday night at the Star ... Full story

Billiard stars Dennis Orcollo and Carlo Biado got off to a blazing start by posting victories at the start of the 2011 BSCP National Pool Championships at the Star Billiards Center in Quezon City on Monday. The top player of Bugsy Promotions Orcollo, also known as "Robocop," edged veteran campaigner Edgar Acaba, 8-7, while fellow Bugsy ... Full story

CURRENT world No. 1 Dennis Orcollo will showcase his talent in the toughest National Pool Championships of the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) which starts today, Monday (Oct 3) at the Star Billiards Center in Grace Village, Quezon City. The top player of Bugsy Promotions Orcollo said that he is looking at bagging ... Full story

THE Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP), the governing body of pool sports in the country, will unwrap the toughest national pool championship ever staged in the country with the 2011 BSCP National Championships scheduled on October 3-11 at the Star Billiards Center in Quezon City. To highlight this year’s championship, the BSCP will adopt a three-game format for the tournament. In the battle for ... Full story

FILIPINO Victor Arpilleda flashed his vintage form by winning the 2011 Jogjakarta 9-ball Open in Indonesia on Sunday. The Jakarta based Arpilleda who hails from Murphy, Quezon City edged Irsal Nasution of Indonesia, 11-10, in the finals to win the US$7,000 top prize and the championship trophy. The 1997 Jakarta Southeast Asian Games 9-ball gold medallist Arpilleda, ... Full story