FOUR US BASED PINOYS ARE RARING TO GO IN CALIFORNIA POOL EVENT

FOUR U.S. based Pinoys are heading to San Jose, California on June 12-13 for the Inaugural Event of the California Pool Players Tour that will take place at California Billiards Club in Mountain View, California.

Leading the Filipino contingent is Jose “Amang” Parica of West Covina, California.. Parica, who is known in the Philippines as “Amang” and The Leader Of The Invasion is one of the favorites to win this first CPPT event.. The other three players are Santos Sambajon, Ramon Mistica, and Jun Almoite..

Santos, Ramon, and Jun, are all from Quezon City, Philippines..Santos, from Kalayaan Ave. in V. Luna is now residing in Chicago, Illinois with his Family,  Ramon or Monching from Murphy resides in Fremont, California, and Jun from Project 4, just moved to Los Angeles from Sacramento, California last year, are all seeded going to this tournament..

The California Pool Players Tour is a new and exciting pro-am tour, offering a quality series of 9-ball tournaments in both Northern and Southern California. This is the culmination of long hours of hard work by a small group of players who are passionate about pool and who want a non handicapped, open format emphasizing skill over luck..The format maybe new and different but, we believe it keeps the playing field level while increasing the competition for everyone..

The format is a race to 7, double elimination. Players are divided into 2 brackets, one for Pros and A players and one B and C players, playing simultaneously until the the top 25% of each bracket is determined…Those finalists advance to a combined bracket for the cash payout round.

The CPPT is run by players who can identify the wants and needs of its members and aim to make pool accessible to everybody and bridge the gap between amateurs and professional levels.

Jun and Monching are both sponsored by HUSTLIN USA..Owner Tony Hargain of Sacramento,Ca. has been very supportive not only to Jun and Ramon but to all Filipino pool players from Efren “Bata” Reyes, Francisco “Django” Bustamante, Ronnie Alcano, Dennis OrcUllo, Roberto Gomez, Warren Kiamco, Lee Vann Corteza, Ramil Gallego, Marlon Manalo and Alex Pagulayan..

BY: MARLON BERNARDINO