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Philippine billiards icon Efren “Bata" Reyes conjured up some old-fashioned magic to win the  Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off Series late Friday (December 30, 2011) at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque City. The 57-year-old Reyes defeated Wu Jia Qiang (formerly Wu Chia-ching from Chinese-Taipei), 9-6. A 2005 WPA World 9-Ball Champion and 2005 WPA ... Full story

NBS bet Lee Vann "The Slayer" Corteza in action photo (Bob Guerrero) Awarding photo: Tournament director  Ish Caparras of Puyat Sports, NBS bet Lee Vann "The Slayer" Corteza and two official from SMB (Bob Guerrero) Negros Billiards Stable (NBS) top player Lee Vann "The Slayer" Corteza (standing first row, fourth from left), NBS head coach Christopher "Toper" ... 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

FILIPINO cue master Lee Vann Corteza of the Philippines won the 3rd Golden Break 9 Ball Invitational Championship 2011 title Sunday at the Golden Break Snooker & Pool Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The top player of Negros Billiards Stable and JSY Sports Corteza, also know as "The Slayer",  pocketed the top prize ... Full story

TAIWANESE sennsation Ko Pin-Yi added another feather to his cap by winning the overall title in the 2011 Guinness World Series of Pool Championship 10ball challenge at the Mall Taman Anggrek Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday. The former WPA World Junior champion, one of the Taiwan's most talented players, toppled 2007 US Open 9-Ball Champion Shane "The ... Full story

FORMER WPA World 9-ball and 8-ball champion champion Filipino Ronato "Volcano" Alcano rediscovered his fine form but Japanese Yukio Akakariyama scuttled his bid to win another world title. Akakariyama outsteadied Alcano in a thrilling duel, 13-11, by display of pressure packed 9-ball before a partisan crowd of close to 1500, most of them Filipinos, to add ... Full story

MANILA---A former chess player-turned snooker artist is this year's World Ten Ball Championships kingpin. Huidji See, a Chinese player-born in the Netherlands, ruled the event by outlasting Fu Jianbo of China, 11-8, in the finals on Sunday here at the World Trade Center. Thus, See pocketed $60,000 for topping the biggest prize in pool for men this ... Full story

FORMER world pool champion Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan held off Japanese Kenichi Uchigaki,11-8, in their rematch of the final game to complete a sweep of the 2nd Annual Hard Times 10-ball in Bellflower, California, on Monday. The Fil-Canadian cue master went undefeated, highlighting his title romp with an escape win over Uchigaki during their hot-seat match, 9-6. Pagulayan, one of the top player of Aristeo "Putch" Puyat took ... Full story

Mika Immonen, the hottest and fittest pool player in the world today, was a little too good for Ralf Souquet. Immonen, fondly called "The Iceman" and born in London, raised in Helsinki and now a resident of New York, got off to a blazing start to added another feather on his capped by ... Full story

Payout result: 1st.     Alex Pagulayan          $3,000.00 2nd     Mitch Ellerman           $1,500.00 3rd      Max Eberle                $1,000.00 4th      Tommy Tokoph          $   750.00 FORMER World Pool Champion Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan went undefeated at the 15th Annual Jay Swanson Memorial Tournament held at the "World Famous" Hardtimes Billiards in Belflower, California last February 12-13, 2011. Presented by CSI headed by Mark Griffin, the two day event ... Full story