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                    [Title] => World 8-ball: Tale of breaks and heartbreak
                    [Summary] => 

It all boiled down to breaking.


With Ronnie Alcano and Dennis Orcollo hardly making any mistake on pocketing, the fight for the world 8-ball pool crown came down to the first shot of every rack.

And Alcano proved to be the better player with just one scratch and a dry break as he went on to pounce on Orcollo’s two scratches and two dry breaks to pound out an 11-8 victory in the World 8-ball Pool Championship final late Wednesday at the Fujairah Bustan Centre in Fujairah, UAE.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225829 [Title] => Reyes natalo sa 2003 World Pool League [Summary] => Nabigo si Efren "Bata" Reyes sa kanyang kampanyang makopo ang ikatlong sunod na World Pool League title nang matalo ito sa isang magandang laban sa semifinal match laban kay World Pool Champion Thorsten Hohmann ng Germany, 8-5 at nagkasya sa third place at $8,000 sa Warsaw, Poland, noong Linggo.

Naghari naman si Rodney "The Rocket" Morris, ang 32-gulang na Hawaian na tumalo kay Reyes sa elimination phase sa kapana-panabik na 8-3 panalo kontra kay Hohmann matapos ang 8-6 panalo kontra kay Chinese-Taipei sensation Huikai Hsia sa semifinals.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185467 [Title] => Django racks it up anew, captures All-Japan crown [Summary] => Francisco "Django" Bustamante won the 35th All-Japan Championship Sunday for his second straight international pool title in that country in two weeks.

Bustamante defeated Mika Immonen 11-8 in the finals after the latter beat Efren "Bata" Reyes in a thrilling semi-finals match.

Django’s victory in Osaka came two weeks after he whipped International Player of the Year Ralf Souquet of Germany in the IBC 9-ball championship in Tokyo.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181790 [Title] => Bata retains Warsaw crown [Summary] => Efren "The Magician" Reyes successfully retained his World Pool League title at the NOT Building in Warsaw, Poland after a solid 9-4 victory over reigning world 9-ball champion Earl "The Pearl" Strickland of the United States.

Reyes won a check for $15,000 (P.8 million) while Strickland, who came back so well following a slump in form on Saturday, took home $10,000. Strickland defeated Francisco "Django" Bustamante for the world 9-ball title in Cardiff, Wales, last July.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181844 [Title] => World Pool title napanatili ni Reyes [Summary] => Matagumpay na napanatili ni Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes na tinaguriang ‘The Magician’ ang kanyang World Pool League title sa NOT Building sa Warsaw, Poland makaraang iposte ang 9-4 panalo kontra sa world 9-ball champion Earl ‘The Pearl’ Strickland ng Amerika.
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Tumulak kahapon sina Reyes at Bustamante patungong Busan, South Korea para sa 14th Asian Games.

Magsisimula ang laban sa billiards sa Oktubre 1 hanggang Oktubre 8 kung saan sina Reyes at Bustamante ay inaasahang makakakuha ng gintong medalya.

Tutungo naman si Bustamante sa Baltimore U.S.A. kung saan isa ito sa walong players na inimbitahan sa 2002 Sudden Death 7-Ball sa October 9.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174316 [Title] => Titulo sa Poland idedepensa ni Reyes [Summary] => Pangungunahan ng defending champion Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes ang all-star cast ng anim na manlalaro upang idepensa ang kanyang korona sa 5th World Pool League sa Oktubre 25-27 sa Warsaw, Poland, ito ang inihayag ng event producer, Matchroom Sports of England.

Bukod kay Reyes ng Philippines, ang iba pang manlalaro ay sina World Champion Earl Strickland (USA), Asian No. 1 Ching-Shun Yang (Taiwan), European Champion Oliver Ortman (Germany), six-time World Snooker champion Steve Davis (England) at four-time Polish Champion Radoslaw Babica (Poland).
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 141197 [Title] => Bata on a roll, Luat unscathed in All-Japan bash [Summary] => Efren "Bata" Reyes continued his winning ways on the first two days of the 34th All-Japan Championship in Amagasaki City, beating his Japanese opponents comfortably in both matches.

Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat also remained unbeaten but Francisco "Django" Bustamante, a semifinalist in the recent World Pool League in Warsaw, Poland, dropped to the losers’ bracket after being beaten in a close match, 9-8, by Chinese-Taipei’s Chen Wei-chih.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 141259 [Title] => Reyes nanalasa uli sa Japan [Summary] => Patuloy si Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes sa kanyang pananalasa sa unang dalawang araw ng kompetisyon sa 34th All Japan Championship na ginaganap sa Amagasaki City nang kanyang talunin ang Japanese na kalaban sa nasabing dalawang laro.
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