Dennis Orcullo

Dennis Orcollo (born January 28, 1979), sometimes called Dennis Orcullo, is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Surigao" (name from a province in the Philippines) and "RoboCop". He has been called "the Philippines' Money-game King".

Like a number of upcoming players from the Philippines, Orcollo was first seen on television in his contention at the Rising Stars Tournament in 2000.

Dennis Orcollo (right) alongside Jose Parica at 2006 International Pool Tour tournament in Las Vegas

At the 2002 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, he unexpectedly beat champion Ralf Souquet 9-8 in the last 64, but eventually lost 6-9 to Efren Reyes in the last 32.

In 2006, Orcollo began his campaign in the U.S.. There, he won a number of tournaments, including the Reno Open, the Hard Times Nine-ball Tournament and two bar table events. Because his compatriots had entered a less prestigious event in Asia, Orcollo was the only player from the Philippines to compete in the World Straight Pool Championship, which was ultimately dominated by Thorsten Hohmann. Although he neither won nor received any prize money, Orcollo made a respectable high run of 91. The following year, he made a better straight pool run of 93 at an exhibition in the USA. Also in 2006, Orcollo won the last edition of the World Pool League tournament against Niels Feijen.

In 2007, he was runner-up to his fellow countryman Ronato Alcano at the WPA World Eight-ball Championship. Also in this year, he won the BCA Open Nine-ball Championship, a tournament where three fellow Filipinos were defeated in the final in past editions of that event. He competed for the second time at the World Straight Pool Championship. Unlike the previous event, where he was the only Philippine player in contention, Warren Kiamco joined him. He had a much better performance in the tournament and achieved a high run of 117 (the fourth highest in the tournament). However, he was defeated by Oliver Ortmann, the eventual winner of the event, in the quarter-finals by a lopsided 200-7 score, the largest margin in the history of the tournament.

In 2011, Dennis Orcollo won the WPA World Eight-ball title, besting Niels Feijen in the championship match.

Source: Wikipedia

Efren Bata Reyes

We would like to acknowledge our Filipino Athletes for their endeavor in their chosen fields and contribution to the Filipino pride.

One of which is Efren Bata Reyes.

Efren Bata Reyes is most popular billiard player in the Philippines and also known as the Magician mainly because ability to overcome improbable shots.

He is the first Asian billiard player to be the Hall of Fame awardee of Billiards Congress of America in 2003 and paved the way for televised billiard match in the Philippines.

In 2004, he ruled the inaugural WPA 8-ball championship, becoming the pool’s first ever double winner and the year’s richest cue artist.

During his peaked, he made many commercials including the San Miguel beer advertisement, with an appearance fee of million of pesos. And he made a movie with FPJ and some TV guesting that contributed to his popularity.

Now he competes with fellow champion Jango Bustamante in tournaments in and out of the country despite of his age and blurring vision.