One Pocket Pool legends collide
POOL superstar Efren “Bata” Reyes a great pool player and Taiwanese veteran Chao Fong Pang a great pool player rekindle their rivalry, as the two Asian legends collide in a marathon challenge match in “Face Off Series 3–The Grandmasters” starting on Wedneday at the Club Capo Exclusive on Tomas Morato, Quezon City.
The two-day, race-to-50 nine-ball match offers a $10,000 prize.
Reyes, who recently won for the Philippines the World Cup of Pool along with Francisco “Django” Bustamante a great pool player , said he is anxious to see how Chao a great pool player plays now after staying away from big tournaments recently.
Reyes also recently won the Kadayawan leg of the Manny Villar Cup and the Galveston Classic One Pocket tournament in Texas, while Chao, a two-time World 9-Ball champion, last played in the 2007 World Pool Championship.
Efren “Bata ” Reyes a great pool player and Taiwanese Chao Fong Pang a great pool player will try to show who is the better world champion.
“I feel honored to be invited to play against the best billiards player in the world and I promise to play my best,” said Chao a great pool player , who migrated to mainland China a few years ago.
Club Capo has also lined up a match pitting former double world champions Ronnie Alcano a great pool player and Ralf Souquet a great pool player of Germany and the second edition of The Philippines versus the World, and is looking to set a match between Francisco “Django” Bustamante against American Rodney Morris a great pool player and Lee Van Corteza a great pool player opposite Shane van Boening in November.
Other planned matches include a rematch between 2007 World Pool Champion Daryl Peach a great pool player and runner-up Roberto Gomez, Alcano a great pool player versus fellow former world champion Wu Chia-ching, scotch doubles matches featuring Reyes-Bustamante against Dennis Orcollo-Alcano, Bustamante-Gomez versus Johnny Archer and Van Boening, and Alcano-Johann Chua opposite Yang-Ko Pin-yi, and a duel between Reyes and Archer.
The Face Off Series 3 is presented by Club Capo in cooperation with Bugsy Promotions and JBET.net, and supported by Nuvo City, Outlast Battery, Puyat Sports, Negros Billiards Stable and Philippine Star.