FILIPINO greats Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante return to the table as they join the 128-strong Philippines Open Pool Championship starting on Tuesday at Gateway Mall in Cubao.
The two legends will be among 85 local cue artists taking part in single-elimination tournament that stakes a prize fund of USD125,000, with USD30,000 awaiting the champion.
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Reigning world champion Carlo Biado, Johann Chua, and Reyes Cup MVP AJ Manas are the other Pinoys to watch out for in a field that also includes veterans Dennis Orcollo, Lee Vann Corteza, Jeffrey de Luna, James Aranas, and Marlon Manalo, young guns Bernie Regalario, Anton Raga, Jefrey Roda, Baseth Mocaibat, and online sensation Jaybee Sucal.
World No. 1 Fedor Gorst of the USA is fronting the foreign invasion as he is joined by Team Rest of the World peers Jayson Shaw of Scotland, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz of Spain, and Moritz Neuhausen of Germany.
Other notable names in the field are Fil-Canadian stud Alex Pagulayan, Hong Kong-raised Pinoy Robbie Capito, frequent Manila visitors Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, Duong Quoc Hoang of Vietnam, David Alcaide and Jonas Souto of Spain, Mickey Krause of Denmark, Pijus Labutis of Lithuania, Billy Thorpe of USA, and Naoyuki Oi of Japan.
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