From Left, Josh "the Hurricane" Dias (2nd placer), Joseph Sycip ( 1st placer). and Ken Nanakorn (3rd placer)Like a classic David and Goliath match, Joseph Sycip humbled the proud Josh "the Hurricane" Dias 5-4 to win the 1st Asian 8 Ball Tournament at the Carouge Billiard Center in Geneva. It was a neck-to-neck race until the 8th rack as both players had won 4 racks each.
In the nerve-wrecking final rack, Dias took the break and almost had a run out – pocketing all 7 consecutive solid balls but failed to get a good position on the 8 ball. He desperately tried to do a bank shot on the 8 ball but missed the shot. Sycip then pocketed all the rest of the striped balls in a successful come-from-behind rally before putting in the final 8 ball to the delight of the crowd.
Thai cue players Ken Nanakorn and Nukul Pantsom took the third and fourth place. The Philippine Billiard Club-Geneva would like to congratulate the winners and thank the other Asian players who participated in the tournament. We also would like to thank H.E. Ambassador Manuel Teehankee of the Philippine Mission to the WTO and Thai pool player Ken Nanakorn for donating the trophies for the tournament. Maraming Salamat po at Mabuhay kayo !!!
(Photos of the Asian 8 Ball tournament can be viewed at http://public.fotki.com/pbc-geneva3/)
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