Former world champion Alex Pagulayan will attempt to become the first back-to-back champion of the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters when competition opens on May 8 at the historic Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“It’s one of the tournament I’m always looking forward to be part of,” said Pagulayan in a report posted on SportsNews.ph.
The 30-year-old Pagulayan is the only second Filipino to win the event organized by Matchroom Sport after Francisco “Django” Bustamante in 1998 and 2001.
“For me winning this tournament is like winning the world championship,” he said.
Joining him in representing the Philippines is former world no.1 Dennis Orcollo.
“It’s an honor to be chosen to play in that tournament, and I will do my best to win it and once again make our country proud,” said Orcollo.
The tournament, which will run up to May 10, has a total of $66,000 at stake including the champion’s purse of $20,000.
Besides Pagulayan and Orcollo, the other players seeing action are Immonen, World 10-Ball champion Darren Appleton and Imran Majid of England, Tony Drago of Malta, Shane Van Boening and Johnny Archer of the US, Alain Martel of Canada, five-time champion Ralf Souquet of Germany, Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg of the Netherlands, Ruslan Chinakov of Russia, Fu Jianbo of China, Raj Hundal of India and lone female bet Yu Ran Cha of Korea.
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