Ronato Alcano
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Ronato (Ronnie) Alcano (born July 27, 1972 in Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines), is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano". He is the current WPA Men's World Nine-ball Champion and Eight-ball Champion.
[edit] Career
Alcano's recognition in the Philippines begin with his performance at the 2000 Rising Stars Tournament. By the finals, he was highly favored to win the title, yet in the final match (a race to 13), Alcano lost to Edgar Acaba by just a rack short, 13-12. Despite having a 12-7 advantage, Alcano missed while only three balls away. Acaba then returned to the table and won the needed 6 racks in a row to win the match and the title.
In 2002, as other Philippine players started to take the spotlight (Efren Reyes won ¥20,000,000 in Tokyo,[1][clarify] and Francisco Bustamante won the World Pool Masters Tournament), Alcano began to make a name for himself, and began competing in major events in the US. He won five tournaments in the Joss Tour and was awarded[attribution needed] Rookie of the Year for 2002.
Alcano turned back to the East, for the 2005 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, winning the Manila tournament (11-6 versus Yang Ching-shun), and qualifying for the world championship.[1]
Alcano was the unexpected victor at the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship, held in the Philippines, where he defeated German Ralf Souquet in the final by 17 racks to 11. He thus became the second Filipino (excluding 2004 winner Alex Pagulayan, as he represented Canada at that time) to become World Champion in this event after Efren Reyes won the title in 1999. In the November 2006 tournament, Alcano had been on the brink of elimination in group play before taking advantage of a soft break. He won just 1 of 3 group matches and scraped through as the 64th and final seed. Alcano then defeated local favorite Reyes and defending champion Wu Chia-ching in the knockout stages, proceeding to the final. For winning the tournament, Alcano won US$100,000 which is the largest first prize ever won in the world nine-ball championship.
In 2007, Alcano won the WPA World Eight-ball Championship by defeating his compatriot Dennis Orcollo in the final match 11-8.
[edit] References
- ^ Asian Nine-ball Tour official site; accessed 7 February 2007
[edit] External links
- Article on his 2006 World Nine-ball Championship victory
- Pictures of Ronato Alcano winning the World Nine-ball Championship
- Report at Billiard Pulse
| Preceded by Wu Chia-ching |
WPA World Nine-ball Champion 2006 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Wu Chia-ching |
WPA World Eight-ball Champion 2007 |
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