Mika Immonen and youthful partner Petri Makkonen dominated the final three racks against Poland Sunday night to complete a 10-8 victory for Finland in the World Cup of Pool for the first time at Robinsons Place in Manila.
After showing Philippines-B the door Saturday night, Finland just continued its impressive showing en route to the finals with a 9-7 nipping of United States in the 2012 Partypoker.net World Cup of Pool Sunday afternoon.
FINLAND last night took out the last—and most loved—Philippine side in the World Cup of Pool after Mika Immonen and burly Petri Makkonen dominated Efren Reyes and Django Bustamante in a 9-5 quarterfinal victory at Robinson’s Manila Activity Center.
Two-time winners Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante of Philippines-B bowed to Mika “the Iceman” Immonen and Petri Makkonen of Finland, 5-9, Saturday night in the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool at the Robinson’s Ermita Midtown Activity Center in Manila.
Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boeing of Team USA dodged a bullet as it salvaged a nerve-racking 9-8 quarterfinals win over Li Hewen and Liu Haitao of Team China Saturday to slip its way into the semifinals of the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool at the Robinson’s Ermita Midtown Activity Center in Manila.
EFREN Reyes-Django Bustamante stayed in step for a third World Cup of Pool title late Thursday after downing Canada’s Alex Pagulayan and Alex Morra, 8-4, for a quarterfinal seat before an animated crowd at Robinson’s Place.
United States and China posted impressive victories in the 2012 Partypoker.net World Cup of Pool to move through to the quarterfinals along with four other nations Friday.
Efren “Bata” Reyes had a few tricks up his sleeve as he teamed up with another legend Django Bustamante in an 8-5 win over Canada to enter the quarterfinals of the 2012 Partypoker.net World Cup of Pool Thursday night.
The veteran Italian duo of Bruno Muratore and Fabio Petroni rode some good breaks last night to nip Nguyen Ahn Thuan and Do The Kien of Vietnam, 8-7, and advance to the second round of the World Cup of Pool at Robinsons Place in Manila.
Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante breezed past their opening round foes from Hong Kong as expected on Tuesday night, 8-3, and advanced against Canada today in the World Cup of Pool at Robinsons Manila.
Switzerland provided the first upset in the World Cup of Pool last night after Dimitri Jungo and Ronni Regli, who has Filipino roots, bundled out the second-seeded Philippine A team of Dennis Orcollo and Lee Van Corteza, 8-7, at Robinson’s Place Manila.
Two-time winner China opened up its 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool on a winning note at the expense of Singapore, 8-4, Wednesday in Day 2 of the $250,000 single-elimination tournament at the Robinson’s Ermita Midtown Activity Center in Manila.
Pool legends Efren “Bata” Reyes and Django Bustamante of Philippines-B had little trouble in defeating Hong Kong’s Lee Chenman and Kenny Kwok, 8-3, Tuesday night to cap off the opening day of the $250,000 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool 2012 at the Robinson’s Mall Ermita Midtown Activity Center in Manila.
