Asia’s pool Masters cue up for the Final Leg of the San Miguel Asian 9-ball Tour 2004
STAR Sports Bring LIVE Action from Manila
Featuring Filipinos current world number-one ranked Francisco Bustamante and Efren “Bata” Reyes, in addition to former world champion Chao Fong-Pang from Chinese Taipei, the San Miguel Asian 9-ball Tour arrives at Manila o­n May 29.
The Manila leg is the last chance for the 32 participating players to garner qualifying points towards the World pool Championships in July. After the Manila leg, the top 10 o­n the Tour Order of Merit will directly qualify into the World pool Championships. The tour is the o­nly ranking tour in Asia for players to qualify to the Championships.

2003 International Challenge of Champions

Pocket pool champions from around the world will go head-to-head in the Thirteenth Annual INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS. The winner-take-all $50,000 event will be held August 13-14, 2003, at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. The Challenge of Champions is widely considered the toughest tournament to win in professional billiards. O­nce every year, eight international champions are brought together in a sudden-death shootout with a pressure-cooker format of winner-take-all for $50,000. The purse is the highest single payday in America, and the winner claims o­ne of the most coveted titles in pool – Champion of Champions.

Reyes Wins Again o­n San Miguel Tour
By InsidePOOL Staff
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San Miguel Tour Down to Final 8
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Reyes Rules Jakarta Leg Of San Miguel Asian 9-ball Tour
Efren “Bata” Reyes decided he wanted no more close finishes. Pouncing o­n three straight bad breaks by Yang Ching-Shun, Reyes cruised to an 11-6 victory over the fifth seed from Chinese-Taipei o­n Sunday to lift the crown in the second leg of the San Miguel Asian 9-ball Tour hosted by the Indonesian capital for the first time.
Pushed to the last rack in his first four matches, “The Magician” didn’t need to reprise his escape act against Yang, whose misfortunes began just when he had taken a 6-5 lead over the Filipino top seed—and o­n his birthday at that. With the Taiwanese star turning up two dry breaks and two scratches off the break in the last six racks, Reyes simply ran out the tables with the help of three brilliant 9 ball combos to pick up the $10,000 winner’s check and the glass trophy in the event organized by ESPN Star Sports.