Marlon Manalo

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Marlon Manalo the "Marvelous".

Given the monicker "Marvelous", the unassuming Marlon Manalo was definitely the surprise package of the 2004 WPC as he beat Ching-Shun Yang, Francisco Bustamante and Efren Reyes in successive matches before going out in the last eight to Marcus Chamat. Silky smooth in stroke, Manalo looked the complete player as he ran rack after rack against the most intimidating opponents. However, being the true Filipino at heart, he could gain very little pleasure from dumping out national heroes like Reyes. Predominantly a snooker player in a country with just four tables, Manalo has recorded green baize wins over tough opponents.

In 2005, he lost to the semi-finals to eventual champion Wu Chia-ching in the World Pool Championships besting out 124 of the world's best pool players.

He recently placed runner-up to Thorsten Hohmann by the slimmest of margins, 8-7, at the recently-concluded 2006 IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship (July 30, 2006) winning a whopping US$99,000.00.

[edit] Achievements

2006 IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship, Runner-up
2005 Texas Hold Em Billiards Champion
2005 Reno Open Champion
2005 WPC Second Runner-up
2004 Asian Games, Silver Medal Winner
2004 WPC, 5th Place
2004 World 8-Ball Championships, Runner-up
2004 World Pool Masters, 9th Place
2003 WPC, 17th Place
2002 IBC Tokyo 9-Ball International, 5th Place
2001 World Games, Silver Medal Winner
2000 Asian Snooker, Champion

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