Alex Pagulayan
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Alejandro Salvador Pagulayan, more commonly known as Alex Pagulayan, was the 2004 WPA World Nine-ball champion. His nicknames are "the Lion" and "the Killer Pixie." He was born in Cabagan, Isabela, Philippines and was raised in Toronto, Canada. His parents emigrated to Canada when he was 13 years old. In 2004, Pagulayan returned to the Philippines. Aside from pool, Alex also plays poker, chess and basketball. Recently, he has also taken up professional snooker, helping the participating to the Philippines snooker gold medal at the 2005 SEA Games - Manila, Philippines, alongside fellow competitors, Joven Alba and Leonardo Andam. They bagged the Snooker Team Gold Medal after winning 3-2 against Thailand at the Makati Coliseum.
Very skilled players in nine-ball have the tendency to sometimes pocket four or even five balls on the break. Pagulayan, opening rack 1 of the semi-finals in the 2004 BCA Open, sank six balls on the break — two-thirds of the entire rack. (But note that Rodolfo Luat also performed a similar feat in a Japanese tournament.) Pagulayan's break did not include the 9 ball, despite the six ball advantage, he lost that game, to fellow-countryman Santos Sambajon.[1]
Not many pool players in the Philippines excel at or even play 14.1 continuous. For a number of years, Efren Reyes was the only Philippine player known to have made runs of 100 or more. However, at an exhibition held in Kentucky, Pagulayan made a high run of 130 [2]. This makes him the second Philippine player known to have run 100 balls in straight pool.
In 2006, Pagulayan won the BSCP National Championship, the first ever national pool championship in the Philippines. Pagulayan bested Gandy Valle in the finals and earned P1,000,000 (US$20,639).
[edit] Achievements
- 2006 BSCP National Champion
- 2005 Philippines Snooker Team Gold Medal, SEA Games
- 2005 US Open Nine-ball Championship
- 2005 Derby City Classic Ten-ball Ring Game Champion
- 2005 SML Entertainment Nine-ball Champion
- 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
- 2003 Joss Tour Grand Final Winner
- 2003 IBC Western Canadian Open
- 2002 World Pool Trickshot Champion
[edit] References
- ^ Footage of the six ball break shot and its aftermath
- ^ "Straight Pool Challenge at Derby City", by Bob Jewett, Professor-Q-Ball's National Pool & 3-cushion News, 2006; accessed February 11, 2007
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| Preceded by Thorsten Hohmann |
WPA Men's World Nine-ball Champion 2004 |
Succeeded by Wu Chia-ching |
| Preceded by Gabe Owen |
US Open Nine-ball Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by John Schmidt |
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