Saturday, February 26, 2011

Orcollo powers into Fujairah final

Dennis Orcollo took a 5-3 lead over Alcaide and never really looked back to set a final showdown with Neils "The Terminator" Feijen of the Netherlands.

Dubai: Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo from the Philippines powered into the final round of the World 8-Ball Pool Championship 2011 after subduing David Alcaide 9-3 of Spain being held at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre.

Playing under Perry Mariano's Bugsy Promotions, Orcollo, a former fisherman from Surigao del Sur, outclassed Shane Van Boening of the US 9-4 and Takhti Zarekani of Iran 9-2 to make it to the semi-final round.

Orcollo took a 5-3 lead over Alcaide and never really looked back to set a final showdown with Neils "The Terminator" Feijen of the Netherlands.

Feijen was also in awesome form blanking former World 10-Ball champion Darren "Dynamite" Appleton of the UK to make it into the final.

Earlier, Feijen had defeated beat Oliver Medanilla of the Philippines 9-4 and then accounted for countryman Nick Van den Berg 9-8.

The champion will receive the top prize of $40,000 while the runner-up will pocket $25,000.

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