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Wednesday-Sunday 12-16 May 2010
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Master - Dennis Orcollo.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
Orcollo Beats ‘Unknown’ Kuribayashi for Title
OVER 750 players from around the world attempted to win the 2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters but in the end after five days of play at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, it was Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines who claimed the title and with it the $20,000 first prize.
He beat the relatively unknown 25 year-old Japanese player Toru Kuribayashi 8-3 in front of an enthusiastic Las Vegas crowd to cement his position of one of the world’s top players. For Kuribayashi it was a week of superb performances and his name will now be known throughout the pool world.
"I'm very happy and you can see the tears in my eyes. If I could fly in the sky then I would fly. This tournament is really hard to win but I made it and I'm really proud to have won this. It's my biggest win,” said a jubilant Orcollo.
"It was very difficult to play in the final as you try to not think that if you win this game then you are the champion. In the semi-final I wasn't feeling like that but in the final I had to tell myself to just try and control my emotion.
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2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Master - Dennis Orcollo.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
"If you can't stay in control of your emotions then you can't do anything and your mind goes blank. So I just controlled myself and continued my game right until the end,” he added.
Orcollo came through the double elimination stage of the competition with an opening win over Shaun Wilkie, then a 9-8 defeat to Marcus Chamat and then victory against Jasmine Ouschan to reach the last 32.
There he avenged his defeat to Chamat with a 9-7 win before beating Raj Hundal 8-1 in the last 16. John Morra (Canada) was his quarter final victim before beating compatriot Roberto Gomez in the semi-final.
Kuribayashi got off to the worst start to the event, losing to Charlie Williams in his opening match, but made his way through to the last 32 stages with wins over Ahmad Taufiq and Tony Drago. There he beat Taiwan’s Kuo Po Cheng before whitewashing Daryl Peach in the last 16.
The quarter-final saw him take revenge over Charlie Williams before disposing of Oliver Ortmann in the last four.
Both players greeted the crowd as they were introduced to the arena and Orcollo looked set to take the first but left a green 6 ball wobbling which cost him the rack and Kuribayashi broke and ran the second to go into a 2-0 lead.
Orcollo had ball in hand in the third and converted it well to get on the scoreboard before he made an error in the next as he scratched, playing a safety and Kuribayashi made him pay to lead 3-1.
Kuribayashi looked in good shape in the next but lack of pace on the cue ball meant his run broke down. They exchanged safeties on the pink 4 before an attempted bank from Kuribayashi failed and Orcollo ran the rack to get to 2-3.
There was ball in hand opportunity in the next for Orcollo as Kuribayashi scratched making a jump shot and the Filipino converted his chance to level things at 3-3.
Kuribayashi left the 3 ball hanging over the pocket after an attempted safety and Orcollo dished up to take the lead for the first time and increased his lead to 5-3 in the next with a break and run.
Orcollo began to find his groove in the ninth game as he ran out his second consecutive rack to put some space between himself and Kuribayashi as the score went to 6-3. More great play from Orcollo put him on the hill at 7-3.
In fitting style, Orcollo ran out what was the final rack to win 8-3 and claim the title of 2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters champion.
"I was worried when I missed the 6 ball (in the first rack) and it was unexpected but sometimes that can happen.
"After that I knew he (Kuribayashi) would be feeling confident because I had made a mistake but I was still hoping to get another chance and get back some momentum.
"The tournament is short races and if you lose one rack you could then be out. It's a big difference to money games as if you lose a rack there then you have a chance of making a game again,” said Orcollo afterwards.
"In a money game it might not matter if you play badly at the beginning you can still recover but in a tournament if you start badly you may lose.
"This is great news for the Philippines and many people have followed this competition in my country and they will be celebrating. I would love to bring this competition to my country.”
Finalists: Dennis Orcollo - Philippines, and Toru Kuribayashi - Japan.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
Wins for Gomez, Williams and Kuribayashi
Earlier, Orcollo had beaten compatriot Roberto ‘Superman’ Gomez 8-6 to secure his berth in the final. It was a high quality encounter and after 12 racks they were tied up at six apiece.
It was anyone’s but went in Orcollo’s favour as he edged the final two racks to make his second Matchroom Sport pool final, following his World Pool League victory in Poland in 2006.
In the other semi-final, Kuribayashi put on a display of shot-making and power breaking to beat Germany’s Oliver Ortmann. Playing fluently throughout, the young Japanese came with all the shots when required to seal an 8-3 win.
It was a great performance from Ortmann though in reaching the semi-finals and he is still a force to be reckoned with on a major stage.
After 17 years as a 16-player invitational competition, the Masters, one of the longest established tournaments in pool, is now a 64 player event and takes place over five days instead of three.
Working in conjunction with Cuesports International, the Masters takes place during the annual BCA National 8-Ball Championships, which sees thousands of players and fans flock to the Riviera for a lengthy festival of pool.
Television is produced by Matchroom Sport and will be seen as 15 x one hour programmes in 14 countries around the world with more to be added to the list.
The prize fund is set at a guaranteed $100,000 with $20,000 going to the eventual champion.
The Philippine's Roberto Gomez in action in Las Vegas.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
Two Filipinos, a German and a Japanese Vying for Title
64 CAME but only four remain as the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas reaches its conclusion tonight with two semi-finals and the final.
The first is an all-Pinoy affair between Dennis Orcollo and Roberto Gomez, while the other features two players who won through to Vegas via the Masters extensive qualifying system – Germany’s Oliver Ortmann and Toru Kuribayashi of Japan.
In the first match of the afternoon session, Roberto Gomez established a 6-1 lead over Ralf Souquet with some free-wheeling break and run pool. An illegal break from Souquet in the third game when the score stood at 1-1 cost him dearly as Gomez took the score to 4-1 without his opponent leaving his chair.
That soon moved to 6-1 before Souquet got back into it, winning the next two to take the score to 3-6. The German was running out in the next but ran out of position going from 8 to 9 and a tentative attempt with the rest left the 9 hanging and Gomez moved to the hill at 7-4.
Souquet won a couple more but it was Gomez match as won the 13th game to reach the semi-final where he faces Dennis Orcollo.
"I'm so happy to win as I've beaten the best player here. He is the best player because he is so consistent. He never changes as I was on seven racks but he was always there.
"He's as scary an opponent as you can get as he has a poker face but I really feel good to win.
"Dennis Orcollo is very tough but if I can play well then I can beat anyone. I normally beat Dennis but in money games he gives me a little weight. But in tournaments we've played four times and I've won three times and he has won once."
The second match saw young Japanese lad Toru Kuribayashi continue on his fairy tale run in Vegas. He qualified for this event in March in Yokohama, Japan and has never before competed on the international stage.
His opponent Charlie Williams put in a dogged performance but Kuribayashi’s break was always his most potent weapon as he took the match 8-6.
That was also the scoreline in the final match of the session as 2004 Masters runner-up Oliver Ortmann won the all German battle against two-time Masters winner Thomas Engert. Again, it was a close fought encounter but the veteran Ortmann, who won the final two racks to win by an 8-6 scoreline.
"We both didn't play well. When I was up 3-1 I missed an easy ball and I thought that might change the whole match. He came back to 3-3 and it was a totally new match.
"It was my worst match of the tournament but I can be happy that I won.
"I'm in the semi-final and I will try to not think about the past. You have good and bad matches but playing in the semi-finals of the World Pool Masters is a dream and I will try to do my best.
"Sometimes it's better if you have a bad match coming up for the semi-finals instead of having a good match before.
"I'm just trying to concentrate on my own game. Every day the confidence is different and the feeling of the body is different so I hope tonight will change a bit."
Play continues this evening with the two semi-finals followed by the final. All matches are race to 8, winner breaks.
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| GROUP 1 | GROUP 2 |
| A RAJ HUNDAL IND B SHANE VAN BOENING USA C RAFAEL MARTINEZ USA D COREY DEUEL USA E JASON KLATT CAN F DAVID GRAU USA G EVGENI NOVOSAD UKR H GA YOUNG KIM KOR | A ROBERTO GOMEZ PHI B KO PIN-YI TPE C OSCAR DOMINGUEZ USA D NIELS FEIJEN NED E HUIDJI SEE NED F KUO PO CHENG TPE G ALLISON FISHER ENG H EARL STRICKLAND USA |
| GROUP 3 | GROUP 4 |
| A EFREN REYES PHI B DARYL PEACH ENG C DENNIS HATCH USA D THORSTEN HOHMANN GER E RADOSLAW BABICA POL F TRON ENGEBAKK NOR G JOHN MORRA CAN H DAVID ALCAIDE ESP | A RONNIE ALCANO PHI B OLIVER ORTMANN GER C MARK GRAY ENG D FRANCISCO BUSTAMANTE PHI E DO HONG QUAN VIE F NAOYUKI OI JPN G BEN NUNAN AUS H TYLER EDEY CAN |
| GROUP 5 | GROUP 6 |
| A RICKY YANG INA B DENNIS ORCOLLO PHI C MARCUS CHAMAT SWE D DARREN APPLETON ENG E YU RAM CHA KOR F MANNY CHAU PER G SHAUN WILKIE USA H JASMIN OUSCHAN AUT | A JOHNNY ARCHER USA B LEE VAN CORTEZA PHI C JOHN SCHMIDT USA D RODNEY MORRIS USA E JAYSON SHAW SCO F NOEL BRUYNOOGHE BEL G CARLOS CABELLO ESP H NEIL CUMMINS ENG |
| GROUP 7 | GROUP 8 |
| A IMRAN MAJID ENG B CHARLIE WILLIAMS USA C THOMAS ENGERT GER D TONY DRAGO MLT E KEVIN UZZELL ENG F AHMAD TAUFIQ BRU G TORU KURIBAYASHI JPN H STEVIE MOORE USA | A KAREN CORR IRE B RALF SOUQUET GER C KARL BOYES ENG D MIKA IMMONEN FIN E LO HI-WEN TPE F ERNESTO DOMINGUEZ USA G MAX EBERLE USA H BARTOSZ ROZWADOWSKI POL |
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