Pagulayan wins 1st stop of Canadian 9-Ball Tour

Filipino-Canadian cue artist and former world champion Alex Pagulayan started the 2007-2008 Canadian 9-Ball Tour season with a an 11-5 win over Tyler Eddie at the Bigwigs Billiards in Newmarket, Ontario. According to azbilliards.com, Pagulayan won $5,000, while Eddey got $3,000. Fellow Fil-Canadians Mario Morra and Edwin Montal ended their campaign as third and fourth, respectively. Morra pocketed $2,000 while Montal bagged $1,000. "It was not as if he had an easy group to beat," the azbilliars.com report said. Pagulayan wasn't even the only former World Pool champion in the field of 94 players, which includes Ralf Souquet and his Mosconi Cup teammate Marcus Chamat of Sweden. Another World Pool champ, Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, entered the event but was unable to attend at the last minute. The tournament also had some of Canada's best players, led by the tournament's 2006 champion Edwin Montal, along Tyler Edey, Brady Gollan, Jeff White, Chris Orme, Jason Klatt, Erik Hjorliefson, Alain Martel, John Morra, Ron Wiseman, and Mario Morra. "But none could find enough power to overcome the precision of Pagulayan's cue," the azbilliards.com report said. - GMANews.TV