The Philippines “A” team of World No.1 Dennis Orcollo and No. 4 Ronnie Alcano  battled their way into the quarter finals of the prestigious World Cup of Pool after the fight of their lives against  Canada at the SM Mall North in Metro Manila.

GERMANY came from 3-2 down against Malaysia to win six racks on the spin and secure a The PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool quarter final spot where they will take on Philippines B – Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante in a replay of 2009’s epic final.

> TWO-TIME PartyPoker.net World Cup
> of Pool winners Philippines B – Efren Reyes and
> Francisco Bustamante – comfortably progressed to the
> last eight of this year’s competition following their
> 8-5 victory over
>  India at the Block Atrium at the SM Mall North in Quezon
> City, Manila.

TEAM USA, sporting the most garish pairs of strides this side of John Daly, were shocked out of the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool as they went down to the wire with Singapore and came out second best at the SM Mall North in Manila.

POOL MINNOWS Estonia put a broad sword through England’s PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool hopes with a marvellous upset 8-6 victory at the SM Mall North in Quezon City, Manila. The dynamic duo of Dennis Grabe and Erki Erm looked a good bet as they matched their more storied opponents to record a fantastic win and move into the second round.

TEAM GERMANY comprised of Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann, fired out a loud warning shot to their PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool rivals as they completed an 8-0 whitewash – the first of the tournament – over the Australian pair of Greg Jenkins and Dave Rothall.

Two-time champions, pool legends Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante have won their opening match in the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool Champions.

DEFENDING PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool champions China were sensationally ousted from this year’s competition by a fighting Swiss team comprised of Dimitri Jungo and Ronni Regli at the SM Mall North in Manila.

GERMANY’S RALF SOUQUET claimed his sixth PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters title as he defeated the Philippines’ Dennis Orcollo in front of a packed house at the SM Mall North in Quezon City, Manila. The jubilant ‘Kaiser’ screamed with joy as he downed the final 9 ball, as he banished a succession of heart-breaking defeats in the Philippines capital city.

Playing near flawless pool defending champion Dennis Orcollo was the first player to enter the semi-finals of the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters as he routed Taiwan’s talented Chang Jung-lin 8-1 in Sunday’s quarter final showdown at the SM North EDSA…