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Buoyed by the huge success of last year's Dumaguete City International 9-Ball Championships, Filipino cue artists get another chance to flaunt their wares when the first International Masskara Billiards Festival unfolds later in the year in Bacolod City.
The event will be held from October 8 to 12 at the Garden Royal Function Hall, Goldenfields Commercial Complex in Bacolod City in Negros Occidental province.
?As in the previous international billiard tournaments we have already hosted, such as Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental 9-Ball Championships, we (NBS) expect this year's competition to be just as successful. We also have men's and women's amateur 9-ball championships,? said Christopher ?Toper? Palses, coach of the Negros Billiard Stable of Jonathan Sy.
Promoted by Global Entertainment Marketing Services Corporation and presented by City of Bacolod League Cities of the Philippines in cooperation with Negros Billiard Stable, Puyat Sports, Bugsy Promotions and Billiard Managers Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP), the event offers a total pot prize of $84,200. The champion will bring home $30,000, the runner-up $15,000 and the third and fourth placers pocket $5,000 each.
Fifth to eighth placers will get $2,500 each, ninth to 16th pocket $1,200 each while 17th to 32nd placers will receive $600 each.
Meanwhile, the 16 players seeded in the main draw are Efren ?Bata? Reyes, Francisco ?Django? Bustamante, Alex ?The Lion? Pagulayan, Dennis ?Robocop? Orcollo, Ronato ?Volcano? Alcano, Lee Vann ?The Slayer? Corteza, Ramil ?Bebeng? Gallego, Warren ?Warrior? Kiamco, Roberto ?Pinoy Superman? Gomez, Ricky ?Bai? Zerna, Joven ?The Shark? Bustamante, Gandy ?Sapsal? Valle and Antonio ?Nikoy? Lining.
Before the main event (first International Masskara Billiards Festival), a 9-ball amateur cup will be staged dubbed as Inter-City National Amateur Billiards Tournament from October 4 to 7.
The winner in the men's amateur division will take home P100,000 while P30,000 awaits the winner in the women's amateur event.
