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Filipino cue artists win 2017 World 9-Ball Championship title and runner-up, take home $30k and $15k

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<figure class="entry-thumbnail"><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2017/12/filipino-cue-artists-win-2017-world-9-ball-championship-title-and-runner-up-take-home-30k-and-15k/screenshot_2-142/"><img alt="" src="http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screenshot_2-12.png" title="pinoy cue artists"/></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Image by World Pool-Billiard Association"s Facebook post</figcaption></figure><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched"></aside>DOHA, Qatar – The Philippines’ Carlo Biado became the 2017 WPA World 9-ball Champion on Thursday after a convincing 13-5 win over his fellow Filipino Roland Garcia in Doha, Qatar.<div class="mh-content-ad"><center><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4371415587684975" data-ad-slot="7602366242"></ins></center></div>Biado bags $ 30,000 (P1.5 million) for his victory, while Garcia takes home $ 15,000.Biado became the first Filipino to win the 9-ball title since Francisco “Django” Bustamante in 2010.“I’m very, very happy now because it’s been a long time,” Biado said in an interview posted on World Pool-Billiard Association’s Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/worldpoolbilliardassociation/posts/909733765858845">page</a>.Biado defeated Taiwan’s Wu Kun Lin in the semifinals, while Garcia won over Albania’s Klenti Kaci for a Filipino-versus-Filipino finals.Other Filipinos who won the title after Efren “Bata” Reyes (1999) were Alex Pagulayan (2004), Ronato “Volcano” Alcano (2006), and Django Bustamante.<div><center><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4371415587684975" data-ad-slot="5152087446" data-ad-format="rectangle"></ins></center></div> This article has been viewed 166 times. Article originally posted: December 15, 2017, 1:02 am (UTC-0). Last update: December 15, 2017 at 1:04 am (UTC-0). <a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org">Let"s block ads!</a> <a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org/acceptable.html">(Why?)</a>

Image by World Pool-Billiard Association"s Facebook post DOHA, Qatar – The Philippines’ Carlo Biado became the 2017 WPA World 9-ball Ch...