Django, Robocop overcome first hurdle in World Cup

By LOUI GALICIA, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau 10/10/2008 5:12 PM


Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo and Francisco "Django" Bustamante easily overcame the first hurdle in their bid to reclaim the top spot in the 2008 World Cup of Pool.

Tournament favorites Orcollo and Bustamante breezed through their first ever matches in Rotterdam, Netherlands, as they promised.

The Pinoys showed the Europeans why the Philippines is the leader in game of pool with Orcollo being the World Pool Association (WPA) top-ranked player and Bustamante, a legend himself, joining the hall of famers.

Beating the Danish team of Martin Larsen and Kasper Kristoffersen, 8-2, the Pinoys accelerated their no-mercy moves to immediately finish the round of eight.

It, however, was a slight disappointment to about fifty compatriots and a lot of their European fans who travelled from different parts of Holland to the Outland Nightclub to watch and cheer the two pool geniuses.

The match could have been longer had Bustamante and Orcollo not performed their whiz moves and maneuvers.

Bustamante and Orcollo are now psyching up to their second race-to-eight where they face a tougher battle against Russia's 16-year-old wonderkid Russlan Chinakhov and former European No. 1 and 2007 Mosconi Cup winner Konstantin Stepanov on Friday at 7 pm (1 am Saturday Manila).

The winner of the match will go to the quarter-finals on Saturday.

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