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The Sands Regency Open 29 In its continued support of the sport of pool, The Sands Regency Hotel & Casino hosted its 29th bi-annual Reno Open. In our annual quest to the high desert, Accu-Stats captured eight balls to the wall matches with Grady Mathews as the host commentator. There have been several major events over the years in which the finalists were Filipinos, but at this year’s Sands Open, and in a field of over 200, they dominated. As the video list attests, practically every match worthy of production featured at least one player from the Republic of the Philippines. It didn’t take long to notice Reyes, Bustamante, Parica, Lining Pagulayan, and the little known Ramil Gallego, in their constant onslaught as they edged their way to championship Sunday. No match was close. Our first battle featured Francisco Bustamante and Earl Strickland, a rematch of the previous Reno Open
finals. Francisco showed no weaknesses as he disposed of Earl at 9-5. S29-01 Our second match brings young gun Alex Pagulayan and introduces Antonio Lining, two Filipinos who will be contenders for
Efren, still tops in his class
a long time to come. S29-02 Canada’s John Horsfall and California’s Tang Hoa rounded out the video field. When Sunday came only Reyes, Bustamante, Parica, and Gallego remained. Gallego and Bustamante were undefeated while Reyes and Parica were on the one-loss side. Gallego’s .895 dispatched Bustamante 9, demonstrating to the crowd that, although unknown, he was a player. S29-06 In the semi-finals, Reyes delivered some “pay back” to Bustamante. S29-04 & 07 Now it was Reyes and Gallego. Ramil Gallego, a resident of Los Angeles, had to win two out of the three, race to six, sets. He edged out Reyes on the first set 6-5, Then “The Magician” summoned his magic and took sets two and three and the $10,000 first. S29-08 This was Reyes’ fourth victory at the Sands and it won’t be his last. So, if you want to see the awesome Filipino fire power, order now!
Sands Regency Open 29, Reno, NV (June 9-13, 1999): 9-Ball Tape # S29-01 S29-02 S29-03 S29-04 S29-05 S29-06* S29-07* S29-08* 110
Contestants F. Bustamante (.872) Alex Pagulayan(.854) John Horsfall (.800) F. Bustamante (.868) Jose Parica (.808) Ramil Gallego (.895) Efren Reyes (.878) Efren Reyes (.863)
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Score Earl Strickland (.750) 9-5 Antonio Lining (.722) 9-6 Tang Hoa (.731) 9-6 Efren Reyes (.812) 9-6 John Horsfall (.850) 9-6 F. Bustamante (.800) 9-3 F. Bustamante (.857) Semi’s 9-6 Ramil Gallego (.833) Finals 5-6,6-3,6-3
Hosts JH, DLo GM, BC GM, DLo GM, RW GM, RW GM, DMe GM, DLo GM, DLo
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