As the host country of the 2011 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool, the Philippines had the privilege to field 2 teams in the tournament. The rest of the countries have 1 representative. The Philippine Team A was composed of World No.1 Dennis Orcollo and former World 9-ball Champ Ronato Alcano. The second Philippine team is made of the legendary Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante.
The 2 teams won their first two matches and they ended up in the quarterfinals. Reyes and Bustamante were paired against Germany's Souquet-Hohmann pairing while The Orcollo-Alcano team faced the Ko brothers of Chinese Taipei.
The German team easily disposed of the Philippine Team B, 9-1 while Taiwan won the hill-hill battle against the Philippine Team A.
It was tough to see that our teams lost in the last 8 as we expected at least one of them to make it in the finals. I am sure many people went home from SM North disappointed with the results. It has been a sad day for Philippine sports. Aside from the losses at the billiard table, Ateneo lost against Adamson and the Putra Cup campaign was disappointing.
I am sure so many Pinoy sports fan are sad tonight like billiard fanatics, Ateneans, and golf enthusiasts. I do not want even to read the news tomorrow if I am ultra-avid fan of those who lost. Well, life must go on. There are more tournaments to come. Dream endings usually happen in dreams only. The loss in billiards cannot erase the fact that the Philippines is indeed the billiards capital in the world. The loss of Ateneo means more meaningful Final 4 games. For the loss of our golfers, well, they are young and who knows they will be in the LPGA in 2-3 years.
Disappointments may come in life but what is important is that we learn from our defeats. Failure to do so is the biggest mistake one can make. One can have a bad day, bad week, bad year , or a bad decade but all things will pass and hope springs eternal. ;)
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