Peach rallies to beat Alcano in Bigtime Billiards Face Off Series

BRITAIN’S  Daryl “The Dazzler” Peach pulled off an amazing come-from-behind 9-7 victory over Filipino cue master Ronato “Volcano” Alcano to win the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off Series dubbed The Dazzler and The Volcano late Saturday at the PAGCOR Airport Casino in Paranaque City.

The 39-year-old Peach, a native of Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, came back from 2-7 down, winning seven straight racks to beat Alcano in the end.

“At the start of the match, I was nervous,” said Peach, who beat Alcano in the 2006 International Pool Tour (IPT) in Las Vegas, Nevada and 2007 World Pool (9-ball) Championships in Manila. “However I didn’t lose hope because of the winner’s break format.”

The race-to-9, winner’s break, 10-ball match is a joint undertaking of Mega Sports World and BRKHRD Corporation.

“I guess it was not my day,” said the 39-year-old Alcano from Calamba City, Laguna, who beat Peach during the 2007 World 8-ball Championships in United Arab Emirates.

Peach’s next assignment will be World 9-ball champion Francisco “Django” Bustamante this Saturday.

Peach took home the $5,000 top purse while Alcano settled for $2,500.

It was three in a row for the foreign bets domination of the circuit after German Ralf “Kaiser” Souquet beat Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo and Carlo “Carlo” Biado in the previous PBBF matches. /correspondent MARLON BERNARDINO