Bustamante, Orcollo occupy top 2 spots of Players Money List for int’l billiards players

Filipinos Francisco Bustamante and Dennis Orcollo dominated the latest 2013 Players Money List, which also includes two other Pinoys in the Top 11.

According to the AZbilliards.com report, the 49-year-old Bustamante grabbed the top spot with total earnings of  $45,893 for the year.

Dubbed as “Django” in the world of pool, Bustamante won the 2013 Derby City Classic Master of the Table in Horseshoe Casino and Hotel Elizabeth, Indiana last Jan. 25 to Feb. 2 receiving $20,000. He also topped the 2013 Derby City Classic Bank Division worth $10,000 and finished second in the 2013 Derby City Classic One Pocket Division worth $6,000.

Bustamante of Puyat Sports, also won the 4th Annual Chet Itow Memorial last March 9-10 at the California Billiard Club in Mountain View, California and the 4th Annual White Diamond Super 9-Ball last March 16-17 at the White Diamond Billiards in Lafayette, Los Angeles, California.

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Orcollo meanwhile, registered the biggest climb in the list by jumping to the No. 2 spot with $34,300 in earnings after winning the 2013 Derby City Classic Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge worth $20,000.

The 34 year-old Orcollo of Surigao, also finished second in the 2013 Derby City Classic 14.1 for $1,500.

Orcollo, the top player of Perry Mariano’s Bugsy Promotions International also topped the Jay Swanson Memorial last Feb. 23 to 24 in Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, California, the US Bar Box Championship Men’s 10-Ball last Feb. 25-27 in Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada and finished second in the US Bar Box Championship Men’s 9-Ball.

Orcollo, a gold medalist in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games and 2011 Palembang Southeast Asian Games, will represent the country in the prestigious 2013 World Games billiards competition on July 25 to Aug. 4 in Cali, Colombia.

Third on the money list is Great Britain’s Kelly Fisher with $34,000 after winning the 2013 Amway eSpring Women’s World 9-Ball Open last March 14-17 in Taiwan, followed by American Shane Van Boening ($29,285) and Filipino-Canadian Alex Pagulayan ($22,150).

At 6th to 11 spots are: American Corey Deuel (17,250), Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan ($15,000), Niels Feijen of the Netherlands ($14,695), Thorsten Hohmann of Germany ($12,295), Ga-Young Kim of South Korea ($11,300) and Filipino Ronato Alcano ($11,125).

Warren Kiamco, of Pasil, Cebu is at No. 17 with $8,167. Kiamco won the Midwest 9-Ball Tour Stop last Feb. 16- 17 in Shooters Billiards in Olathe, Kansas, USA.