Salutations!!

Congratulation to Ronato “Calamba” Alcano for winning the 2006 World Pool Championship. We, your countrymen, are proud of you!!

Unseeded Ronato Alcano of the Philippines beat seventh-seed Ralf Souquet of Germany to bag the 2006 World Pool Championship crown and the US$100,000 winner’s purse.

The hometown crowd erupted in wild applause as underdog Alcano stunned Souquet with a 17-11 victory in his first World Pool finals appearance, broadcast live to millions of the sport’s fans around the world.

Alcano led most of the way to a clear victory over Souqet, the odds-on favourite to win after blazing his way to the finals, beating a tough line-up that included three Taiwanese players.