Efren Reyes & Chao Fong-Pang Face Off to Benefit Flood Victims in the Philippines

Right now, two of the world’s most legendary veterans of pool are in the middle of a race to 50 games in 9-ball.  Starting yesterday at 6pm in Manila (6am EST), Efren “Bata” Reyes and 2-time World 9-ball Champion, Chao Fong-Pang began this two-day set which will restart tomorrow at the same time.

This match is the second in a series of match-ups called the “Face-Off Series,” put on by Club Capo - ClubCapo.tv, and set to star a number of the world’s top players.  One such face-off is set to feature Americans Shane Van Boening & Johnny Archer in a Scotch doubles match against Filipinos Francisco Bustamante & Roberto Gomez.

However, this is not just your typical high-stakes exhibition match.  This is also a charity event, which is being shown pay-per-view, with proceeds going to help the victims of the recent flood disaster in the Philippines.

Read on for the press release to learn more about this exciting event.

Philippine billiards is set to hit another milestone with the pay-per-view showing of the forthcoming match between Efren “Bata” Reyes and fellow Asian pool legend Chao Fong-pang in “Face Off Series 3 – The Grandmasters” on October 28 and 29 at the posh Club Capo Exclusive in Tomas Morato, Quezon City.

According to Bugsy Promotions head Perry Mariano, the huge demand particularly from overseas audience to see the match in real time gave them the idea, which they hope would set a precedent for other billiards event and, in turn, would also benefit the players.

“We’ve been exploring long before and now we’ve decided to make it a go as we feel that it’s a perfect to start it with the match between Efren and Chao, which is a very intriguing one and everybody in the billiards world are excited to see,” said Mariano, who joined forces with JBET.net and Club Capo is staging the series of matches featuring the world’s top billiards players.

The PPV price is set at $19.99 and can be will be available through www.clubcapo.tv with the match slated from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Manila time) on both days.

The two-day match, a race-to-50 9-ball affair, is the Face Off Series’ and Club Capo’s next offering the highly-successful showdown between former world #1 Dennis Orcollo and Taiwanese “Son of Pool” Yang Ching-Shun last September 8 and 9 with the former emerging the victor via a 50-45 decision.

The Face Off Series 3 is also supported by Puyat Sports, Nuvo City, Negros Billiards Stable, Star Paper, and Outlast Battery.

The Reyes-Chao match is part of a series of challenge matches Club Capo is putting up.

The exclusive membership club is planning to pit eight to other pairs of world-class cue artists each year.

It has also lined up a match pitting former double world champions Ronnie Alcano and Ralf Souquet of Germany.  The second edition of The Philippines versus the World will be part of the Face-Off Series.  Club Capo Exclusive is also eyeing a match between Francisco “Django” Bustamante against American Rodney Morris and Lee Van Corteza opposite Shane van Boening in November.

Other planned matches include a rematch between 2007 World Pool Championship finalists Roberto Gomez and Daryl Peach of England; Alcano versus fellow former world champion Wu Chia-Ching of Singapore; a scotch doubles match featuring the tandem of Efren “Bata” Reyes and Bustamante against the duo of Orcollo and Alcano, as well as the pair of Bustamante and Gomez versus Johnny Archer and Van Boening, and Alcano-Johann Chua opposite Yang-Ko Pin-Yi; and a duel between Reyes and Archer.