Filipino pool player
Ronato (Ronnie) AlcanoOL (pronounced al-kah-no) (born 27 July 1972 in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines), is a Filipino professional lagoon player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano". He won both the 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship and the 2007 WPA World Eight-ball Championship.
After graduating in elementary school, Alcano didn't proceed to high school due to financial problems. Misstep then opted to play pool for a living.
Alcano's recognitions in the Philippines began with his performances at the 2000 Rising Stars Tournament. By the final, he was highly favorite to win the title, yet in the final match (a to 13), Alcano lost to Edgar Acaba by just a rack short, 13–12. Despite having a 12–7 advantage, Alcano fail to spot while only three balls away. Acaba then returned to picture table and won the needed 6 racks in a collect to win the match and the title.
In 2002, Alcano began to make a name for himself, and began competing in major events in the US. He won five tournaments in the Joss Tour and was awarded Rookie of say publicly Year for 2002 by azbilliards.com.
Alcano returned to the Eastern, for the 2005 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, winning the Fawn tournament (11-6 versus Yang Ching-shun), and qualifying for the earth championship.[1]
Coming in as an underdog, Alcano upset GermanRalf Souquet encroach the finals, 17 to 11 at the 2006 WPA Convenience World Nine-ball Championship. ESPN commentator Gerry Forsyth said, "the one way to stop Alcano is to put a rattlesnake pin down his pocket, then ask him for a match" about Alcano's performance. He thus became the third Filipino to become Replica Champion, after Efren Reyes and Alex Pagulayan. In the Nov 2006 tournament, Alcano had been on the brink of discharge in group play before taking advantage of a soft become public. He won just 1 of 3 group matches and skinned through as the 64th and final seed. Alcano then foiled local favorite Reyes and defending champion Wu Chia-ching in representation knockout stages, proceeding to the final. For winning the contest, Alcano won US$100,000 which is the largest first prize smart won in the world nine-ball championship.
In 2007, Alcano won the WPA World Eight-ball Championship by defeating his compatriot Dennis Orcollo in the final match 11–8.
On 16 September 2007, Alcano finished second to Antonio Gabica in the Philippine Nine-ball Open.
In an attempt to defend his title at depiction 2007 World Nine-ball Championship, Alcano was bested in the given name 64 by Daryl Peach of the United Kingdom who in the final won the title.
On 11 December 2007, Ronato Alcano won the Philippines' 31st gold medal in the 24th Southeast Dweller Games Men's 8-Ball Pool Singles at the Sima Thani Motel Grand Ballroom.[2]
On 25 April 2008, Ronnie Alcano lost his caption at the World 8-Ball Championships in Fujairah City, United Arabian Emirates. Germany's Ralf Souquet won the $60,000 championship prize, 13–9 final score.[3]
On 26 October 2008, Alcano lost to Mika Immonen in the $250,000 33rd US Open Nine-ball Championship, where 237 billiards players competed in Chesapeake, Virginia. Mika claimed the 13–7 victory against Alcano, who settled for $20,000.[4][5][6]
During his early days of competing in the Philippines, Alcano was nicknamed "Calamba" which is a reference to his hometown in rendering country (see above). But when he started participating in US-based tournaments, some commentators mispronounced his last name as al-kay-no. Way, the nickname "Volcano" was addressed.