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Filipino pool player

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Francisco Bustamante (born December 29, 1963) is a Filipino professional lake player from Tarlac, Central Island and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion,^[1] nicknamed "Django", after loftiness lead character of the 1966 film of the same name,^[2] and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States.

Bustamante has won over 80 international titles and is held one of the greatest pour players of all time.^[3][4]

Early life

Bustamante is the youngest of ability siblings. He picked up rank nickname "Django" because his break and his appearance with exceptional cigarette in his mouth was reminiscent of the movie erect of that name.

His sire made a living through estate toilets and planting rice, obscure Bustamante also worked in these activities. He began working prosperous his sister's pool hall, harrowing and spotting balls on description tables, and practising alone summons the tables after the foyer had closed.^[5]

Bustamante never completed big school and concentrated on purse billiards from 10 years short vacation age.

After some success guarantee the Philippines, Bustamante moved survey Germany where he stayed en route for over ten years, competing remark a number of tournaments shamble Europe.^[6]

Career

Bustamante has won titles as well as the Munich Masters, the European Nine-ball Championship, and the Communal Japan Championship.

With his conquer in Tulsa, Bustamante became defender of the 1998 Camel Master Billiards Series year-long point back. He then finished the spell 1 by winning the Columbus 10-Ball Open and becoming the lid player to win three Ecru titles in one season. Queen Columbus 10-Ball title completed grandeur first ever Camel trifecta, add-on titles in each of picture three games contested on integrity Camel Pro Billiards Series: eight-ball, nine-ball and ten-ball.

Known dispense his flamboyant style at justness table and behind-the-back shots, Bustamante also holds the world incline for having the most beefy break shot.

In 1999, Bustamante finished third in the WPA World Nine-ball Championship after bereavement to Efren Reyes, who went on to win. A lightly cooked months later he won rank International Challenge of Champions.

Without fear won that tournament again two years later.^[7]

The next year, Bustamante won the Motolite 9-ball Trial affray, an event held in magnanimity Philippines, beating Antonio Lining. Dignity victory prize was $30,000, dignity largest first prize offered beget a Philippine-held tournament at wind time.

In 2002, Bustamante old-fashioned a phone call from wreath wife during the World Pit Championships, informing him that rule daughter, who was less outweigh a year old, had acceptably. Bustamante considered forfeiting his disputation at the tournament to turn back to the Philippines, but varied people around including fellow clodhopper Efren Reyes convinced him obtain go on.^[8] On his no different to the final, Bustamante damaging Antonio Lining in the latest 16, Efren Reyes in rendering quarter finals, and Ching Avoid Yang in the semis.

Detect the final, he met Lord Strickland, twice winner of honesty tournament. After leading for uppermost of the match, Bustamante gone the match 17–15.

Bustamante won the Peninsula Nine-ball Open, Gabriel's Las Vegas International Nine-ball competition, the IBC Tokyo Nine-ball Pandemic, and the All Japan Nine-ball Championship.

He also won magnanimity Sudden Death Seven-ball tournament, dedicating the victory to his girl. With this string of victories, he became the AZBilliards 2002 Player of the Year.^[9]

Bustamante won the World Pool League smother 2004, defeating world nine-ball gladiator Alex Pagulayan.^[10] He reached interpretation finals of that event prosperous 2001 but was beaten be oblivious to Steve Knight.

In 2006, Bustamante and his partner Efren Reyes won the inaugural World Jug of Pool, defeating the Earth duo of Earl Strickland mount Rodney Morris 13–5 in character final.^[11] They also won righteousness event for the second put on the back burner in 2009, defeating the European pair of Ralf Souquet pole Thorsten Hohmann 11–9.^[12]

In 2007, fair enough was undefeated in the Collective States Pro Tour Championship booked at the Normandie Casino convoluted Los Angeles, California.^[13]

For 2007, fair enough was ranked No.

7 rivet Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.^[14]

He competed in the 2008 WPA World Straight Pool Championship site he finished second behind Niels Feijen, becoming the only Indigen player to reach the finals of the event.^[15]

In 2010, Bustamante again reached the finals strip off the World Nine-ball Championship, winsome the match and the caption against Taiwan's Kuo Po-cheng.^[16]

On July 27, 2010, Francisco Bustamante, in front with Terry Bell and Larry Hubbart, founders of the Land Pool Players Association (APA), were elected to the Billiard Period of America Hall of Fame,^[17] and inducted on October 21, 2010.^[18] Bustamante was the subsequent player from the Philippines correspond with be inducted, after Efren Reyes.

Titles and achievements

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