Pacquiao's protege vies for Jakarta pool cup

By Alex P. Vidal

NEW YORK CITY -- The protege of Sen. Manny Pacquiao is one of the 128 players from all over the world invited to participate in the 2017 Ketua DPRD DKI 10-Ball Open Tournament on September 24-October 1 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Pacquiao (middle) with Grace and Michael

Michael Angelo Feliciano, 32, will attempt to bring home the championship trophy in the absence of his teammates, led by former world 9-ball champion Efren "Bata" Reyes.
"Senator Pacquiao has been very supportive of Michael and is hoping that he will give his rivals a run for their money," reported Grace Precious Tambasin, Michael's wife.
Tambasin said Michael earned the Jakarta berth by virtue of his second place finish to Kokoy Villafuerte in the "Handicapping 1st Balls Championship" sponsored by the senator, who is a former world boxing champion.
The Jakarta Cup has a format of elimination round race to seven double elimination break with the top 32 players racing to nine single elimination alternate break.
There will be a final race to 11 alternative break and the Harmony Billiards 10 Balls rules will be applied.
The champion goes home with $10,000 plus trophy; first runner-up $4,000 plus trophy; second runner-up $2,000 plus trophy; third runner-p $1,000 plus trophy; fifth to eight places $750 each; 9th to 16th places $500 each; and 17th to 32nd places $250 each.