Hall of Famers Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante and Cebuano shotmaker Warren Kiamco spearheaded the Pinoys' rampage at the start of week-long poolfest.
Reyes and Bustamante, who recently steered the Philippines to the historic first ever championship of the World Cup of Pool posted a perfect 4.0 points, so far, in the same way with Kiamco.
Reyes hammered out a 8-2 win over Austria's Gerda Hofstatter and then pounded Germany's Oezer Bulunmaz, 8-1, before crushing Americans Mike LeBron, 8-4 and Lee Heuwagen 8-0.
Bustamante notched similar impressive victories over Republic of Ireland's John Wims, 8-4, Roman Hybler of Germany, and Americans Michael David, 8-5, and Wade Crane, 8-4, while Kiamco outlasted defending champion Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, 8-3, before nipping Americans Steve Moore, 8-5, and Loree Jon Jones, 8-2, and Jim Raney, 8-1.
Marlon Manalo, Dennis Orcollo and Ronnie Alcano also stayed unbeaten in four matches, while Alex Pagulayan racked up three straight wins.
Manalo disposed off Americans Scotty Townsend, 8-4, Thomas Kennedy, 8-5, and Charlie Williams, 8-3, and Venezuela's Rafael Gonzalez via a deflating 8-0 decision, while Orcullo pulled off a 4-0 shutout over Americans Glenn Atwell, 8-5, Michael Massey, 8-2, and Jackie Broadhurst, 8-2, and Nick Varner, 8-5.
Alcano sandwiched an 8-3 conquest of Spain's David Alcaide with lopsided triumphs over Americans Wayne Catledge, 8-2, and Mary Kenniston, 8-0. He opened the fourth round with an 8-1 rout of Sarah Ellerby.
Pagulayan mirrored Orcollo's act with a three-game sweep of Americans Jon Kucharo (8-6), Charles Bryant (8-4) and Frank Alvarez (8-1).
Rodolfo Luat, on the other hand, holds a 3-1 win-loss record. He won over Americans Jeremy Jones, 8-1, and Ewa Laurance, 8-2, and Australian Quentin Hann, 8-2, but lost in his second match to compatriot Jose "Amang" Parica, 2-8.
Antonio Lining split his first four games. He won over Germany's Stefan Santl, 8-4, and James Walden, 8-5, but bowed to England's Philip Harrison, 7-8, and to Japan's Mori Manabu, 4-8.
A total of 200 players from around the world are taking part in the tournament which offers an unprecedented prize fund of US$3 million, with the champion taking home a staggering US$500,000 or P26.5 million.