Orcollo captures Reno Open title

Dennis Orcollo bested a big field of 159 players, including two-time champion Kim Davenport, to rule the 2006 Reno Open at the Sands Regency Hotel in Reno, Nevada, USA over the weekend.

Orcollo, who also won earlier this year at the US Bar Table 8-Ball Championship and the Hard Times IPT Qualifier, proved unstoppable all week as he scored victories over Corey Deuel, Tim Hall and Rich Geiler then routed Davenport, 9-1, to grab the hot-seat Sunday.

The 27-year-old Filipino ace cue master actually blew the chance to dispose of Davenport, who worked his way up from the one-loss side to reach the finals, in the first set of the double elimination finale, squandering a 5-1 lead and enabling Davenport to snatch a 9-7 win to force the decider.

Orcollo got to the hill first, 8-7, in the second set of the finals, but scratched on the break, enabling Davenport to tie the match at hill-hill with a flawless table run.

Davenport broke the final game and made a ball, but had no position on the one ball. He then pushed out to a long straight shot on the one but Orcollo took advantage with a slow rolling shot on the one ball followed by a dicey table run to earn the thrilling 9-8 victory.

With his feat, Orcollo took home $12,500 while Davenport settled for runner-up prize of $7,500.