by Dave Delgado

Guam - John John Ada opened the championship match of the Budweiser Match Play Tournament with a five bagger as he held off Duane Camacho to claim the inaugural title. Camacho had difficulties in finding the pocket in the opening stanza but was able to recover as he struck from the third to sixth frame. Ada opened on the seventh frame which gave hope to Camacho who doubled on the eighth and ninth frames to close the gap to 16 pins going into the final frame. A bad shot in the tenth frame left Camacho with a 3-10 split that ended the run and handed the maiden championship trophy and the first place cash prize to Ada with a 216-190 victory.

In the semi-final round, 4th seed Camacho upended top seed Joey Miranda III 192-174 as Camacho took advantage of the inability of the top seed to strike throughout the course of the match on the 39' oil pattern. 2nd seed Ada deflated 3rd seed Manny Tagle's hopes for the finals taking the early lead and the victory with a 214-181 score on the 45' lane pattern.

Ada dashed 8th seed Dante Godoy's hopes after recovering from an early deficit by throwing five strikes in a row to seal the game 222-186 in the quarterfinal round to advance to the semi-final. Manny Tagle took advantage of an injured Ricky Duenas as he bombarded Duenas 182-134 while Camacho defeated 5thseed JD Castro 189-159.

In the first elimination round, Ricky Duenas came from behind with a four bagger to beat out 9th seed Gregory Borja 176-170 while Godoy slipped past 7th seed Robert Baker 160-156.

Duane Camacho took high average during the course of the regular season with a 201 average while Dante Godoy claimed the high three game series and high game with a 676 set and 280 game. Jay Leon Guerrero's 1276 was the highest six game set while Manny Tagle earned the most bonus points.