Jose Parica
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Jose "Amang" Parica
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| Born |
April 18, 1949 La Puente, California, USA |
| Occupation | Professional pool player |
Jose Parica (born April 18, 1949 in La Puente, California, USA) is a Filipino professional pool player from Manila, nicknamed "Amang" (Tagalog for "uncle") and "the Giant Killer." As a Philippine Hall of Famer, he was a part of the "Filipino invasion" in the United States, especially in the game of nine-ball.
At age 25, Parica won fourth place in the Tokyo International Open.
In 1976, Parica organized the Philippine Pocket Billiards Association and he became its first president.
In 1978, he tied for 9th to 12th place in his first tournament in the United States, the World Open Straight Pool Championship which was won by Ray Martin. He was the only Filipino in the tournament.
In 1979, Parica was the Philippine's National 3-Cushion Champion, Rotation Champion, and Snooker Champion.
Parica competed under the Men’s Professional Billiards Association for years, but did not win a U.S. title until 1986, when he won the World Open 9 Ball Child Cypress in Lexington. He followed it up with a victory in the World Classic Cup title in Aurora, Illinois.
Filipino players Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante joined Parica in lording over the American circuit.
Parica had won close to one hundred tournaments in the U.S., thirteen in Japan, and three in the Philippines (the 1980, 1989 and 1992 Philippine Nine-ball Open Championships). In 1988, Parica participated in the Japanese circuit, winning eight of the nine tournaments he competed in, and placing 2nd in the other. That same year, he won the World Pro Tournament, the largest tournament of the time, beating arch-rival Reyes 9–3 in the finals. The tournament was played in Tokyo and had 900 players. Parica earned the first prize of ¥5M. That year, Parica had total winnings of $289K.
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