Francisco "Django" Bustamante and Ronnie Alcano led the charge of the remaining RP bets, whose victories more than made up for the shock defeats of Reyes, former world No. 1 Orcollo and current World No. 5 Corteza.
Bustamante routed German Oliver Ortman, 11-2, while Alcano, who ruled this event in 2006 in Manila, overwhelmed Indian Muhammad Zulfikri, 11-6, as they remained on track for the $36,000 champion's purse.
Also cruising to the next round of the week-long event held at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation hall were former Asian Games gold medalist Jeffrey de Luna, Marlon Manalo, Japan-based Antonio Lining, Francisco Felicida, Raymund Faraon, Oliver Medenilla and little-known Venacio Tanio, who pulled off one of the day's biggest upsets.
Tanio booted out German Ralf Souquet, the reigning world 8-ball champ,11-9, while De Luna trounced Taiwanese Chang Jung-lin, 11-9, Manalo turned back Taiwanese Lu Hui Chan, 11-8, Lining routed Malaysian Lee Poh Soon, 11-6, Felicilda downed Qataris Bashar Hussain, 11-7, Faraon booted out Ukrainian Artem Koshovoj, 11-8, and Medenilla crushed nipped Japanese Yukio Akakariyama.
The 55-year-old Reyes, who snared the Spanish Open last week, bowed to American Johnny Archer in a hill-hill battle, 10-11, while the reigning World Pool Masters champion Orcollo yielded to Italian Bruno Muratore, 8-11, and 2010 US Open 10-ball titlist Corteza lost to Tony Drago of Malta, 7-11.
Four other Pinoys were shown the door as Joven Alba, a Middle East pool instructor, bowed to American Shane Van Boening, 7-11, while former Asian Games gold medalist Antonio Gabica suffered a 4-11 defeat to English Craig Osbome and Israel Rota succumbed and Allan Cuartero yielded to Canadian Jason Klatt, 8-11, and Dutch Nick Van Den Berg, 6-11, respectively.
Another Filipino is expected to get the door as De Luna is set to face Felicilda in a Round-of-32 match.
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