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Nickname | "Boy Samson" | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1957-12-08)8 December 1957 (age 67) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Philippines | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Best finish | Quarter finals 2006WPA World Nine-ball Championship | ||||||||||||||
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Rodolfo Luat (born December 8, 1957) is aFilipino professionalpool player fromAngeles City. He holds many Asian titles and has won a few titles in U.S. Luat turned professional at age 16. He has titles in the Asian Championship and the Philippine Nine-ball Open in 1992. In 1996 Luat won the Camel Open 9-Ball Championship defeatingNick Varner in the finals.
"BoySamson" is a moniker he has carried since the 1970s because of his powerful break. During the 2003 Asian Nine-ball Tour, Luat commented that he broke so hard one time that he made a crack on the cue ball.
In 1978, Luat represented Team Philippines in the Philippines-Japan Rotation Friendship Tournament, alongsideJose Parica,Efren Reyes, Jorge Dacer, and Manuel Flores.[1]
He won the Taiwan leg of the 2006WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour beating Hsia Hui-kai 11–7 in the finals. He participated in the 2006International Pool Tour IPT North American Open Eight-ball Championship held atLas Vegas, Nevada.
Very skilled players innine-ball have the tendency to sometimes pocket four or even five ballson the break. Luat, at the 2005Japan Open 9-Ball held inTokyo, sanksix balls on the break,[2]
Luat, 50, won the $15,000 top prize of theBacolod leg, of the First Senate PresidentManny Villar Cup, on November 16, 2008. At the Garden Royal Function Hall of Goldenfields Commercial Complex, Luat defeatedRamil Gallego, 13-10.[3][4]
Luat and his wife have two children, Geraldine Luat and Richard Bryan Luat.[citation needed]
