Rodolfo Luat
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Rodolfo "Boy Samson" Luat (b. December 8, 1957) is one of the strong players of Team Philippines and he holds many Asian individual and team titles. Luat and his wife have two children. One of the Philippine's best, Luat turned professional at age 16. He has titles in the Asian Championships and the Philippine 9-Ball Open in 1992. Winner of the 1996 Camel World Open, Luat always is regarded as a dark horse in any World Open tournament.
In 2006, he won the Taiwan leg of the on-going 2006 San Miguel Beer Asian 9-Ball Tour beating Hsia Hui-Kai, 11-7, in the finals, on his very first try on the annual circuit sponsored by San Miguel Beer. He also placed runner-up in the US Open at Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, losing to John Schmidt, 11-6, winning US$15,000.00 in the process. He participated in the IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship held at Las Vegas, Nevada, reaching the 5th round with winnings of US$30,000.00. He also reached the third round of the rich IPT Tour World Open 8-Ball Championship held at Reno, Nevada, where he won US$11,100.00.
[edit] Personal
"Boy Samson" is a moniker he has carried on since the 70's because of his "Samson" break. He is packaged in a Champion's box, and indeed, he should be. This often regarded to as a quiet Pro is not at all quiet after a few minutes of casual conversation. Boy Samson is a very candid person, usually expressing himself in his witty sense of humor.
[edit] Achievements
- Runner-up, 2006 US Open
- Champion, 2006 Taiwan Leg, SMB Asian 9-Ball Tour
- Champion, 2000 Viking 9-Ball Tour Stop 27
- Champion, 1999 Northwest 9-ball Championship
- Champion, 1996 Camel World 9-Ball Championship
- Champion, 1992 Asian Championships
- Champion, 1992 Philippine 9-Ball Open
- Champion, 1991 Asian Championship in Osaka, Japan
