| Rodolfo Luat | |
| Birth Date: | 8 December 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines |
| Nickname: | "Boy Samson" |
| Professional: | 1973 |
Rodolfo Luat (born December 8, 1957) is a Filipino professional pool player from Angeles 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 defeating Nick Varner in the finals.
"Boy Samson" 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, alongside Jose Parica, Efren Reyes, Jorge Dacer, and Manuel Flores.[1]
He won the Taiwan leg of the 2006 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour beating Hsia Hui-kai 11–7 in the finals. He participated in the 2006 International Pool Tour IPT North American Open Eight-ball Championship held at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Very skilled players in nine-ball have the tendency to sometimes pocket four or even five balls . Luat, at the 2005 Japan Open 9-Ball held in Tokyo, sank six balls on the break,[2]
Luat, 50, won the $15,000 top prize of the Bacolod leg, of the First Senate President Manny Villar Cup, on November 16, 2008. At the Garden Royal Function Hall of Goldenfields Commercial Complex, Luat defeated Ramil Gallego, 13-10.[3] [4]
Luat and his wife have two children, Geraldine Luat and Richard Bryan Luat.