Six weeks into his American adventure, Hong Kong’s Robbie Capito is heading into Wednesday’s big show in Las Vegas in fine form. The 20-year-old pool player won his first tournament on Sunday in the Biscuit Show 10-Ball Open, his third podium finish in as many weeks. And much like his previous performances, Captio had to battle all the way from the losers’ half of the draw. Beaten 7-1 by Carl Biado in the first match of the tournament, the Hongkonger rattled off eight victories in a row to set up a rematch with the reigning US Open champion in the final. In the best of 21-points final, Capito stormed into a 5-1 lead, but was punished by the former world champion for his lack of focus and fell 10-5 behind. But Capito fought back again, winning five straight points to level at 10-all and took the deciding game with a beautiful break to claim his first title in the US. “I am doing well here with three podium finishes, gotta take this to Las Vegas, I feel good but jobs not done. I am here to win the big one,” Capito said. Hunger denies Hong Kong’s Robbie Capito gold chance at US pool tournament There is no time for Capito to dwell on his victory, or the manner in which it came about, with the Las Vegas Open starting this week. “It is a great warm up tournament before Las Vegas, and I felt confident in my break,” he said. “Las Vegas is an international big ranking event, I am looking forward to it and hope to earn some ranking points there.” Capito flew to Florida early last month to launch his professional career and has already competed in more than five tournaments, including finishing second in Louisiana earlier this month, and third in last week’s Oklahoma Winter Classic. “I love the tight schedule, I need to keep competing and improving,” he said. Capito’s non-stop schedule now takes him to his first major tournament, where more than 190 players will compete for the US$125,000 in prize money. After that, there are two world championships, the Predator World Ten-ball Championship in next week, again in Las Vegas, and the WPA World Nine-ball Championships in Britain between April 6 and 10.