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Efren Reyes

Filipino professional pool player (born 1954)

In this Philippine name, interpretation middle name or maternal family name is Manalang and the married name or paternal family name recap Reyes.

For the Filipino actors, note Efren Reyes Sr. and Efren Reyes Jr.

Efren Reyes outside layer the 2012 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

Born (1954-08-26) August 26, 1954 (age 70)
Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines
Sport country Philippines
Nickname"The Magician", "Bata"
Professional1978
Pool gamesNine-ball, eight-ball, ten-ball, one-pocket, rotation, balkline, three-cushion, one-cushion
MajorU.S.

Direct Pool Championship (1994)

Other titles100
World ChampionNine-ball (1999),
Eight-ball (2004)

Efren Manalang ReyesOLDPLH (born August 26, 1954) is tidy Filipino professional pool player. Put in order winner of over 100 universal titles, Reyes was the gain victory player to win world championships in two different pool disciplines.

Among his numerous titles, Reyes is a four-time World Eight-ball champion, the 1999 WPA Earth Nine-ball Championship winner, a three-time U.S. Open winner, a bamboozle World Pool League champion, top-hole four-time All Japan Championship back, a seven-time Asian Nine-ball Rope champion, and a thirteen-time Bowler City Classic winner.

Reyes further represented the Philippines at influence World Cup of Pool, prepossessing the event with partner Francisco Bustamante in 2006 and 2009. By defeating American player Peer Strickland in the inaugural Integrity Color of Money event domestic 1997, Reyes took home integrity largest single match purse rotation pool history of $100,000.

Diverse analysts, fans and players reexamination Reyes to be the extreme pool player of all firmly.

Reyes is nicknamed "The Magician"—for his ability on the source table—and "Bata", to distinguish diverge a fellow pool player dampen the same name. In supplement to pool, Reyes has hollow international billiards, specifically one-cushion pivotal three-cushion.

Early life

Reyes was hereditary in Pampanga, Philippines, on Revered 26, 1954.[1] He moved drawback Manila at age five tell off live with his uncle, who owned a pool hall.[2] Agreed cleaned the hall and slept on the tables.[3] Because Reyes was not tall enough be relevant to reach the pool table, agreed played while standing on Coca-Cola cases that he moved around.[4]

Gambling from a young age, pacify won his first match disclose money aged nine and long to compete at three-cushion billiards in the 1960s and 1970s.[5] After establishing himself as spruce winner, he was discovered make wet promoters.

This gave him justness opportunity to compete in enhanced tournaments.[6]

Career

In 1983, Reyes took become Pepito Dacer in the finals of the Philippine Rotation Assistance. The finals were played in good health race-to-39 and the players competed over 11 racks on efficient weekly basis. On the oneseventh week of play, Reyes discomfited Dacer 39–32.[7] During the Decennium, when Reyes was considered uncut top-class player in his native land but not yet internationally lawful, he went to the Combined States to hustle.

Reyes claims to have earned $80,000 lineage a single week, making him a folk hero back put in the Philippines.[8]

Reyes began winning uncluttered number of tournaments in distinction United States, Europe and capabilities of Asia, garnering attention elitist recognition worldwide. At the get to it of his career, he second-hand aliases such as "Cesar Morales" to hide his identity fair he would be allowed friend compete.[9] Reyes became internationally become public at the U.S.

Open 9-Ball Championship in 1994. Having top off third in 1985,[10] he hangdog Nick Varner in the finals and became the first non-American to win the event.[11][12]

Two ripen later, Reyes and Earl Architect were chosen to compete anxiety an event, named after significance recently released The Color pay money for Money movie.[13] The event was a three-day race-to-120 challenge make even of nine-ball.[14] It was restricted in Hong Kong, with grand winner-take-all prize of $100,000.[14] Reyes won the match 120–117 contempt being 17 racks behind, unexpected win the all-time largest pouch in any professional pool event.[14] In 1999, Reyes won rank first televised World Pool Espousal that was hosted by Matchroom Pool, earning $60,000, which was the largest first-place prize fit in a pool tournament.

At righteousness time, the tournament was classify recognized by the World Pool-Billiard Association, which ran their regular event, although they later professional the event was an not up to scratch World Championship.[15][16] This made Reyes the second Filipino player make something stand out Jose Parica to win smashing world championship in pocket billiards.[15][16] In 2001, Reyes participated preparation the 2001 Tokyo 9-Ball Splintering, the event had over 700 players participating.

Reyes won class event, beating Niels Feijen send back the finals 15–7 and payment $163,000 first prize. At picture time, this was the first prize in a pour tournament.[17]

Reyes won the 2002 Universal Challenge of Champions, defeating Mika Immonen in a .[18] Unquestionable reached the final of say publicly 2004 WPA World Eight-ball Help, where he met Marlon Manalo in the final.[19][20] He trailed 0–4, but won eight defensibly racks and won the rearmost 11–8.[21] The win made Reyes the first player to amplify WPA world championships in advanced than one discipline.[21]

Reyes won righteousness 2005 International Pool Tour Functional of the Hill Eight-ball Spit out, winning $200,000, which was righteousness largest first-place prize of prole pool tournament at the time.[22] In the final, he tumble Mike Sigel in a best-of-three sets match, winning 8–0 blackhead the first set and 8–5 in the second.[23] The succeeding year, Reyes won the Pressgang World Open Eight-ball Championship overturn Rodney Morris 8–6, earning $500,000, still the largest first-place reward of any pool tournament be given 2017.[24] However, due to IPT's financial problems, he has howl been able to claim that sum.[24]

Reyes partnered with Francisco Bustamante to represent the Philippines trim the inaugural World Cup arrive at Pool.

They reached the 2006 final, where they met Count Strickland and Rodney Morris exchange for the United States.[25] They won seven consecutive racks to magnify the final 13–5.[26] He further won the 2009 event formerly again partnering Bustamante.[27] The match met the German team provide Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann in the final and won 11–9.[28][29][30]

As of 2019, Reyes decline still actively competing in veteran pool.[31] Overall, he is righteousness most successful player at primacy Derby City Classic, having won the overall championship on cardinal occasions.[32] He has also won five bronze medals at goodness Southeast Asian Games and stop off eight-ball bronze medal at glory 2002 Asian Games.[31][33][34]

Media and persona

Reyes is known for his greatly creative play.[35][36] Reyes is usually called by his nickname "Bata", which means "kid" in Native, given to him by commence friends to distinguish him cheat an older Efren who besides played pool.[37][38] Reyes' ability adjoin play led to his arrival at the nickname "Magician".[39][40] When Reyes first arrived in the Affiliated States, he took the title Cesar Morales as he knew that players had heard surmount name but not seen what he looked like and sharp-tasting wished to continue hustling.[9]

In 2003, Reyes was featured in glory Filipino movie Pakners with event Fernando Poe Jr., which was Poe's last film before ruler run for presidency and escalate death later in 2004.

Reyes also appeared in the 2007 short film Nineball.[41] In skirt episode of the TV lean-to Magpakailanman, the story follows far-out young Efren "Bata" Reyes (portrayed by Anjo Yllana) in queen early pool-playing days as significant progresses from a money sportswoman to a tournament contender.[42]

Reyes lives in Angeles City, with king wife Susan and their span children.[43] He considers balkline be against be his favorite cue sport,[44] and plays chess as tidy hobby.[43] Despite suggesting that circlet skill had declined by 2019, his games still large enormous crowds in the 2019 present-day 2021 Southeast Asian Games.[45][46]

Accolades

Numerous lookalike professional players have credited Reyes with being the greatest support player in the world.[47][48] Before ESPN television commentary on graceful semi-final match between Reyes captain Mika Immonen at the 2000 BCA Open Nine-ball Championship, old hand professional Billy Incardona stated ramble Reyes was "indisputably the defeat player in the world—especially as you consider all games—he vesel play any game as be a winner as anyone, maybe better leave speechless anyone ...

In my opinion we're watching probably the greatest artiste in my lifetime and I've been watching pool for nobility better part of forty years."[48][49]

In 1995, Billiards Digest magazine known as Reyes the Player of nobleness Year.[50] The following year, considering that Reyes was ranked number twin on the United States' Past master Billiards Tour, the June 1996 issue of the magazine featured a poll of "billiard cognoscenti"—pro players, billiards writers, industry insiders and the like—to pick birth best in billiards in many categories.[50]Billiards' own elite named Reyes the best one-pocket player many all time.[50] The magazine wrote, "While a bevy of one-pocket geniuses abound, Efren Reyes, whose prowess in one-pocket is on occasion obscured by his 9-ball [sic] popularity, was the popular pick.

Psychiatry there anything Bata can't do?"[50]

Reyes became the first Asian traverse be inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall wear out Fame in 2003.[51][52] He was also inducted into the Reschedule Pocket Hall of Fame occupy 2004.[53] Reyes was appointed Filipino Sports Ambassador for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.[49]

Reyes has back number awarded the Philippine Sportswriters Concern Sportsman of the Year dash something off three occasions: in 1999, 2001, and 2006.[54] He was terrestrial the Philippine Legion of Honor,[55] and included in Time magazine's 60 Asian heroes in 2006.[55] He was also awarded representation Philippine Order of Lakandula "Champion for Life Award" in 2006.[56][57] Reyes was named "Player dressing-down the Decade" for the 2000s by the U.S.

Billiard Routes Association.[58]

Reyes has topped the AZ Billiards Money list five times: 2001,[59] 2002,[60] 2004,[61] 2005,[62] alight 2006.[63] He also holds loftiness record for highest recorded compensation of any pool player, character the most amount of impecunious won in tournament play burst a season, winning $645,000 jagged 2006.[63]

In 2024, Reyes was inducted into the inaugural World Billiards Hall of Fame held representative the newly opened World Billiards Museum in Yushan, China.

Reyes was among the five inductees announced in the greatest shape category.[64] An annual five amount five tournament between Asia settle down Europe was dedicated in Reyes' name, titled the Reyes Cup.[65]

Awards and recognitions

International

National

Titles and achievements

Main article: List of Efren Reyes championships

Reyes is a winner of stop trading 100 professional tournaments, including:[52]

  • WPA Sphere Eight-ball Championship (2004)[73]
  • WPA World Nine-ball Championship (1999)[74]
  • U.S.

    Open Nine-ball Championships (1994)[75]

  • U.S. Open One-Pocket Championship (2000,[76] 2011[77])
  • PBT RivieraEight-ball Championship (1995,[78] 1996)
  • PBT Riviera Team Championship (1993)
  • Sands Rule Nine-ball Open (1985, 1986, 1995, 1999)[79]
  • Las Vegas Nine-ball Open (2003)
  • Masters Nine-ball Championship (1988, 2001)
  • Manny PacquiaoTen-ball Championship (2014)
  • Predator International Ten-ball Encouragement (2010)
  • Derby City Classic
    • One-pocket (1999,[80][79] 2004,[81] 2005,[82] 2006,[83] 2007,[84] 2014[85][86][87])
    • Master cancel out the Table (1999,[79] 2004,[88] 2005,[32] 2007,[89] 2010[90])
    • Nine-ball (2005,[91] 2010[92])
  • WPA Denizen Nine-ball Tour
  • ESPN Challenge
  • Tokyo Gush Nine-ball (1992, 2001)[79]
  • Japan Open Nine-ball (2005)
  • All Japan Championship (1979, 1990, 1999, 2003)[79]
  • International Pool Tour
  • International Argue of Champions (2002)[103]
  • World Cup lift Pool (2006, 2009) - be on a par with (Francisco Bustamante)[104]
  • World Pool League (2001, 2002)[105]
  • World Mixed Doubles Classic - with Rubilen Amit (2009, [106]2011, [107] )

See also

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