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I don't know if viewers are aware of how difficult it is to run a rack. They make it look quite easy, and there isn't a single ball that raised pocketed daddy average player couldn't make as well what we fail to fully grasp is when he pockets a ball he leaves the cue ball in a position the pocket the remaining balls on the table pp the ability to even envision a 4 ball run is a skill beyond most the ability to execute it demonstrates the depth of their skill to do it consistently against the great players p is testimony of how great you've been. However the occasional shot which we cannot even envisioned and he executes the perfection is what makes him the magician.
I'm 66 years old and have been loving the game of pool since I was 10 years old. Although I have played a lot of competition pool in my early years, I only play for fun these days. Recently I got a chance to meet Efren Reyes and to watch him play at a small tournament in Aiken, South Carolina where I was living at the time. He has always impressed me with his skillful play, but I was even more impressed by his winning attitude and his willingness to play against much less skillful adult players and young beginners at this location. What a complete gentleman. I live in America, and now I can proudly say I've met the "best pool player of all time," Efren Reyes.
My favorite part of the game is meeting skilled players who play me even though I'm real bad and usually drunk in those moments, but the stories and experiences I hear are everything. I thank those who don't only play to kill.
Get back in to competitive pool with a team! I am 36 and play competitive pool in a team of 5, 3 games each. We play against lots of players in their 60s and 70s, and son of a bitch are some of them exceptionally good! I have played against old men whom have noticeable shaking in their hands and arms, but when they take shots they're like a sniper with good white ball placement. If you're good, get back in to competitive!
@@trevorstevenson4038 You know what, I've been getting the old Mojo back just playing with some retired guys 4 hrs a day Mon-Wed-Fri at the Senior Center. I think I'm going to take you up on that. I'm looking into getting into a local league. We'll see if I can still hang with those youngsters or if I have to get relegated to the old guy league.
@@pooliconefrenreyes I think you misunderstand. Steve isn't arrogant, he's reflecting on how he was able to keep his foot on his opponents neck. It's not saying how good he was butrather what you have to do, as a top player, when you are in front. But you have your narrative. Shit slinging in my book. Maybe you have some warped notion that it somehow elevates Efren. I reckon he'd be embarrassed tbh.
Our American viewers might not know why ...... the pool player wouldn't be able to pot any. Snooker is a M U C H harder game. The table is 12 foot long x 6 foot for a kick off
@@stigofthedump9439....so why is the best snooker player losing at a kids game? Its fair to say they are two different games....but to claim one game is superior and much harder....then the guy better at the harder sport should dominate. Pool should be a cakewalk to him.
Always enjoy watching Efrin. I'm an American in Germany. Played in a tournament when I was 14 in 1971. It was for 14 to 18 year Olds. The first game was against a 16 year old girl. Her whole family was there. I was brought there by Al, the owner of Al's pool hall. He didn't warch. Anyway, I begac with a run of 5 balls. The judge said i was shooting my opponents balls. Of course she won...i later found out that the judge was my opponents uncle...I was now totally focused and beat her easily. She was crying. And her dad came to me and said that i was the first one to beat his daughter.. I didn't say anything after they tried cheating me. Lost in the semi finals. Got a Mosconi pool stick and a trophy. The stick cracked on the first break. I didn't pursue pool but have some funny stories. I had a change of attitude beating people, friends. My brother changed me while playing him at backgammon. I learned the game from strategy book about 1977..I would play my brother and win most of the time. After I beat him again he said, "if you beat me again I won't play again. So I would play to his level... Now years later, while in the army, 1990, my supervisor went to the nco club for happy hour. The free chicken wings weren't ready. He said let's play pool. I was using g the strategy of playing as good as my opponent friend. But...the manager comes to the table slapping 50 cents down and says, "I got winner". I thought, "I've got to beat SFC Williams and get him out of here." I was rusty, hadn't played in many years. But I used a strategy that if I don't have a shot, I will not give him a shot. I won...He went to the bar next to SFC Williams and kept saying "I can beat him,,I can beat him. " I told SFC Williams, "I know he can beat me..But I didn't give him a shot". Then, in Korea 1993, my replacement, SSG Skritchfield...he was there 4 months before I was to leave. We were on the DMZ and played pool every so often. I only played to his level. He was improving. On a Sunday,,,a week and a half before leaving Korea, we got back to our room after eating supper. He said.."SGT Miller, do you want to play pool? I said no...he looked sad..so I said let's go Play. We went to the recreation center..there was no one there. I'm playing up to his level. Then this hotshot comes in with his own pool stick and case saying "I got winner ". I said to myself. I got to beat SSG Skritchfield and get this guy out. I was totally focused hitting everything. My opponent had a ball next to a corner. He was saving if he didn't have a shot. I had a ball to the rear left of thaat ball. I said to myself..jf I hit the ball with hard right English I will knock my ball in and kick his ball away. I hit like I planned. The guy said, "I think you hit my ball first". I said, "put em back, I will do it again. " I won. He took his cue, going out the back door saying, "I still think you hit my ball first. " SSG Skritchfield said "You spanked him, SGT Miller..You spanked him..I didn't know you could play like that. You were like a robot" I told him that I don't try beating friends. I play to there level..I told him that he's been improving. "
a huge fan, you are an inspiration to me and millions of others i watch and watch , and i know you have personally improved my game . especially in 9 ball. i overheard someone saying what would efren reyes do in this situation, and i called out, nobody can answer that but reyes himself. your beautiful unpredictability is sensational. one side note as a youngster i was an earl strickland fan, it amazed me how , sometimes earl took his losses to you, and appalled me on other occasions .when you announced your retirement after beating earl. he replied that he didnt think you were going to retire but as long as you said , he could say and pay his respect , by raising your hand and saying you were the best that ever was. i started liking earl again after that and pulled for him in subsequent tournaments . but you are and always will be the greatest pool player the world has ever seen. thank you for you endless entertainment .
I started playing pool as a little boy in the 60’s. I don’t remember much about those days but my father lifting me up to take a shot, since I wasn’t tall enough yet to see the balls on the table. Dad was a very good pool player in Chicago and said that I had the “eye” for the game. After my parents divorced my mom moved us to a different neighborhood where my new friends had a pool table in their house. Their older brothers were tournament players in the Chicago pool scene. We played every day on their table for years in the 70’s. My first memories of Efren Reyes was seeing him on TV playing pool. During this time, we all had long hair. Efren had long black hair and smoked cigarettes. He was more like us than most of the American and English pool players, so he was my favorite. Not to mention, he won most of the games he played in. Not many others were doing risky banks or kicks, but Efren did them regularly. I found straight in shots and cuts a little boring and started trying the crazier shots, which I became famous for in our little pool club. (I was copying Efren the whole time) Another part of my style I copied from Efren was his calmness, cool attitude, and focus. I didn’t win every game but I always had the flashiest, most memorable shots. Winning wasn’t as important to me as the cheers for a 3-rail kick that nobody would try. Some, I knew I’d make and others I just luckily made. Even a near miss was more impressive than just shooting boring obvious shots. I became a tournament player and later moved to Hawaii. Here is not as serious as the Chicago pool scene, but Hawaii has a huge Filipino population and they’re all into pool. And very good at it. That’s when I realized that Efren being the best pool player in the world, now makes sense. I had to really polish up my game to beat even the average Filipino player. And they were just like Efren. Humble, quiet, kind, and a great sense of humor about life. So of course I befriended the Filipino players. Partied with them, met their families, learned enough Ilicano to get by and I was accepted as family. The Irish guy from Chicago hanging out in the Filipino pool scene in Hawaii. I remember when I first started playing around Honolulu, a Filipino player asked who my favorite pool player was. “Efren Reyes. Has been since I was 12 years old.” That was enough to get me some respect in the Filipino community just to start off with. Moved to Washington after 35 years in Hawaii and played a few bars and tournaments here but I’m getting old and slowing down on the whole thing. So now I play pool on the internet and watch every single video I can on my pool hero and mentor, Efren “Bata” Reyes. So cool to hear his voice narrating this one. I’m looking forward to many more. Peace and aloha to you and yours Mr. Reyes, from Seattle. 🤙🏼 Edit: Just liked and subscribed. 🤙🏼
USA brother. I'm 68 and have watched all the best pool player's across the world. I came across your videos and I just wanted to be able to say that I got to say Hellow to the very best solid pool player to ever live. You deserve to be called the King of the pool table. Keep on posting those videos brother. You also have a lot of class sir.😊😊😊
How great that you finally have a channel Efren, I congratulate you!!...I'm a fan of your magic in billiards and pool. You are incomparable. We would like you to reveal to us which planet you come from, Ganymede?...the Pleiades perhaps? because you are not terrestrial. And your essence as a person is what impresses us the most as it inspires peace and humility, qualities that everyone should imitate. Just one detail in your videos and that is that I love it when some of your most staunch UA-camrs edit your games and put characters in them, laughing, crying or amazed by your plays...it is really very fun and addictive to watch. I wish you the best in the world friend Efren, may God bless you forever. Greetings from Chile!!.
Subscribed before I liked the video: hearing Efren's narration lets you know this channel is legit, so how could one not.. Mr.Reyes is the GOAT. -Clint Everett Minnesota, US
Watching from Baltimore, Maryland. USA P. S. I love watching you play Mr. Efren... I only wish I could have seen it live and had a chance to play a couple games of 9-Ball, 8-Ball, Straight Pool, Banks, and my favorite One Pocket....
steve davies now is a retired champion but I think if efren will play snooker with him he will be speech less.its a big difference between snooker and pool
two real legends of the cue sports face to face. I would have loved to see Efren playing snooker once... with his creativity and accuracy it must have been a great show... a mix between Ronnie and Selby perhaps :) Saludos desde España!
@@pooliconefrenreyes Any top 32 player in any era would, to use Steve's term, have slaughtered Efren at snooker. And that is nothing against Efren and nor does it detract from his greatness as a pool player. I would also back the likes Mark Gray and Chris Melling to beat Efren at snooker and without trying to sound patronising here, even Allison Fisher, Kelly Fisher and Reanne Evans too.
@@seanscanlon9067 Absolutely! You very often see snooker pro's playing in pool competitions but very rarely the other way around. The accuracy required on a snooker table is incredible.
This guy makes the best pool videos, with the drama in the intro, interview, video effects, and i love the sound effect after each rack. This is like a movie😊. If you agree, like this commment! 🎉
I met Efren Reyes once. We played pooled for hours. He showed me many of his magic trick shots. Then suddenly my alarm went off and I was like “damn that was just a dream?”. 😂😂😂
Hi, I’m from Mexico and start hearing about you two years ago, since I’m a big fan of REYES due to it humble personality and of course it’s achieved pool career. I enjoy a lot the videos
Yet snooker is the harder of the 2 and he wouldn't be In the top 1000 😂 give a snooker player a year and they would slap him about at his own game Ronnie o'sullivan is a real legend same for Davis etc. Being snooker world champion means a lot more than f pool 😂 we play that as kids for fun or when we get drunk at a pub.
@@blazet300 I hear Steve Davis is something of a Snooker player, and I’d wager he’s been playing for more than a year, and we literally just watched him get smacked by Reyes… 🤔 🤔
I'm a retired Australian living in The Philippines, Pampanga . Been in love with the Philippines since I met my first love in 1990. Love watching your attitude and game style. Well done.
Always enjoy watching Efren because he is amazing. Its nice to hear Efren narrating his own game. Watching him while he comments is a free seminar in billiards. I'm wondering how well you play snooker Efren, do you have any snooker play with someone the calliber of steve that you would show us on this channel. That would be awesome.
Thank you for all the years. Of enjoyment, you have given me and others of like mind. It has been a treat to have been able to watch the best player that has ever played the game 4 all the years that I have been playing watching some of your shots. I have to rewind just to see what actually happened. You're a true inspiration to all pool players Thank you so much!
Amazing to see the queue action of a snooker player versus the pool player. Very interesting, thanks for posting! (Netherlands here, as you asked for it)
A very ignorant post here unfortunately. This is a pool match, not a snooker match, so it is to be expected that Steve Davis would not perform as well as a top level pool player. Additionally, it is simply objectively true that, during Davis' prime, he did 'destroy' his opponents and was a dominant world Snooker Champion. He does not state this out of arrogance, it is simply what occurred. Immature content like this which seeks to bash an opposing sport or sportsmen is extremely disappointing to see. One should be humble enough to understand that, although similar, the two sports are different practices and great players for either sport are to be respected.
I thought snooker is a much harder game? This should be cake walk for Steve right? It's like the best SAS man in a shooting competition against the best US Marine... surely the former wins? Maybe or maybe not. Then it would also be unfair for Efren if he has not spent much of his life playing that "superior" sport, it's like asking Ricky Hatton to fight Buakaw in a Muay Thai match... just exaggerating, but you get the point.
Efren is a great player, but I don't know what the hate on Steve is for in this video. Steve Davis: Snooker World Champion: 6 times (1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989) UK Championship: 6 times Masters: 3 times Triple Crown Titles: 15 in total World Number 1: Held the top ranking for 7 consecutive seasons Maximum Break: First player to make an officially recognized maximum break in professional competition Efren Reyes: WPA World Nine-ball Champion: 1 time (1999) WPA World Eight-ball Champion: 1 time (2004) U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship: 1 time (1994) Derby City Classic: 13 times World Cup of Pool: 2 times (2006, 2009) Steve Davis net worth $33m - Efrin $3m. Its like boxers and MMA fighters - Boxers like to fight a MMA fighter, but only under their rules. Efren at snooker vs Davis Hendry or Ronnie - aint ending 9-5 Steve Davis was more successful within a more technically demanding game, Efren Reyes's impact and skill in pool are legendary. If forced to pick, I would lean towards Steve Davis for his extensive achievements in a more demanding sport.
This has the chance to be the greatest video pool channel of all time. Keep up with the great advice Efren, it is what you think that everyone wants to know. I have been playing pool for 65 years and I love the knowledge and attitude that you bring to the game. I grew up idolizing Willie Mosconi, and his straight pool game. From Orlando, Florida.
@@whatwouldnetwork9441 slightly different but still similar skill sets, while the OP is borderline trolling I would probably argue it would be easier for a snooker player to pick up pool than visa versa, snooker shots are generally much longer as table is much better. That said Davis instinctively played safeties like snooker which is why he lost. The magician is a God, be interesting to see him play the all time GOAT Sullivan. That bloke is absolutely untouchable, best player ever by country miles
I wish there was an hour long Efren Reyes instructional video on how he plays. How he achieves his bank shots, how he spins the ball. Finishing off with an indepth analysis of how he chooses which shot to take, with many examples, then his overall tactics. This would be the definitive pool/snooker tutorial!
He did... Reyes played more than pool, specially when he was younger, because pool players were avoiding him. He played 3 cushion billiard for instance, which is arguably the most difficult
@@boatguy3800you are missing the point- snooker and pool are totally different games. You would expect a pool player to beat a snooker player at pool and vice versa.
I made it 1:04 seconds into the video. The Editing and music are way too much, annoying, and dont add anything to the video. Cant make it any further. Love Efren tho.
I always click the like button for you MR Efren❤ i believe i witnessed you playing once at the Filling Station Dinner in Makati back when they had a few tables upstairs inside their eatery as you were playing around with your z shot maybe 96/97 i do not quite remember just it would have been later 90’s. I love the game and 9 ball is my favorite.
People keep showing how great the pool players were compared to snooker players - Efren would not have won 1 game against Davis after 14 games of snooker - even less chance against the Ronnie O''Sullivan
@@josegabriel4702 The biggest career winnings in snooker in Ronnie O'Sullivan. In dollar terms it is around $18 million. The world championship winner each year gets £500,000 ($640,000) and the runner up £250,000
Hi im tuning in from Barbados. Ive stumbled on someone channel with you vs the lady from USA, that video had me intrigued. 👍 good to see you still have it.
Both are great legends in their category, but Efren I like most because of his humble nature, his smile blended with simplicity and ego less attitude being a great player , and seen ever having respect for his fan. I stunned to see him striking a tricky shot with a bag on his shoulder to respect the request of young players. I am from India, and your fan.
I've been playing pool since the age of 7 years old. Never thought of professional people, though I have met a few, not the table but observation. I perhaps would have become a pool player professional. Alcohol took over my younger years in my life. Involved in a horrific automotive car crash. 30 years ago was the last time I drank any alcohol. Pool playing became rare. One night, my youngest invited me to a pool tournament. My son and I ended up the last two players. I could say I let my son win.. lol I didn't he beat me fare and squeeze. Just last year, to my surprise. He bought me a pool table. I started watching UA-cam learned a lot about the game. And that's where I saw the greatest player I've ever seen. It was said that there will never be a greater player than Efran Bata Reyes in the next 100 years. My asked me if I believe that. I am honestly replied by say, now if I was asked the questions in my younger days. I say, I truly beg the differ. I answered yes I do believe that. This man is the greatest.
No way is this the Magician speaking right now, sounds like an old Filipino dude who lived in the states most of his life. Love him to death but this guy is like Manny Pacquiao, their English is not that good. This voice over is as clear as day, intonation is acceptable and speaks in clear thought. Reyes' English is broken. Good voice over though.
I'm here to take over.. what nonsense, Steve was GOAT THEN, he is NOT arguably the best ever, he would be the first to say that AND HAS, often ! I remember Steve saying the game would be 'interesting' and that he expected to get beaten after all, It's Not My Game. YOU'LL NEVER SEE REYES PLAYING SNOOKER, WHY, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AND WOULD BE HUMBLED ! Horses for Courses, Reyes is a Pool player not a Snooker player, simple !
Las Vegas, NV... I watch you all the time, I think you are the greatest poolplayer of all time. You truly are a magican at shooting pool. I enjoy watching you play. Thanks for all the good games... 👍
Im glad to see you have a channel up. I met you over 30 years ago at Cushin Cue n Brew in Livonia. I was there every night for at least 5 years and was able to watch ya shoot wit Miami, Maizen and Cornbread Red.
I was there in the audience 😃 and actually met Efren in the toilet right before the final, I wished him luck, he thanked me and that was the closest I ever got to pool mastery
Iam from India Sir....u r a great inspiration for me....also I accept what u mentioned in this video LUCK plays a great role in success and it'll favour who are all sincere in their professions...May God Bless You With Happiness And Good Helath 🙏
I am in awe of your skills. I play in a local league in Phuket where i retired to from Puerto Rico where I was AP photojournalist. At 75 you have made me a better player with your videos. Hope you are in good health, my new master !
I am in Las Vegas. I played pool during my High School years and some in College. I would hang up in a pool during my HS years to kill time but I learn so much, Because pool is not only a past time game, it also challenge your mind. What I learned from pool is I applied in life, in pool you must always think what would you do before you perform it, and that is what is pool to me.
Efron Reyes would get ridiculously annihilated on a snooker table yet Steve Davis could be competitive on a pool table, it’s not even close. And I couldn’t imagine what O’Sullivan is even better!
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The best 👌 the magician 🎩 in the world ,billiards 🎱 walang makakuha sa mga taktika mo sir Efren bata Reyes the magician 🎩 watching from Africa
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This voice is so fake.
i can feel the pAin in this comment😂 just accept it and shut up lol😂
I don't know if viewers are aware of how difficult it is to run a rack. They make it look quite easy, and there isn't a single ball that raised pocketed daddy average player couldn't make as well what we fail to fully grasp is when he pockets a ball he leaves the cue ball in a position the pocket the remaining balls on the table pp the ability to even envision a 4 ball run is a skill beyond most the ability to execute it demonstrates the depth of their skill to do it consistently against the great players p is testimony of how great you've been. However the occasional shot which we cannot even envisioned and he executes the perfection is what makes him the magician.
I'm 66 years old and have been loving the game of pool since I was 10 years old. Although I have played a lot of competition pool in my early years, I only play for fun these days. Recently I got a chance to meet Efren Reyes and to watch him play at a small tournament in Aiken, South Carolina where I was living at the time. He has always impressed me with his skillful play, but I was even more impressed by his winning attitude and his willingness to play against much less skillful adult players and young beginners at this location. What a complete gentleman. I live in America, and now I can proudly say I've met the "best pool player of all time," Efren Reyes.
My favorite part of the game is meeting skilled players who play me even though I'm real bad and usually drunk in those moments, but the stories and experiences I hear are everything. I thank those who don't only play to kill.
Get back in to competitive pool with a team!
I am 36 and play competitive pool in a team of 5, 3 games each. We play against lots of players in their 60s and 70s, and son of a bitch are some of them exceptionally good!
I have played against old men whom have noticeable shaking in their hands and arms, but when they take shots they're like a sniper with good white ball placement.
If you're good, get back in to competitive!
@@trevorstevenson4038 You know what, I've been getting the old Mojo back just playing with some retired guys 4 hrs a day Mon-Wed-Fri at the Senior Center. I think I'm going to take you up on that. I'm looking into getting into a local league. We'll see if I can still hang with those youngsters or if I have to get relegated to the old guy league.
Steve Davis was talking about his snooker career in the 80s. Not about pool. He was always respectful and the clip is taken out of context
He talked about how good he is and how he would easily beat people in an interview with Ronnie Sullivan.
@@pooliconefrenreyes Yeah maybe about 20 years ago this is very old match.
Waaahh
@@pooliconefrenreyes Yes back then when he had hair and at snooker.
@@pooliconefrenreyes I think you misunderstand. Steve isn't arrogant, he's reflecting on how he was able to keep his foot on his opponents neck. It's not saying how good he was butrather what you have to do, as a top player, when you are in front. But you have your narrative. Shit slinging in my book. Maybe you have some warped notion that it somehow elevates Efren. I reckon he'd be embarrassed tbh.
What you’ll never see is a pool player challenge a snooker player at snooker.
Our American viewers might not know why ...... the pool player wouldn't be able to pot any. Snooker is a M U C H harder game. The table is 12 foot long x 6 foot for a kick off
Pool is a kids game compared to snooker
@@stigofthedump9439 And yet he still loses to a kid
@@stigofthedump9439....so why is the best snooker player losing at a kids game?
Its fair to say they are two different games....but to claim one game is superior and much harder....then the guy better at the harder sport should dominate. Pool should be a cakewalk to him.
@williamblackfyre4866 snooker players do very well in pool competitions never seen a pool player in a big snooker competition
I'm from Pennsylvania and love Efren. He is definitely the GOAT! Very humble man and treats everyone with respect. Have a great day!
You have to love Efrens attitude as a genuinely nice guy .
Steve Davis is great as well.
A lot of Philippino people are like this. ❤
@@Agiyi Yeah I'm a fan of both. It's a shame the video had to try to make it appear that steve was cocky or complacent
Watching from Australia both great players legends
Always enjoy watching Efrin.
I'm an American in Germany. Played in a tournament when I was 14 in 1971. It was for 14 to 18 year Olds. The first game was against a 16 year old girl. Her whole family was there. I was brought there by Al, the owner of Al's pool hall. He didn't warch. Anyway, I begac with a run of 5 balls. The judge said i was shooting my opponents balls. Of course she won...i later found out that the judge was my opponents uncle...I was now totally focused and beat her easily. She was crying. And her dad came to me and said that i was the first one to beat his daughter.. I didn't say anything after they tried cheating me. Lost in the semi finals. Got a Mosconi pool stick and a trophy. The stick cracked on the first break.
I didn't pursue pool but have some funny stories.
I had a change of attitude beating people, friends. My brother changed me while playing him at backgammon. I learned the game from strategy book about 1977..I would play my brother and win most of the time. After I beat him again he said, "if you beat me again I won't play again. So I would play to his level...
Now years later, while in the army, 1990, my supervisor went to the nco club for happy hour. The free chicken wings weren't ready. He said let's play pool. I was using g the strategy of playing as good as my opponent friend. But...the manager comes to the table slapping 50 cents down and says, "I got winner". I thought, "I've got to beat SFC Williams and get him out of here." I was rusty, hadn't played in many years. But I used a strategy that if I don't have a shot, I will not give him a shot. I won...He went to the bar next to SFC Williams and kept saying "I can beat him,,I can beat him. " I told SFC Williams, "I know he can beat me..But I didn't give him a shot".
Then, in Korea 1993, my replacement, SSG Skritchfield...he was there 4 months before I was to leave. We were on the DMZ and played pool every so often. I only played to his level. He was improving. On a Sunday,,,a week and a half before leaving Korea, we got back to our room after eating supper. He said.."SGT Miller, do you want to play pool? I said no...he looked sad..so I said let's go Play. We went to the recreation center..there was no one there. I'm playing up to his level. Then this hotshot comes in with his own pool stick and case saying "I got winner ". I said to myself. I got to beat SSG Skritchfield and get this guy out. I was totally focused hitting everything. My opponent had a ball next to a corner. He was saving if he didn't have a shot. I had a ball to the rear left of thaat ball. I said to myself..jf I hit the ball with hard right English I will knock my ball in and kick his ball away. I hit like I planned. The guy said, "I think you hit my ball first". I said, "put em back, I will do it again. " I won. He took his cue, going out the back door saying, "I still think you hit my ball first. " SSG Skritchfield said "You spanked him, SGT Miller..You spanked him..I didn't know you could play like that. You were like a robot" I told him that I don't try beating friends. I play to there level..I told him that he's been improving. "
Who cares?
a huge fan, you are an inspiration to me and millions of others i watch and watch , and i know you have personally improved my game . especially in 9 ball. i overheard someone saying what would efren reyes do in this situation, and i called out, nobody can answer that but reyes himself. your beautiful unpredictability is sensational. one side note as a youngster i was an earl strickland fan, it amazed me how , sometimes earl took his losses to you, and appalled me on other occasions .when you announced your retirement after beating earl. he replied that he didnt think you were going to retire but as long as you said , he could say and pay his respect , by raising your hand and saying you were the best that ever was. i started liking earl again after that and pulled for him in subsequent tournaments . but you are and always will be the greatest pool player the world has ever seen. thank you for you endless entertainment .
i am currently living in florida usa
I started playing pool as a little boy in the 60’s. I don’t remember much about those days but my father lifting me up to take a shot, since I wasn’t tall enough yet to see the balls on the table. Dad was a very good pool player in Chicago and said that I had the “eye” for the game. After my parents divorced my mom moved us to a different neighborhood where my new friends had a pool table in their house. Their older brothers were tournament players in the Chicago pool scene. We played every day on their table for years in the 70’s. My first memories of Efren Reyes was seeing him on TV playing pool. During this time, we all had long hair. Efren had long black hair and smoked cigarettes. He was more like us than most of the American and English pool players, so he was my favorite. Not to mention, he won most of the games he played in. Not many others were doing risky banks or kicks, but Efren did them regularly. I found straight in shots and cuts a little boring and started trying the crazier shots, which I became famous for in our little pool club. (I was copying Efren the whole time) Another part of my style I copied from Efren was his calmness, cool attitude, and focus. I didn’t win every game but I always had the flashiest, most memorable shots. Winning wasn’t as important to me as the cheers for a 3-rail kick that nobody would try. Some, I knew I’d make and others I just luckily made. Even a near miss was more impressive than just shooting boring obvious shots. I became a tournament player and later moved to Hawaii. Here is not as serious as the Chicago pool scene, but Hawaii has a huge Filipino population and they’re all into pool. And very good at it. That’s when I realized that Efren being the best pool player in the world, now makes sense. I had to really polish up my game to beat even the average Filipino player. And they were just like Efren. Humble, quiet, kind, and a great sense of humor about life. So of course I befriended the Filipino players. Partied with them, met their families, learned enough Ilicano to get by and I was accepted as family.
The Irish guy from Chicago hanging out in the Filipino pool scene in Hawaii. I remember when I first started playing around Honolulu, a Filipino player asked who my favorite pool player was. “Efren Reyes. Has been since I was 12 years old.” That was enough to get me some respect in the Filipino community just to start off with.
Moved to Washington after 35 years in Hawaii and played a few bars and tournaments here but I’m getting old and slowing down on the whole thing.
So now I play pool on the internet and watch every single video I can on my pool hero and mentor, Efren “Bata” Reyes.
So cool to hear his voice narrating this one. I’m looking forward to many more.
Peace and aloha to you and yours Mr. Reyes, from Seattle. 🤙🏼
Edit: Just liked and subscribed. 🤙🏼
USA brother. I'm 68 and have watched all the best pool player's across the world. I came across your videos and I just wanted to be able to say that I got to say Hellow to the very best solid pool player to ever live. You deserve to be called the King of the pool table. Keep on posting those videos brother. You also have a lot of class sir.😊😊😊
Those fake gasps are hilarious.
Should I be holding my breath too? 😆
Efren speaks with his pool cue.😊
LOL says it all
How great that you finally have a channel Efren, I congratulate you!!...I'm a fan of your magic in billiards and pool. You are incomparable. We would like you to reveal to us which planet you come from, Ganymede?...the Pleiades perhaps? because you are not terrestrial. And your essence as a person is what impresses us the most as it inspires peace and humility, qualities that everyone should imitate. Just one detail in your videos and that is that I love it when some of your most staunch UA-camrs edit your games and put characters in them, laughing, crying or amazed by your plays...it is really very fun and addictive to watch. I wish you the best in the world friend Efren, may God bless you forever. Greetings from Chile!!.
It’s not Efren narrating this video
Old Dave watching from Melbourne Australia. Fantastic to watch "The Magician" play.
I am from Saudi Arabia I saw all your UA-cam
Such a talent and humbil you are
True champ
Subscribed before I liked the video: hearing Efren's narration lets you know this channel is legit, so how could one not.. Mr.Reyes is the GOAT.
-Clint Everett
Minnesota, US
You're the legend, no one else. Tuvalu island.
Watching from Baltimore, Maryland. USA P. S. I love watching you play Mr. Efren... I only wish I could have seen it live and had a chance to play a couple games of 9-Ball, 8-Ball, Straight Pool, Banks, and my favorite One Pocket....
steve davies now is a retired champion but I think if efren will play snooker with him he will be speech less.its a big difference between snooker and pool
Then they should also play Sepak Takraw 😂😂😂
Aromas, California, USA Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Thank you! Cheers!
You are #1 , no question about it !
If I could shoot 10% as good as you I would be rich.😊
God bless you and keep them racking up.
Keep practicing and you will get there!
Humbled? Try any pool champion trying to beat a top 250 player in snooker lol.
Watching from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. I love hearing Efren's voice.
Thanks for watching! USA the best!
@@pooliconefrenreyesit’s not him
Those pockets are like buckets compared to snooker
In the main Philippinos are very sweet people
@@MarkSmith-tp6zcits not? how do you know?
two real legends of the cue sports face to face. I would have loved to see Efren playing snooker once... with his creativity and accuracy it must have been a great show... a mix between Ronnie and Selby perhaps :) Saludos desde España!
Couldn't agree more
@@pooliconefrenreyes Any top 32 player in any era would, to use Steve's term, have slaughtered Efren at snooker. And that is nothing against Efren and nor does it detract from his greatness as a pool player.
I would also back the likes Mark Gray and Chris Melling to beat Efren at snooker and without trying to sound patronising here, even Allison Fisher, Kelly Fisher and Reanne Evans too.
@@seanscanlon9067 Absolutely! You very often see snooker pro's playing in pool competitions but very rarely the other way around. The accuracy required on a snooker table is incredible.
@@seanscanlon9067 Very True. Efren’s whole way of cuing just doesn’t work on a Snooker table.
Efren politely asked for a like, Efren got it.
This guy makes the best pool videos, with the drama in the intro, interview, video effects, and i love the sound effect after each rack. This is like a movie😊. If you agree, like this commment! 🎉
Glad you enjoy it!
Clickbait trash in my opinion
@@pooliconefrenreyestrash video. 2000 steve davis embarrassed world champion reyes at the worlds 😂😂😂😂
@@coryc9040you clicked it. What’s that say about you? 😂
I love watching Eferen play, the calmness and humbleness displayed is superb.
I met Efren Reyes once. We played pooled for hours. He showed me many of his magic trick shots. Then suddenly my alarm went off and I was like “damn that was just a dream?”.
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Hi, I’m from Mexico and start hearing about you two years ago, since I’m a big fan of REYES due to it humble personality and of course it’s achieved pool career. I enjoy a lot the videos
There's no debate on who is the Greatest pool player of all generations.. The Goat is Efren Reyes.
Never a doubt about that.
Yet snooker is the harder of the 2 and he wouldn't be In the top 1000 😂 give a snooker player a year and they would slap him about at his own game Ronnie o'sullivan is a real legend same for Davis etc. Being snooker world champion means a lot more than f pool 😂 we play that as kids for fun or when we get drunk at a pub.
@@blazet300 I hear Steve Davis is something of a Snooker player, and I’d wager he’s been playing for more than a year, and we literally just watched him get smacked by Reyes… 🤔 🤔
@@JoeServo Reyes would get equally smacked in snooker and has been. What is your point?
@@Romans8-9 Your own comment reads as if you were saying any snooker player would beat Reyes in his own game, given a year.
Efren that was amazing, watching from Tucson, Arizona USA...Javi G.
Efren Reyes simply the GOAT!!!
@@angelkanul4415 only on an American pool table. Efren should show his skills on a snooker table.
California, USA Thank you for sharing your talents, a fan for years ... Best of luck with the internet it is welcomed addition ..... welcome
Watching from Arkansas USA
They got internet over there?
@@bjrnchrstnAmerica has one of the best Internet in the world FFS. Ever heard of StarLink?
I'm a retired Australian living in The Philippines, Pampanga .
Been in love with the Philippines since I met my first love in 1990.
Love watching your attitude and game style.
Well done.
Always enjoy watching Efren because he is amazing. Its nice to hear Efren narrating his own game. Watching him while he comments is a free seminar in billiards. I'm wondering how well you play snooker Efren, do you have any snooker play with someone the calliber of steve that you would show us on this channel. That would be awesome.
This man is a Pool table Mad Man 😂😂
Thank you for all the years. Of enjoyment, you have given me and others of like mind. It has been a treat to have been able to watch the best player that has ever played the game 4 all the years that I have been playing watching some of your shots. I have to rewind just to see what actually happened. You're a true inspiration to all pool players Thank you so much!
tunning in from Bolivia.
Amazing to see the queue action of a snooker player versus the pool player. Very interesting, thanks for posting! (Netherlands here, as you asked for it)
Watching from New Zealand.
I am 77 and still love the game never get tired of watching of watching or playing from Campbell River B.C.
A very ignorant post here unfortunately. This is a pool match, not a snooker match, so it is to be expected that Steve Davis would not perform as well as a top level pool player. Additionally, it is simply objectively true that, during Davis' prime, he did 'destroy' his opponents and was a dominant world Snooker Champion. He does not state this out of arrogance, it is simply what occurred. Immature content like this which seeks to bash an opposing sport or sportsmen is extremely disappointing to see. One should be humble enough to understand that, although similar, the two sports are different practices and great players for either sport are to be respected.
I thought snooker is a much harder game? This should be cake walk for Steve right? It's like the best SAS man in a shooting competition against the best US Marine... surely the former wins? Maybe or maybe not.
Then it would also be unfair for Efren if he has not spent much of his life playing that "superior" sport, it's like asking Ricky Hatton to fight Buakaw in a Muay Thai match... just exaggerating, but you get the point.
Vancouver Washington West Coast. Really enjoying your matches & commentary.
Very out of context video.
Have enjoyed watching you play for yrs, love how much of a gentleman you are and a true ambassador for the sport of pool
Watching from Lincoln Illinois
Watching from Upstate New York in the USA. Love hearing Efren do the narration--have watched and admired him for so many years.
I really love the story telling ..and editing .
Glad you enjoy it!
I simply, love Efran Reyes, he's down to earth and humble 👍🏾
Hello, from Southeastern Minnesota USA!
I love the commentary on this! Great showcase of skills, very entertaining and fun watch
Efren is a great player, but I don't know what the hate on Steve is for in this video.
Steve Davis:
Snooker World Champion: 6 times (1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989)
UK Championship: 6 times
Masters: 3 times
Triple Crown Titles: 15 in total
World Number 1: Held the top ranking for 7 consecutive seasons
Maximum Break: First player to make an officially recognized maximum break in professional competition
Efren Reyes:
WPA World Nine-ball Champion: 1 time (1999)
WPA World Eight-ball Champion: 1 time (2004)
U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship: 1 time (1994)
Derby City Classic: 13 times
World Cup of Pool: 2 times (2006, 2009)
Steve Davis net worth $33m - Efrin $3m.
Its like boxers and MMA fighters - Boxers like to fight a MMA fighter, but only under their rules. Efren at snooker vs Davis Hendry or Ronnie - aint ending 9-5
Steve Davis was more successful within a more technically demanding game, Efren Reyes's impact and skill in pool are legendary. If forced to pick, I would lean towards Steve Davis for his extensive achievements in a more demanding sport.
because you and many other comments are only here to say steve is better or something, and people don't care lol
@@soulofartorias9928 just adding balance to the biased commentary
@@ru55ellswell spoken
This has the chance to be the greatest video pool channel of all time. Keep up with the great advice Efren, it is what you think that everyone wants to know. I have been playing pool for 65 years and I love the knowledge and attitude that you bring to the game. I grew up idolizing Willie Mosconi, and his straight pool game. From Orlando, Florida.
That is not his voice and the man.
Oh but that's how I remember how he sounds..this is from Manila, it's his tone of voice, kind of...I dunno how to describe it..😊
Thats his voice
Reyes is a 'rey" of sunshine in this game !....no one is like him.
Minnesota fats was the name when i was a kid. And to see you play gives me good memories of wonder and what did my eye see.
Long Beach, California I absolutely Love watching Efren Reyes do his magic!!
Steve Davis beat Efren in 2005, by the way.
Where?
And 2000
It is a pleasure to watch such a match between these two giants of snooker and billiards. A real treat for the eyes.
Greetings from Bulgaria.
Now play Steve at snooker!! Pool is immeasurably easier.
If Pool is easier, the. Surely Steve should’ve destroyed the other guy, shouldn’t he?
@@whatwouldnetwork9441 slightly different but still similar skill sets, while the OP is borderline trolling I would probably argue it would be easier for a snooker player to pick up pool than visa versa, snooker shots are generally much longer as table is much better. That said Davis instinctively played safeties like snooker which is why he lost. The magician is a God, be interesting to see him play the all time GOAT Sullivan. That bloke is absolutely untouchable, best player ever by country miles
I wish there was an hour long Efren Reyes instructional video on how he plays.
How he achieves his bank shots, how he spins the ball.
Finishing off with an indepth analysis of how he chooses which shot to take, with many examples, then his overall tactics.
This would be the definitive pool/snooker tutorial!
Of course as a pool player yes , but let’s see if he could beat anyone playing snooker
He did...
Reyes played more than pool, specially when he was younger, because pool players were avoiding him.
He played 3 cushion billiard for instance, which is arguably the most difficult
Great point. I’d like to see them compete in a swimming competition too. And maybe a foot race or a game of golf.
@@JulioLeonFandinhohow many world snooker titles did he win?
@@boatguy3800you are missing the point- snooker and pool are totally different games. You would expect a pool player to beat a snooker player at pool and vice versa.
Which table pays better?
I always enjoy watching you play. Magaling na ma pakumbaba pa. Los Angeles
I made it 1:04 seconds into the video. The Editing and music are way too much, annoying, and dont add anything to the video. Cant make it any further. Love Efren tho.
I always click the like button for you MR Efren❤ i believe i witnessed you playing once at the Filling Station Dinner in Makati back when they had a few tables upstairs inside their eatery as you were playing around with your z shot maybe 96/97 i do not quite remember just it would have been later 90’s. I love the game and 9 ball is my favorite.
People keep showing how great the pool players were compared to snooker players - Efren would not have won 1 game against Davis after 14 games of snooker - even less chance against the Ronnie O''Sullivan
Does one get paid a million $ in snooker?
@@josegabriel4702 O'Sullivan made more than 1M &
What the fuck is snooker? Lmao
@@josegabriel4702 The biggest career winnings in snooker in Ronnie O'Sullivan. In dollar terms it is around $18 million. The world championship winner each year gets £500,000 ($640,000) and the runner up £250,000
I witnessed his game since age 20. I am 70 now! From Philippines ❤
The Aisan guy looks like Manny Pachio while the other guy looks like Mark Zuckerberg.
I guess you're neither a snooker nor a pool fan, otherwise you'd say the resemblances were the other way around.
Who tf is manny pachio? Do you mean Pinocchio? 🤥
Maybe one of them looked like your grandpa 😂
Hi im tuning in from Barbados. Ive stumbled on someone channel with you vs the lady from USA, that video had me intrigued. 👍 good to see you still have it.
Hi Efren! Very glad to watch your movies. I was born in Russia, nakhodka city near Vladivostok. Now I am living in South Korea, good luck to your!
Both are great legends in their category, but Efren I like most because of his humble nature, his smile blended with simplicity and ego less attitude being a great player , and seen ever having respect for his fan. I stunned to see him striking a tricky shot with a bag on his shoulder to respect the request of young players.
I am from India, and your fan.
Efren wouldn't win A single frame of snooker so credit Davies
I've been playing pool since the age of 7 years old. Never thought of professional people, though I have met a few, not the table but observation. I perhaps would have become a pool player professional. Alcohol took over my younger years in my life. Involved in a horrific automotive car crash. 30 years ago was the last time I drank any alcohol. Pool playing became rare. One night, my youngest invited me to a pool tournament.
My son and I ended up the last two players. I could say I let my son win.. lol
I didn't he beat me fare and squeeze. Just last year, to my surprise. He bought me a pool table. I started watching UA-cam learned a lot about the game. And that's where I saw the greatest player I've ever seen. It was said that there will never be a greater player than Efran Bata Reyes in the next 100 years. My asked me if I believe that. I am honestly replied by say, now if I was asked the questions in my younger days. I say, I truly beg the differ. I answered yes I do believe that. This man is the greatest.
No way is this the Magician speaking right now, sounds like an old Filipino dude who lived in the states most of his life. Love him to death but this guy is like Manny Pacquiao, their English is not that good. This voice over is as clear as day, intonation is acceptable and speaks in clear thought. Reyes' English is broken. Good voice over though.
Thanks for watching! Have A great day!
Yes that's Reyes speaking for sure....I know his voice
Yep noticed this right away. Good content though
Could do without the voice over being its not actually Efran speaking.
Yeah another imitator of Efren
Watching from Aboriginal Australian.. I love watching you. Very inspirational..
I'm here to take over.. what nonsense, Steve was GOAT THEN, he is NOT arguably the best ever, he would be the first to say that AND HAS, often ! I remember Steve saying the game would be 'interesting' and that he expected to get beaten after all, It's Not My Game. YOU'LL NEVER SEE REYES PLAYING SNOOKER, WHY, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AND WOULD BE HUMBLED !
Horses for Courses, Reyes is a Pool player not a Snooker player, simple !
Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching ✌️
You are racist … the only purpose of your comment was to insult Efren and praise Steve … pea brain !
Las Vegas, NV...
I watch you all the time, I think you are the greatest poolplayer of all time. You truly are a magican at shooting pool. I enjoy watching you play. Thanks for all the good games... 👍
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Mr. Efren deadly; brave calm and quiet pool player, he is so poised in the game it helps him to move forward.A legend of pool.👍👍👍👍👍👍💪
Wtff is snooker
I am from India ( Kolkata) and a great fan of Reyes.
Thanks for passing by!
I am from Malaysia, been watching your games on UA-cam. So far you are the best, and nobody come close to you.
Watching from Perth Aus. Such a privilege to listen to you narrate this match. Thank you for giving us so much magic over the years
What a great video to watch and have the GOAT give us the play by play.
Im glad to see you have a channel up. I met you over 30 years ago at Cushin Cue n Brew in Livonia. I was there every night for at least 5 years and was able to watch ya shoot wit Miami, Maizen and Cornbread Red.
Play Ronnie O'Sullivan on on Snooker Table, the table is twice the size and the pockets are much tighter ❤
finally someone gets, that they play 2 complety different games which share some simularities
I was there in the audience 😃 and actually met Efren in the toilet right before the final, I wished him luck, he thanked me and that was the closest I ever got to pool mastery
Should've chalked his cue
Iam from India Sir....u r a great inspiration for me....also I accept what u mentioned in this video LUCK plays a great role in success and it'll favour who are all sincere in their professions...May God Bless You With Happiness And Good Helath 🙏
Love you humbleness and absolutely your epic style. Renato from USA
Watching in Thailand!
I am in awe of your skills. I play in a local league in Phuket where i retired to from Puerto Rico where I was AP photojournalist. At 75 you have made me a better player with your videos. Hope you are in good health, my new master !
Really admire your skills Efren Reyes. Watching it from Malaysia 🇲🇾. Hope you are well . Much love ❤️
Steve Davis knew he was cooked, so he tried to remember in Karate Kid what Mr. Miyagi taught Danielle-son 🙏😂
I worked with a few Filipino guys at one stage back in the 90's. We had a pool table at work, a decent quality one too - and those guys were lethal
Efren Robert here from Canada. Thank you for all you have done for pool. Awesome. Really enjoying your commentary.
This guy is so humble,respectful,down to earth..so to speak!
I am in Las Vegas. I played pool during my High School years and some in College. I would hang up in a pool
during my HS years to kill time but I learn so much, Because pool is not only a past time game, it also
challenge your mind. What I learned from pool is I applied in life, in pool you must always think what would
you do before you perform it, and that is what is pool to me.
Efron Reyes would get ridiculously annihilated on a snooker table yet Steve Davis could be competitive on a pool table, it’s not even close. And I couldn’t imagine what O’Sullivan is even better!