Thursday, July 22, 2010
Today, the topic is on one of the most famous pool player. Efren Reyes
Efren Timbol Reyes ,was his full name, (born August 26, 1954) is a Filipino professional pool player from Angeles City and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered to be one of the all-time greats in the games of nine ball and one-pocket. He is nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".
The fame of Efren Reyes began when he won the US Open Nine Ball Championship in 1994 by defeating Nick Varner in the finals. He was the first non-American ever to win the event.
Efren Timbol Reyes ,was his full name, (born August 26, 1954) is a Filipino professional pool player from Angeles City and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered to be one of the all-time greats in the games of nine ball and one-pocket. He is nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".
The fame of Efren Reyes began when he won the US Open Nine Ball Championship in 1994 by defeating Nick Varner in the finals. He was the first non-American ever to win the event.
Efren Reyes has about 82 titles and achievement. His recent achievement was the "2010 Derby City Classic Master of the Table"
This is one of his recent matches.The type of game is 9 ball pool. His opponent was Mika Immonen.They had to play a race to 7 to determine who is the winner. Reyes played quite well during the match.In this game, both players make use of two different types of cue sticks:Breaking cue and personalise cue. Reyes won the game with 7-0.
In this video, Reyes did a marvellous 4 bank shot to kick in the ball.
What is a kick shot?
It is a shot in which the cue ball is driven to one or more rails (cushions in British English) before reaching its intended target—usually an object ball.
A 4 bank shot! No wonder he was nicknamed the Magician!Its so impossible to do that.
There will be more updates!
Signing off,
Gavin
Labels: 9 ball pool