Efren Bata Reyes takes $500K prize

[artpogi]

Bata did it again, taking the big money

Reyes takes $.5-M top prize in World Open 8-Ball



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Last updated 07:54am (Mla time) 09/11/2006


EFREN “Bata” Reyes weaved his old magic and nailed the record grand prize of 500,000 dollars (25 million pesos) as he defeated American Rodney Morris, 8-6, on Sunday (Monday morning in Manila) in the International Pool Tour 2006 World Open 8-Ball championship at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada.

[ronald_m]

Filipino did it again.Big bucks.Congrats.

[squatt3r]

kapag malakihang pera na pinag-uusapan.....gumagaling si Bata hehehe

[mantoy]

basta may malaking prize money talagang focused si bata. heheh. tsaka 8-ball naman talaga forte nya eh. congrats!!!

[cyrusblutrooper]

lots of moolah... money the greatest motivator for bata

[fortuner13]

galing talaga ni efren

OT: greatest shot of reyes

[jedi]

nainterview sya sa unang hirit kanina, sabi nya 30% daw ang tax ng nevada... so matitira sa kaniya mga $350k or 17.5 million, i dont know kung may manager pa sya, syempre bawas pa balato pa sa mga kasamahan nya... malinis na siguro 10 to 15 million makukuha nya dito... aba eh k na ok na ito... ilang dekada na sya naguuwi ng milyon.... si pacman pag umabot sya sa edad ni bata di na sya kikita ng ganun kalaki at for sure wala na ding endorsement offer kay pacman...

[beachbum]

napaka humble talaga nitong si bata. sa interview walang yabang. mabuhay ka efren. mukhang mas magandang pagkitaan to kaysa sa boxing, walang sakit ng katawan at bugbog.

[chieffy]

galing ni bata!
wala pa rin ba siyang pustiso kapag naglalaro? para focus maigi

[shadow]

i think si puyat di na kumukuha ng cut sa winnings ng mga billiard players, ok talga si efren, hinde bugbug ang katawan unlike paquiao, diba halos ganun din ang nauwi ni manny sa 1st or 2nd fight niya kay morales? after taxes and commisions ng mga tao nakapaligid sa kanya

[Eismann]

Congrats kay Bata....mabuhay ang Pinoy!!

[mcbry]

galing talaga ni Bata... CONGRATS!

[squatt3r]

on the roll ngayong 2006 si Bata.......at wala pang signs na magreresign di tulad ni Schumi last trip na dis year

[typhoon]

Buti na lang nagpa-laser na sya ng mata. After nung operation nya sunod sunod na panalo nya ;)

[Reich]

nainterview sya sa unang hirit kanina, sabi nya 30% daw ang tax ng nevada... so matitira sa kaniya mga $350k or 17.5 million, i dont know kung may manager pa sya, syempre bawas pa balato pa sa mga kasamahan nya... malinis na siguro 10 to 15 million makukuha nya dito... aba eh k na ok na ito... ilang dekada na sya naguuwi ng milyon.... si pacman pag umabot sya sa edad ni bata di na sya kikita ng ganun kalaki at for sure wala na ding endorsement offer kay pacman...

barya lang ke pacman to... isang commercial lang to e

[j_avonni]

Congrats, Bata. Wag sana lalaki ang ulo mo at magiging mayabang tulad ng isang boksingero dyan.

[Helios]

mabuhay ka Bata "idol" Reyes!

[yuichi]

naunahan ako ni artpogi..anyway congrats nga kay bata. syang si django, after 18 straight wins nalaglag sa final 12 due to a "consiracy" to favor american players.buti na lang pinoy pa rin panalo. few mos ago siya rin nanalo ng 200,000 us$ againts mike sigel. just last month, si marlon manalo finishing 2nd place to homman.

here's the news from azbilliards...


Efren Reyes
Reyes Wins Again!

Efren Reyes has won the half-million dollar first prize of the IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship in an error-filled final that saw neither player ever able to gain any lasting momentum. The final score of 8-6 for Reyes saw an amazing fourteen racks broken with a ball falling only four times. Ten dry breaks frustrated both players.

Morris seemed to be truly snakebitten. His normally reliable break acted treasonous today and he scratched three times on the snap to hand Efren Reyes easy outs. Reyes was not at all the player we are used to seeing as his position play kept him in trouble. He told us that his nerves made his arm feel "strange" and he just could not control the cue ball.

One of the critical turning points came late in the match when Morris played a safety. He attempted to hide Reyes from his only remaining ball, the eight ball, but left a very small window for Reyes to squeeze through. Reyes made the shot but a very sharp-eyed referee determined that he had bruised the neighboring fifteen ball and that gave the game and the break to Morris. The next snap was one of the ones that Morris scratched on, however, and so momentum never had a chance to find the Morris corner.

There were very few break and runs in the match, but Efren got one when he needed it. Leading 7-6 he broke and was fortunate to have a ball get kissed into a pocket. From there he managed the table the best he had all day and never let Morris out of his seat. Asked what his plans were for the money he said: "My children need to remodel their house." Must be one heck of a house.


mukhang maraming tsikoteer na bilyarista ah? meron akong thread dati about it at baka pede tayong maglaro pag may eb.

[allen87]

Congrats to Efren! May ipagmamalaki na naman tayong mga Pinoy despite our politicians

[allenjo]

Just some pics.

The Table


Packed audience


The Champ's intro...galeng


He appears!


Stare off parang boxing....kumurap, talo hehehe