Efren Reyes is a very good three cushion billiards player. That is a game where nearly every shot is as difficult as these shots are. Playing off just two cushions he is probably expecting to get within a quarter inch of where he wants!
Did you notice that at least 15 to 20 of these shots were from the great Efren Reyes? No player ever possessed the judgment of angles and how to play them. He's seeing shots that no other player sees or even attempts. Even with these glorious players Bata Reyes is a cut above. Every endeavor has a performer that is the benchmark. Efren Reyes is the GOAT of pocket billiards.
Dusty Seiler has a great comment. Efren Reyes is my idol too. As a player and a human being. Intimidating in his peerless play. Never with poor behavior. Even his biggest rivals can't find a reason to dislike him. The video that refers to the "Greatest shot in Pool History, is spot on. Beyond any doubt the greatest shot I've ever seen. So great even the fine sportsman Earl Strickland stood up and applauded. Bata Reyes. Greatest pool player ever. Even greater human being.
I agree with what you said about Effie but Earl Strickland is the most ill-mannered player besides Mike Sigel I've ever seen in the past 69 year. PURE PISS
This should entitled Greatest Shots of the Magician. Efren Reyes just makes pool look so easy, amazing, angle-defying. The GOAT and kind-hearted and humble man.
The thing is consistancy. I'm no world champ by any means, but on my best day I could make alot of these shots. With english pockets I might add. edit: not jump shots tho. Most pubs, clubs and house rules where I live ban them so people don't tear the felt. So I've never had much chance to practice them.
@@Vlow52just tell us that you don't agree dude 😭😭 "yet,half of them are flukes" 🥸🥸, just say that you don't like efren or sumthn or imma fluke your ass 🤦😭💀
Lebron has been eliminated from GOAT discussion due to being swept in 3 playoff series and losing 60% of being the team leader. GOAT conversation now down to 3 players. Michael Jordan Bill Russell and Kareem Jabbar That's the GOAT candidates after LeBron eliminated in last playoffs against Denver.
Strickland would be exited on his shots showing not much confidence but Efren is comfortable with the shots showing that he really knows what he is doing
I was watching this with my boys and told them to watch Bata Reyes At the beginning: Boys: that’s a flute shot, no way that’s intentional. A few moments later: Boys: Bata is either a robot or has computer vision, he ain’t human. 😂😂😂
Anyone who can actually DO a 5 rail shot without scratching is special. And to incorporate the action of ENGLISH and even set up a follow up shot and a run out is truly a magician
Efren is doing these shot just like everyday in the office and he never do a jump shot because for him that is a foul shot. Efren ''Bata'' Reyes The Greatest Of All Time when it comes to pool.
As a spectator and an avid fan of billiard Bata Reyes is the most skilled player in the history of this sport. No doubt about it because you can actually seen in those competitions he had with. The only player had two balls to gamble those shot in a very difficult situation.
I agree with you.. and Efren is the only Greatest Pool Player in History because he knows to predict on his every very difficult situation to shot the ball.. and like for example a Bankshot..he knows to calculate that..
in old billiards rule esp in the Philippines, if the main ball jump it's foul, they should bring it back that rule, so you can see more creative shot. unlike today they just jump the ball as easy as that.
0:52 to me that is the most unique shot in billiards, I've never seen anyone try that before, everybody has kick shots , masse , jump shots etc.. but only efren has come up with this kind of shot..
Lol that has been a well known shot in pool for 100 years. Reyes was a great player. His strength is that he is good as everything but you can make a case that Mosconi was better easily and Siegel, Strickland and even Varner were arguably better than Efren in his prime.
@@johnnyp6202 yeah if that is a well-known shot how come that's the first televised shot of hitting a sidepocket corner to shoot a ball on the corner, please add links to videos of this kind of shot before Reyes did it, I'll wait
I like Angry Maniacs comment that Bata Reyes was so good people called it a fluke. They couldn't grasp the concept that he was that much better than everyone else. It would be difficult to be an Hall of Fame level player and then acknowledge that one man was the greatest to ever do it. That was Efren Reyes! A player with 20,000 fluke shots in his unmatched career.
For Bata the 'magician' these shots are just another Tuesday from his demeanor, for the rest it's the best thing ever happended in their life since slic bread :)
A shot by Chris Melling you had labeled as someone else I believe. The Chris Melling runout is legendary. Every shot he made to win was more impressive than the last.
Earl was definitely one of the greatest in the game. He was just unluky to have been playing when Bata was around. That's the only reason why he couldn't be the greatest.
@@-Keyboard-Warrior. yeah, the game is insane, Reyes is my favorite pool player to watch and one of the greatest creative shot makers of all time (if not the greatest), but best game for same catagory I have to give it to Melling, was such an insane rack!
Efren at his best would not be as dominant today, but that's only because the rest of the pool world was forced to imitate him to keep up. When someone changes how the game is played, the comparisons end. GOAT.
Chao Fong-Pang, Yang Ching-Shun, Ko Pin-Yi, Chang Jung-Lin, Chang Yu-Lung, Francisco Bustamante, Denis Orcollo, Carlos Biado, Jefrrey Ignacion, Johann Chua
ALMOST ALL PARTS OF THE VIDEO IS EFREN BATA REYES,,,, GOES TO SHOW THAT HE IS REALLY THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME...... NOBODY ... NOBODY ELSE COMES CLOSE.
These video shows some amazing shots. In 1962 I saw a demonstration of trick shots by Willie Moscony. I have never seen such cue ball control since. He simplified the game of pool so that he was always in position for his next shot. I heard that he once ran 512 consecutive shots.
I would love to see a match between Willie and Efram in a game of straight pool to 150. Imo, that would be a great test to see who is really the best. With players at that elite level, one bad break usually decides the outcome in 8 or 9 ball games. Not so in a multi-rack games. Position and strategy are even more important and cue ball control is crucial.
@@DooWops4U2 what about John Schmidt… he’s had a few runs in the high 500s and/or low 600s .. don’t know the exact numbers but I know he beat Mosconi’s record quite a while ago
Is it me but half those shots were Reyes. And a quester were Strickland. Strickland tries shots we all see, but he makes them. Reyes sees shots that no one else does, but he makes them. And then acts like it’s just another day at the office.
I feel like watching Strickland play is stressful but Reyes makes it look so fluid and easy…. Not taking away from Strickland Reyes plays a more confident loose game
Eliminating some repeats in the list (at 7:47, 13:31, 14:57 and 15:28; those are the only ones I caught) and Earl Strickland’s trick shot at the beginning (0:10), I counted 59 shots from Efren Reyes (54.6%) and 49 shots (45.4%) from others (mostly from Strickland). Efren Reyes is the GOAT!!! 🐐
Video title should have been "Greatest shots in history mostly of Efren 'Bata' Reyes, some of Earl ' Pearl' Strickland and compilation of some other players"
