Joe Rogan: The brilliance of Efren "Bata" Reyes & How popular BILLIARDS is in the Philippines 

@Jvern Ivermectin who are you? are you my fan? or some triggered fan of another pool player? Who cares if I am pinoy, i did not write that article...butt hurt? :)

@Jvern Ivermectin you do also noticed that this video is not "pinoy" right? your ass must be bleeding from watching this hahaha

Wow!

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Efran Bata Reyes is like fine wine. Gets better with age. I respect our people so much. We never do complain about the imperfect conditions we go through everyday. That’s why he has no excuses when he plays because of these conditions he has to play through constantly. 💪🤙

agree...

There won't be another Efren but I'm positive there will be another great player from our Country. I mean, c'mon man, lots of players back home do it for a living. I think they just need a proper management and training.

kind of like pacquiao?

There is also the fact that most of the new generation prefers playing online competitive games.

​@@motonvipr Efren Reyes - Billiards, Manny Pacquiao - Boxing and Paeng Nepomoceno - bowling

Im happy to say that I saw him play in person before

Same 💪😎🇵🇭👌

It's like watching a very artistic graceful combat sport..who does that...

Huh? You really should visit the slums and middle class areas. There are many potential successors. Problem is poverty, corruption, politics and zero support or programs to pursue their talents and passions.

IF the Olympics ever finally adopted billiards, the Philippines most likely will bag a GOLD MEDAL! 😂😂😂

That five bucks is around 250-300 Philippine pesos. It probably fed his family for the next 3 days.

​@@jayaidsmarstef73401 day or just 3 meals

5 bucks is big money. that's 8 hrs worth of work in some provinces in the Philippines.

@@jayaidsmarstef7340 nah 250 is not even gonna cover dinner that's lunch money

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Nice story

Thanks for featuring Efren Reyes.

TAGAY!

It's gotten to the point where schools banned students from going to billiard halls.

I live in reno nv there is not one pool hall

Something you can truly appreciate cause it's so rare

An embodiment of the filipino soul

Pac is helping out in any way possible that he can. Who cares if he enters the politics? He's one of the only few uncorrupt people in the senate. But I won't also deny that he lacks intelligence in that field cause that's not his specialty, especially being a senator. But that doesn't mean he doesn't belong there. He has a pure heart, willing to serve his fellow countrymen and his country. I think he might be better of as head of the sports commission something related in sports. I think he'll do great there. But, he has bigger goals, and wants to help the poor and again serve. So maybe that's why he's gunning for a bigger position, so that he can impact more. I agree that it takes a lot of intelligence and experience to be a good public servant, but it also takes a lot of heart and character to be an effective public servant. Intelligence and wisdom can be learned and knowledge and information is just there ready to be absorbed as long as you know how to leverage your resources. But, i think having a good character is much more important than having superior intelligence. A corrupt person will always do corrupted things. Not to mention THE ONLY 8 DIVISION CHAMP. I don't think anybody will match up to that. He's like Jordan of the boxing world. He's an icon. What are you talking about lost his focus in boxing? At the tail end of his career he had nothing to prove already, but he proved to the world again that at the age of 40 he could still be a champion. How's that for focus?

I mean, boxing is a combat sport. I won't fight my whole lifetime risking CTE or other brain damages. Good for Pacquiao slowly drifting away from boxing, and he also wished his son is not a boxer, too. It's not ideal for him to run for presidency, though. Compared to pool which is an indoor sport, it's fun to play even in your 60s. No reason for quitting other than you're not having fun anymore with pool.

Pacquio help built home for people.what can we complained about?both are great and they can do whatever they want.we not in the right position to talk bad about them.peace

Like Bustamante, who plays at jeepney terminal at main gate clark air base and many nite clubs do tournaments every clubs in Angeles City

Wow really?

@@p1p37zThe context was that there was an illegal gambling situation during a pool match that time and someone tipped the police so they went there, not knowing that Efren Reyes was there. As said, they arrested the people involved with the gambling while Efren was warned about it. And yes, Efren was dumbfounded about it.

He's financially ok. He most likely not putting a bet. Just the people that bet on him give him a percentage of the winnings if they win.

​@teriyaki_9inety 9ine yeah actually he still gambles. I remeber back 2019 he came to my hometown and challenged some of the local players (probably scouting new talents), the bet he raised was so high i think around 3k usd , in our country that is absurdly high, that a lot of people had to chip in just to match the bet. He lost that game but he wasnt bothered and we all knew he was not serious, i think he just wanted to see what the talents there had. And oh yeah it was an underground game so illegal

​@@carloscornejo3010 He was just there to play an exhibition match but he didn't know there was an illegal gambling going behind his back

Me too brother😂😂😂

Same in Romania just that Internet caffe took over in early 2thousands

I remember my 2 classmates spend 1 whole day in barangay hall prison because if vandalism inside the CR of the pool hall were we used to play. Highschool days

Turns out Cesar Morales is also Efren...

He IS one of a kind, not WAS.... he's still alive n playing

What year was that?

Lol same I remember in my small town in the Philippines where i grew up. Theres always sudden brownout 3 to 4 times a week, but its not stop the grown ups feom playing bet money just a few candle and the game is on 😂 even a heavey rain wont stop them from playing LMAO

ahahahaha nice strategies 🤣

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Philippine Cobras are the worst. They spit out their venom if they can't reach for a bite.

Its what we call the snake shot

nah, just coincidence. we have a lot of snakes here /s

Legit story

Yes we do play carom but not that much it helps us a lot to be better in banks and preparations 👌

Because of lack of carom tables. We don't play money game with that no hole pool.

carum in english.. in filipino we play carambola

carom is a boring thats why nobody likes it except the one who plays it

This ❤

Sounds like a chilled and relaxed Country and i would love to live there. Im from Germany and here its the Opposite Its all about Work and how much Money do you make in a Month. Yes we have a good Healthcare and socialcare System but thats it. Germany is realy the most boring Country you can imagine. Nearly everything is regulated and the Goverment treat you like a Child but yet they want your Money. You work mostly for them and not for you and your Family The Goverment is the Scum of the Earth and Germany sucks and i would love to leave this Country but i dont have the Money Sorry Man for getting a bit emotional I know this has nothing to do with Pool or the great Efren.

@@jihad4realnizprayers to you my friend! ull get there soon!!

​​​​​​​@@jihad4realnizno bro, if you only knew how bored our life becoz of lack of opportunity here and if i will choose i still choose a life in your country becoz of a good future awaits. yes we have freedom looks like we are relax and chilled country but our stomach are empty and our social care and healthcare is not good and maybe worst

Etiquette? Football fans are the worst! 😂 rude and obnoxious, let’s not even start with American football as well, people getting killed because of another team. 😂 pathetic. Sports is supposed to be fun and enjoyable.

Boxing?

@@edxeljohnapongan6767 yeah a lot of filipinos love boxing too but most of the filipino men don’t even try the sport

wish billiards can be more mains stream

@@jmgonzales7701 Yes, going mainstream would certainly mean bigger purses which would attract more talent. Players like Efren and Earl had to cut a reputation through gambling in their early career.

@@splotbang8296 problem is would more people be genuinely interested in it since it barely involves athletic ability.

@@jmgonzales7701 There's no doubt that a lot of talented pool players don't pursue the game aggressively because there is no money in it. Any activity that has financial potential will generate interest. It doesn't have to involve athletics.

@@splotbang8296 ok i guess you are right but maybe if the sport grows to have more varations it might be able to attract more.

As an aside, the pool hall I worked at above was "cooled" using a campus-wide cool/hot water system to control the temperature. However, it does nothing about the humidity and this was in the Midwest. The point is that we had to use CUPS of chalk, all of which ended up on the tables, which were otherwise pretty good (9-foot, decent cloth, annually rebalanced, refurbished high-end tables). All the balls were cleaned in a machine after every turn-in, and also every night. Additionally, every night, we would vacuum the cloth, brush it out, and then clean the chalk off the rest of the table. The tables were good, good lighting, a nice selection of house cues......but the humidity......ugh !

The 3 - 4 cushion is what made Filipino better in billiards. It's a regular that you must know that first before anything else before you go pro.

Claveria, Bolton, SanPedro?

@@porpor1436 Tigatto, Milan, Buhangin.

Were they betting?