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
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
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 🤦😭💀
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
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..
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.
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 was born in 1949 and by 2024 I have seen moon landing, colored television, laptop, internet, electron microscope, Hubble, JW telescope and many others, but what amazed me is Efren's pool shots and this is what I will remember when I die. There is one more thing that I must mention, Nusrat' divine voice, admits all the greatest singers of France, Germany, Spain, Portugal (Brazil), USA and Japan, that he is by far the best singer of all time.
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.
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
Efren Reyes is just on a Different Level. . .The Confidence he shows making a difficult shot is Amazing. . .Very Calm And the amount of time he Spends figuring out the Difficult shot is Unparalleled
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.
That is true that is why Efren said that games now almost all does jump shots where before it takes more strategy and mind games where to hide and shoot the ball. I remember chunese or taiwan players doing jump shots,
@@1-Random-Subscriber 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.
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.
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 :)
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
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.
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
3:16, 3:32 were correctly credited to Melling, though, the four rail shot at 3:46 was miss-credited to Mika, and should be Melling...(the 3 shots were consecutive ones he made during the 2017 World Classic in New York, his unfortunate opponent was Mika)...~~Just me, RD
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"
You can clearly see that Strickland is really had it so very lucky as he was jumping sky high every shot that he made went in. Bata and others were only had it look so simple that they really expecting it to go in.
haha, strickland's shot had't happened in a game. It was a trick shot placing balls so that all will go to pocket. Only thing is to shoot with right speed and direction
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!!! 🐐
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.
Efren is unparalleled. He just does all these incredible shots so consistently and in great numbers
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!
@@fatroberto3012 That's the amazing part.
@@NewsTrends-s1o and they are not set up trick shots. Done on the fly. His brain is s computer
and never get emotional...just the smile under the mustache
Under pressure of competition
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.
Amen to that sir
you only have to be 80% accurate as the pockets are generous
More like half are flukes. Like most of this list.
Sasmita
Exactly
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.
Earl hated Bata at the time of their match but couldn't dismiss the brilliancy of that match winning shot.
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@@Grandpa_Mosesvery true they were made to compete against eachother.. it’s too bad earl was an A-hole
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
@@steveconnelly9207Mike dechaine would like a word
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
😊😊😊
Strickland not showing confidence? WTF?
Striklands just a little emotional
@@johnwalkup7649 some of Strickland's shots were flukes judging by his reactions whereas Reyes intended every amazing shot he made
when everyone on the internet is a psychologist lol
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Great players play excellent shots. Efren creates excellent shots. I don’t think anyone will ever match his skills.
SVB.
@@tristonfitzpatrick4198 lol never seen SVB be creative with his shots, his a good shooter but never a creative player
@@mulugetakejela6126 he has a computer in his head, figuring out the angles. Amazing
Reyes has been a level above everyone else for decades.
You can be the best.
But with humility and humbleness you can be greater.
Efren has all those qualities.
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.
Yet, half of them are flukes.
@@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 🤦😭💀
Magician at pool, a natural at personality and grace
@@Vlow52in your humble opinion I take it!
Efren owned this highlight💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
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. 😂😂😂
Efren's generation is crazy. So many great players. What a golden age it was.
That's how they learn but what efren Reyes learn em from ?
Efren Reyes Took this game to a whole new level!! I love the game But Reyes Lived the game
As much as I love Efren and watching him play, I do enjoy seeing some amazing shots from others, so thank you for this! 🙏💯
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 the best to ever play pool in any form
Many great shots many great players Bata Reyes from a different universe 👏 👏👏
*EFREN REYES THE G.O.A.T.* 🐐
Doesn’t get the credit he deserves!
doesnt get the credit he deserves? in the pool community hes known as one of if not the best
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.
Efren is still the best of them all.
Yes course, they copied all tricks from efren bata. He started from the scratch. The rest of players copied and enhance it. 😊 ✌️
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..
@@emarhufortin47 I love Efren but he is not even in the top 10 right now.
@@bicd3244 no he is their daddy. Of course right now not cuz he has some age but in his prime i put him against anyone you have over him
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.
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..
One of the riskiest shot I've ever seen and he executed it perfectly. Like if he had missed only a few millimeters he would have lost the ball.
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
@@johnnyp6202 Willie may have been a better 'pocketer' considering he holds the record for consecutive but in his prime no one was better than Bata
The commentator was like, this is on another leve!
Efren is the man but Earl has some crazy shots too! Great video!
Musconi evented trickshot but Efren The Magician Reyes ... Always show it in Tournament..Perfected it.
Efren fooled anybody with those shots! Everyone seems to know pool until they saw Efren😊
Efren is the best. No doubt! He's The Magician.
Efren and Earl, so much talent.
Trick shot on championships - only the magician! The L-shot still amazes me everytime.
The magician Efren Bata Reyes is no doubt the greatest of all time.
Efren is th best, Indonesia is so proud of you
Efren Bata Reyes @0:53 is insane
The pearl “you won’t get any better than that”
Efren “Hold my beer”
I was born in 1949 and by 2024 I have seen moon landing, colored television, laptop, internet, electron microscope, Hubble, JW telescope and many others, but what amazed me is Efren's pool shots and this is what I will remember when I die. There is one more thing that I must mention, Nusrat' divine voice, admits all the greatest singers of France, Germany, Spain, Portugal (Brazil), USA and Japan, that he is by far the best singer of all time.
These 2 are beyond Legends in kick shots..They are GODS.
Efren bata is Legend.. base on his ACHIEVEMENTs and track record..
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.
Indeed. The Melling shots were in THE SAME FRAME!
Greatest 🎱 runout of all time!
@@jasonjohnson7411 Nope. Watch Reyes vs Sigel. 8-0.
They all know do the shots but to control CUE balls it will g to, Efren Bata will prevail
That first shot from Mosconi is pure gold, I have never seen it before.
Efren Bata Reyes was the man to beat for other players, majestic!!
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.
Willie was quite the showman…. Nowhere near as good as Efren but quite a player
Who told you that Santa Claus
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.
Actually it was 526 until recently broken by Jason Shaw
@@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
I'm Filipino so obviously Efren is my favorite but that shot by Mika was absolutely insane.
Efren knew he’d make the shot, hence the smile. Earl envisioned the shot, but couldn’t believe he made it… hence the jumping for joy.
0:55 is the greatest shot in history.
@steverobinson1334 oh sorry you are an expert
@steverobinson1334 why you thumb up your comment? you need attention?
Efren Reyes is just on a Different Level. . .The Confidence he shows making a difficult shot is Amazing. . .Very Calm
And the amount of time he Spends figuring out the Difficult shot is Unparalleled
I play only carambole, and never liked pool very much, but when I see this I get inspired. Perhaps I shoul try some pool!
A lot of these shots have been around for generations. We played many of them in our local pool hall during lunch hour at high school.
I already knew and the hole world already knows but this videos just shows how Efren “bata” Reyes is a god 🙌🏻
That shot by Alain Martel must the greatest thing I've ever seen
Some amazing shots that were the product of talent, skill and thousands of hours practice. Also some flukes thrown in for good measure ;-)
Efren and Earl are very good friends now
I'm surprised to hear that!
@@starluxstudio619 Earl mellowed down as he grew older.
Reyes can make shots all day that Strickland would never even see.
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.
Makes sense why Efren rarely made jump shots.
@@palmtrees2420 exactly!
Jump shots really aren't that impressive.
Jump shots can be impressive in basketball, not so much in pool table.
That is true that is why Efren said that games now almost all does jump shots where before it takes more strategy and mind games where to hide and shoot the ball. I remember chunese or taiwan players doing jump shots,
3:50, that's Chris Melling, not Mika. Chris did those three amazing shots in a single break and run.
Which is the most watched pool rack on you tube 😀
@@1-Random-Subscriber 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!
It's just unbelievable. Thanks for the video.
The shot of bata was in here like 3 times but still clean shot xD
Efren said jump shot is cheating shot and he never tried it and yet still the best billiard player in the history.
He also did some jumpshot. Rarely but still
Great shots! Ya left one out, though... Efren's risky-but-fun "Side pocket" call/shot on the 10 to win! 😲😳😅
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.
Indeed, also that L is shot , no one inthe world would ever think to do durong a match.
I still think Efren Reyes was the best pool player in the world ...
i love how every second one of these is Reyes. dude is a legit genius.
He's so humble and well loved. Probably the only athlete without a basher.
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.
"god of kickshot" efren bata reyes....proud filipino here🔥💪👈
Hello beautiful snooker poses thank you for sharing have a great afternoon
Efren "Bata" Reyes
The most respected, skilled and greatest of all time when all of the top pool players were asked.
This is why I love Reyes he never celebrates, he always stays calm.
Looking at the clip is is obvious that ER & ES are two of the greatest shot makers of all time!!
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 :)
Excellent clips of excellent shots. Really oughta watch the repeat clips, though.
Efrain Reeves Is the king of kick shots love watching him play
Thank you Dr Dave
Efren created half of the video length himself )) what a goat!
TIL that Bata is the best pool player of all time just by his highlights.
Why isn't Mike Massey or Stefano Pelinga talked about? I remember watching these 2 along with the black widow.
Lookout for Efren Reyes famous Z-shot, must be included.
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
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.
Yeah, some great shots there. Would have had trouble potting some of those myself! :)
15:24 is unimaginable shot..that's he was called The Magician
Los tiros de Efren son poesía incomparable insuperable..😮
Efren knows where the cue ball goes. Other player don't know where there ball are goin.
Not here but I've seen Efren execute the stun shot perfectly in the 90s. Very impressed indeed.
Efren & Earl the 2 greatest.
@0:52 is the most amazingly creative pool shot of all time! Efren Bata the GOAT!
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
at 45 sec - that Jimmy White shot is beyond quantum geometry ! 🔥🔥
9:01 was a blunder that created the best shot in billiards.
3:16, 3:32 were correctly credited to Melling, though, the four rail shot at 3:46 was miss-credited to Mika, and should be Melling...(the 3 shots were consecutive ones he made during the 2017 World Classic in New York, his unfortunate opponent was Mika)...~~Just me, RD
great compilation!!
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"
You can clearly see that Strickland is really had it so very lucky as he was jumping sky high every shot that he made went in. Bata and others were only had it look so simple that they really expecting it to go in.
haha, strickland's shot had't happened in a game. It was a trick shot placing balls so that all will go to pocket. Only thing is to shoot with right speed and direction
Absolutely right
Awesome stuff.. they are all good in their own way but I think ER comes out on tops 👍🎱
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!!! 🐐
Efren Reyes has an impressive skill and very entertaining shots!!! He is the GOAT!!!
Efren magician reyes founder pioneer of kick shot....
No doubt Efren is the "GOAT"
Every time I look at a setup and think “what even is that???” then physics breaks: Efren Reyes
The half of shots where from Efren...
He's the best
Thumbnail got me and it got you too. Don’t lie
Bata! Greatest of ALL time
Efren is the best👍👍🥰🥰
These boys certainly understand some of the important aspects of mechanics/physics
Just compare Erfen rays shot with others and you will have an idea why he is the GOAT
That one at 2:49 is beyond ridiculous. I have never ever seen anyone even think to attempt such a shot!
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.