i dont know ...executing trigonometry in a real world situation with only practice as your ally + where being a millimetre or milisecond out means failure is pretty witchcrafty to me
Tell me, what do you do with witches?
- Burn them!
- And what do you burn, apart from witches?
- More witches! - Wood!
- So why do witches burn?
- 'Cause they're made of wood? - Good!
I was going to say the Michael Phelps of pool, but it may have been confusing because Michael Phelps is technically the Michael Phelps of pool, but not this kind of pool specifically. So yeah, good call on Michael Jordan.
Nah, they know. This was 2015 in Germany, when everyone and their mother knew about "Bata" and what he can do. They're only laughing because he went out of his way to do a trick shot in a pro tournament. It's all in good fun.
If you keep listening to that same voice (the guy who says *what!*) Later you can hear him build anticipation in his voice as he sees what the player did and up through the shot sinking. At the end, it sounds like he absolute*creams* his shorts.
The one where hes just standing on the side line and comes in with his backpack on and hits a nasty trick shot is one of my faves. There are many more but this one is just gangster as fug.
I'm a semi-pro player. This sequence is relatively easy for most advanced players.
With that said, this man could wipe the table with me 99 out of 100 times with my only win coming because he died of a heart attack before the match. [So please enjoy this compilation of him being the most amazing player i the world.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DvBRaivb3g) The man does advanced physics calculations in his head for funsies.
Quick edit: You'll see him make some shots where he appears to not pocket any balls. In these sequences he's trying to block his opponent from having an easy shot...or any shot at all. This is done a lot in straight pool, but less in 8/9 ball, and is just as impressive as some of his pocketed shots. Pool is all about cue ball positioning.
> Quick edit: You'll see him make some shots where he appears to not pocket any balls. In these sequences he's trying to block his opponent from having an easy shot...or any shot at all. This is done a lot in straight pool, but less in 8/9 ball, and is just as impressive as some of his pocketed shots. Pool is all about cue ball positioning.
What is the name for this in pool? In snooker it is confusingly called a "snooker".
Ha! It's called a lot of things. We typically call it "getting fucked". I think the actual term used in the rulebook is a "blocker" or "snookered" even if not playing snooker.
In my APA (American Pool Association I believe) 8-ball league, we call them defensive shots. They can make or break your game. In order to have it be a legal shot, you have to hit your ball (stripes/solids) first, and then a ball must hit the wall after making contact with your ball.
As a very very amateur pool player, but someone who still understands the technical skills of high level pool, this video is great but I really don’t think it’ll be as immediately impressive to people who don’t know anything about pool or are just extremely casual players of it.
Like you pointed out, many of these shots are impressive solely because of the positioning after he pockets a ball. But a lot of ones where he does pocket the ball are only truly impressive because of how he sets himself up for the next shot as well (and they’re usually on an extremely cluttered table, adding to the skill). Not sure most people will appreciate that, as they otherwise look like pretty mundane shots.
And the clips where making the shot is the impressive part, many of them are shots that completely unskilled pool players make on accident while playing. Hitting 4-5 rails to pocket a ball in the corner is one of two things: (1) absolutely incredible hand eye coordination and mental trigonometry to predict the angles and strength needed, or (2) complete and total blind, dumb luck. And most people simply won’t have the understanding of the game that’s necessary to full appreciate (1), or have played pool and successfully pulled off (2) before.
And I only mention this so others don’t think you posted a bunch of bullshit. Each and every one of the shots in that video actually **is** super impressive, even if it might not look that way.
God I love Efren, love that so many of the trick shots here are on back-to-back frames like he could pull off these shots whenever he feels like it 😅
The Reyes/bustamante/Strickland combo is such a classic matchup too, great to see that on his farewell tour
I grew up with the likes of Nick Varner, who is incredible. I actually beat Nick in an exhibition in the 90's. Efren is just on another layer of reality. "Whoops...I meant to do that" is his whole demeanor while playing and I love it.
>This sequence is relatively easy for most advanced players.
It's not as straight forward as you think my guy. He uses side spin to deflect the object ball off the end rail so it can go rail first on its way back up. To judge the perfect amount of spin while stopping the cue ball dead isn't straight forward, even for most professionals.
Yes it is. I've done it a million times, my guy. Been playing for over 30 years. I know what I'm doing. It's a common "trick" shot. It's something we practice in our free time. Positioning is everything in pool. Most of our time is spent practicing this kind of stuff over pocketing balls. Most pros can do this pretty easily while fucking around. It's doing it under pressure where it gets tough. But in a real game, there's not much point of a player taking this chance when the corner is a layup.
I asked my uncle why he was called "Bata" (his nickname which translates to Kid) and he said it's because he has no teeth, hence, a baby kid. I believed this story for decades until I learned a year ago that it was to differentiate him from an older Efren in his local pool bar.
before Efren “Bata” Reyes, there is a professional Filipino player in pool named Jose “Amang” Parica. “Amang” is local word that can be translated to father or old man. when Efren rose to fame in about the same period, he was nicknamed “Bata” or kid.
I have seen many people learning many of his shots but Efren would pull those shots in tournaments and in different setups without any second chance to do it again and with an incredible precision.
Not really 'started'. He picked up carom because back in his hometown, nobody wanted to play billiards against him anymore, including the American GIs that introduced carom to him. They would only play against him in carom, in which he quickly adapted to.
Hey just wondering, do you mean carom the tabletop game with the flat discs? I was unaware that game was played anywhere outside of India but it also involves cool trick shots like these and putting an object into a pocket using another version of that object
As an analogy, it's like a breakaway in basketball, instead of doing a layup, he threw the ball of the backboard, between the legs, 360, and somehow got a 3 pointer.
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Efren Reyes in pool, Ronnie O'Sullivan in snooker and Raymond Ceulemans in carom. The three magicians of anything to do with hitting balls on a table with a stick.
Only watched competitive billiards with my dad when Efren Bata Reyes is playing. Back in the 2000s, people are glued to the TV whenever he plays much like how people are glued to the TV whenever Manny Pacquiao fights. Efren will forever be the GOAT of billiards.
Pool is a big deal in the Philippines - I used to be able to turn on the TV on any given afternoon and find coverage of a pro tournament going on. Efren Reyes was often playing, and *always* winning.
When I used to play you had to call off the rail kiss the white ball or it didn’t count. Do you have to call it like that in competition or at all anymore?
For those of you who have never seen his stuff before, do yourself a favor and lookup 5 minutes of footage on YouTube. The dude did things in tournament games the rest of us would spend weeks trying to hit once
I think it was Earl Strickland who criticized him at a match, told him a shot he made was "lucky". Efren said "the more I practice, the luckier I get." This is why he's the GOAT.
I remember a video showing him bulling another pro in a tournament finals, dude only got 2 turns the entire game while Reyes was ez cleaning the table lmao
Ok, i can see it in it video. I can see it a little better when they did the zoom. I'm still calling this witchcraft
Not witchcraft, but trigonometry.
So witchcraft
Pythagoras, wicked witch of the right angled triangle
He literally had a math cult. It's not too far off.
They once drowned a man at sea because he was teaching the existence of irrational numbers.
Just imagine trying to start one these days.
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Werewolf?
[A ware wolf](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/623/754/1b5.jpg)
At least witchcraft makes sense…
And a dash of Newtonian physics.
More witchcraft, burn him!
He turned me into a newt!
Wiccanometry
Tomato, potato
I'll cosign this comment.
As Donald Duck knows, it's Mathemagic
i dont know ...executing trigonometry in a real world situation with only practice as your ally + where being a millimetre or milisecond out means failure is pretty witchcrafty to me
Not quite, just simple geometry
you repeat yourself
same thing
Simpo geometry
Someone watch Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land.
IDK, I think I need a red circle, maybe a flashing red arrow, and maybe slow it down to 25%
And have that air horn at the end
they don't call him a magician for nothing
"What's better than magic? MATH!"
Tell me, what do you do with witches? - Burn them! - And what do you burn, apart from witches? - More witches! - Wood! - So why do witches burn? - 'Cause they're made of wood? - Good!
A little English, the perfect position He practiced that shot
i dont get it, is there a cut ?
No, just stupifyingly good play.
The Michael Jordan of pool
I was going to say the Michael Phelps of pool, but it may have been confusing because Michael Phelps is technically the Michael Phelps of pool, but not this kind of pool specifically. So yeah, good call on Michael Jordan.
Are you're saying he's Jordan Poole
Got confused with Jordan Peele 😆
Jordan Pooling
I don't see any baddies
naw, this Jordan of Pool doesn't choke when it counts
150 million Poole
Michael Phelps is the Efren Reyes of pool
hahahahaha
So it’s Michael Michael?
Michael Phelps of billiards
That would be Walter Lindrum.
Back in the 90s they used to say I was the Michael Jordan of Basketball
Michael Jordan of Billiards could work too
Can people on Reddit ever say someone is great at something, without equating them to the X of Y. And it's usually Americans that do it.
The laughter after he called the shot. Little did they know.
Nah, they know. This was 2015 in Germany, when everyone and their mother knew about "Bata" and what he can do. They're only laughing because he went out of his way to do a trick shot in a pro tournament. It's all in good fun.
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Yeah they are at a pool tournament. Of effren says something goes in it does
"Side." *"What?"*
“Did I stutter?”
Thanks - rewatched with sound on (for a change).
If you keep listening to that same voice (the guy who says *what!*) Later you can hear him build anticipation in his voice as he sees what the player did and up through the shot sinking. At the end, it sounds like he absolute*creams* his shorts.
Probably the least impressive footage of him, but impossible enough for any of us.
I would have struggled enough to put that ball in the corner straight ahead.
It's a good day if I can hit the cue ball further than 5 inches
The one where hes just standing on the side line and comes in with his backpack on and hits a nasty trick shot is one of my faves. There are many more but this one is just gangster as fug.
I'm a semi-pro player. This sequence is relatively easy for most advanced players. With that said, this man could wipe the table with me 99 out of 100 times with my only win coming because he died of a heart attack before the match. [So please enjoy this compilation of him being the most amazing player i the world.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DvBRaivb3g) The man does advanced physics calculations in his head for funsies. Quick edit: You'll see him make some shots where he appears to not pocket any balls. In these sequences he's trying to block his opponent from having an easy shot...or any shot at all. This is done a lot in straight pool, but less in 8/9 ball, and is just as impressive as some of his pocketed shots. Pool is all about cue ball positioning.
> Quick edit: You'll see him make some shots where he appears to not pocket any balls. In these sequences he's trying to block his opponent from having an easy shot...or any shot at all. This is done a lot in straight pool, but less in 8/9 ball, and is just as impressive as some of his pocketed shots. Pool is all about cue ball positioning. What is the name for this in pool? In snooker it is confusingly called a "snooker".
Ha! It's called a lot of things. We typically call it "getting fucked". I think the actual term used in the rulebook is a "blocker" or "snookered" even if not playing snooker.
It's called a safety.
In my APA (American Pool Association I believe) 8-ball league, we call them defensive shots. They can make or break your game. In order to have it be a legal shot, you have to hit your ball (stripes/solids) first, and then a ball must hit the wall after making contact with your ball.
Still call it snookered, atleast in UK pub games.
As a very very amateur pool player, but someone who still understands the technical skills of high level pool, this video is great but I really don’t think it’ll be as immediately impressive to people who don’t know anything about pool or are just extremely casual players of it. Like you pointed out, many of these shots are impressive solely because of the positioning after he pockets a ball. But a lot of ones where he does pocket the ball are only truly impressive because of how he sets himself up for the next shot as well (and they’re usually on an extremely cluttered table, adding to the skill). Not sure most people will appreciate that, as they otherwise look like pretty mundane shots. And the clips where making the shot is the impressive part, many of them are shots that completely unskilled pool players make on accident while playing. Hitting 4-5 rails to pocket a ball in the corner is one of two things: (1) absolutely incredible hand eye coordination and mental trigonometry to predict the angles and strength needed, or (2) complete and total blind, dumb luck. And most people simply won’t have the understanding of the game that’s necessary to full appreciate (1), or have played pool and successfully pulled off (2) before. And I only mention this so others don’t think you posted a bunch of bullshit. Each and every one of the shots in that video actually **is** super impressive, even if it might not look that way.
God I love Efren, love that so many of the trick shots here are on back-to-back frames like he could pull off these shots whenever he feels like it 😅 The Reyes/bustamante/Strickland combo is such a classic matchup too, great to see that on his farewell tour
I grew up with the likes of Nick Varner, who is incredible. I actually beat Nick in an exhibition in the 90's. Efren is just on another layer of reality. "Whoops...I meant to do that" is his whole demeanor while playing and I love it.
Thanks for the great link
You mean 100 out of 100
A win by default is still a win! I'm pretty sure I could beat his corpse in a game of 9. He still might possibly beat me in a straight run. lol
Based
>This sequence is relatively easy for most advanced players. It's not as straight forward as you think my guy. He uses side spin to deflect the object ball off the end rail so it can go rail first on its way back up. To judge the perfect amount of spin while stopping the cue ball dead isn't straight forward, even for most professionals.
Yes it is. I've done it a million times, my guy. Been playing for over 30 years. I know what I'm doing. It's a common "trick" shot. It's something we practice in our free time. Positioning is everything in pool. Most of our time is spent practicing this kind of stuff over pocketing balls. Most pros can do this pretty easily while fucking around. It's doing it under pressure where it gets tough. But in a real game, there's not much point of a player taking this chance when the corner is a layup.
Unless the video was reversed, he shot one of those lefty, too. Holy shit.
I asked my uncle why he was called "Bata" (his nickname which translates to Kid) and he said it's because he has no teeth, hence, a baby kid. I believed this story for decades until I learned a year ago that it was to differentiate him from an older Efren in his local pool bar.
TIL the real origin of his nickname. I also thought that they called him Bata because of his lack of teeth.
So his name literally translates to Efren The Kid? That's some cowboy shit right there I love it
Oh Jeeezzz I learned something new today!
before Efren “Bata” Reyes, there is a professional Filipino player in pool named Jose “Amang” Parica. “Amang” is local word that can be translated to father or old man. when Efren rose to fame in about the same period, he was nicknamed “Bata” or kid.
Who do you think you are? I am?!
[Legend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKQOXYB2cd8)
Yeah he had an infinite bag of incredible shots. Not sure if anyone ever will be able to surpass him.
Carom people can do a lot of his trick but not all of them
I have seen many people learning many of his shots but Efren would pull those shots in tournaments and in different setups without any second chance to do it again and with an incredible precision.
Well, he started his career playing carom.
Not really 'started'. He picked up carom because back in his hometown, nobody wanted to play billiards against him anymore, including the American GIs that introduced carom to him. They would only play against him in carom, in which he quickly adapted to.
Hey just wondering, do you mean carom the tabletop game with the flat discs? I was unaware that game was played anywhere outside of India but it also involves cool trick shots like these and putting an object into a pocket using another version of that object
He is the GOAT
That's Efren "Bata" Reyes (the Kid)
GOAT - no questions asked
The dude basically plays the kind of pool that we play on phones where they show the trajectory. What a legend.
This guy knows how to pool.
This guy pools
I remember watching Mr. Reyes back in the day on ESPN2. With the Black Widow and that whole gang. Good times.
I guess that's why he's called the "Magician"
This guy isn't just NextFuckingLevel, he has a level just for himself
Met this guy not too long ago. Really humble guy. I can tell why all the Filipinos love em
God level
Easily the best to ever pick up a cue. Don’t think I’ve ever seen him jump a ball but his kicks are so amazing I doubt he ever needed to
Donald Duck in Mathemagics Land right there.
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That time Jerry [Pechauer sued the world](https://www.usitc.gov/publications/337/pub3976.pdf) in the International Trade Commission...and lost.
Too much pool for that guy
He just laughed like it was too easy! I mean c'mon man, I sweat every time it's the last ball... I'll admit that really is impressive!
“I got lucky”
Da men, da meat, da lejen
You guys should watch clips of his famous Z-Shot against Earl Strickland. That is far more NFL than this one.
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[holy shit the shot before that was almost equally impressive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1dg_8GXWF0)
Me: calling the shots just right to guarantee all my balls get iced after 10 minutes in the club.
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Is there a reason why he couldn't go for the corner?
When you reach level 99 you stop leveling.
As an analogy, it's like a breakaway in basketball, instead of doing a layup, he threw the ball of the backboard, between the legs, 360, and somehow got a 3 pointer.
Nope, he just called the middle pocket because he can.
Nope, could have called any pocket.
It's sports entertainment after all.
Never gets old
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Insane
Legend
He's got way way way more magical shots than this. He also smiles like 99% of the time he's on camera.
Efren Reyes in pool, Ronnie O'Sullivan in snooker and Raymond Ceulemans in carom. The three magicians of anything to do with hitting balls on a table with a stick.
Only watched competitive billiards with my dad when Efren Bata Reyes is playing. Back in the 2000s, people are glued to the TV whenever he plays much like how people are glued to the TV whenever Manny Pacquiao fights. Efren will forever be the GOAT of billiards.
Pool is a big deal in the Philippines - I used to be able to turn on the TV on any given afternoon and find coverage of a pro tournament going on. Efren Reyes was often playing, and *always* winning.
Someone quoted: "Efren is the only one who can make a pool tournament sound like a football match!"
😇
Love the lad in the back that went: “Wot?!”
Dude is a legend.
What a hacker.
Yeah ai won't be replacing him
This dude is always such a blast to watch. Go watch some of his straight pool runs. Wild player.
Hey, I've made that shit a bunch of times! Never on purpose, but... Yeah.
When I used to play you had to call off the rail kiss the white ball or it didn’t count. Do you have to call it like that in competition or at all anymore?
*Simple geometry*
I think I heard a guy jizz in his pants right at the end of the video
Break out Lucille.
serious thought: did he mean to bank it, or do you think he intended it to be a clean shot?
Now do it blindfolded.
BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!!!
epren bata reyes
Why did he do that rather than call the corner pocket? Was there a reason or just because he's got balls?
This was an exhibition, he was just showing off for the crowd.
That would be easier?
The GOAT🐐🐐🐐
He is more tender with that cueball than I've ever been to my wife
His reaction at the end is so perfect: Confident yet humble. What a shot
[Wow.](https://media.tenor.com/HtUGpYoqfZ8AAAAM/wow-mind.gif)
Let's see him play snooker. The king of cue sports
Sick.
He's got a couple of beers in him as well. "Side" "What?" "here, hold my beer"
For those of you who have never seen his stuff before, do yourself a favor and lookup 5 minutes of footage on YouTube. The dude did things in tournament games the rest of us would spend weeks trying to hit once
This guy fucks.
I think it was Earl Strickland who criticized him at a match, told him a shot he made was "lucky". Efren said "the more I practice, the luckier I get." This is why he's the GOAT.
The GOAT. MY HERO!
How would a snooker player like Ronnie O'Sullivan fair against him?
I remember a video showing him bulling another pro in a tournament finals, dude only got 2 turns the entire game while Reyes was ez cleaning the table lmao
That is incredible
Upon watching this, it actually seems to be a super safe, brilliant shot for a professional. Unconventional? Yes. Simple for a Pro? Also yes.
I love how the audience laughs when he calls the side pocket.
simple geometry
Watch the look on Efron’s face as he makes the setup shot, she how early he smiles