Hard Times Billiards in Sacramento is hosting the 3rd Annual (CMMT) Chuck Markulis Memorial 9-Ball Tournament on October 9-10, 2010. A day before that, October 8, Friday, there will be a 9-ball Mini Tournament, Challenge Matches against the top two best pool players in the world today, Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco. The most awaited […]
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Efren Reyes was born August 26, 1954, in Mexico, Pampanga in the Philippines. He is the middle son of nine children, 5 boys and four girls. His family was poor and his father worked as a barber. When Efren was five years old, his family sent him to stay with his uncle who owned the
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Philippine billiard icon Efren “Bata” Reyes is once again at the top of the world as he emerged as the winner of the just-ended Spanish Open 9-Ball Championships was held yesterday in Vigo, Spain. Efren Reyes, the top player of sportsman/businessman Aristoc “Putch” Puyat, showing his vintage form, outclassed Niels “The Terminator” Feijen of the
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Two-time World Champion Ronnie Alcano and Gandy Valle made it one-two in the Men’s 8-Ball Competition in Vientiane, Laos. In an all Filipino finals, Ronnie beat Fandy 7-1 for the Philippine billiards and snooker team to clinch their first medals of the 25th SEA Games. “We are both very happy and it did not matter
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Affirming her status as the region’s best female cue artist, Amit downed Singapore’s Charlene Chai, 7-3, Thursday to claim the Women’s 9-Ball title and join swimmer Miguel Molina as the Team Philippines’ double gold performer at the 25th Southeast Asian Games. Replicating her 1st victory in Women’s 8-Ball Wednesday, the 28-year-old Rubilen Amit again played
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In the Philippines, we call this indoor sport simply a billiard game. Pinoy pool players have been dominating pool billiards worldwide for more than two decades now. In fact, the best top ten in the world are Filipinos, led by none other than the living legend in pool: Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, Dennis Orcollo, Ronnie
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