during the year 1971 and 1972, i am a frequent visitor of lucky 13 billiard hall where Efren Bata Reyes is a mainstay, he is an all around player, one time i watched him play stop one, the play is he always shoot one time whether he pockets the ball, what he is doing is hide the mother ball and he will say where it will go, and the mother ball goes there, a chain smoker too, one time i play with my friends, i watched him practiced and practiced all the time as our table is very next to him, he is a real pro like he will live and die at the side of the billiard table.
Davis says if only Efren focuses in snooker, he would probably on the top of the game.. Ronni O'Sullivan says "Efren is the GOAT".. Undisputed GOAT in any sports
The Michael Jordan in Billards. Efren is the only pool player to be called "The Magician". Our country was famous in this game because of this man. A round of applause!
@@markblow1966 Yes i agree. Who the hell let him anywhere near a mic. What he said didnt match what was going on. The commentary was a disgrace, and annoying.
All plays in that match extraordinary god-gifted Talent unbelievable the way they know how to draw back the ball and use English on a professional size table they make it look easy
If you enjoy that kind of play... I recommend you really look into snooker....cue position after making the shot is basically the entire game... on a table that's 150% the size of a Professional Pool table.
The referee she is always happy for Efren when he does great snooker shots hiding the cue ball! Somehow I think she has great admiration for Efren being so humble who you never see cheating!
Any world pool player champion can also do all the tricks he does on the table. But none of them has the “GUTS” to do it during a tournament. Only Efren “Bata” Reyes has the BALLS!!! Definitely the “Magician.”
Tricks is not the reason for being he called Magician, as any pro player can do that. He called Magician for being the only one who always succeed in difficult shot using ziz-zag, even using four side.
He was called the Magician coz he always see shots that other people haven't think about or even saw. He can execute difficult shots and even kick shots. As the great Johnny Acrher said while commenting on a match of Efren, "Efren call fool anybody" with the shot selection he chooses on the matches he played.
He plays with no fear at all, he always feels like he can make his shot and yes he’s the only person who has the balls to do it with big money on the table.
I was always surprised Davis continued to play 9 ball pool with a snooker cue . Ive played both and it was so much harder to get white ball action with the small smaller tip with the heavier white ball .
Fats was more of a showman, wasn't he? Mosconi on a good day vs. Efren would be pretty interesting. There wouldn't be much hotdogging in the middle of it.
It was big money in the sport back then, those were the glorious years and Efren the greatest pool player the world has ever seen! 🎱🔥 (Honour to crazy Strickland as well!)
Always amazing to see two of the most respected players in a match. Efren the GOAT always entertains me but Michaela Tabb's smile at 42:41 was rare and priceless, too.
Did I hear that he won 165,000$ in Tokyo ? Imagine so many times he played and won , He sure deserve it, better entertainment,, This is better than golf . 🎱🎬
SERIA DE MARABILLA VER A EFREN SER PPROFESOR DEL BILLAR POOL PERO CON SOLO VERLO APRENDE CUALQUIERA LO ADMIRO ES LO MAS RECURSIVO Y PRECISO SOLO ES SABER IMITARLO .....Y PRACTICAR LO QUE HACE ES DE INTENTARLO....
i'm proud to be a filipino because of this man the world pool champion the pride of the Philippines the Living Legend "The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes😀👍👏🏆🏅🎱🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Davis is a snooker player and not a pool player. He was brought in to help reach a wider audience for pool and to try to make it more popular to a world audience. to raise it's profile and grow the sport. He wasn't coming in to try and dominate and take over. Snooker is where the money is in cue sports. Pool is amature in prizemoney terms and has no real professional structural governing bodies for god sakes. Efren know all the kicking sytems and tricks of the trade as such. Davis does not. Efren is used to the weight of the pool balls, Davis is not. Of course Efren is going to win 90% of the time. Put him on a snooker table v Davis and he would struggle to take a frame on a professional table. A snooker player is more likely to beat a pool player at pool then a pool player is to beat a snooker player at snooker.
@@itellyouwhy6957You are wrong. Davis is invited to reach wider audience? Pool is more popular than snooker for God sake!!! The real money is in pool. How many billiard tournaments around the world vs snooker tournament? (Snooker is just popular in UK) Aside from that, there's a lot of unrecorded money game attended by pro pool players. FYI: Efren also played great in snooker before and decided to pursue pool. He found no money and not a lot of competition in snooker unlike pool. If he chooses snooker as a career, he's still gonna be a legend.
Actually, I love to watch pool cue controls of pool players than snooker. Pool has more complicated and fancy shots than snooker.. It is just back and forth type of routine.
Earl is actually a great player. It’s psychological. He is his own enemy. Earl is an unstoppable machine when he has total focus on the game. I was there when I watched him play Efren in the Color of Money. Both of them were at their best. A grueling 3 day competition. Efren just won by a couple of games. The score was 115 to 113 racks, I think.
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yes, i remember that game. Reyes was leading and on the hill and Steve needs 8 racks to win. Reyes made a beautiful safety shot with no. 6 BUT Steve made the shot and never let Efren back in the table.. One of my favorite matches of all time.
Isn't this 2001? Right at the beginning of the video the announcer says 2001, but the video title does say 2002, I think that might be a typo from the uploader?
For all the people out there comparing pool to snooker, stop it. Pool and snooker is two different sports, it is like comparing boxing to ufc, they have different ring, different gloves, and different rules, do you think a ufc fighter can dominate in boxing? Maybe, do you think a boxer can dominate in ufc? We don’t know, maybe. All i wanted to say is we can’t say one player from another can’t dominate from another until we witness them play!! Pool and snooker both have their own different table/balls, different cue stick, and different rules. We can’t say pool player can’t win a frame from a snooker player in a snooker match until we witness them play, likewise in pool match. Stop comparing.
@@nivlanar6992There has never been a pool player winning the world snooker championships but there has been a snooker player winning a world pool championships. And yes, pool is a ton lot easier than snooker.
@@johnhiggins1600 that's becuase not everybody knows snooker its unpopular game, pool on the other hand is popular as hell, and it doesn't mean you play snooker you're godlike in pool, no. I've watch snooker, and I never see someone do some gutsy shot other ronnie O', and aside from him, other players are bad as hell and scaredy cat, so comparing pool and snooker, pool is fun to watch because pool players are pro, they dont miss easy shot and they can all clear the table if they've given the chance, in snooker even the bad ones play there's no filter, they can't clear out table easily and they cant shoot a bank shot where the ball is meter apart, it sucks, and I wonder why they allowed noob players to play, its making snooker booring and no class because of the amateurs playing on it.
watching Efren run a table is like watching Bob Ross paint a picture.
There will never be another MAGICIAN ever
during the year 1971 and 1972, i am a frequent visitor of lucky 13 billiard hall where Efren Bata Reyes is a mainstay, he is an all around player, one time i watched him play stop one, the play is he always shoot one time whether he pockets the ball, what he is doing is hide the mother ball and he will say where it will go, and the mother ball goes there, a chain smoker too, one time i play with my friends, i watched him practiced and practiced all the time as our table is very next to him, he is a real pro like he will live and die at the side of the billiard table.
Hello Greg, how u doing?
Eh Greg!
When it comes to billiard EFREN BATA REYES is the best
Legend of snooker vs Legend of pool..very intense game..high level of skills and talent...one of the best game ever..proud pinoy here..its 2019 now
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..pomajulca
absolutely no racism or being biased from these commentators... love them
Steve Davis, what a gentleman. The way he congratulated efren after the match and the referee is all you need to see to understand his greatness.
Yes indeed.
Worthy of respect. He played good in this match
Edit: worty (spelling)
what else is he going to do? get on the table and drag his arse on it like what my dog does on the carpet?
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Davis says if only Efren focuses in snooker, he would probably on the top of the game.. Ronni O'Sullivan says "Efren is the GOAT".. Undisputed GOAT in any sports
Two legends - what a match
Awesome tehnique & the winning spirit for Efren , from your Indonesia fans
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Efren Reyes is the greatest player ever to play on the planet Earth...TRULY A MAGICIAN
Efren Reyes same IQ and Ronnie o Sullivan ...
Ever heard of Ronnie O'Sullivan?? Now that's the name of the greatest cueist of all time!!
Ever heard of efren reyes vs dodong andam?
@@gregholton6406efren spanked him already
@@randomvideos6228 On a snooker table??...give you head a shake...dream on
Hasta la jueza disfruta ver jugar a Reyes ,El es un crack 👍👍👍👍👍
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Hello Carlos, how u doing?
The Michael Jordan in Billards. Efren is the only pool player to be called "The Magician". Our country was famous in this game because of this man. A round of applause!
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love effrens style of play wish i had seen him play years ago makes 9 ball exciting to watch
That's the reason why we love pool. The Legend Mang Efren.
Even the referee can't help herself but just admire Efren
haha I always skip to that bit, Michaela Tabb said he was the greatest player she ever saw.
Efren Reyes vs Davis , shows the he is the best ,deadliest , greatest pool player ever walked on the face of the Earth .
Should have returned the favour, challenging Steve to snooker
One thing i like about Reyes is his humbleness, I mean he didn't run for a Senatorial seat after all his achievement. A real smart guy. Legend.
Southpaw Style iy
Indonesia idol
Cheska zenteno billard higth ligth
best comment ever, since i learned to walk,
Quero ver eles jogar com o baianinha de Mauá.aqui no Brasil.
Sid Waddel - what a commentator, one in a million.
Literally hearing his voice made me feel warm inside. His commentary was beyond the exceptional
Appalling commentator, talked utter shite most of the time.
Commentator's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.
Hello Paul, how u doing?
@@markblow1966 Yes i agree. Who the hell let him anywhere near a mic. What he said didnt match what was going on. The commentary was a disgrace, and annoying.
Efren: does anything
Commentator: Perfect angle
Four masters of their professions: Efren Reyes, Steve Davis, Michaela Tabb and Sid Waddell.
@Maiahi &-+
Maiahi 🤣🤣🤣
I don't know how to play billiards well but I love to watch Sir efrens highlight andd deeeeemmnnn meeeen❤️
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42:26 Was an epic three cushion and safety.
Absolutely mind boggling, how Efren Reyes controls that que ball.
Que?
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EL Mejor de todos los tiempo EFREN BATA REYES
All plays in that match extraordinary god-gifted Talent unbelievable the way they know how to draw back the ball and use English on a professional size table they make it look easy
If you enjoy that kind of play... I recommend you really look into snooker....cue position after making the shot is basically the entire game... on a table that's 150% the size of a Professional Pool table.
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@@arturoanore1444 huh? What?
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Efren bata reyes the best forever ...
Sou brasileiro e fã desse monstro !!!
Somos
Baianinho de Mauá é bao mas perde feio
El Kampeon del mundo 🎱 👑
@@vagnoantonioxavier6284 ok m mo lpp❤
You can tell that Efren was not even playing a hundred percent in this match.
The goat among the goat...not to mentioned how unlucky he is in this matched....it's magic man
Efran Bata Reyes and Valentino Rossi are 2 reasons why I am willing to waste my internet quota to watch CZcams again and again😁
The referee she is always happy for Efren when he does great snooker shots hiding the cue ball! Somehow I think she has great admiration for Efren being so humble who you never see cheating!
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Another champion of the Philippines 👀1⃣💪
Efren Reyes is the one brilliant athlete in billiard ever.
From watching in Europe
Reyes knows what he's doing, very few of his shots are lucky. Definitely a world champion.
The one in only Magician, of the worldpool.
Grabi.. Napa palakpak ako sa subrang galing nya..
Iba tlga ang mga legent ng filipino sa larangan ng sports.... Proud to be filipino..
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Any world pool player champion can also do all the tricks he does on the table. But none of them has the “GUTS” to do it during a tournament. Only Efren “Bata” Reyes has the BALLS!!! Definitely the “Magician.”
Tricks is not the reason for being he called Magician, as any pro player can do that. He called Magician for being the only one who always succeed in difficult shot using ziz-zag, even using four side.
@@marshawk9766 your right
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He was called the Magician coz he always see shots that other people haven't think about or even saw. He can execute difficult shots and even kick shots. As the great Johnny Acrher said while commenting on a match of Efren, "Efren call fool anybody" with the shot selection he chooses on the matches he played.
He plays with no fear at all, he always feels like he can make his shot and yes he’s the only person who has the balls to do it with big money on the table.
I was always surprised Davis continued to play 9 ball pool with a snooker cue . Ive played both and it was so much harder to get white ball action with the small smaller tip with the heavier white ball .
the greatest pool player who ever lived so humble as well.. Truly a WIZARD
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Yes...pool player. The GOAT of all is a no brainer, and his name is Ronnie O'Sullivan
@@gregholton6406 he didnt play billiard coz he knows he cant will hahaha atleast steve davis tried and jimmy white
HE IS THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME!
U mean GOAT
WONDERFUL AMAZING FANTASTIC EFREN REYES!
He's not just the greatest.the most humble as well.
Pool player...he would be lost on a snooker table
@@gregholton6406he did and did insanely well 😂😂 good luck coping with that one
Always Gentle by Reyes... Greaters ever player... 👍
The funny part is when he said , he hopes E.R. don't see the bank shot...😮
One of the best ever to play the game of pool...
I would have love to see Effron play Fats or Mosconi.
Fats was more of a showman, wasn't he? Mosconi on a good day vs. Efren would be pretty interesting. There wouldn't be much hotdogging in the middle of it.
Who the f is effron???
@@jckdnls9292 GOD OF POOL!!!!
@@daw162 I agree with you 100% Fat, was a very good showman and an amazing entertainer!
2019 ??😁
No this is at least 20 years ago.
Can either of you read? It says 2002 in the title.
😎👍
2020
It was big money in the sport back then, those were the glorious years and Efren the greatest pool player the world has ever seen! 🎱🔥 (Honour to crazy Strickland as well!)
World Pool should have a “Efren Reyes Cup” or “The Magician Cup” in honor of Efren Reyes.
Best idea 💡
How cool the comment is this
World Pool may do that after he die, similar to Paul Hunter cup of Snooker
Yeah, like the Mosconi cup, in honor of Willie Mosconi
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Esse jogo deles e muito cabuloso TDS joga na mesma bola não intendo nada mas a final esses cara são feras na sinuca
Hello Welson, how u doing?
Always amazing to see two of the most respected players in a match. Efren the GOAT always entertains me but Michaela Tabb's smile at 42:41 was rare and priceless, too.
That stare and smile. Pretty as can be.
Europeans are humble and are gentlemen in sports..you cannot be on the top being arrogant.
Yes, I liked that too.
Did I hear that he won 165,000$ in Tokyo ? Imagine so many times he played and won , He sure deserve it, better entertainment,, This is better than golf . 🎱🎬
Absolute legend 🙌
Until now, Efren Reyes is still the best ❤
Great action,plus great comentator,becomes awesome to watch
Efren was a real hustler sometimes he deliberately miss the target ball just to keep-up the opponent and add more bet
That is hard to prove. Maybe he did, maybe he did not. Nobody can tell, but you can comment.
Hello Max, how u doing?
@@ernestogalura97yes he can lol. Also im on his side, sub consciously or not
These two are the best commentators... EVER. They make any match exciting!
The great pool player in this world the humble man the magician.
the 2 humble players.... respect both of ou.
Still the legend IDOL Efren "Bata" Reyes.
SERIA DE MARABILLA VER A EFREN SER PPROFESOR DEL BILLAR POOL PERO CON SOLO VERLO APRENDE CUALQUIERA LO ADMIRO ES LO MAS RECURSIVO Y PRECISO SOLO ES SABER IMITARLO .....Y PRACTICAR LO QUE HACE ES DE INTENTARLO....
What are players What are talent thank you for your talent that makes the world proud and interested in that lovely games.
Not easy to find a shot-maker in any sport. Efren is a true shot-maker.
Efren bata Reyes,el jugador más perfecto jamás visto!!
😃～沒錯！同時也是空前絕後的……
Humble is a greatness at this sir Reyes, that I feel glad to witness.
Steve Davis’s control of the cue ball is absolutely sensational🤩🔥
Efren reyes fans, from Ina 🇲🇨
sangar sadis
Blok
No hay duda, El mejor del mundo.
still watching 2023 from hongkong ❤❤congrats Sir Efren Reyes
Loving this
Efren did not play really well here but still glad he got the W. It's still amazing to watch his magical shots!
Efren maybe didn't play his best, but 9 ball and 8 ball isn't Steven's game. anyway all the credit for Efren.
Sid Waddel, I miss your voice man. RIP.. I watched this live back then..
Thodeus 👋🏻🎱👄🎱🤚🏻
walang Kang katulad Efren
Great player
Why does it sound like I'm watching an episode of Takeshi's Castle?
Tom Allen hahahahahahahahshshjsjdjssjksjs
Just needed Guy LeDouche with a gay reference.
Because you're an idiot.
@@bobtapong3923 paaaaq000p0
Hello Tom, how u doing?
44:47 Look Earl, that's sportsmanship when you lose a game
Gma
hahaha
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BXL BXL no, i say u need to throw a tantrum, throw things at your opponent, the ref, and the audience. Let it all go, it's healthy 😅👌
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I like smile women judge..very nice✌👍👍👍
La magia de Efren Bata Reyes siempre me deja asombrado!! Un grande de todos los tiempos
This is the first time I've noticed Davis using chalk on the rail rather than pocket chalk.
Esse cara é um mostro.
It must of been a thrill of life time to ref. this game. She was a big fan and favorite of Refrin.
4me i think sid is best luv his character thanks 4 the memory s
Efren reyes is a magician
Brilliant stuff!
El mejor por siempre ...
i'm proud to be a filipino because of this man the world pool champion the pride of the Philippines the Living Legend "The Magician" Efren "Bata" Reyes😀👍👏🏆🏅🎱🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Being a filipino is not an accomplishment. Be proud of your accomplishments instead.
@@gd7681So true. People can be delusional, I’m saying this as a Filipino 😂
i remember,this a revenge to davis..when davis beat reyes on a come back game..after this,davis never played in 9 bal
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Davis is a snooker player and not a pool player. He was brought in to help reach a wider audience for pool and to try to make it more popular to a world audience. to raise it's profile and grow the sport. He wasn't coming in to try and dominate and take over. Snooker is where the money is in cue sports. Pool is amature in prizemoney terms and has no real professional structural governing bodies for god sakes.
Efren know all the kicking sytems and tricks of the trade as such. Davis does not. Efren is used to the weight of the pool balls, Davis is not. Of course Efren is going to win 90% of the time. Put him on a snooker table v Davis and he would struggle to take a frame on a professional table. A snooker player is more likely to beat a pool player at pool then a pool player is to beat a snooker player at snooker.
@@itellyouwhy6957You are wrong. Davis is invited to reach wider audience? Pool is more popular than snooker for God sake!!! The real money is in pool. How many billiard tournaments around the world vs snooker tournament? (Snooker is just popular in UK) Aside from that, there's a lot of unrecorded money game attended by pro pool players.
FYI: Efren also played great in snooker before and decided to pursue pool. He found no money and not a lot of competition in snooker unlike pool. If he chooses snooker as a career, he's still gonna be a legend.
@Steve Ruddick snooker is boring. Like reyes said.
There is something different when snooker players control the cue ball, so precise.
Actually, I love to watch pool cue controls of pool players than snooker. Pool has more complicated and fancy shots than snooker.. It is just back and forth type of routine.
G.O.A.T Efren Reyes
"steve sits there like a gargoyle in a cathedral" lol
What a great sportsman Steve is...class. If only Earl....oh nevermind.
AGREE
Earl is actually a great player. It’s psychological. He is his own enemy. Earl is an unstoppable machine when he has total focus on the game. I was there when I watched him play Efren in the Color of Money. Both of them were at their best. A grueling 3 day competition. Efren just won by a couple of games. The score was 115 to 113 racks, I think.
El melhor do mundo sem duda
Alguém pode me se a cassapa dessa mesa tem o mesmo tamanho ou sao maiores
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Okay brother yo vengo
This was a payback time for Efren against Davis who beat him in 2001.
yes, i remember that game. Reyes was leading and on the hill and Steve needs 8 racks to win. Reyes made a beautiful safety shot with no. 6 BUT Steve made the shot and never let Efren back in the table.. One of my favorite matches of all time.
Isn't this 2001? Right at the beginning of the video the announcer says 2001, but the video title does say 2002, I think that might be a typo from the uploader?
Pool Emperor of the world Efren Bata Reyes...
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Reyes is so humble but deadly in pool , that's why he was called the magician , I am proud that Efren is my countrymen .
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44:01 Davis gives reyes a haunting look :D
losers look
Mad loser look
@@nivrealedasor265 they should have a rematch on a snooker table then u will see efren cry
@@billybigballs196 As long as Davis give him a handicap I would still bet on Efren winning.
@@txtmodcarlo no pool player has the potting ability of a snooker player, Davis could give him a 30pt start and he still wouldn't win
Efren reyes is my love .
I have his name tattoo in my left hand.
But I have to say that Steve davis has a big heart and brilliant character.
Respect
Reyes was born asal the talented legend from Asia..
Am i the only one or steve davis looks like Heisenberg if used glasses¿ HAHAHAHA
2021
Wow 34:08 tacada épica de mestre.
(epic master stroke)
For all the people out there comparing pool to snooker, stop it.
Pool and snooker is two different sports, it is like comparing boxing to ufc, they have different ring, different gloves, and different rules, do you think a ufc fighter can dominate in boxing? Maybe, do you think a boxer can dominate in ufc? We don’t know, maybe. All i wanted to say is we can’t say one player from another can’t dominate from another until we witness them play!! Pool and snooker both have their own different table/balls, different cue stick, and different rules. We can’t say pool player can’t win a frame from a snooker player in a snooker match until we witness them play, likewise in pool match. Stop comparing.
Loo
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Snooker is a much harder game, anyone who has played on a full sized snooker table will tell you as much, pool is child's play in comparison...
@@nivlanar6992There has never been a pool player winning the world snooker championships but there has been a snooker player winning a world pool championships. And yes, pool is a ton lot easier than snooker.
@@johnhiggins1600 that's becuase not everybody knows snooker its unpopular game, pool on the other hand is popular as hell, and it doesn't mean you play snooker you're godlike in pool, no. I've watch snooker, and I never see someone do some gutsy shot other ronnie O', and aside from him, other players are bad as hell and scaredy cat, so comparing pool and snooker, pool is fun to watch because pool players are pro, they dont miss easy shot and they can all clear the table if they've given the chance, in snooker even the bad ones play there's no filter, they can't clear out table easily and they cant shoot a bank shot where the ball is meter apart, it sucks, and I wonder why they allowed noob players to play, its making snooker booring and no class because of the amateurs playing on it.
GOAT::: Efren Reyes!!!
The Magician Efren “Bata” Reyes 🎱🏆