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6 unusual facts about Efren Reyes


Deno Andrews

The tournament paid out US$1,000,000 in total prize money, with a prize of $200,000 for the first place finisher, Efren Reyes.

Hippie Jimmy Reid

At the Lexington All Star 9-Ball Championship in 1994, Jimmy Reid was voted as the "Best Money Player in the World for the previous 25 years," from 1969 to 1994 by his peers, Johnny Archer, Francisco Bustamante, Wade Crane, Kim Davenport, Roger Griffis, Buddy Hall, Allen Hopkins, Bob Ogburn, Efren Reyes, Mike Sigel, Earl Strickland, Nick Varner, and C.J. Wiley, who were some of the competitors present at this event.

Jimmy Wetch

In 1995 he won the Huebler Cup and in 1996 a major tour stop at Great Gorge, New Jersey, as well as three second-place finishes at tour events, including a tense 8-6 loss in the finals of the 1996 Camel World 9-ball Championship at the hand of the Magician, Efren Reyes.

Reed Pierce

The 20th Annual US Open Nine-ball Championship was captured by Reed Pierce in 1995, defeating Efren Reyes, the 1994 US Open Nine-ball Champion, 11-6 in the finals, denying Reyes back-to-back wins.

Rodney Morris

In 1996, Morris won his first major tournament by defeating Efren Reyes in the finals of the US Open Nine-ball Championship.

Thorsten Hohmann

However, Efren Reyes beat the record shortly afterwards winning $500,000 in the 2006 IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship, the second major IPT event.


Warren Kiamco

Warren Kiamco, 38, defeated Efren Reyes, 11-6, and won P 400,000 top cash prize in the First Senate President Manny Villar Cup Billiards Tournament on May 10, 2008 at the Sports Center of StarMall Alabang, Muntinlupa City.


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