When Efren "BATA" Reyes meet the SNOOKER Legend Steve Davis
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2021
- Efren Reyes Versus Steve Davis? Nothing can get any better than this match. A truly history making as both legends collide in a 9-ball pool table. Watch the Pool Superstar clash against a Snooker Titan in a very entertaining game. #EfrenReyes #LegendEfrenReyes #snooker
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I was at university in Cardiff from 99-03 and actually met Steve Davis at the tournament the following year after this match… he had time to speak to anyone and was the friendliest and most genuine down-to-earth guy you could imagine. Total legend
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I love effen reyes. But why, in your videos, do you say the opposing player "gets lucky" when they make a difficult shot? If they weren't great players they wouldn't even be in a match versus Reyes. We all enjoy watching Reyes play, otherwise we wouldn't be here, however, mutual respect for both players is a must in my opinion. Also in my opinion (and im sure many more people's) Reyes is one of the greatest of all time if not THE greatest of all time. Yet i take nothing away from these opponents. Just some food for thought.
I feel the same way, the bias he has is pretty strong and detracts from the videos in my opinion. Efren is a legend, but he isn't the only great pool player. As this video shows, he can lose to a strong opponent. Of course luck is involved even at the highest levels of pool, but you won't see him referring to Efren's shots as lucky, only "unlucky".
Ya even I noticed that.. he says it Because he is effren’s kabayan.
I didn’t notice the bias. I love both players, watched Davis as a kid in his premium time. Not totally sure why I liked him so much. I think it was because he was just so cool under pressure. Now I love him since for being so self-effacing and a great ambassador for the sport of Snooker.
Agree, a very hypocritical and biased view on all videos. The content and the commentary should be about promoting this amazing sport while emphasizing good sportsmanship and crediting all players equally for what they are doing.
I feel exactly the same way... this guys commentary gets sooo annoying..
I don’t think that a 6 time champion in snooker made a lucky double bank shot. You’re making Davis look like a rookie with those words
Pool is dumb as a game. Even the side cushion will pot unlike snooker where u need 100 percent accuracy. As usual american invention on sports is crap...
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@Richard Peddie really? Lol
@Richard Peddie wonder why pool is more recognize than your lame snooker game.
😂🤣🤣😂🤣 love that shocked face Davis made...Reyes will make u see things u never seen before! I must say tho Davis is a gentleman and a true sportmans. Brilliant game by both Legends
That face is a confirmation how great Efren is from another great player. Davis is also a class act.
That was my favorite moment.
Compare that to Earl.. Davies did england proud even so
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A well fought win by Davies. He stayed calm and focused and made the most of every opportunity he got. I love Reyes, but props to Davies for not crumbling under pressure while making the crucial shots. A mark of a great champion
No pressure when the mans the richest snooker player in the world. He didn't have nothing to lose but pride.
@@8SecSleeper What????
That's why they called him The Magician, cause every tournament they learned new trick shots from him. He was considered The Father of Precision Shots in pool billiards in his prime because of his unbelievable trick shots.
Steve Davis was an absolute legend of the game. Efren was a true legend of pool. Massive respect for these legends.
Nonsense
Viking Adventurer - no nonsense. Oh, maybe you were better than both of them.
A Legend of Pool compared to a Legend of Snooker is like looking at clouds hoping for rain and a monsoon.
Snooker players are better at cue sports.
Even so, I got into the players' room once at a pool event and met, and chatted with Efren and Steve, and they were both engaging and cool; we talked about their different ferrel sizes.
Bustamente farted in front of me and laughed.
What a piece of sheet?
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Absolute pleasure watching this classy contest. No bratty cry baby antics. Just respect and skill. Awesome.
Efren doesn't have to win to make magic. He just appreciates a real challenge.
well said my friend
Yeah and he lost that challenge :D
@@udtojanpestillos2094 and that’s ok, can’t win em all, but facing them challenges straight up is what’s life’s all bout
@@versatilevfitness3171 Yeah but a bit strange that the best pool player of the world can not win in a race to 9 against a NON-POOL player. A non-snooker player would never beat a snooker player in snooker. Kinda odd.
@@udtojanpestillos2094 he wasn’t know as the best player in the world, he was know for making almost impossible shots. A snooker player are usually great 9/8 ball player, a 9/8 ball player tend do worse at snooker. It’s like a wrestler being good at MMA, but a MMA a fighter not being to good at wrestling.
Efren doesn't think as a billiard player, he thinks as a chess player. He's analyzing every positioning and the posible outcome of each placing.. What a legend
Speaking of... efren is a seasoned chess player literally playing with his friends at home
@@justinmacasinag6258 2w. We. W w we we we w ww I can get together for 2r.. ..r r to get a job I can do it through salary in 2wr
Yeah right he uses a chessboard to hit the ball
@@justinmacasinag6258, *literally? Stop saying literally - it doesn't make you sound intelligent.
@@alcalu I don’t intend to be intelligent. It’s a known fact that efren is only just enjoying playing mind and strategic games.
I remember staying up past bedtime as a young un' to watch Davis. So happy to see him play Reyes. Two absolute legends!
I'll confess I never used to like Steve Davies while he dominated UK snooker in the 80's, but my opinion changed over the years. He's humble, humorous and still very talented.
The commentator on this video was a bit disparaging claiming Davies had a lucky shot. You don't win all those accolades and not be able to pull off a relatively simply shot like that. Good match
Efren didn’t have his own Spitting Image puppet, so there’s that.
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This was the greatest match in the history of pool. I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Steve Davis is the greatest cueist who ever lived. 6 time World Snooker Champion and he beat Efren Reyes in his prime as the defending World 9-ball Champion. This match was Herculean, from both players. Simply stunning.
DON'T BE SO STUPTD. Davies was always boring to watch in snooker and got lucky against REYES in pool here.
I think Ronnie beats a prime Davis.
@@TheDantheman12121 Unfortunately, we will never see Ronnie try to play pool seriously. Yes, he dabbles here and there. It was amazing to see Ronnie beat Jennette Lee in straight pool the first time he played. Ronnie is the greatest overall talent to ever pick up a cue. Efren is the most talented pool player to ever pick up a cue but Steve Davis has the records. He's beaten the greatest snooker players and pool players so I stand by my statement. Steve Davis is the greatest cueist who ever lived.
@@davidhunternyc1 What records does Steve has over Ronnie? Not total world championships, not most centuries, not most maximum breaks, not most triple crowns, not fastest 147, not youngest winner of a ranking event, not oldest winner of the world championship…
@@TitoYuca Ronnie just won his 7th World Championship. What a superlative achievement. Here's what Steve Davis said: He's playing in a field of players far stronger than in previous generations and that's why he's needed more years to maybe match Stephen Hendry's seven titles. The longevity of his career is incredible because it didn't happen for me and it didn't happen for Stephen either. I think it is remarkable what he has achieved. There have been peaks and troughs along the way personally and professionally, but he has done brilliantly well to cope with everything. He is the person everyone wants to ask questions of, but he has the talent. The pressure he withstands is astonishing. The word 'genius' is bandied around a lot but he is a true genius of the game, and I think he has an eighth world title in him.
So yes, you can argue the Ronnie is a greater Snooker player than Steve. Steve Davis, however, took on the great Efren Reyes and won. Ronnie has never beaten the greatest pool players, in 9-ball or 10-ball. I believe he can do it. He just hasn't yet, nor should he try. Ronnie just won U.S. $600K and a 7th World Snooker title. Why would he play a $20K pool tournament? Also, if Steve Davis is to believed and Ronnie has an 8th World Championship title in him, he's got to go for it. I'm Team Ronnie. I'm all-in.
So basically if Davis do anything he's lucky but if efren do something he's master magician. Got it 👍
That is exactly what I though watching this. The commentator seems a bit biased
I don't think he is biased ... listen to the end he is praising davis
you are stupid man
Can you listen to him carefully before commenting this?
Basically, Efren had the Title of Magician (cause of the tricks he used on major events, especially the most crucial ones that deems to be a myth), and Davis had the title of Snooker Champion. The difference of the sticks in the beginning is something that is unacceptable but still is considered. What do you think this is? What a sensitive one. 😐
this match is one of my favorites
It's easy to see why.
Ahahaha awit
Davis wasn't a retired snooker player at the time, he continued as a professional for many years after this. Also, he did not play with a snooker cue, he played with a specially-make cue that had elements of pool and snooker cues, including a tip that was mid way between the two.
Best comment!
6:34 Davis wasn't lucky there at all, that was a great shot and he played for it. He couldn't see the angle to pot off only one cushion, so he went off two. I don't doubt for a moment that with the score as it was he knew he had to take control of the match at the first opportunity he got, and that was it. If he had intended a safety he would have got it easily and wouldn't have allowed the object ball to go anywhere near the pocket. He's one of the great safety players of all time, on tables four times the size. No way would his precision be so far out on such a short and simple safety.
Exactly! These professionals don’t miss so badly that they botch a single bank and make a double. That’s just a biased, ludicrous statement to make. Snooker players are notorious for multiple rail shots. That’s where the diamond system came from. If you know the diamond system and can do math pretty well on the fly, you can make a lot of multiple rail shots. But these pros are doing that plus, putting ball spin on the cue. Freaking incredible.
He's just biased 👂 how he talk about davis compared to the other guy smh🤦🏾
Only smart people call it lucky
I disagree. That type of cross corner shot was meant for opposite side. You'd never try a double banked sameside cross shot like that intentionally. It just doesn't make sense the way that the ball will be spinning after the shot which is why it went in opposite side. It's not that irregular with those shots.
That was a lucky shot bro. Perfection is not the expectation of the best. Close to but never exact. That dude messed up and it’s alright.
I really like Steve Davis and Efren Reyes. Both of them were calm, humble, respect their opponent.
they are both elite professional players
This was an EPIC battle between 2 of the best!
One of the greatest matches of all times, down to the wire ... who would it thought an ending like this 👏👏 Steve and Efren ... two Masters 🙌🙌
I love hearing all the accolades of each of his opponents. It really gives you a full vision of how good efran truly is. In almost every single video ive ever seen he plays top tier people and in at least 75% of them just walks cirlces around them. This guy holding a title for 7 seasons, thats a pretty fancy record to hold. I love this whole match. Is this the most mistakes efran has made in one match? 🤔
Strange comment slightly homosexual feelings for him is ok
0:36 Dafuq!!
I watched Steve on the tv growing up. Excellent player. I’ve only come across Efron in the last year or so but watched loads of his stuff, the guys a legend. Amazing player.
Efren Reyes is a Master on a Pool Table; I wonder how he would do on a Snooker Table against Davis or Ronnie O'Sullivan. I Love Pool and I love Snooker, both games come with their own sets of skills and strategies to master. So far all we have seen is Snooker Players playing against Pool Players on their turf, it would also be nice to see them Play Snooker Players at a game of Snooker.
An average pro snooker player will destroy all the pool greats on a 12ft snooker table. I doubt a pool pro could not a 50 break.
That was a wonderful match. Well done
Davis was a massive safety player, would love to see some pool players play snooker.
Davis: Efren can put you to sleep 😂
This is one of my favorite matches ever
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"While davis just sits painfully." Cracked me up so bad 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Efren made crucial errors that was uncharacteristic of him especially as he was in his prime. But as he got older he was making shots more difficult than these situations. Unfortunately his advancing age has deteriorated his playing skills and therefore has to retire.
Is he the greatest player for you?
@@TheMagicianEfrenReyes for me u r. I've learned alot just by watching u play. I've never played league or competition but love playing league players and beating them at their game. I've never played league ball so don t know how to really hide ball. But make up for it not missing on hard shots
It's not about making more difficult shots, not really, it's more about making almost unending seriously easy shots, at a VERY high percentage, with relatively high relative percentages on the very occasional more difficult ones, and only then when he feels like showboating a bit, or there is no other option, like his amazing safety game skills, to employ. Ultra shots are not really a big aspect of pool, even with Reyes, unless he's doing one of his crazy good exhibition matches, then it gets insane. And as for the 'deteriorating his playing skills' I agree, but have you watched him play some of his later one pocket. He was still a dominator at that game, even very recently.
I think Efren's biggest advantage was that he was VERY good at games like carom pool (played well at a professional level) and his skills in that one game that is critically related his 'magic' shots. Often his ridiculous shots come directly from that knowledge, if you watch. Shots like the Z shot or many rail shots.
@@JoseMendoza-vr1cv Unless you already play for money (meaning play seriously), try some league. You will learn a lot, and your level of play will up considerably. Most amateur 'low level' leagues, meaning still winnable by novice players due to handicapping systems, as there are some REALLY excellent players in most every league.
The other far more (I think) major advantage, at my hall, is that you can play as much as want, as long as tables are available. You probably will get kicked off, or asked to pay hourly rates, if the hall requires your table, ie is full, but it is a business, so that's completely understandable.
At our hall peak periods are night time league times (about four nights a week, and Saturday tournaments) but by far most times, weekdays or Sunday up to the evenings, they are often virtually empty, and if you want to play two, or ten hours a day, all you pay is the leagues 'greens fees' plus game and first sign up costs (all low). We have a, basically, play pool free league which all tolled you pay about $20-40 for ten weeks, depending on team finishing placement, then can practice all hours, duty free. Play enough pool and it literally works out to low cents and hour, for table time. Just an FYI.
Always remember to tip your server though, they do a lot more than just ferry drinks or make snacks, like cleaning tables and the floor at closing, and balls occasionally, and they are usually being paid virtually nothing. Hey, your pool's essentially free, so why not? :-)
@@TheMagicianEfrenReyes he’s clearly the greatest to you- maybe you should relax kid haha
Dos grandes por su humildad y calidad de juego ..bien por el ganador britanico se merecia ganar .
What a match!! Amazing comeback by Davis
Efren gave him a chance.
@@TheMagicianEfrenReyes ahli dalam pengalaman mau dong beljarin
@@TheMagicianEfrenReyes nice joke
@@TheMagicianEfrenReyes maging patas naman tayo. Give credit where credit is due. Bakit ganoon ba kayo ka close ni Efren para masabi mo yan? Wag naman tayong insecure. If talo and idol natin, tanngapin natin
@@TheMagicianEfrenReyesEfren sucks. Can’t even beat a snooker player
WOW... Impressive game...
Just found your channel the other day and wanted to say great job with these vids! Love to watch Reyes, unquestionably the GOAT.
Epic match. Cheers to both great players! 😎👍
Reyes is still the greatest player, but Davis is also a great player😇 they both played well
Let's see Reyes on a full size snooker table .....he would get thrashed by the majority of Prof snooker players... Fact !
Davis always had the heart of a champion behind his polite demeanour
Simply a great match. Forget the slurs or strange comments. It was brilliant to see two masters against each other.
Wonderful to see this again. What phenomenal pool! Two great champions.
Efren dans ce match a voulu simuler quelque erreurs de jeu pour laisser la manoeuvre de son adversaire prendre le dessus afin de gagner le match,c'était vraiment un jeu où sont bifurquer toutes les intentions préméditées .c'était tout à fait inconcevable de passer d'un score de8/2 pour efren à 9/8 pour devis.il y avait quelque chose qui cloche dans les coulisses.cela sautait aux yeux surtout pour ceux qui ont un très bon flair.
I would inspect the table 100th times. Surely there's a magnet or something advance below there !
Ha ha :)
Davis is such a great sports man ! God bless both great legends
What an amazing match. Timeless.
Nice video bro 😎
Bata has said it clear and it's true. In pool you would need some luck, mostly at the breaks or in the kicks out of snooker position. Both did not favor Steve too much however Bata made some mistake and Steve wass ... very much flawless under pressure as snooker discipline demands more precision. So there was the result.
Whisky Tango Foxtrot ! Whoa! No doubt Efren "Bata" Reyes our beloved legend is the greatest player of billiards in the world ...Thank you so much for the honor you brought to our country ...
I appreciate you making this video.
efren's patience and mechanical-like hits are supreb - he should be called a robot or a mechanic - not a magician - since he does not hide any magic therefore there is no magic - just a straight up robotic moves - all pre-measured and perfect - im-lovin-it!
GOAT::;; Efren Reyes!!!!
Well done on the video. Really enjoyed it.
Fantastic !! But if they both played snooker on a full size table my money would be on Davis winning again but by a country mile big respect to both ...
Most top snooker players can play pool but pool players can not play snooker
Wrong.
Snooker players are precise but cant break or play real magic shots
The break is because of the difference between a snooker and pool cue, I've tested this myself at the local club. Watch masters highlights and consider that's 12 feet by 6 feet. 9 ball has entertaining shots I agree. But like you say they are precise which means their shots are all magic haha, and they'd be able to easily do what 9 ball pool players do with couple years practice. I can't say it would be as easy the other way round.
Stop talking out of you arse....Educate yourself & watch some of the shots Higgins, White, O'Sullivan have done on a 12ft x 6ft snooker table (with tighter pockets than a small pool table)
Thanks. A delightful, intensity filled match.
Respect for uploading this in its native aspect ratio.
I could just imagine being in this tourney and watching Reyes lose to Davis. Defending champ knocked out early would be a relief... until you realize you need to play one of the greatest snooker players EVER later on.
Not sure which game I'd want to play... the game where I sit and watch a master at work for 9 racks. Or the game where I get a shot, but will have almost 0 chance of making it... Great game, great tourney! Wish I was able to play in it!
Steve Davis would literally wipe the floor with efren on a snookertable. You need a whole lot more than just skill to be a good snookerplayer. Still Reyes is pretty damn good at his game, not gonna argue there
steve davis is better than efren on 9 ball this is my opinon 100%
Snooker is much harder game to play. I reckon I could give Efren a decent pool game, I mean I WILL lose, but it won’t feel like I don’t belong there.
I’ve played a top 200 snooker player and it wasn’t fun. He destroyed me that after the first frame I gave up. I said there no point hahaa. And top 200 is basically a no income player, means he’s not good enough to make any money.
@@avarmauk a few years ago I would have said the same. Brittish pool that is. Slightly smaller poolballs, narrower pockets and less resistant cloth. Those american tables are awfull for breakbuilding.
Im still thrilled watching old games
Efren has ever said that he admires Steve Davies.. he also said that Steve davies is his best oponent besides earl strickland...
Meh... I would love to see a snooker match between these two.
Both are phenomenal players. Professional snooker players vs professional pool players can be very interesting but the snooker players have that edge of precision.
And btw Bata Reyes is my fav pool player.
Thats both great Players and great people also
Efren-the only pool player that flukes balls, and everyone thinks he meant it.
Flukes
after so many "he actually meant it", you don't really know...
@@copypaste_pro Oh, I know. Don't take my comment as any type of slander; Efren is one of the greats. But as a pool/snooker player... be realistic.
@@shaynerism how come I’m not that lucky 🤣
@@copypaste_pro I'm guessing because you don't play enough! You can never play too much 🤩
He was even better in snooker, pool players can’t play snooker, snooker players can play both games
Explain that logic 😂 this isn't true at all
Smaller balls different rules, same technique, there would be hardly any learning curve for guys on this level
@@matthew33721 There might be very few professional pool player that can play snooker whereas almost all snooker players can play pool easily, what's the you don't understand?
all these years later still a great match!
The game Steve Davis World Snooker for Atari ST is a big part of my childhood but I'd never really seen the man in action. This is great!
Did you have "Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker"?
I will never forget this match. It's the greatest pool match I've ever seen and proved to me that Steve Davis is the "greatest cueist" who ever lived. Ronnie has a chance to pass Steve Davis's accomplishments but since he doesn't play pool regularly we will never know. The fact that Ronnie beat the Black Widow the very first time he played straight pool gives us another look at his genius. No pool player can compete against the snooker greats.
That was a very lucky pot from efren after the Davis snooker.
Absolutely amazing
What a game between two of the greatest players ever to play the game
Efren gave him a chance. But Efren is still the greatest for me. No argue about that. GOAT.
Agreed
Ofcourse, we dont have to debate about that
Wish Efren played in a snooker table!
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First time i saw Bata lose but Davis was worthy of his win he's a legend himself.
2 legends clash it was a great match
Never safe to play safe against The Magician 😆
Pashout out naman mga idol from pangasinan thank u god bless......,..,.
what a comeback. Steve played great and I think magician might underestimate him or too confident abt this game after the mid-term.
Snooker requires much more calm and skill and good cueing than pool
Fantastic review. Thanks for it.
I would love to see how they match up on a snooker table!
The best pool player ever in the future will come from a background of snooker.
Snooker players can play in a pool world but pools players can't play in a snooker world.
Levels
Exactly
Not true. With proper practice, a pool player can compete in snooker or in billiards as well. It's simply a matter of knowing the game and getting comfortable with it. I play pool and snooker both. Yes, I know the snooker table is bigger and the pockets are smaller and cut differently but it's really not as much of a freakout as Euro snooker fans think it is.
Most snooker players with an amount of practice could dominate pool.
Snooker is a far harder game.
It is. But there are different skills and angles involved. And they do not dominate.
@@templestark4779 Yes because like you say the angles are different, so it wouldn't be helpful to a pro to ruin his game. But to put it into context he beat Reyes without out a lifetime on those tables, with a snooker cue. The thin tip means less control over 9 ball balls than a 12mm. If a few of the pros spent 3years solid training and analysing match play, they would be like mini efrens. But with crippling safety play on top haha
How? It's just a bigger table with more balls
Nah. They wouldn't.
It's an intuitive assumption, but a totally baseless one.
@@0ldCat baseless.....the evidence is clear and that's only from one off games vs their best pool players. Mark Selby won one of the pool disciplines.
Steve Davis also a great poker player. He’s a smart guy, cool under pressure, and never a bad word to say about anything… a model sports personality
Undoubtedly Snooker's greatest ambassador.
Amazing video
The only opponent who can makes efren worry is Jimmy white.
Ronnie o Sullivan?
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Would love to have seen Efren play a few snooker matches.
He can 😇
MEH.
Can your 'magician' do a 147 on a proper snooker table in five minutes and twenty seconds like Rocket Ronnie?
No bucket pockets on snooker tables. 🙄
@Böser.Stachel 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡
So agree with you fella
Reyes would struggle to make a 50 break on a full size snooker table
Ronnie would wipe the floor
I love listening to you, you are great!
Homosexual feelings for him is ok
Two of the best ever right there! Great match
I remember watching Steve Davis in the early 80's with the old man... guy's a legend...😉👍
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Two of the greatest!
The true legends were in the public, they were part of history!
Good video. Turn your mic volume down like 20% and let some shots breathe for a few tics more, otherwise great editing and production
Both side are monsters in pool...very talent specially our own efren bata reyes LEGEND
This match was very intense! Amazing
My two favourite sports competitors playing each other. They are my favourites because they are such likeable people. It's a shame one must win.
These guys defenetly have alot of experience
Fantastic video, definitely didn't expect Davis to win that one.
I remember this match.. I played on a league at the time and my team and I watched this game. It was so exciting. I won $20 bc I always bet on the snooker players in long form.. No doubt though, Efren is awesome...
Just WOW!😲