1995 Efren Reyes history-making Z-shot you will love

now in my opinion this is probably the best finish I've ever seen for that matter anyone has ever seen in a major event in the final match you want to make sure you go into the night here just draw it straight back just a little bit just a little bit I said what he didn't have to do that you see what had talked about him that's right now why did he do that because he wanted to make it even more thrilling no but if he just pinched that ball up and was stopped right there just that night when it came over the same way neither been right when he figured and I was gonna go into the six amy was gonna move the six well he might have figured that yeah he must have figured that otherwise why would he shoot it or say now even poured like he was supposed to move the six with his finger he could have moved it but the nine he didn't well he said he said he can see pretty much of a full ball with his five ball so he I mean he's gonna set it up table and this whole this whole game depends if we can get it behind the six ball I really positive bills he may be able to bank this five up table you know maybe I shot so vailable and then he can use his six as an interfering ball if he pocket so I could if he Pacus the back who had the six to shoot well no I didn't watch the eight watch the eight oh my goodness stricken so Oh oh boy now the position Strickland should have been in rails is in that position he's in a worse position bill he can't even go to the left hand question because there's no access to the fire on the side the seven is interfering ball doesn't Alleppey but crews over picking in that fashion he can't go to the right because there's no cushion there he's in big trouble he's in big trouble here the short cushion is the only cushion his go-to oh oh what a bad roar okay for horrible role horrible horrible easily he might be able to go back and forth here that's what he's looking at I don't like that because you're gonna leave a shot there and you're gonna get movement from the fireball if you're able to contact it and it looks like the the short cushion of those other cushions you go to - he really kicks balls you know he could nip the five Noah's going to the left-hand cushion just missing the 7 ball nipping the five and coming three cushions back down table I think did you run twice I don't watch the chef because you're gonna do you don't get no movement like you said you might miss this fall Oh Oh Kim oh my goodness oh boy that cheap person well that's why they call him a magician there you have it he's not out yet though I sing funny things happen and he's following a little shorter tomorrow now we learned now he has to conceive or draw with one push I think I don't know he's gonna he's got a funny end he said he's got a force and make sure he there's a force it into the quarter patella funny angle oh the suspense is still there yeah I'll tell you what this is the wreck that we wanted to see we got everything we want and more on one cush and more right selection here I think this is perfect yeah there Pete home he's home what a finish what a fun what Finn and Jake you could get Nobel and what yes they do what a finish come on Oh for his sportsmanship there I mean joy was happy for mareas in the regard that he made a true moe terrific shot to steal the match away from him he was dead in the water here he only had two options one which Jimmy lipos has agreed with but obviously we were wrong especially when you'll watch the outcome of this shot this is Hill Hill the rails get no better than this look says he does his perfect oh my goodness what a shot what a time to come with a shot like that and now the magician the man that was head in the water we all thought you were dead in the water when you walked up to the table where you were at the table you played a safety on auto but you were in a very popular the ate the corner pocket and we all thought you were dead how are you thinking hey I got dragon is already and it's very hard to take that but I need luck for that mr. hollom chef well you know on the monitor we have the ability to show it once again so everyone here can see it including yourself so what we're after is what were you thinking right now tell us I'm thinking about today yeah Ganesha did wonder can I do can't hardly go to r LZ you had to spend the ball one Wow what's gonna happen here very thinly pocketing hitting the five and will it reach the pocket who knows that was a great shot you know and I heard a tremendous village to a wonderfully played tournament

Channel: ray carlton billiards

Views: 13,690,144

Rating: 4.8080964 out of 5

Keywords: billiards pool efren reyes 9-ball

Id: a6G_RnPh1yw

Length: 5min 19sec (319 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 29 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/acelaten]

If you don't get what is going on like me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHorauG1oP4 (0:20-1:10)

I didn't know the shot before was defensive shot.

[u/ibisum]

I used to play in Hollywood Billiards (in the basement, before the Northridge quake wrecked the place) for fun, and after a while, got to be pretty good - at least within my circle of lamers. There was this guy there that we all nick-named "The Shark" .. he must've been in his 60's, and we called him "The Shark" because he was always scouting around the tables, looking for suckers to play him for the next round of beers. A real player, in the truest sense of the word. I always avoided playing against him early in the night, he was just too damn good .. but as the night (mornings) wore on, I'd get the druthers to give it a whirl. It became sort of a thing among my crowd, whether one of us could ever beat "The Shark".

He knew I was just some lame amateur punk out to get drunk, but nevertheless, he treated me real fair - he'd play one handed. Well, I found out that the only way to beat "The Shark" was to goad my friends to start the session, lose 3 or 4 games to him first, buy the rounds, get him real, real drunk. Even then it was a major challenge. But I managed to kick his ass in the last 2 or 3 games (of 10) and my reward was that he'd take my cue stick, re-do the leather on the tip, shave away the fuzz and make it nice and new. It was worth it, coz that cue gave me the edge over my lamers.

Anyway, he used to make Z-shots like this, like on the regular. It was always amusing to fight to get him set up in a bad situation, and then he'd just "plonk", tip-shot his way out of the minor hells I'd place him in, and voila .. time for another round.

Man I miss those days. Hollywood Billiards was great before the quake. Nothing quite like crawling up those stairs out of the basement to discover it was Sunday afternoon and the Mongolian BBQ was open across the street .. and that was another place the quake destroyed .. one of the saddest moments I ever felt was seeing their massive gridiron bbq, formerly installed in the front area by the window, was now placed right across the street having torn the place to pieces. Kind of a z-shot, come to think of it. Anyway, Mongolian BBQ Hollywood never came back.

Yeah, "The Shark" and his Z shots got me through some good times during those halcyon days ... always wondered what happened to the old guy. He was definitely from a different era, which closed with the quake.

. .. ... EDIT: "The Shark"'s real name was Teddy .. Teddy "The Shark" .. and he sometimes used to play handicap with a broomstick, for real! This little detail courtesy of my new pal /u/justsayin65 who also was around in those days, and who reminded me of the broomstick details .. nice one /u/justsayin65, that sure sweetens things up!

[u/mr_jerry]

I want to sit in a dive bar on a Tuesday afternoon where they play old VHS recordings of pool and bowling tournaments

[u/suicidalundead]

There's a reason he's called "The Magician".

[u/33427]

I love how casual he looks.

[u/Killerdreamer_png]

Why didn't he have to sink the 9 ball to win?

[u/CrackerGuy]

Any Efren Reyes video is a click for me because I know it will be incredibly impressive and entertaining.

[u/CadaverOne]

I would always see Reyes at the Commerce Casino during the pool tournaments in the mid 90's. He would be walking around the pai gow section with a little rope across his chest and a customized Leather Pouch holding his customized pool sticks, smoking and wearing that golden shiny Rolex. Cool dude.

[u/happensq]

One of our greatest sports heroes in my country. Everywhere he's called the magician, but here we call him simply "Bata", the kid.