08/07/2025
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JUSTIN 🔥🇵🇭 😱 Efren "Bata" Reyes is Declared as The Greatest pool player of all time by msnusa 2025.
World Championships:
1999 WPA World Nine-ball Championship .
2004 WPA World Eight-ball Championship .
Four-time World Eight-ball Champion .
Other Notable Achievements:
Three-time U.S. Open Nine-ball Champion .
Thirteen-time Derby City Classic winner, including five "Master of the Table" titles .
Two-time World Cup of Pool Champion (2006, 2009) with partner Francisco Bustamante .
Four-time All Japan Championship winner .
Seven-time Asian Nine-ball Tour Champion .
Inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame (2003) .
Inducted into the One Pocket Hall of Fame (2004) .
Inducted into the World Billiards Museum Hall of Fame (2024) .
Recognized as Time Magazine's 60 Asian heroes (2006) .
Awarded the U.S. Billiard Media Association Player of the Decade - 2000s (2010) .
Received the Asian Culture Day Lifetime Achievement Award (2018) .
Held the record for the largest single match purse in pool history after defeating Earl Strickland in 1997 ($100,000) .
Seven-time money leader in pool between 1995 and 2006 .
Set the record for the highest earnings by a pool player in a single season in 2006 ($645,000) .
Dominant in various pool disciplines, including 8-ball, 9-ball, and one-pocket .