Throughout the history of billiards, few names can compare to the influence and greatness of "The Wizard" Efren 'BATA' Reyes. He is not only an excellent athlete but also a performer, who amazed the world with shots that seemed to only happen in imagination.
And recently, in a match that made viewers unable to take their eyes off, Efren Reyes once again made the world of billiards admire when he performed an unimaginable bank shot, seemingly challenging all known laws of physics. A shot that people can only say: "It can only be Efren Reyes!"
Everything started in an extremely difficult situation. The match was entering a tense moment, Reyes' opponent was a world-class player, leading the score and had an extremely stable mentality. When Reyes’s turn came, the crowd could see the complete mess: the cue ball was stuck in the lower left corner, the object ball was close to the opposite edge of the table, obscured by two other balls.
Everyone thought there was only one option – to play it safe and wait for the next opportunity. But no, Efren was not a conventional player. He bent down, looked across the table, measured the angles, and then did the impossible – an extremely difficult three-cushion bank shot, pocketing the object ball perfectly!
The moment the shot happened, the whole audience was stunned. The cue ball slid across the three cushions with astonishing precision, then made contact with the object ball at an angle that no one seemed to expect – and the object ball went into the pocket smoothly, as if the table itself wanted to cooperate with him.
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After a few seconds of shock, the whole audience exploded in thunderous applause. The commentators could hardly believe their eyes, and could only exclaim: “This defies physics! This breaks the law of nature! This is Efren Reyes magic!”
Anyone who has ever watched Reyes play knows that he is a master of calculating ball trajectories. But this shot went beyond normal calculation – it required a keen sense of space, angles, arm strength, and a genius intuition that only legends possess. Many post-match analysts had to put the image into 3D simulation software to understand how the shot worked – and most came to the conclusion that Reyes’ bank shot could not have happened without the perfect combination of technique and spatial awareness at a superhuman level.
What made this moment even more magical was Reyes’s age. At an age when many athletes have retired from the scene, Reyes is still competing at the top, and even creating shots that make the younger generations stand up and applaud. A young Japanese player who was present at the match said afterwards: “I thought I understood billiards well, but after that shot, I felt like an elementary school student learning the multiplication table. Efren Reyes doesn’t play billiards – he creates magic!”
The global billiards community quickly went viral with the video of the shot. Millions of people watched and commented on it on YouTube, TikTok and social media in amazement. A popular Twitter account specializing in physics even reposted the video with the caption: “We need to redefine physics if we want to explain this shot. Unbelievable.”
But for longtime followers of Reyes, this was not the first time he had created a miracle. Throughout his illustrious career, Reyes has repeatedly performed shots that defied common sense, surprising both experts and fans. However, this bank shot has a special meaning – because it was made at a time when no one believed it was possible, and it helped him turn the situation around to win.
It is worth mentioning that Efren Reyes did not show any pride after the shot. He just smiled slightly, shrugged his shoulders as if it were a normal thing. It was this humility that made him even greater in the eyes of his fans. Not everyone can do the impossible and then act as if it were just a normal day in their life. That is the courage of a legend, a living symbol of the world of billiards.
Sports journalists unanimously called this shot “The greatest bank shot of all time”, and many people began to repeat the famous saying: “When you think no shot can be made, think of Efren Reyes. He always finds a way when the whole world sees only a wall.”
In the end, Efren Reyes’ “physics-defying” bank shot was more than just a technical move. It was a symbol of unyielding fighting spirit, natural talent, and a deep love for billiards. It will go down in history, not just as a score in a match, but as a reminder of the limitless possibilities of human beings when passion, technique, and creativity converge in a single moment.
It can only be Efren ‘BATA’ Reyes – The Wizard of Billiards!
