00:00Filipino Q artist Rodolfo Luat shared the story of how he became the greatest pool player of all time, Efren Bata-Reyes.
00:11Bernadette Ninoy has the details.
00:16Before Filipinos got to know the greatest pool player of all time, Efren Bata-Reyes,
00:22he was the first to show his skills in the 1970s.
00:25According to billiard legend Rodolfo Luat, who is also a member of the Angeles City Pampanga,
00:29they met in Manila because his cousin owns a pool house in Avenida.
00:34This is where they met to compete in various competitions inside and outside the country.
00:41In the 1970s, Efren was very good.
00:44Now, in the 1990s, he's also good.
00:49But in the 1970s, he was really good.
00:51He never lost.
00:52From 1976 until 2010.
00:56In 1993, we competed in Las Vegas.
01:00Efren, our partner, Christos Cubustamante, Leonardo Ondag, and me.
01:11Then, we went to America, England, Poland, Taiwan, and Japan.
01:19That's where we met.
01:21Aside from the national achievements of Luat, Reyes, and Cubustamante,
01:26Boyd Samson also won the 2006 WPA Asia 9-Bowl Tour Taiwan League,
01:322008 Manny Villar Cup 9-Bowl Open, and many more.
01:37We have a passion for our youth.
01:42We don't have time to waste.
01:45We're still young.
01:47Maybe that's why our youth envies us.
01:52We're young.
01:54We're not tall. We're not short.
01:56Right?
01:57We can win.
01:59Bernadette Tinoy for Pambansan TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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