00:00Filipino Q artist Rodolfo Luat shared his career journey with the greatest pool player of all time, Efren Bata-Reyes.
00:11Bernadette Tinoy has more.
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 Angeles City, Pampanga,
00:29they got to know each other in Manila because of his relative's pool house in Avenida.
00:35This is where they met to compete in various competitions inside and outside the country.
00:41In the 1970s, Efren was really good.
00:45Now, in the 1990s, he's also good.
00:49But in 1975, he was really good. He never lost.
00:53From 1976 to 2010, in 1993, I was in charge of the team in Las Vegas.
01:01Efren, our partner, President Gustamante, Leonardo Ondag, and me.
01:11Then, we went to America, England, Poland, Taiwan, Japan.
01:19That's where we were invited.
01:21Aside from the national achievements of Luat, Reyes, and Francisco Gustamante,
01:26Boy Samson also won the 2006 WPA Asian 9-Ball Tour Taiwan Leg,
01:322008 Mani Billiard Cup 9-Ball Open, and many more.
01:37We have a past that we remember from our youth.
01:42We don't have a future. We're still young.
01:48Maybe that's why we were envious of our youth.
01:53Billiards, no one is good, no one is bad.
01:57You can win.
01:59Bernadette Tinoy for Pambansan TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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