Efren “The Magician” Reyes Is Back On Top

Efren “The Magician” Reyes Is Back On Top

The Filipino billiards star Efren “The Magician” Reyes regained his status as the top billiards moneymaker in billiards, while newly-crowned Filipino world champ Ronnie Alcano follows hot on his heels.

cashed $2,000 of Efren “The Magician” Reyes for ninth-place finish in his recent 2007 World 8-Ball Championship held in the United Arab Emirates to hike his total of $39,350.

In his collection was enough to snatched top from the American Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer. Efren “The Magician” Reyes ws also the biggest earner in the year 2006 with a his new record $644,960 total.

5(five) other Filipinos are in the top 20 worldwide, underscoring the country’s dominance of the Billiards world. “This is yet another testament to the Filipino continued domination of the sport. The reality is that the Filipinos is dominating the billiards industry in all fronts, and to the things are going on, we’re on track for another banner year, maybe better than last year,” said Ernesto Fajardo, president of the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines.

Filipino pool shooters of all the skill levels constantly play to a Straight Pool, in a game which has all but vanished from the United States and other venues of this game. Straight Pool builds any player’s skills quickly to the way of there carreer, one of the many reason why the Philippines’ champions have reached their ascendancy of our sport.

George Breedlove another American, who won the Skins Billiards Championship in the Massachusetts, also last month, at rank 3 with $29,100 in his pocket.

The former three-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Warren Kiamco at ranked sixth with $19,600, but $1,600 of coming from his awe-inspiring sweep at the US Bar Table Championship in Nevada two weeks ago.

Followed by Rodolfo Luat who had $17,100, while Dennis Orcollo at rank 11 with $14,800.
The former world no.1 Francisco “Django” Bustamante slid at rank 15 from rank 11 with $10,000, while the Filipino pool legend Jose “Amang” Parica at rank 17 with his $8,670.

Also in the list are rank 5 Niels Feijen ($24,250),rank 8 Mika Immonen ($15,250), rank 9 John Schmidt ($15,000), rank Steve Moore ($14,800), rank 12 Jason Miller ($14,550), rank 13 Shannon Daulton ($14,350), rank 14 Corey Deuel ($11,110), rank 16 Rafael Martinez ($9,445), rank 18 Billy Palmer ($8,325), rank 19 David Gutierrez ($8,130), and rank 20 Danny Harriman ($8,050).