Hasn't this been the ongoing story with him? For how many years now? And how do you retire from playing pool? Assume that means no tournaments - period?
No way Efren retires from playing money matches in the Philippines.
He makes way too much money in those to walk away.
He gets staked and even gets paid appearance fee .
Retiring from tournament play, maybe. But I don’t see him stopping from playing money matches well into his 70s. He started as a hustler, and he will end as a hustler.