Buddy Hall
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The only names I know are Boy Bicol, Jun Qapio, and Ramon Brobio, but I didnt think they came to the States. Who am I missing, Steve?
I’m not giving up the name now. This looks like a great trivia question.
He's been talked about on here at different times over the years.
He never came to the States and he’s older than Parica.
Pretty sure Helfert may come up with the name and if he can’t he knows where to find out.
EDIT: oops, I saw you mentioned ‘Boy Bicol’. There’s always mix ups on his name, people have said a couple of other names were Boy Bicol and they’ve even confused his brother as being Boy Bicol.
The best way to know is if anyone named ‘Boy Bicol’ was playing after he was killed…it’s not him.
So now I guess the trivia might be his real name.
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Nikoy or that guy they call Magician (not ER) can't even remember their names.
Throw some names into the soup...
Throw some names into the soup...
Manuel FloresI’m not giving up the name now. This looks like a great trivia question.
He's been talked about on here at different times over the years.
He never came to the States and he’s older than Parica.
Pretty sure Helfert may come up with the name and if he can’t he knows where to find out.
EDIT: oops, I saw you mentioned ‘Boy Bicol’. There’s always mix ups on his name, people have said a couple of other names were Boy Bicol and they’ve even confused his brother as being Boy Bicol.
The best way to know is if anyone named ‘Boy Bicol’ was playing after he was killed…it’s not him.
So now I guess the trivia might be his real name.
[from a little research]
The head rail is the Artie Bordendorfer move as well, works so good. “Just stay where you are at” Artie told me while he dismantled my dreams of winning, I just stayed there shot after shot glued to the cushion every time. The squeeze…..
I’ve never played Jose, I’m certain he’d crush me the same way.
I can’t breath!!!!!
I’m not giving up the name now. This looks like a great trivia question.
He's been talked about on here at different times over the years.
He never came to the States and he’s older than Parica.
Pretty sure Helfert may come up with the name and if he can’t he knows where to find out.
EDIT: oops, I saw you mentioned ‘Boy Bicol’. There’s always mix ups on his name, people have said a couple of other names were Boy Bicol and they’ve even confused his brother as being Boy Bicol.
The best way to know is if anyone named ‘Boy Bicol’ was playing after he was killed…it’s not him.
So now I guess the trivia might be his real name.
A great find!
Friends, here is a great find from a buddy of mine, Mr. Bal Verbo, who got it from Amang's FB account! And I kid you not! From left: Danny Tamayo (Games and Amusement Board); Efren Bata Reyes aka The Magician; Rodolfo Luat aka Boy Samson, Jorge Dacer aka Totoy Dacer, Luis Tabuena...
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Manuel Flores
AnitoKid did a fantastic historical write-up.
that the one where boy bicol got murdered? if so i've read it. hard times
It mentions it, but this isn’t that article.
Didn’t think it would take long. I think he was killed in the early 80’s
I was living in Pasedena California 78-80 and one of the guys I ran around with was a Filipino kid and he would talk about pool players from over there. His family (don’t know how the last name is spelled…Carbohal) were all boxers, think there was like 7 of them and they went back and forth all the time.
Shit, when we first moved to Wichita in 2018 our neighbor was married to a Filipino lady (surprise) and I asked about Efren and she knew who he was. All the Filipino women I’ve ever asked knew a bunch of pool players but Efren is like Elvis.
Efren yes, Parica no.
Bank Pool and One Pocket! Buddy was top speed at both those games.
Dan Louie is the only player to beat Buddy in Shreveport on his home court. Nobody screwed down on the shot better than Danny. He was looking down the barrel on every shot! Check it out.
Yep, I think his name was Bing or something like that. Everybody still talked about him when I first went there. He met an early demise thanks to some poor judgement.
You nailed it, Boy Bicol was the greatest of them all according to the old time Pinoy players.
Is he the one pictured in the Grisham book?
Is there video of Dan Louie and Buddy hall in those sessions?
jay, what about luat. in the 80's when they first started coming over some of parica's backers told me he was the best of all of them. but as we know people rarely get it right as they have favorites.
he did win lots of big tournaments against all the pino's and was an elder to them . i dont think he ever came over. but kind of remember he might have mentored efrin some.
he did win lots of big tournaments against all the pino's and was an elder to them . i dont think he ever came over. but kind of remember he might have mentored efrin some.
Luat came to the States quite often. He used to hit the balls so cleanly. Came in Runner-Up to Niels at the DCC 9-ball in 2007. He won a couple of US pro tour events in the 90's and was a member of the Filipino team for World Team Billiards , who won the whole event. World Team Billiards was he inspiration for today's Mosconi Cup.