Long ago I overheard Billy Incardona wondering who taught effie to play, anybody know who his mentor/teacher was??
Efren Reyes
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The story I got is he met up with a man named Eddie Felson who left the states and took his money to PI where he has lived ever since, he taught him how to play. :wink:
It's been referenced that a player named Ramone Hernandez was a major influence on Efren before he came to the states.
I posted a thread here earlier this year asking about him, but apparently no one has heard of Mister Hernandez.
I posted a thread here earlier this year asking about him, but apparently no one has heard of Mister Hernandez.
Not sure but I heard he taught the GHOST how to play.
Straight from Efren to me.......
Efren did not have a teacher.
He watched both the good and bad players.
Good players showed him the standards like draw follow position
Weaker players showed him the invisible shots
He said he learned alot from watching the weaker players and still does.
He also told me he learned alot watching "Boy Bicol".
I love this quote from Efren
"At 18, 19, 20 years old," Efren said confidently, "nobody could beat me around the world. Even if you could run the table everytime, still, you could not beat me. When I was 20, I was strong."
Last year I asked Efren how he compared now to when he played in the
70s..... he replied that he would give that Efren the 7out. He wasnt laughing or even smiling. He said he game a few years ago was about the 7ball under his 70s game. There were two old friends of his who were there agreed with him. Late 70s he thought was his best pool and it carried for a few years.
Do a search for aome Efren articles. There are alot of good ones out there.
Me --- I am lucky to have to longtime childhood friends available for questions. I found it odd that oneday I asked a question and the guy picked up the phone called Efren and found out.
There likely wont ever be a time in my life where I can get that type of response or reaction from anyone that is considered at least one of if not the greatest in whatever they do. It was pretty cool though when it
happened
Efren did not have a teacher.
He watched both the good and bad players.
Good players showed him the standards like draw follow position
Weaker players showed him the invisible shots
He said he learned alot from watching the weaker players and still does.
He also told me he learned alot watching "Boy Bicol".
I love this quote from Efren
"At 18, 19, 20 years old," Efren said confidently, "nobody could beat me around the world. Even if you could run the table everytime, still, you could not beat me. When I was 20, I was strong."
Last year I asked Efren how he compared now to when he played in the
70s..... he replied that he would give that Efren the 7out. He wasnt laughing or even smiling. He said he game a few years ago was about the 7ball under his 70s game. There were two old friends of his who were there agreed with him. Late 70s he thought was his best pool and it carried for a few years.
Do a search for aome Efren articles. There are alot of good ones out there.
Me --- I am lucky to have to longtime childhood friends available for questions. I found it odd that oneday I asked a question and the guy picked up the phone called Efren and found out.
There likely wont ever be a time in my life where I can get that type of response or reaction from anyone that is considered at least one of if not the greatest in whatever they do. It was pretty cool though when it
happened
Not sure but I heard he taught the GHOST how to play.
...and in the spirit world, the ghosts play "the Efren."