EFREN REYES-STRICKLAND-BUSTAMANTE 9-ball 2semis+final

1993 Pro Tour 9-ball in Los Angeles. 2 semis + final. Semi 1: Bustamante v Reyes. Semi 2: Strickland v Tony Ellin @ 37:05. Final: Bustamante v Strickland @ 1:19:36. Bustamante plays wonderfully. Expert Allen Hopkins commentary. Referee is Scott Smith. And be sure to also watch THIS amazing Efren Reyes match: • *Magical* EFREN REYES ...

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

[@kaylaschroeder1]

Such beautiful matches. It makes me wish I could travel back in time just to be in the audience for one of those matches! So much more audience participation; it really seems to add to the excitement. The pace and rhythm of the matches is steady almost the entire time. I love that. A lot of the matches today are so, so slow that they either put me to sleep or I just have to move past them and find something different to watch lol. So, lately I've been "going back in time" to watch these. 😉 Ray, your channel is definitely one of my current favorites to watch for pool. Thank you, again, for posting these! Really appreciate it. 😊

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Glad you're enjoying the virtual time travel, TL. It's pleasure to receive and read your well-expressed enthusiasm and appreciative words. Be assured that in an infinite Universe with quantum-ly generated, infinite timelines, versions of "you" . . . *are* in the audience for some of them.

[@beausky4100]

this was his greatest performance beating two legends in reyes and strickland.

[@BaconFrisbee]

Django's mullet is the real winner here

[@gideonf8696]

This is a great video. Thanks for the upload. I've never seen Django looking so young (goofy haircut and all), but he played great. And, as someone else mentioned, Earl was a complete gentleman in the interview.

[@krom32]

I've been looking for this match for soooo long!! I had it on betamax back in the day.

[@tylertkelley6779]

Can you imagine walking-up to Bustamante in the Mid-nineties and saying race to 9 and I will spot you 6 games on the wire! Boosty would look at you like you were a fool, or crazy...a crazy fool, probably! Thanks for the Golden-Era Video, started playing 9-Ball due too injuries; now just watch; although the injuries seem to still follow me around.

[@mrazcr000]

Classic . Puffing cigarettes between turns. Great TV.

[@kiritokirigaya2330]

But in the end of their career Reyes prove he was the GOAT

[@joaovitorribeiroalves1932]

Thank you very much for those three sweet and delicious pool matches.

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Joao. Thanks for the positive feedback. Here is how you can quickly see plenty of other billiards videos that I have:

[@urbangamer8321]

Man thank you for this upload here definitely learning something watching this

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Thanks for the kind words, Urban. Actually even after playing for many decades, it's a rare professional match that doesn't enable learning a thing or two -- even if it's only you deciding "Here's I would have played that shot or series of shots."

[@nicorobiniol8551]

Django’s hair is my new inspi

[@dpbuc32]

Ray u did it again! THANK U!

[@VeritasForYou]

Earl is so humble and nice back in the days when he was human

[@louisbuzzi869]

Thanks for the show... Efren is the GOAT.

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Couldn't agree more!

[@rogerscottcathey]

What a super line up of games! It was great.

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

[@jay-ng]

Wow this is rare footage!

[@aarondarkknight3057]

wished Efren was against Ellin or Earl. same with Django.. I'm thinking, Filpino against a Flipino so that only one can get through to the finals. What a Glory it woulda been if Fil vs Fil in the Finals. One time at an IPT tour, of the Final 6 - 3 were filipinos. Efren, Busty, Manalo against Mika, Nick and hmmm... Earl? efren got through and went on to Defeat Mike the Mouth Sigel 2 sets to 0. Efren won $ 200,000 biggest Purse at that time. But his next IPT of $ 500,000 --- dont know if Efren was Paid in full.

[@azadrashid222]

Thanks Ray,,,,

[@luogan1759]

great uplaod :)

[@travo2112]

Thnx Ray!!

[@michaelbarbaglia5675]

Ray coming in with the great matches again !

[@celestialdrums486]

Busti's hairstyle is the best.

[@daviddumoor8450]

Would be a treasure to see the entire Ellin v Strickland match ,💯

[@MaxEberle]

Love your channel Ray! Thanks for all the great uploads. Do you have Rafael Martinez in the finals vs Efren Reyes in the 1994 Bicycle Club event?

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Thanks for the kind words, Max. We spoke a number of times nears ago when you were the house pro at Hywd. Billiards. Always loved your skills and humor. Pat at Accu likely still has the master VHS of that Raf/Efren '94 and perhaps send you a courtesy DVD, Zip, or stream of it.

[@dillhole4603]

Nice! Great video!

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Glad you enjoyed it,Dill. Thanks for your comment. Here is how you can quickly see many other billiards videos that I have -- plenty include Efren's magic :

[@tyronemosley6810]

Bustamante rocking the Laborinth mullet

[@stefanremus8336]

good old stuff ... need some more of that ... from the glory days of pool ;-)

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

+Stefan Remus Here you'll find 30 more that'll keep you busy for quite a while on my channel: kzbin.info/door/xDXBU6sbgHwsBsrRQfFOLA

[@stefanremus8336]

+ray carlton ... Thank`s a lot Ray ... Rack`em up ;-)

[@najibabraham2014]

Efren, bustamante, pagulayan are so cool, I love them

[@killah7832]

These two were friends ever since the first few racks they played.

[@bruceperez1634]

Busta has one of the greatest breaks in billiard history!

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

His cue ball was radar-clocked at thirty-five miles per hour (35 mph) at the time. Breaks can now be clocked by a smartphone acoustic app..

[@rommelpalaa7776]

One of the power breaks in billiard history

[@danielnicolini2841]

F. Bustamante el número 1, una leyenda del pool!!!!

[@zaq1zaq2zaq3]

Keep them coming Carlton, much thanks!

[@wilsongautama1688]

so old skull. thank 4 upload ☺

[@ahmadfuadi9382]

👍 N I C E ❤️👏

[@haeretean9012]

Shape of things to come. In the 2002 World Pool Championship, Earl this time bests Django in the Final

[@jvask33zie]

I'd like to think Earl visits Philippines frequently to play Django and Bata

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Keep dreaming, Jvask.

[@rafaelvillamor9702]

In fact he did. And Reyes and Bustamante beaten him alot in here.

[@quickstep2408]

bustamante's mullet... glad that was a phase lol! he's missing the long, dangling earring tho. i love how he just gets up and takes one shot in the first rack and wins. exceptional player

[@andrewbobak6894]

Still could smoke cigs in 93

[@travo2112]

Busty looks good, as he's up 2-0. He's always been a very lucky pool player as well as one of the most talented. Players that follow through as far as Fransisco, tend to catch rolls at a higher clip. A little trade secret to being a "lucky" player.....

[@harabas3499]

+the snowdawg Django is a very skillful player, luck is just part of the game

[@travo2112]

Truthfully....

[@nickb7817]

That Black Boar cue is sweet. It has a nice sound

[@jetsal4297]

How much change for Bustamante with the mullet. Efren not so much. He still looks the same

[@mariojoyachumpitaz8142]

legendarios

[@quyennguyen-gl7ke]

Bustamante nice

[@davidfiallos6729]

Legends

[@rogerscottcathey]

It was his year!

[@vicluevano1222]

Damn busti used to shoot way stronger in the 90s

[@jerryslivka6423]

I watched Bustamante and Archer gamble in Toledo Ohio a few months after this tournament. Race to 13 for 5k, Busty won the first set. Archer won the second set by running 13 and out. Craziest thing I have ever seen, crowd was going crazy and then when everything calmed down, Busty has the coin in his hand and asked Archer to double the bet for the 3rd set!! Heart like no other, they did and Busty won the third set 13-5, Archer actually ran 15 racks in a row. 13-0 and the first 2 games of the last set. He miscues in the 3rd game and Busty never looked back. Absolutely incredible..

[@anon2414]

Jerry Slivka great story

[@bananaman4002]

Bustamante's hairstyle tho

[@luckybk2710]

sick af

[@strophish]

Took the words out of my mouth

[@JohnCarloHolgado]

Or is it the Hairstyle’s Bustamante ?

[@arpilledalarrieleed.2689]

Mullet

[@jakedouglas6904]

I'm sayin! Lookin like a chickenhawk lol

[@khenization]

Bustamante, he was 30 at that time, same with my age now, yet I am still strugle to put english on the cue ball 😅

[@budisantoso6992]

Jembret brooo hahaha, seng penting semangat

[@quantumimmortality551]

You need to grow a mullet like he did

[@VokabulaENG]

crazy first rack

[@jennealgaming2215]

nice... 1sub here

[@jpaschl]

Fransico is my favorite pool player he plays his best everytime he gets on the table. Plus he's got a unique way of playing.

[@Idontpicksides]

Yeah, everything in his shooting mechanism are all unique, I never seen anyone points cues 3 inches before the cueball and the otherworldly Inglish😅 looks like he did spin even on stop shots

[@brucekim9023]

부스타만테 형님도 젊었을 땐 머리숱 많으셨구나~~

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

그가 경기 중 플레이하는 방식이 마음에 드셨나요?

[@linhtaquang4098]

First game is like the match of me and my mate. We just hit and don’t care where the cue ball go ))

[@mateopardines5266]

Nice hair Francisco long back.

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

I agree, Mateo and many other viewers have said something similar. It was an attractive look.

[@adewgloprado5009]

Hahaha ngayun ko lng nakita to ayus porma ni bustamante...

[@benedictcyrildejesus1646]

Ang lakas talaga sumargo django tang ina !!!

[@juancontreras8232]

1:29 Nick Varner, respect cor Francisco Bustamante...

[@luismiguelgallego9393]

Didn't know Mario Van Peebles was such a talented pool player

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Good one, Luis. :-) Glad you enjoyed the world-class pool and maybe picked up a few playing tips as we all do when watching top professionals.

[@luismiguelgallego9393]

Yes, they're my source of inspiration. Thank you for uploading these gorgeous matches of the yesterdays!

[@parksyist]

Earl got lucky 😂🍀

[@user-fy2ow4yb6q]

神與神的對決……

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

這是描述這種非常有趣且相互困難的局勢的完美方法。非常感謝您的聰明和創意。

[@gerardkeaveny9979]

I agree

[@caseyemberlorenz3166]

long back pa champ hehe

[@johnhenninger1980]

glory days

[@sololegit]

Busty said this was his first tourney in the US.

[@aarondarkknight3057]

It maybe and I believe it's Ok for efren to LOse against a Fellow rising filipino so that Django can maker a name for hisself in the US Pro circuit. Efren is not Selfish or Greedy for Fame and Money. He plays for his Love of the Art of Pool.

[@robertmeadows1657]

I wonder if Busty's ever pulled his tip off on his backstroke.

[@scho9508]

ang galing naman ni efren bustamante

[@nivrealedasor265]

galing ni Zoren

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Oo. . . talagang kamukha niya si Zoren sa isang tiyak na edad

[@madrigaljiggy]

Hahahah! Ito din nasa isip ko.

[@arpeemac]

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[@smoothcriminal7232]

That hairstyle tho

[@boglyukov]

Philipino brothers))

[@user-gy9rj1vm2l]

若い😊

[@tonefingerz7117]

Dont pay attention to bringing the cue dead straight back and forth

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

Wanting to see Ellin's whole games. man that dude died at 34 y-o.. how come? anyway, interesting player.

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Tragic vehicle misjudgment at rr crossing. Regarding seeing more of Tony's games: -- 16 more here on YT: kzbin.info?search_query=tony+ellin -- 16 more here for stream/or own: store.accu-stats.com/search.php?search_query=tony+ellin&Search=

[@efrainrivera6071]

Que exelente jugador a sido Bustamante lo que más me gustó que aplastó al nefasto de strickland..y al bata reyes ahí no se vio el disque mago

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

*_Efrain: Los tres hombres son jugadores de calibre mundial. Todos se han derrotado rotundamente cientos de veces. Ese es un simple hecho de la vida profesional en la mayoría de los deportes_*

[@red23rd]

Django at his best..

[@davidrussell3353]

Really nice to see earl gracious in defeat and of course I can't say enough good things about bustamante an absolute stone cold killer on the table yet similar to efren very humble never cries complains or a single negative thing to say win or lose

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

A perfect comment, David. Thx for posting ~ Ray C.

[@aarondarkknight3057]

Django looks like a Pineapple head haha. What a hair cut! Of the US Pro players, the only one I'm afraid that can beat Efren is Earl... I've watched Earl defeat Efren. Boy, Earl shots in succession like 5 seconds each shot and he cleaned out the table. Though Earl has more wins against Efren, He respects Efren so much coz Efren Rampaged throughout the US PRo circuit winning many Titles in dfferent styles. 9Ball, 8Ball, One Pocket, and others.

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

You may like this one of my videos, Aaron, that has Efren vs Earl in the final. Earl was shooting "lights out" pool in this time period, virtually unbeatable: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpvZf2lnZ9N3nbc

[@joshuahaynes7413]

ray carlton when earl is playing his best speed nobody is touching him.. i love the way earl rolls that cue ball around and gets natural shape

[@jongguinday1166]

diretso pa plangketa ni dyango dyan! ngayon sobra komang na eh hehehe...

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Magandang pagmamasid, Jake.

[@mikeserrano734]

@@raycarltonbilliards5798 filipino ka pala. 😂

[@jaysomcio7990]

Thats the day Efren was very uncomfortable he say back then cuz he has "postiso" Denture that he dont like thats why his shot is not that good and starting that day Efren didnt wear any Denture at all.

[@rosieposie6168]

Si Django kamuha ni Zoren Legazpi nung kabataan

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Iyon ay kagiliw-giliw na malaman

[@joshsomebody832]

Nickname "Dtango" 🤣

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Helpful correction, Josh. It's Django.

[@RichardsWorld]

Bustamante beats Efren 9 to 2. Showing he is the best Filipino player.

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

Best on that particular day.

[@vincentcallangan8561]

Vovo hahaha

[@magsscryed9867]

Dtango daw lol

[@JH-ji6cj]

I think that's the worst play I've seen from Reyes...

[@rusher1977]

Bustemante is awesome but Efren made some uncanny mistakes. Makes me wonder.

[@raycarltonbilliards5798]

What scenario, cause, skill lapse, or suspect motivation do you wonder about -- if you care to elaborate.

[@bluesinsideout]

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