Full name
Efren REYES
Born
Aug. 26, 1954
Country
Philippines
Residence
Angeles City, Philippines

Sponsor(s)
AMF Puyat Sports
2013 Year in Review
EARNINGS AZB MONEY LEADERBOARD
$5,500 56th
PAYOUT     RANK     TOURNAMENT
$3,000 2nd Accu-Stats 1-Pkt Invitational
$2,500 2nd TAR 34 Van Boening/Reyes
Biography

Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954. He moved to Manila with his family at the age of 5. In Manila, he worked as a billiards attendant at his uncle's billiards hall, where he started learning the various cue sports. Because he was not tall enough to reach the pool table, he played while standing on Coca-cola cases that he moved around. At night, while he was dreaming of playing pool, the pool table was his bed.[citation needed]

He is called Bata, which is Filipino for "Kid", because there was another older pool player named Efren when he was young. To distinguish between the two, he was referred to as Efren Bata.