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Efren \u201cBata\u201d Reyes is a legend.<\/strong> He came to the USA from the Philippines in the 1980s, to teach the local pros a lesson. Players had already heard his name, but nobody knew his face. So he called himself \u201cCaesar Morales\u201d. And he beat all the big names, as a complete nobody.<\/p>\n Quickly people recognized who Caesar Morales really was: Efren \u201cBata\u201d Reyes. Or \u201cThe Magician\u201d, as they started to call him.<\/p>\n Because he could do everything, made it look easy and, if that wasn\u2019t enough, was smiling all the time.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_tabs active_tab_background_color=”#FFFFFF” inactive_tab_background_color=”#444444″ active_tab_text_color=”#444444″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” tab_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” tab_font=”|||on|||||” tab_font_size=”14px” background_color=”#444444″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_tab title=”The Kid” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n People called him \u201cBata\u201d because there already was a professional player with the name Efren Reyes. So they called the younger one \u201cBata\u201d, which means \u201cThe Kid\u201d in the local language tagalog.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Everyone loves Efren” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Today Efren Reyes is the most popular pool player in the world. If you ask professional pool players for their favorite, it\u2019s highly likely that they say \u201cEfren\u201d. He has passed his peak in professional pool, but he still amazes pros and amateurs with his relaxed, smooth and precise play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Be a bit Bata!” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Efren \u201cBata\u201d Reyes, \u201cThe Magician\u201d, is our favorite player, too. We\u2019ll never achieve at the table what he did. But his attitude, his smile, his \u201cAnd then I got a little bit lucky\u201d after a clear victory, his humbleness and his joy at the table \u2013 that\u2019s something we can strive for. So, enjoy your stay at the Bata and be a bit like him: Enjoy the game \u2013 no matter how it goes.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][\/et_pb_tabs][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why Bata?Efren \u201cBata\u201d Reyes is a legend. He came to the USA from the Philippines in the 1980s, to teach the local pros a lesson. Players had already heard his name, but nobody knew his face. So he called himself \u201cCaesar Morales\u201d. And he beat all the big names, as a complete nobody. Quickly people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20815","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 10:30:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batabar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batabar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batabar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batabar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batabar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batabar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20818,"href":"https:\/\/www.batabar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20815\/revisions\/20818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batabar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}