They both are not only excellent players but also very likeable. Enjoying the game, laughing over mistakes and congratulating each other. So much fun to watch them.

@FaDaVlogs

5 жыл бұрын

👍

@somalipirate3291

5 жыл бұрын

So true I hate emotional bickering players just enjoy the game

@charlieboyluisliccud9738

4 жыл бұрын

@@somalipirate3291 you talking about earl strickland hahaha

@11fasteddie

Жыл бұрын

@@somalipirate3291 Strickland bad boy of billiards, any other?

Chris Melling controls his cue ball as well as Efren Reyes. I love Efren Reyes, but I also appreciate Chris Melling.

@AussieWhitePride

3 жыл бұрын

Better than efren

@stevehiggerson7328

2 жыл бұрын

@@AussieWhitePride No way!!! You’re talking about the greatest cue ball of all time, watch more of him and educate yourself, and please show the GOAT some respect

@albert333pool

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevehiggerson7328 Seriously 💯

@OrderByDesign777

6 ай бұрын

Chris Melling is a gangster. I have learned so much just watching him play. And just like you said about his cue ball control…he makes it look so effortless. But that skill is only made through countless hours of hard work and practice

Oh boy, what a beautiful match! They're both amazing players however, the magician will always be my favorite!

@cry_now_laugh_later

3 жыл бұрын

Good one

17:17 that shot on the back table was incredible!

@alexisherrera4687

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! Does anyone know that woman's name?

@bnhamilton

3 жыл бұрын

So how did the back table get your attention???

@msimonsen3344

2 жыл бұрын

It was slop.

@Krushard

Жыл бұрын

fluke

At 17:00 look at the shot the girl does on the opposite table, lol crazy.

@cheungyyy

5 жыл бұрын

What's even crazier, is Chris calls a VERY similar shot at that moment as well; pretty cool

@AngrierGorilla

5 жыл бұрын

yeah but with that shot she put herself in trouble, even though she eventually won the rack.

@eddiemorales4728

5 жыл бұрын

beautiful shot but I don't think she meant that pocket. It looks like she lost her turn but the other girl passed the turn back. Which they are allowed to pass the turn back according to the rules stated in efren and Chris game in the beginning. Assuming the girls have the same rules going on.

@FaDaVlogs

5 жыл бұрын

It was passed back to her. She did not mean to hit it in that pocket.👍

@eddiemorales4728

5 жыл бұрын

@@FaDaVlogs by any chance a link to the girls' game? I couldn't find it.

Thanks for giving it up so now I want watch the match.

i cant remember when i got to watch 2 matches at once on tv NICE:-)

The banter and stories at one hour 8 minutes to one hour 11 minutes are awesome. What a fun match to watch, from players to commentators. 👍

If im not mistaken, if this is uploaded 2 years ago... Efren is already 64 when he competed here? Damn!

Great game, great players and great commentators.

Fun match to watch...nice comfortable commentary

Ned Flanders and Marge Simpson on the commentary...

First match starts at 5:25

I love watching both Chris and Efren

Two great matches for the price of one:) Simming Chen VS Allison Fisher also:)

@marshalcraft

5 жыл бұрын

Pfft overly greatful, don't you think, you got to see 2 shots from Allison Fisher warming up, hardly 2 great matches you fool.

@khakhashisam3761

5 жыл бұрын

@@marshalcraft you got to see them didn't you? 🤣

Two legend

Trillions like and best comment for you because you are best on Earth and follower respect you,we need videos in Real 120fps or 240fps 8K and Sound in FullHD Surrounded 3D

The score are not that bad,..it can go's in other way... well this is not a combat sports that you can be beat badly when you are old right....he gives the billiard a good look in a whole world..by his charisma the billiard has been notice.. THANKS SIR EFREN ' BATA ' REYES the great magician of billiard!!!

2 of the most creative players. An exhibition match would be fantastic.

Commentators always underestimate these player's ability

@lisacarver1128

3 жыл бұрын

Especially one senior citizen commentator who disrespects the world's BEST on a regular basis 😡 There must be other choices besides her.

@williamhauser7156

3 жыл бұрын

That's where the mute button comes into play!

The score didn't change at 41:10. Efren sank the ten in the corner. Sank the ten in the opposite corner at 45:24. The score should be four all at Efren's next break.

@richardroscoe166

5 жыл бұрын

Good catch! This should be top comment.

@swampy9953

5 жыл бұрын

It was updated at 47:29.

@larryford6034

5 жыл бұрын

you are so right, it should have been 4 to 4.... tied

Wow. Pretty cool seeing a bunch of heavy hitters playing in the background.

@benjaminhouston2436

3 жыл бұрын

Allison Fisher always kills it

when he was young efren looks like a brown mexican, in middle age he looked chinese, now that he is old he looked like a mongolian.. just my observation. he's not magician. he's a pool genius.

@igoryef

6 жыл бұрын

))))

@javierdelosreyes1281

5 жыл бұрын

he looks like capangpangang

@Bibhor4

5 жыл бұрын

When he was young, he looked like Cesar Morales. ;)

@Whatisgoingonherebro

5 жыл бұрын

He is not magician he is not aliens He is The 🐐

@maxsweater2627

5 жыл бұрын

Efren isnt from this planet

These 2 magicians are world class tricksters, my two favorite.

7:03 Dan Louie and Toshi, in the audience. Dan is a world champ

i'm a huge Efren fan, but Melling earned it.

@lisacarver1128

3 жыл бұрын

I love Both ! They are a mazing

@charlieclark102

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving the match up. Now I want watch it.

Such great control by Chris Melling in Frame 13, from about 1:10:00

17:13 that girl back there tho

@FaDaVlogs

5 жыл бұрын

That's Tzu Chien Wei from Taiwan. She is the 2nd ranked female player in the world.

@gee2891

5 жыл бұрын

she fly.

@patcruising8925

4 жыл бұрын

Whaaaaat?!? Lol, wasn't expecting that

@lisacarver1128

3 жыл бұрын

WeiWei !

Number 1 fan of Efren

Great match

Blue blocker glasses make the blue tables look green. Very pleasant. I've been wearing blue blockers, with dark glasses clip-ons, for a couple of months now, and recommend it.

Some VERY big names in pocket billiards all around this match on adjoining tables.

@FaDaVlogs

5 жыл бұрын

👍

Both magicians against each other👌👌

Thanks for this video, Kenny. I'd like to know how Little Mike did. Also max. , I'd like to see the finished Position Bracket for the whole tournament. Is that possible? Looking forward to more training.

@FaDaVlogs

6 жыл бұрын

Lil Mike won 2 matches and lost 2. He was knocked out by Oscar Dominguez. Max actually was the only one that beat the champion James Aranas. He came in 5th or 6th out of the very tough field. That's all I remember off the top of my head. I'll try to show the brackets somehow when I get a chance. I'm currently working on something much bigger then the tournament I just threw. Stay tuned....

@chuckcraig1394

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kenny

What a master class. Anyone who was in that room was really lucky.

Does anyone know what cue Chris has?

Who's the old guy on commentary?

24:53 was he playing for short side on 6? or he was playing to stay on the same side as 5 and got lucky

@gino2033

3 жыл бұрын

Who lol

@Bobba8590

2 жыл бұрын

Played to short side. Just and just got there.

01:01:30 Magician shot

Fighting spirit

I love efren reyes

i really like chris' cue stick, and his stroke. smooth player, good match

Is that Allison Fischer at the other end of the table?

@FaDaVlogs

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

@geraldhively4040

5 жыл бұрын

As soon as I turned this video on, that was the first thing I saw.. that woman was better then everyone back in the day

I feel sorry for Efren Reyes that he lost. He missed to many shots. The Pool God was not just with him is all. But good game. Chris Melling played a excellent game of pool also. Both played pretty good. Great game of pool guys. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸😀🎱

Anyone notice audio is cutting out every 20 seconds.

@FaDaVlogs

5 жыл бұрын

The production company was having problems with audio and their software at that time.

Remember Efren bata Reyes is the number 1 Hall of Fame Inductee The Goat !

@AussieWhitePride

3 жыл бұрын

For American pool, do some more research 👍🏻

@billyjack3580

2 жыл бұрын

@@AussieWhitePride Is there another Billiard Hall of Fame?

Seemed Melling had a better feel for the speed of the table than Efren this match. 1:11:03 case in point, five rails from 2 to 3, gorgeous.

@vendingdudes

4 жыл бұрын

LOL at the self congratulatory guitar solo pump on the cue after that shot

Hell of a shot in the back at 17:00

@Bobba8590

2 жыл бұрын

But didn't call it😄

Any LA stint for Efren?

Can you always finish a game of Ten Ball with a combination shot? I thought that was the hard thing about the game, was that you couldn't finish the game early. Or does it just depend on tournaments etc.? If that is the case, what happens if you purposefully hit a combination on the ten? Does the ten ball get re-spotted in that instance? And if it does get re-spotted, can you carry on playing? Or is the shot handed back, or have you lost? So many questions! If anyone can answer I'd appreciate it coz I've read the rules and I'M STUCK lol

Does anyone know who playing in the women's match on the table above?

I love Chris Melling stroke, so fluid and straight

@jasonhuhare

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Melling is a very good pool player, and he has a very good ability of controlling the cue ball as Efren Reyes. This is an amazing game.

What rules are they playing to?

Melling has a smooth cue stroke. A quick game with some finesse!

Gee is that Allison? In the background

@FaDaVlogs

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

is that an 8 or 9 foot table?

Anyone else notice the matrix glitch on mellings 2 ball bridge shot? It just disappeared!

Why is every time Chris wins the score is posted every time Efren wins broadcasters announces the score...

Chris Melling is also a very likeable player

@FaDaVlogs

5 жыл бұрын

Yes he is.

Out of all the you tube vids I’ve watched on Reyes, this is the only time I’ve seen him lose a match...and here he’s well past his prime. Definitely the goat.

@mrdarren1045

5 жыл бұрын

so you haven't seen the one where he loses to steve davis? davis is 8-2 down and comes back to win. this reyes guy is so overrated. and davis isn't even a pool player. id love to see some of these pool players try snooker. they'd get blasted off the table. snooker players can play pool at the top level but pool players aren't even top 500 in snooker.

@mrdarren1045

5 жыл бұрын

and btw, davis is also well past his prime and retired from snooker years ago,. snooker players only play pool for a laugh. they don't take it serious at all. if they did they'd totally dominate.

@annalizahernandez871

4 жыл бұрын

@Mr Darren wtf are talking about overrated? Saying that to reyes means you know nothing about the GOAT.. google him morron

@drodrigues3451

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrdarren1045 noon alert

@killyah3293

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrdarren1045 wtf.. What are you talking about? Even great pool players highly appreciate efren's greatness.. And they don't question about it.. And efren never in his life saying/claiming his the GOAT...

Why show the score if they aren't going to accurately keep score ? It is 4-4 now.Seems most of these streams do this.

I like how the Magician after running out perfectly to bring the score 4-3 he goes to empty a pocket of balls that dont exist, they come out bottom end chute of course. I do it all the time myself and remember on tables, its called getting old.

@donnadasiganno1046

3 жыл бұрын

Lp

No disrespect to melling, hes a great player and all but i think the “magician” title should belong to efren and efren only👀

@FaDaVlogs

6 жыл бұрын

They named him the magician because of his card tricks.

@drekceldude

6 жыл бұрын

Theres room for more than one magician,and I bet if you asked Chris who was the original Magician he would say Efren,when you start talking to the top players from around the world and starting talking about the pool greats,Efren`s name always pops up,not only for his vision and knowledge of the game but as a genuinely nice person on and off the table.

@dibber43

5 жыл бұрын

Melling needs to change his nickname...for there is ONLY ONE MAGICIAN in professional billiards...Efren "The Magician" Reyes!!! Melling disrespected Efren by doing that!!!😠

@marshalcraft

5 жыл бұрын

I bet Chris would also throw little girl hissy fit over chalk being on pool table like he did here to Efren. Sure snooker players like to keep chalk in pocket, but you don't fucking have too. Factually about the most economic place for it, IS on the pool table. So sorry some of us don't like to spend our time putting stuff in and out of our pocket.

@dibber43

5 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!

The two Magicians!

Wanna see Chris back on the cup M cup team he a straight up robot

i love how efren is still curious about how he missed his earlier shot (1:21:16) by trying the shot again in the end. that shows us even the god of pool is still on his learning process.

@MrAmr8

Жыл бұрын

Nd he still missed it again … see amateurs do it all the time

22:24, you didn't give Chris his point for winning this game

very pleasant commenting....

Curly, I mean Chris is pretty lite on his feet for a big man. I'll bet he's a good dancer.

At 50 minutes... What a shot

“That guys got a sledgehammer break!” Paul Newman in the COLOR OF MONEY As Fast Eddie Felson. Talking about Tom Cruise who played as, Vincent Lauria.

Is that Allison Fisher in the back!!!!

I dont get it. That first match Melling sunk only 3 balls.how is that a win?

No sé ven las jugadas para que estar escuchando a ustedes

I love watching two heavily offensive players play each other. Extremely entertaining.

Where's Alan Hopkins when you need someone to call Efren, Efrem, lmao.

Efren is just having fun.. Win or lose, he always teaches his opponent a new technic..

@johnseiber4586

2 жыл бұрын

Glad effie lost Ha ha ha

@carlottacambronero1558

Жыл бұрын

@@johnseiber4586 you’re very low

In my opinion Reyes is still the best in the world

two awesomely good pool players.

@88888gerald

2 жыл бұрын

and it just hit me...efren might lose....shocking thought...

Stop it! There's only 1 Magic Johnson. 1 Dr J. 1 Prince. 1 Madonna. And only 1 "The Magician!" That is Efren Reyes...

20:00 what was happening there. Why does Reyes stop playing ?

@raisugen5025

6 жыл бұрын

the guy made the 9 ball on the side.

@randywebb8284

6 жыл бұрын

10 ball is called shots. If you fluke a ball it is up to your opponent to shoot or make you shoot again.

How did he win that 1st game by making that combo? I dunno the rules apparently...

@williamhauser7156

3 жыл бұрын

I l think the rules for ten ball are similar to 9-ball, he played a combination with object ball into ten

Eftren reyes ido

6:43 How did he win by hitting the opponents ball in, and missing his own shot?

that was tough lost there , and wow thought that was rude at end not trying let Efron Reyes try practice what he miss on , but he did allow him to . i alway see people practice shots on certain one ,

@MikeBilliardsFun78

6 жыл бұрын

just like anywhere i seen people walk to table so they dont practice shots is what im talking about, maybe u never seen it but i have seen something like that in league

@bmac7885

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry BilliardsFun M, but Bill is right, Chris moved for Efren, no disrespect involved. I have met/played and beaten Chris in an exhibition match (UK 8 ball though) but he is one of the nicest people you could hope to meet, very respectful to any opponent and a true sportsman. I do know what you are referring to in league matches etc, but it's not in Mellings nature to be that petty especially to a legend like Efren :-)

who is keeping score---all this talk!---

at his age, Efren still got some magical shots when most other players at his age could barely steady the cue stick with their fingers.

@captnnero

4 жыл бұрын

Efren was about 64 in this match. My pool league has many, many high rated players over 60 who have no problem steadying a cue.

Si el tiempo fuera manejable... y tuvieran una edad similar Efren Gandalf el Blanco habria brillado...

melling’s long stroke with a pause at the beginning looks satisfying af

@larrywhitesell4139

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@jadenladd1965

3 жыл бұрын

Yes straight consistent stroke is the key

1:01:22. Typical Reyes. Scratch on the head, still makes it. He should stop scratching his head though.

@ranolf1

6 жыл бұрын

What if it itches?

'Pretty routine shot'

Can someone explain what happened at @20:26? It was Efren's shot and he didn't take it. So it should be ball in hand for Chris, right? What am I missing here

@cw9395

Жыл бұрын

Lol was looking for someone to answer this as well. Not quite sure what happened there

@cw9395

Жыл бұрын

Ok so I looked at it a second time and turns out I didn’t see that he accidentally made the 9, which he didn’t call. So it was loss of turn but efren could give it back

What happened at 20:25, why does Reyes gave a go

@villapusa4825

4 жыл бұрын

as far as I know, Efren today can't even lift his arm high enough to do a shot similar to what Melling did. It's just that aging put the best of him

I think Reyes knows that leaving the rack on the table messes with Melling's concentraton.

Efren Reyes is Magician of the game

What happened with that first match? I don't understand. He sunk 3 balls and everyone decided the game was over.

@FaDaVlogs

5 жыл бұрын

The game is 10 ball. Once he sinks the 10, the game is over.

@toddrobertson1398

5 жыл бұрын

Seriously ? L\ol

That 44 ball with que to rail on it in right upper corner drop kick in pocket ! It is forgive me Ray ! ! !!!

Love Reyes, still the goat of American pool but Chris Smelling is a different level of cueist- this ain’t even his game but was toe to toe against Bata and so glad the real magician came through :-)

@OrderByDesign777

6 ай бұрын

Yeah Melling is a beast. His famous 8 ball run out with the masse and the 4 cushion shot that left him with that easy position on the 8 to close it out…I watch that run out at least once a week ha. I love seeing how pool has evolved from where it was back in the day to where it is now. The level that these players are playing at is just mind blowing to say the least. I’m a pretty decent player….but players like Efren, Melling, Fedor, Filler, Shaw, Ko Ping Chung, etc….other than Efren when he became known in the late 80’s, players like that didn’t really exist. They’re like robots lol

Didn’t catch: on 57 minute Efren didn’t touch aim ball, but Chris didn’t take ball in hand. Explain please

@taihuu8512

4 жыл бұрын

Its Safety Shot after a break.

@VlNuzhin

4 жыл бұрын

Tài Hữu oh, I see, thanks!

Does anyone else miss Sunday afternoons when ESPN would have 9-ball tournaments from the casinos? Now if ever it's trick shots which are more boring than bowling

@FaDaVlogs

3 жыл бұрын

🙋‍♂️