Efren Bata Reyes in 40th All Japan Championship Quarter Finals!

Filipino pool player Efren Bata Reyes, aka The Magician, annihilated Paul Potier of Canada with a 11-1 score to advance to the quarterfinals of the 40th All Japan Championship in Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo prefecture, Japan.

The 1999 World Pool Champion, Efren Reyes aka Bata (The Kid), set an exciting showdown with Wu Chia-ching, one of Taiwan’s billiards masters and 2005 World Pool Champion. Wu Chia-ching shocked defending champion Lee Vann Corteza at 11-6.

Other Filipino pool players who saw action but failed to progress at the 40th All Japan Championship include Warren Kiamco, who bowed to 2004 World Pool Championship runner-up Chang Pei-wei at 11-10; Francisco Django Bustamante, who suffered his second loss against Yang Ching-shun; and Ramil Bebeng Gallego, who succumbed to 1996 World Pool Champion Ralf Souquet, aka The Kaiser.

The quarter finals now bills Efren Bata Reyes, Wu Chia-ching, Chang Pei-wei, Ralf Souquet, 2001 World Pool Champion Mika Immonen, and Japan’s T. Kuribayashi, H. Hijakata and M. Tanaka. It promises to be one exhilarating showdown! And I kid you not!

The best of luck to the Magician!

PRIZE MONEY

Champion: JPY2,000,000

2^nd: JPY1,000,000

3^rd-4^th: JPY500,000

5^th-8^th: JPY250,000

9^th-16^th: JPY125,000

17^th-32^nd: JPY60,000

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Bata, Corteza, Kiamco Win Openers
Pics on the JPBA Men's Bracket
Pics on the JPBA Women's Bracket
JPBA Official Site
YouTube Videos on Billiards and JPBA

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