Pinoys In Poland

Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 20, 2001 - Continuing his magical run this month, Efren "Bata" Reyes won the World Pool League title and the top prize of $15,000 by beating eight of the greatest players in the world who were invited to the tournament in Warsaw, Poland last Sunday. Reyes was initially not in the roster of participants but businessman-sportsman Aristeo "Putch" Puyat who, together with elder brother Jose Puyat, has sponsored Reyes and other top Filipino players through the years, requested organizers to invite Reyes in addition to Francisco "Django" Bustamante to match the two British players invited, Steve Davis and last year's World Pool League champion, Steve Knight. Fresh from his record-breaking $160,000 triumph in the Tokyo 9-Ball International tournament last week, Reyes dropped only one match on his way to winning the title this time. After an epic encounter with Bustamante in the semifinals which he won 7-6, Reyes met British snooker...