Good god those are huge pictures!!! He looks like a normal to me. He could be a het, or maybe your friend called him a reduced pattern? If so that just means that his pattern is less busy, not that he's necessarily genetic for it.
You might want to ask your friend, because the pictures show a normal with a clear belly, none of us could definitively tell you what he is. If it is a normal it's a really nice looking snake!![]()