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Best 1Pocket Player of the 80's - 90's

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sjm said:
The 1990s in one pocket belonged to Efren.

The 1980s are a bit more complicated. The first names that come to mind are Nick Varner and Allen Hopkins. Allen, in particular, used to bet real high back then. I'm thinking that Jersey Red, Ronnie Allen and Eddie Kelly were all past their primes by then.
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I likedeverybody you named...., But for the Money they weren't going to beat Bugs!
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Always call a ball in 10b...

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Chili Palmer said:
On the flip side, sometimes you might want to call a pocket that you WON'T make the ball if you're playing safe. In the video below Ropero/SFR were on the hill, Ropero plays safe but called the 2 in the top right corner and made it, SFR was hooked and scratched. Fisher/Kazakis ran out the game to go hill-hill which meant a shootout. Ropero and SFR won the shootout but it could've turned out much worse.

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Isn't that situation #3 above? If she had called a different pocket, her opponents still would have the option of putting FSR back in, which they definitely would. So, no difference.
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Best 1Pocket Player of the 80's - 90's

sjm
iusedtoberich said:
There is an accustats one pocket tape where the commentators stated Cookie Monster Steve Cook played Hopkins for $1000 per game, and beat him 12 games.
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Thanks for that.

It's very believable. More likely that was in the 1970s rather than the 1980s. Allen was already betting really high by the mid-1970s and probably did not find his highest one pocket gear until about 1980. Sad to say that I never saw Steve Cook play live.
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Best 1Pocket Player of the 80's - 90's

iusedtoberich
sjm said:
The 1990s in one pocket belonged to Efren.

The 1980s are a bit more complicated. The first names that come to mind are Nick Varner and Allen Hopkins. Allen, in particular, used to bet real high back then. I'm thinking that Jersey Red, Ronnie Allen and Eddie Kelly were all past their primes by then.
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There is an accustats one pocket tape where the commentators stated Cookie Monster Steve Cook played Hopkins for $1000 per game, and beat him 12 games.
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