maha said:

you must compare at their peak not at the same time. two different scenarios if trying to define who was best.

don willis
jose
efrin
lassiter
mosconi
mizerack
buddy hall
mike segal and others

and others at their PEAK beat every single other person they played or was a favorite to.
who was better than who??

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I would take Nick Varner over Sigel in this list. Sigel lacked heart under pressure. He won a lot of tournaments because he played in a lot of tournaments. Put him heads up under pressure and he would be whining because he was a whiner.

Price drop $600 shipped anywhere in Continental US

I got to watch Tad compete against pros (including Jose and, I think, Jeanette) when I was playing at South Bay Billiards in the early 90s. A beast in those days for sure.

pj
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Mark Tadd was actually Mark Tademy and, yes, he was a monster player. In the early 1990's, he was known to steer clear of Archer and Parica but was willing to gamble with practically anyone else at 9ball. I had lunch with him, Tommy Kennedy and Tony Robles during what I believe was the 1996 World 8ball in Las Vegas.

WildWing said:

Doc, when I pass away, you may want to section my brain to see what kind of cue memories can be extracted.

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We already have plans to cut you up. No worries. If it's in there, we'll find it.

dr_dave said:

Pat,

Have you read through my “Gender in Pool … The Battle of the Trans-Sexes” (BD, May, 2025) article?

I think I made a fairly good case that pool is a gender-affected sport. The judge in the legal case agreed with me.

Regards,
Dave

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I did just now.

Aside from numbers of serious players, your strongest argument seems to be fast-twitch strength - I suppose that's legit, but, although I agree that pool can be "gender affected", I'm not convinced it's a defining difference (not insurmountable for serious female players).

A great, thoughtful article as usual, Dave - thanks for the link.

pj
chgo

straightline said:

Ball lubing should be allowed. It's a different game but legitimately pool as well.

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Like secretly putting crap on the ball when your opponent isn’t watching?

Thanks I have A lot of high end Cue just pick up a week ago a Vellmer Cue I’ll pay good money for right cue me and Joe and I used to do a lot of trading we are all going to miss him but if someone have high end cue lot me know I’ll buy or trade I have a nice Gus for sell lot of money.

I would have bought it, but I have way way too many and I need to sell some.