best player with a cue now and last 50 years

[Richard Kapela]

Torbjorn Blomdahl

These are always interesting conversations.

I have to go with Blomdahl. He can play serious pool (I've played him 9-ball), but frankly, pool is probably boring for him. He is so good at 3-cushion that you could argue that he brought up the level of the whole game.

 

[PoolBum]

Harold Worst was before 1962, and should not even be in the conversation.

Is this the same Harold Worst who won the 9-ball, straight pool, and all-around titles at the 1965 Johnston City tournament?

 

[devorator]

No doubts

I'd say Efren...but it;s debatable...
My heart says Earl anyway...

 

[poolguy4u]

:smile:

Best I ever played in 9 ball...Jimmy Matz.

 

[scdiveteam]

As a money player in Straight Pool or One Pocket in the 70s and early 80s, Wendell Weir played like god for the money.

 

[pektusboy]

Efren Reyes!! nothing in this world would beat Efren Reyes in his prime

 

[Black-Balled]

...

Also, if you are looking for multiple disciplines, Blomdahl can play pool at a very high level.

Depends on how one defines best.

On that topic: what is the best car?

 

[Black-Balled]

Efren Reyes!! nothing in this world would beat Efren Reyes in his prime

Blomdahl TORTURED Efren. It was a bloodletting. Fewer battles have been so decisive. The troops rolled through that city as if it were a plain. The hawk snatched the mouse. I'm about done.

 

[JAM]

Without a doubt, it's my man. I guarantee you, pound for pound, ounce for ounce, my man shot the money ball better than any living human in the last 50 years.

 

[Black-Balled]

Without a doubt, it's my man. I guarantee you, pound for pound, ounce for ounce, my man shot the money ball better than any living human in the last 50 years.

A Man would haveta...dressed like that, and in a poolroom, no less.

 

[poolguy4u]

Without a doubt, it's my man. I guarantee you, pound for pound, ounce for ounce, my man shot the money ball better than any living human in the last 50 years.

:smile:

Is that a Budweiser in his back pocket?

He has such a nice touch when shooting the cue ball.

Back in 1985 I had him in a calcutta at Q-Master's Billiards and he won me and my son some money.

 

[bwally]

Blomdahl TORTURED Efren. It was a bloodletting. Fewer battles have been so decisive. The troops rolled through that city as if it were a plain. The hawk snatched the mouse. I'm about done.

Here's a link to that match.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh3r1_DIyTg

 

[Aaron_S]

Alas, ones place in history will be determined by a short set of 9-ball. Roll over, Mosconi. :smile:

Aaron

 

[KMRUNOUT]

Lots of people are terribly slow on this site. I've noticed it before.

What accomplishments does Steven Hendry have outside of Snooker to illustrate his "cueing" excellence rather than his Snooker excellence?

KMRUNOUT

 

[jeff olney]

look at what worst did in 1965
this is from the janscos tourneys
you can have a nice read here from onepocket.org
http://www.onepocket.org/JohnstonCity.htm
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Thanks for posting the Janscos tournaments. I think Willie M. record will never be broken 13 times world champion in 15 years with tough comp. back then. Should have said last 70 years Willie last title was in 1956 i believe. The reason i like Ronnie O he can really get going with either hand like no other. Efren may be the best all round for pool but still like Ronnie, the guy plays snooker on a 12 footer like Earl plays 9 ball on a 9 footer. Jeff

 

[pt109]

What accomplishments does Steven Hendry have outside of Snooker to illustrate his "cueing" excellence rather than his Snooker excellence?

KMRUNOUT

Good point...Hendry is in the running for best snooker player ever...
...but a one-trick pony?
Steve Davis, who dominated snooker in the previous decade, has had
some success at English billiards and 9-ball.

..but in an all-round, Cliff Thorburn would get the cash....
...I doubt that there is a billiard game he has not competed at.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Like the title says what do you guys think? my 2 picks are Ronnie O. and Willie M.

The time span is 1962-2012 for the old-guys case. I think that Willie does not qualify during that time period as he was playing only exhibitions.

I think Ceulemans is a good choice for the senior category. That time span covers all of the time he was dominant. He changed the game of 3-cushion to the extent that we now see grand averages in tournaments twice what they were when he started.

Others in the running for that period are Reyes and Hendry.

 

[Cornerman]

Is this the same Harold Worst who won the 9-ball, straight pool, and all-around titles at the 1965 Johnston City tournament?

Don't let the facts spoil ignorance.

Freddie

 

[Cornerman]

Like the title says what do you guys think? my 2 picks are Ronnie O. and Willie M.

Replying to the post as you've written it Jeff, I'd go with Hendry, Sigel, and Ceulemans. I would have put Efren, but enough people put him on their list.

Freddie <~~~ not on the list

 

[call shot]

best in last 50 years

Lassiter,Cranfield, Willis, Worst,Crane, Hall,Sullivan, Strickland, Reyes,Mizerak. Certainly Willis,Lassiter and Worst in money games and I think Buddy Hall as underated in money games. Just my opinion and good post!