If they play a streamed match, either in tourney or gambling, I will empty out on Shane
Same if Tony plays Dennis, Busty, or Alex. The overall "cue sports" skill level is night and day. The one pocket speciality shots are all learned in 2 weeks.
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If they play a streamed match, either in tourney or gambling, I will empty out on Shane
Same if Tony plays Dennis, Busty, or Alex. The overall "cue sports" skill level is night and day. The one pocket speciality shots are all learned in 2 weeks.
If they play a streamed match, either in tourney or gambling, I will empty out on Shane
Same if Tony plays Dennis, Busty, or Alex. The overall "cue sports" skill level is night and day. The one pocket speciality shots are all learned in 2 weeks.
Make no mistake, Tony can play the other games too! Ain't none of em leaving Tony a shot and daring him to shoot it.
Thinking like that will get ya broke.
You got action!
Jason
With you listing Shane as better than Tony or Efren or busty better than tony. I can see why you used to be rich. Pool handicapping is not your thing. Just kidding couldn’t resist. One thing I learned playing pool 40 yrs is stuff like this changes often. Nice list regardless.
I feel like Billy Thorpe is gonna surpass many of the top one pocket players in next few yrs. he shoots straight, banks unreal, strong mover and runs balls well(slightly under Dennis and Alex for now.). How many players can give John Schmidt 10-7? Not many if any.
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The whole game has changed.
For many years, the "standard rule" was........never kick at a ball in one pocket.
That was the gospel according to the greats of the past...DiLiberto, Allen, Squirrel, Taylor, etc. etc.
Yet, watch Alex the Lion and "Big Tony"....they kick at will, they execute planned safeties from kicks as well as pocketing balls.
The game has evolved. And that is a good thing.
Comparing the pool players of this modern era to those of the past is similar to comparing the fighting skills of Joe Louis to Muhammed Ali. It just cannot be done in a rational way. (And no fan loved Louis more than I did.)
Emotional attachment is a wonderful and honorable trait, but it can certainly override cold analysis.
The modern one pocket players are in a class by themselves.
For many years, the "standard rule" was........never kick at a ball in one pocket.
That was the gospel according to the greats of the past...DiLiberto, Allen, Squirrel, Taylor, etc. etc.
Yet, watch Alex the Lion and "Big Tony"....they kick at will, they execute planned safeties from kicks as well as pocketing balls.
The game has evolved. And that is a good thing.
Comparing the pool players of this modern era to those of the past is similar to comparing the fighting skills of Joe Louis to Muhammed Ali. It just cannot be done in a rational way. (And no fan loved Louis more than I did.)
Emotional attachment is a wonderful and honorable trait, but it can certainly override cold analysis.
The modern one pocket players are in a class by themselves.
Ronnie used to kick at balls all the time, some were case balls for the cheese.
But we're talking today's players.. I'll go with Dennis, Django, Alex, Tony.
If they play a streamed match, either in tourney or gambling, I will empty out on Shane
Same if Tony plays Dennis, Busty, or Alex. The overall "cue sports" skill level is night and day. The one pocket speciality shots are all learned in 2 weeks.
It was a streamed gambling match at California Billiards. I watched both matches. Shane just didn’t see a few 1P shots that would have been the difference. Do you even play 1P? If you really did you’d realize that Shane doesn’t want any part of T-Rex. He’s been eaten alive by Tony several times. By the same token Tony has no chance against Shane in 9/10 ball.
That list is about as good as it gets
I agree 100%.
Anyone that knows 1hole knows that trex beats Shane at 1hole.
On the other hand, the ONLY reason Shane don't eat t-rexs lunch at 1hole is because trex plays 1hole ALL THE TIME and Shane VERY SELDOM plays 1hole.
I've said it before and believe its true:
If SVB put as much table time into 1hole as Dennis and Alex he would be in top 3 in 1hole and still 1 in 10 ball.
I really wish Shane would play more 1hole but I'm sure Dennis, Alex, trex and every other pro than specializes in 1hole is very glad he doesn'.
I truly believe SVB would be the next goat if he spent as much time/effort with 1hole, str8 pool, banks etc... as he does 10/9 ball.
Unfortunately, I doubt we will see that happen because I believe Shane is happy with his game and the way his career has been and seems to be headed. Can't really blame him....
Rake
Ha ha, yes I play one pocket. Its good we have differing opinions
Now we can get down in the action room next time they match up or meet in a tourney (that we can sweat).
Ha ha, yes I play one pocket. Its good we have differing opinions
You got even action at One Pocket at DCC in January, sir...
You obviously never watched Ronnie play. I've yet to see anyone kick as accurately as him. He frequently would kick two or three rails to play safe or move balls toward his pocket. Often he made a ball on shots like this and ran out behind it! He kicked to make balls or play lock up safeties. And his success rate on shots like this was well over 90%!
+1 Ronnie would kick a ball backwards to his hole, make it, and still get safe
if it hung up. He'd kick the stack and move two, three balls by his hole.
Ronnie in his prime vs Dennis or Efren in his prime would be the
dream 1P matchup!
Agree with you here. No one ever kicked into the stack better than Ronnie. Another thing he did uncannily well was banking a ball one or two rails into the stack and make multiple balls run to his hole. I've never seen anything like it before or since. If one of those balls dropped in, it was game over!
Ronnie made some of the most impressive eight and outs (sometimes even ten and out!) I've ever seen, and he could do it over and over again. His run outs might consist of a mixture of banks, combinations (off angle and three ball combos included), severe cuts and kick shots. Each run out looked like a highlight reel.
And no one ever shot the out ball like Ronnie! There was no extended end game with one ball when he was playing. He found a way to make it on the first or second shot from anywhere on the table.
I probably saw Ronnie play more than you did.
(but you will never believe any of that so it's pointless to continue)
yep, there have been several streamed matches, t-rex won all of them iirc
to me he is top 3, especially in single matches. in tournaments he is an underachiever, obviously
Didn't Tony beat Shane, Alex, and Dennis before
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Very few people would rank Tony above Alex or Dennis in 1P. But that doesn’t mean Tony can’t win, and he has.
It's crazy then how he keeps winning 1 pocket for cash.
I'd think that would influence some opinions...