Wiktor Zieliński on the practice table. Never seen him play like that in a match. It was unbelievable. You could just tell he was not gonna miss a ball in a long time and he didn’t... Sky made about 15 tough banks in a row just messing around.. Mika was on fire. Actually I’m still easily impressed by most elite pros. Biado was unreal. I’ve seem em all and played a few but these stood out. Efren looked very human but I think I caught him on a bad day.
Best Pool Player you saw alive, regardless.
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I watched Larry Nevel plsy I impossible safe jump off two rails on himself when I was 16-17 maybe, he got the next hit. He left, my jaw in the ground, nobody else had a clue. Sane place o digest saw a Schon cue.
I saw Eugene Browning do what he wanted on a pool table for days.
I've been to pro tournaments and I've played more than a few top 100 guys...and browning was the best I've seen.
I've been to pro tournaments and I've played more than a few top 100 guys...and browning was the best I've seen.
Nice. I haven’t heard that name in over 10 years. I remember hearing a lot about him from old man Jerry in South Houston/Pasadena. I got to play him once in a tournament in League City…I lost, but he didn’t show the speed that I was told he had. He might have been past his prime.
Some South Americans no one’s ever heard of make you wonder why no one’s ever heard of them
I gambled with him a few times and I'm ahead and I bet the bills I won say FISH on them.
He couldn't play too well the first few weeks he was in town but he sure did get a lot better toward the end!
It wasn't an arranged exhibition or anything, he just showed up one night. Mike actually setup the challenge matches, it was both hilarious and cool to watch. $20 to play him, 9-ball. Spot was he had to win 9 games before you made 1 ball. Yes, one ball. He got all the breaks, and he racked for himself using a magic rack.I also live in the sticksso SVB is the only elite player I’ve seen in person. It was just a barbox 8 ball tournament. He’d break, look it over, then make his suit disappear. He was impressive. People were hassling him, challenging him to ridiculous spots. He never broke stride, just kept running racks.
I didn't see Mike lose once in the time I watched. One guy actually had a fairly makeable shot once, not a gimmie but a shot he had probably made many times before, but he got so nerved up, actually getting a shot, that he botched it. Everyone, him included, broke up laughing.
After a while of that, he ended up doing some crazy prop bets with a few guys, 7 rails and landing on a dollar, and other crazy things. It was a fun night, very low key. I've heard all kinds of things about Mike, both locally and online, and I don't doubt that many of them are true. But that night, he was cool with everyone. I'd love to see him come in and do that again.
You think Jason was better than Gary Spaeth? (you had to have seen Gary play when you were in Dayton area)
I've seen Shane, Efren, Rafael Martinez, Fedor, Bobby Hunter after he came in second at the world championships behind Johnny Archer, Bustamante, Jayson Shaw and a myriad of others and the best ( by far) was Sammy Soto. That dude was in a league of his own.
I remember when everyone made a big deal about Strickland running the 11 racks and I remember thinking...."What's the big deal Sammy does that daily."
I remember when everyone made a big deal about Strickland running the 11 racks and I remember thinking...."What's the big deal Sammy does that daily."
Only Sammy Sota that showed up. Sure can string 'em...
I was expecting something, much more entertaining than sack throwing.
The hustle….we had some South Americans come through town played well made some money but lost to our big hitters and wouldn’t even play the biggest dog
If that’s it, don’t sound like much happened, anymore to the story?
Two guys play local tournament we’ve never seen them before both South American they play ok they want to gamble with a low A high B player 1k a set last pocket 9 ball takes 3k and one wins 2k off the lower player next night one of the guys returns for another weekly tournament so I call a local legend AAA player over but these guys are hustlers not in the business of losing money so they want to play last pocket 9 but my guy decided that’s a suckers bet so they agree on regular 9 ball my guy spots him 2 games to 11 1k a set but the Same time another contender jumps in the race but this race will be even 1k each race to 9 all money was put up front so no funny business first set local legend is down 3-5 but bears down comes back wins long story short this guy lost 4 sets that night the next night the other guy comes back looking for action but they could never agree on a game because these guys are hustlers and want a spot this was good entertainment to me
Eddie Taylor, if I understand the rules of this question correctly.
Might be an actual player. The name sounded legit. Pool is cut and dried enough. Lotta unknowns (to me) can play super.
Good story, never happened, Stephen King and Anne Rice will concur.