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    sjm replied to the thread 10 best players in the world.
    Many have suggested that Efren's best game was fifteen ball rotation, and many say he was the best ever player at the game. If you can...
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    sjm replied to the thread 10 best players in the world.
    Yeah, I think the idea pertains to many, for risking everything you have just to make a score is something many of the greats tried at...
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    sjm reacted to maha's post in the thread 10 best players in the world with Like Like.
    efren has stood the test of time. so has to be the best player ever. but of course not currently as he is an old man but still a great...
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    sjm replied to the thread 10 best players in the world.
    Chi Chi Rodrigues, just after winning a PGA event by holing a pressure putt on the 72nd hole, was asked by a commentator "how did you...
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    sjm replied to the thread 10 best players in the world.
    Yes, he was one of a kind as both a player and a human being. Actually, I've heard Aloysius Yapp make the "I got lucky" comment after a...
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    sjm reacted to Jaden's post in the thread 10 best players in the world with Love Love.
    And Efren always answered a win with "I got lucky".
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    sjm replied to the thread 10 best players in the world.
    At rotation games, Efren's best came in the 1985-96 range, although some say it came before that, even before he came to the United...
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    sjm reacted to Taxi's post in the thread 10 best players in the world with Like Like.
    It's like this in baseball, where most players peak between 27-32, but some players peak in their early 20's and some players remain in...
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    sjm replied to the thread 10 best players in the world.
    Efren is clearly not in the discussion for best rotation player ever and, as you noted, it was chiefly because of his break. Also...
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    Marlon Manalo was a snooker player who quite easily transitioned and he had many successes at pool. Mark Gray and Tony Drago, similarly...
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    For Allison Fisher, who showed up on the WPBA scene for the entire 1995 season. I suspect it was all about money. For Karen Corr, whose...
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    sjm replied to the thread 10 best players in the world.
    Shane has won three DCC Master of the Table awards (2011, 2012, 2026), and he's not done yet. I'll make the same statement about him...
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    sjm replied to the thread Keith McCready Alive and Kickin'.
    I think it was the magnitude of his ups and downs that made his story so important to tell. Everybody knows that he was a legendary...
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    sjm reacted to dtroup64's post in the thread 10 best players in the world with Like Like.
    How does watchability have anything to do with a rating of the best players? Harlem globetrotters were fun to watch, and compared to...
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    sjm replied to the thread 10 best players in the world.
    While I'm usually inclined to ignore anything from Chat GPT, this isn't half bad. Still, the "the competition is tougher and deeper...
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