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Thank you, I didn't realize specs were a requirment. I joined AZB a long time ago but I started posting about two months ago.

Thank you for your interest but the cue has been sold. I will delete the post in a day or two. Thank you AZB. ************** I had this cue listed elsewhere on AZB and I can no longer find it. This cue was made by Gus for Lee Boyer who was famous for taking pictures of the best pool players...

I, like so many other pool players, watched Efren play every chance I got. It was sometime in the 1980s when the guys started talking about what I think is the most important part of a cue stick, the tip. I do not remember who but one of the Filipino players said Efren liked the Blue Elk Master...

In the 1990s I was a B player and I had a very good job. When I heard about a room in the South that had a lot of action I decided to fly down to find out if the stories were true. The stories were true and more amazingly the room was full of players who looked like they played about my speed...

Thank you for the story and I think the mental part of pool is under-estimated.

I do not have any of the cues on your list but I would like to talk to you about cues. If you reply to my ad on Craigslist Los Angeles for a Szamboti I will give you my contact information.

The actual headline in Britian's The Telegraph reads, "My Mind Went Blank". I can relate because I still clearly remember going blind the first time I played 9 Ball for a lot of money. I am not mentioning the amount because the real story is how I went blind on difficult shots. I kept aiming...

I'm in Los Angeles and I am selling my cue collection. I have off brands to one of a kind collectables. If you would like I can meet you at a pool room in Orange County.

In the late 1960s or early 1970s there was a young Black pool player named Youngblood who said he would give anyone 9 to 8 playing bank pool. I saw Youngblood bank a ball similar to the shot in your diagram, the only difference was he put the cue ball on the spot. Sometimes he would miss the...

It's a long shot but I'm trying to touch base with Shorty who was at Lamberts in Baton Rouge when Flayboy was playing everyone. Shorty and I played 9 Ball for 22 hours straight. Thanks!

I'm guessing none of the cue makers make the bumper on their cues. Perhaps a different cue maker will have one that will fit.

Have you tried contacting Ernie? If you cannot reach him, any bumper that has a smaller diameter than the opening on the bottom of your cue should work until you find an exact replacement. It is very important that the bump be a smaller diameter, early cues with plastic butt plates used to...

Whenever I visit a city I try to find out which pool room has the most action. I was in New Orleans in the late 1980s or early 1990s at a pool room where I was told I might see some good pool players. I do not remember the name of the room but it wasn't the Sportsman. I was reading a newspaper...

My sample size is small and as I post more my reaction score will go down. To post over 31 thousand times and have a reaction score the exceeds your post must mean your post are excellent!

I just remembered a shot that Efren did not shoot on a YouTube video, I will try to find it and post a link. The commentators were surprised that Efren did not bury the cue ball in the stack. Instead Efren chose to leave his opponent an easy up table safety. After his opponent played the up...

I just started posting and my reaction percentage is high because I only have a few post. As of today 75 post with 84 reaction score.

Yes, he had perfect speed control, I will have to find a program or app to diagram a shot where he turned a normal safety into a great safety. Basically he kept leaving the cue ball where I had no way to play safe.

In the mid to late 1980s I met Frank van den Bosch who opened the Billiard Cafe in Chicago after a dispute with the owner of Chris's Billiards. Frank said while Efren was practicing he over heard a bunch of Filipino kids talking about the money they lost. Efren asked who did they lose the money...

I just updated my post.

I agree there should be a place to tell stories about Efren. “Players” was a pool room in Van Nuys which is about 12 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. I was in the room because Efren was scheduled to play someone, sorry I do not remember his opponent, One Pocket. Efren was there and the room...