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I agree with SJM 8 Ball has to be included. I have heard Efren say he will play anyone for whatever amount if Busty can break for him in 9 Ball. Ask any of those mentioned as being superior to Efren in 9 Ball how they would like that match up. Ask Earl how hard it is to play Efren when Efren is...

I definitely agree. I was fortunate to see Efren every year when he came over to the States and while here made Hard times in Bellflower his home room. 12 years ago I was watching Efren play and the spectator area was pretty full for mid day. I was sitting next to Little Al Romero and several...

So glad to hear!!

Before Hal developed CTE he taught Fractions. This was in the 90's when he was still living in So. Calif. CTE was an extension of that that he developed while in Burlingame but mostly in PA. The thing that was a difficult for me was to make a 6 1/2 mm adjustment (1/2 a tip) while moving down...

Late to the table but thanks for the post SpiderWebbComm. A lot of worthwhile people have been missing here for a long time. I'm not a social media person. In fact my kids and grandkids kid me about being a technological dinosaur. However, I do realize how much I'm missing, especially about...

I like staghorn as well. Oh that's right Joey made my last two. I also like several of wood to wood joints that I have had had in the past. Also one of my all time favorites cue I have ever hit with is an old Schon that had a SS. It had sharp points and I talked the guy who owned it, a friend...

Moved into a 55 & over community and all the guys play is 1 & 15 balls in the side pockets and of course call pocket on the 8. We have 2 Brunswicks with 860 Simonis and always play partners. At first it drove me crazy and what still does is that I can get not get anyone to play any other game...

Very lucky to see Efren, Busty and Filipino crew over the years at HT. Efren was the 1st person to make me wish I had a DVR in my head. Watching him play was one WTF moment after another. A name that doesn't appear, deservedly so, was Cooney. But boy was it fun to watch him set up large money...

You've got a ton of people behind you several of which have dealt with and beat this disease. None of it is easy but your up front about it and that is important in this fight your in. If you find yourself down and we almost all do at one time or the other reach out to any of us survivors and...

Hard times hasn't looked like the Hard Times of the 90's & early 2000's in years. Actually since Kenny sold it, Kenny mad the effort to maintain the room. The current owner ran off almost all of the Mexican players who used to bring in action. They now play at a room in South Gate...

I saw quite a few, admittedly some past their prime, but Efren was the only one who made me wish I had a DVR in my head. Until TRex--but Efren is still at the top of my list.

This is what has always made sense to me going back to when I 1st talked to Hal Houle.

Michael, you know that you have the best Dr.'s available to you and you have the right attitude. I am almost 84 and have had 7 battles with cancer starting in 1995 with prostate cancer and it has been in remission since 2001. In 1998 the Dr.'s told my son I had at the most 8-10 years to live. I...

I picked up a Brazilian Rosewood yesterday that is remarkable. I have a Bubinga from Joey that I have played with for years but this is at almost another level. Fortunately Joey lives close enough to me that I am able to visit fairly frequently. Consequently, I have been able to hit with many...

I've hit quite a few balls with the Revo and it , to me, is the best of all low deflection shafts. You can actually hit a ball that you swear you have missed and it goes in. I know that using it would raise my game a ball or so but yet it is not for me. I just picked up a new Brazilian Rosewood...

Scott is great for about any level. Really cares about what he does and is not a clock watcher. Your friend can't go wrong by spending time with Scott.

Revo will help you make a ball you actually missed and it was kind of fun playing with one but a big part of the pleasure, for me, in playing pool is the feel and feedback of a maple shaft during and after a well hit ball. Maple does it for me and the Revo almost feels like cheating. However, I...

For years when Efren came into town and stopped at Hard Times he routinely gave out spots like that--but for only around $50.00 sometimes less. He had obvious fun and people could say that they had played Efren Reyes! Those were great times!

I watched Morro Paez teach this to a group of Spaniards who were visiting him years ago.

Funny how something like this can keep nagging at you. THANKS. I guess that everyone else who knew had their money on TM. lol