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I could watch McCready and Efren all day when i watched many of the tournaments at Hard Times Bellflower in the 90s. Calvin, a regular put it best when he said: "nobody shoots a prettier game of 9 ball than Keith." Efren was simply the magician. Watching Mark Tadd the first time the LA Open in...

How is claiming to be past your prime in your early to mid 30s anything other than an excuse? I was your biggest fan throughout the 90s at HT during the first sunday of the month tournaments. .As regular Calvin said: nobody shoots a prettier game of 9 ball than Keith" but the intimidating...

How old was Keith in 1990?

So you were wrong jam and you take a cheap shot at Matlock? Wouldn't any pool historian know about his accomplishments on the bar table? Or is it never let the truth get in the way of a good story?

I watched Earl and dave matlock play at the bca in vegas in 2004 or 2005 and after looking forward to seeing Earl play for the first time he didn't even try to win. He arrived at the last minute with no warm-up and sulked in his seat for some reason. I swore then I would not be fooled twice and...

He will act the Donald Trump of pool.

Jam, you make your case for Earl in an intelligent way, you get a well thought reply and you bash it because he is European? Do you think this might make you look bad?

This says alot: "It's not for fans to watch, it's for players to play.". Where does the added money come from?

When the "Filipino invasion' began in the 80s it shared some similarities with the integration of baseball in the late 40s. The competition got tougher and today baseball and pool have become international and the competition has become much fiercer. And with the internet it is difficult if not...

When the "Filipino invasion' began in the 80s it shared some similarities with the integration of baseball in the late 40s. The competition got tougher and today baseball and pool have become international and the competition has become much fiercer. And with the internet it is difficult if not...

It was only a few years ago when Oscar got the 8 from Max and won back what 'Pops" had lost. Since then he has become a world beater both gambling-taking down Raj twice I know of as an example-making the Mosconi Cup-and consistenly finishing high in tournaments. Just wondering and curious to...

I luv it too, especially the last paragraph. The "magician" will always be #1 with me.

regarding "I would love to see the U.S. Pro Pool Tour be based on American pros." As a pool fan I would have little if any interest in watching a tournament with only American players. And I am a U.S citizen born here.

I'm sure Don King has left a bad taste in many about boxing. TV has no moral compass when it comes to what they televise. One thing only drives their business: ratings = revenue.

You nailed it.

Not "so nice": same BCA (2005). I was so looking forward to watching ES for the first time and he arrives right on time for his loser's side match with Matlock, no time for warmups, and he barely tried, sulking in his chair as Matlock cruised. It was a treat, however, watching Matlock for the...

Nicest- Luc Salvas. Nice to everyone, even "nobodies like me". (Got a laugh out of watching a matchup with "Hillbilly" Bryant a few years ago at the BCAs in Vegas. Luc plays so fast he breaks the rack a mini-second after Charlie pulled the rack up and it so annoyed "Hillbilly" he was muttering...

I started going to HardTimes in Bellflower in '93 on Sundays to sit in the bleachers and watch the tournament and all the great action, the year of the LA Open where Mark Tadd was the talk of the tournament. Keith was the most naturally talented player and the most fun to watch. He wasn't much...

Sponsore Pool in the U.S's problem is that is has little if any television appeal. It's not worth a sponsor's investment to market their product(s) to the relatively small numbers of people that attend a tournament. And, it's very expensive to hold events in hotels, although casinos have an...

Pool in U.S. IMO the cultures are so different it would be difficult to replicate that spirited atttitude towards pool in the US anymore, too many other choices for Americans. What you could do however, is think of hosting a "true" Mosconi Cup in the US and bring all the countries here, for...