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    No dispute that Efren is the GOAT, but who is the 9 ball GOAT?

    Efren was stalling on his break.
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    why didn't/doesn't efren care more about the break shot?

    He was/is sandbagging on the break.
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    Anyone know if Mosconi ever saw Efren play, and if so, .....

    Efren was concentrating on three-cushion billiards when I met him in 1977. He had a high run of 14 in practice on a slow damp table. He had mastered 15 ball rotation. I never saw him playing balkline. i played one game of 14.1 with him. He ran 75 off my break, played safe, and we went to...
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    Skid/throw question (Strickland match)

    No. Skid/Throw would appear as undercut.
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    Could SVB be the G.O.A.T. ???

    I am biased toward Efren, But what I add is true. I played with Efren in the late seventies. When he came to the US and was on TV in the late eighties, I watched him on TV numerous times. I remember thinking "What is wrong with you Efren?".. He did nor nor play anything like I remembered. I...
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    Cisero Murphy's biography...

    Mr. Murphy played a match in Greensboro N. C. against Luther Lassiter in 1969 or 1970. Race to 1500 in straight pool over 5 days and ten sessions. As I recall Mr Murphy ran 284 balls with the exception of two breakouts where the cue ball was kissed in a pocket for a foul. Back then the balls...
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    What the hell......

    Guilty. Greensboro NC. One Pocket. Michael Irwin cue.
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    most participants ever in a tournament?

    one pocker 426 at the Derby City Classis for one-pocket.
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    strongest spot you have seen

    Playing rotation in the P. I. with Efren. Alternate break, all I had to do was pocket a ball and I won. 4 and a quarter inch pockets. I make a ball on the break I win. I slop a ball in I win. Problem was sometimes I didn't make a ball on the break. I never won on his break. It was a...
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    Break Stats -- 2013 U.S. Open 9-Ball, Oct. 2013

    I stand corrected. Perhaps being the better player is a lot more significant than having the break would be a better expression. I wonder what percentage of games broke and won by the winning player compares to the percentage of games broke and won by the losing player.
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    Break Stats -- 2013 U.S. Open 9-Ball, Oct. 2013

    Presuming that the player who won each match was the better player in that match and that the winner of each match broke approximately 65% of the time , I think that except for the best players mentioned it was a significant disadvantage to be breaking.
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    Got my free Kamui tip, but

    got me ""1"" You got me fair and square. I didn't get off my lazy duff and call the dealer. Just posted it right up without thinking it through. I apologized in post 26. ""2"" My name is Victor Williams from Mississippi. Kamui informed me that the nearest dealer was about 120 miles...
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    Got my free Kamui tip, but

    Really See post # 26. Megan Fox???? A cue tip and and a thousand dollar cue. I would not drive to San Francisco for a thousand dollar cue and I wouldn't drive 60 miles for a cue tip. I admit to complaining without thinking it out. What will you admit to regarding your post? Would you...
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    Got my free Kamui tip, but

    Lighten up. I apologize for complaining about my voucher. After all, it is good for year. I'll be in Greensboro NC around Thanksgiving to see my mom. I'll try to get it put on then.
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    Got my free Kamui tip, but

    Not Smart As I said, I would have purchased the PPV anyway, so, I am not out anything. As I said I'm old and I didn't have a photographic memory when I was young, but here goes. I suspect that somewhere the offer was presented as a voucher (I'm almost certain that announcers on another...
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    Got my free Kamui tip, but

    Ordered an on-line pay-per-view that I would have ordered anyway, As a bonus they offered a FREE Kamui tip. Instead of a tip I received a voucher. Had to go online and find an authorized Kamui tio installer, who would install my FREE kamui tip for the normal installation charge. The Problem...
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    Time to Revise 1Pocket Rules

    Shot clock - Appropriate time limit Extensions - One or two or ? If you go over the time it costs you a ball per extension. (If the situation is really that bad you can think about it but it will cost you balls. Three more fouls than your opponent (not counting scratches) - ball in hand in...
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    What games should be included when considering the ALL AROUND best player?

    Championships I am sure the Pinoys would want to include rotation (61).
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    Efren Street Match...

    I played a rotation match around 1980 under conditions worse than this. The table was open air on two sides, next to the railroad tracks, next to a bus station, and next to a main point jeep transportation central point. Every game is flip for the break. no flip until all bets are made (the...
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