After Five Years, Here's One More for You
Wow, five years nothing on this thread, and today ... there are five or six posts. I hope this is a trend for billiards in general.
I will add one more name that always entertains: Kim Davenport. He sometimes appears to be a nervous wreck when playing (to me anyway), and you wonder how this guy is going to hold it together. But he always does. I love the US Open Match years ago when he played Archer late in the tournament. Being close friends, they both shot less than perfect, but man I enjoyed watching that match. They were both fighting that "I really hate to beat my buddy" syndrome, but overcoming that challenge added the real-life emotional drama that tested both men severely. It was a nail-biter of a match to the very end.
Davenport is one of the smartest players ever and brings it world class whenever he wants to bring it. I will never under estimate what he is capable of--regardless of the score--regardless of his age. The man is a true living legend in every way.