Who was/is best all around pool player, still alive today?
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whos the best
this is a question that is very debatable because it is an opinion. my opinion may not be correct but it is still the one i have. personally i think Keith McCready IN 1989 was
un-beatable at any game... but then again I still think Im the greatest player of all time.
this is a question that is very debatable because it is an opinion. my opinion may not be correct but it is still the one i have. personally i think Keith McCready IN 1989 was
un-beatable at any game... but then again I still think Im the greatest player of all time.
92 was a peak Earl
I wonder how an extended series of matches between them could have gone removing Earl's break advantage, i.e. breakers gets a shot after the break even if a ball doesn't drop
All Around
I'll still go with Efren for 'all around', which to me means all games.
If we were talking 9 ball, then I might give the edge to either Buddy or Earl.
Buddy's position play back in the day was amazing... and no one had a top
gear like Earl at his peak... see Earl vs. Varner, 9-0.
And again, if Mark Tadd hadn't quit for years, IMO he'd be killing it.
But for ALL games? The Magician.
I'll still go with Efren for 'all around', which to me means all games.
If we were talking 9 ball, then I might give the edge to either Buddy or Earl.
Buddy's position play back in the day was amazing... and no one had a top
gear like Earl at his peak... see Earl vs. Varner, 9-0.
And again, if Mark Tadd hadn't quit for years, IMO he'd be killing it.
But for ALL games? The Magician.
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If this thread were posted in 6 months or so, there might be a lot of different responses, except for Efren, of course. I'm referring to the burgeoning retinue of unprecedentedly straight-shooting foreigners.
Nevertheless, regardless of all-around skill, Earl deserves to be called the 2nd best player ever.
Nevertheless, regardless of all-around skill, Earl deserves to be called the 2nd best player ever.
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In case Jay never reads this post....look for any post that Jay has made...
...click on his AZ name....second option will be to send a PM to Jay
We have to ask Buddy if he's ever seen himself play then.
My vote goes to 83% of the active AZ posters.
Still living - Sigel. I wish he never quit. Said the stress was too high for not enough money.
Still playing - Alex
That middle cue...is it a Palmer Rambow look-alike?
Good eye there. It's the second Gene Balner Palmer catalog, Model C. Very elusive, his tribute to the Rambow cue with the large ivory buttcap, in this case, implex. Believe Tate has one also.
It's not Gene's first Rambow tribute. In his first catalog, his model 4 was a Rambow tribute. The only one I'm aware of that has it is Jay (Type79).
Thanks for asking, and as always,
All the best,
WW
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Still got it too. :wink:
When playing 9 ball and winner break on a 9'er, Earl, in his prime..... was in a class ALL BY HIMSELF. Not one person alive at the time, including the Magician, could play on Earl's level.
Efren was better at "billiard/pool" in general....by a tad/hair but Earl was a whole other level at 9 ball.
Yep, I'm a Pearl fan. I'm also a Magician fan as well.
As far as who's the best today? I have no idea.
