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A List of the Greatest Pool Players of All-Time
- Thread starter Thomas Martin
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As we've so often noted on the forum, comparison across the generations, while a lot of fun, is near impossible. The game of pool has evolved, and the level of play today is well above where it was even ten years ago.
Pool is a truly global game today, and this was not true until recently. The list of Fargo 800+ players has at least one player from each of Albania, Bosnia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iraq, Serbia, Estonia, Lithuania and Indonesia. For the most part, these were not even considered pool-playing countries a decade ago.
The level will rise again, and, at some point, the game will likely produce a couple of cueists that play better than Filler and Gorst. What the greats all have in common is that they mass produced titles against their own contemporaries.
Pool is a truly global game today, and this was not true until recently. The list of Fargo 800+ players has at least one player from each of Albania, Bosnia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iraq, Serbia, Estonia, Lithuania and Indonesia. For the most part, these were not even considered pool-playing countries a decade ago.
The level will rise again, and, at some point, the game will likely produce a couple of cueists that play better than Filler and Gorst. What the greats all have in common is that they mass produced titles against their own contemporaries.