Another sick shot by Efren
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It was dead. lol
I actually got my girlfriend (who doesn't play pool) to watch that shot. Even she was like WTF??!!
My wife, who is Filipina and a tad superstitious, explains Efren by saying he communicates with the balls and tells them what to do.
This is one of my favorite Efren videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKvntgHh8s4
This is one of my favorite Efren videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKvntgHh8s4
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That was a great hit and safe before the shot. The part that makes the shot even more absurd is the lack of time it took for Efren to see it. He almost immediately decides thats the best shot.
You must give him much credit for the shots he makes,,,that is why he is a champion.
I wish I had a camera running a few times on some shots. I sure many can relate to that. Although shots I have made were not for huge money or great wins. Have made some amazing shots. It happens!!!
Where's the camera when needed??
I recall once,,making a very quick up and down jump shot for the win in a tournament. Opponent played safe leaving me behind his ball. 8 was close to another of his balls,,just barely enough room to land the cue between them to make it.
And yep,,jump was perfect and landed in the only spot possible for the 8 to go!!
I wish there was a camera on that shot! I was pretty amazed it went too,,,,,,,,but ,,ya know,,,at the time acted like it was clock work!! lol
I wish I had a camera running a few times on some shots. I sure many can relate to that. Although shots I have made were not for huge money or great wins. Have made some amazing shots. It happens!!!
Where's the camera when needed??
I recall once,,making a very quick up and down jump shot for the win in a tournament. Opponent played safe leaving me behind his ball. 8 was close to another of his balls,,just barely enough room to land the cue between them to make it. And yep,,jump was perfect and landed in the only spot possible for the 8 to go!!
I wish there was a camera on that shot! I was pretty amazed it went too,,,,,,,,but ,,ya know,,,at the time acted like it was clock work!! lol
This is an old shot. Robert Byrnes shows it in his book plus it's explained in "The OWNER'S MANUAL for the COMPLETE POOLPLAYER"
*JIM9
part 2 is the sickest spin i've ever seen:yikes:
I watched that clip yesterday and decided to try it out lol, 1 outta 10 hahaha. I cant believe Efren did this in a match. I wouldnt try that in a
plop game with my wife lol.
What do you mean by "it was headed that way"?
Looks to me like the 6 was making the pocket awfully small for the 2. It was a called carom. If there's one thing you can say about Efren, if he misses he misses close. Had the 9 not been there, he would have missed the side by almost a full diamond. Believe me, he's never that far off in his calculations.
And it wasn't a 2way shot because he left the cueball out in the open for a shot, and he's never that far off with his safes either.
computer vs phone internet, youtube links
some of us are at work and cannot access youtube videos except on our phones, and it is hard to type in the youtube url's so can you also post the words needed to just search for the video on youtube, like efren and shot, or efren vs svb, or whatever is in the youtube title? Thanks!
some of us are at work and cannot access youtube videos except on our phones, and it is hard to type in the youtube url's so can you also post the words needed to just search for the video on youtube, like efren and shot, or efren vs svb, or whatever is in the youtube title? Thanks!
It was headed that way, otherwise he never would have called such a shot. He knew he could hit the ball fairly close to the side pocket and that it might go in off the 6....if it hits the 6 a little too full then the cueball goes to the side under the side pocket and probably wouldn't have left a shot for the opponent....a perfectly reasonable 2 way shot.
On this first shot I'm going to say he called that side pocket in the event it went in there and not that he intended to carom off that 9. Just watch his body after the ball goes in. I've seen Efren play enough to know that body language of his. If the camera had caught his face you would have seen a huge, gummy smile of embarrassment and then would have seen him scratch the back of his neck. But, I will say this about Efren, although he does get the fortunate roll from time to time, he makes those fortunate rolls happen. Even if he did get fortunate on this particular shot, he saw the possibility of the 2 rail kick into the side and he knew with the 9 sitting there it gave him a bit of a window of opportunity. He's the greatest we'll ever see.
MULLY
What is the argument here, anyway. I'm arguing with someone who said it was a lucky shot