You beat the great John Barton, too!
Holding the show $$ for that match was almost as hard as playing and winning it ;-)Yes.
I have mixed feeling about that one.
Lou Figueroa
Your chess story reminds me off this...I beat a grandmaster at chess once...I conned him by bumbling the set up....he loosened up...
...I got a major piece up and traded him down...and won.
I made the mistake of playing a second game.....
Where does the Ghost rank? Because I am seriously sick of him beating me.
My only claim is that I beat Charlie Williams (about 10 years ago... he was probably top 100 then), in a race to 3 (9ball) at the Predator both in Vegas.
Actually beat him 3-0 and 3 fouled him for the win
A local, Jason Robicheau, beat Thorsten Holmann in a tournament 7-6 in a fairly big tournament.
Oh that reminds me about Vegas and such. I beat Mika in a race to 3 in 10 ball at one of the shows and also beat Mike Massey at a Meucci booth in a race to 2. Although I'm pretty sure Mika gave me one of those games, he missed a shot I'm pretty sure he would not miss 99% of the time.
There are actually more people on here that beat good players I thought there would be, but I also forget that there are quite a few very good players that post here, especially from Europe, that are in the 700 Fargo range themselves.
Good point here. The game has sure changed. During my generation, we used to always include who has the most powerful stroke when talking about the best players. I knew I would never get to the top because I couldn't do some things with the cue ball that the best players were able to do. My stroke was maybe only 50% of theirs. Consequently my shot selection was more limited if that makes sense.This thread shows something that is easy to see if you look. Ever since the pool world has seen fit to play Simonis cloth everywhere anyone has a shot ever if you are no where near the class of the player you are shooting against. Follow everything. Bump out. That and some of the best players don't play unless the cash is right.
If the game was on SLOW cloth this 100 best players would be maybe 3 best players because the skill and power needed has left the building. And most likely it would be 3 tiny Asians and a Texan crushing everything in sight.
Pool is not pool any more. It is like Pro golfers playing chip and put.
Some more nostalgia about the good old days....that weren’t so good.This thread shows something that is easy to see if you look. Ever since the pool world has seen fit to play Simonis cloth everywhere anyone has a shot ever if you are no where near the class of the player you are shooting against. Follow everything. Bump out. That and some of the best players don't play unless the cash is right.
If the game was on SLOW cloth this 100 best players would be maybe 3 best players because the skill and power needed has left the building. And most likely it would be 3 tiny Asians and a Texan crushing everything in sight.
Pool is not pool any more. It is like Pro golfers playing chip and put.
They mow the greens now?!? When did that start? I remember when we needed bacon grease on the balls and bloodhounds for putting.... ...maybe y’all would like them to stop mowing the greens at PGA tournaments.
For sure. I think maybe the top 10 from the 60s could compete, but I don't think there's even a question that the top 100 today are better than the top 100 from any other time in history.They mow the greens now?!? When did that start? I remember when we needed bacon grease on the balls and bloodhounds for putting.
But seriously, folks, I think the top 100 now are a lot more skilled than the top 100 in 1960. The skill set is slightly different and that seems to bother some people.