I think the best all-around cue sport player ever is Walter Lindrum.
Many of you probably haven't heard of him before but he was the greatest billiards player ever. He has the highest ever break, over 4000, which consisted of approx. 1900 consecutive scoring shots.
I started out playing snooker - the same type of table used in billiards - but now play 9 ball pretty much exclusively. But I've played a bit of billiards in my time and know how difficult it is.
Check out this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEW4Wzh5Ps it's from the 30's so it's black and white, but from 0:40 to 2:20 is a display of some the most brilliant cuemanship you will ever see.
The nursery cannon sequence is nothing short of genius, and if you think it looks easy then give it a try some time!

In this clip he takes a nursery cannon sequence around a corner pocket, something I've never seen done live although I knew he was able to do it from his incredibly high breaks. To call doing that difficult would be the understatement of the century! :wink: