If you want to know who the best is, ask the pool stream commentators that can't focus more than 1 ball ahead. That group doesn't include Billy I., Daniel Busch, Fast Lenny or Joey A.
Best all around player ever?
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Nick was also collegiate champion.....while at Purdue.
Efren is the best player in my lifetime.
Ken
What???
Efren does have a 14.1 title. Luther and Harold were great period players, played great during their time, but there was little to no international competition. Efren has played EVERYBODY WHI IS ANYBODY and Won and he's still winning 30 years later!
Its not even close, Efren is King!
Efren does have a 14.1 title. Luther and Harold were great period players, played great during their time, but there was little to no international competition. Efren has played EVERYBODY WHI IS ANYBODY and Won and he's still winning 30 years later!
Its not even close, Efren is King!
I think svb would definitely give frost a run for his money right now so can't just brush off his 1 pocket like that. As for 8 ball and rotation, Shane is up and coming and if he decides to
Put focus into pool again I think he'll end up near the top of the conversation. He's also not too shabby in 14.1. But right now he seems to be on a break (at least a break from
His dominance) so who knows what'll come from that
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Put focus into pool again I think he'll end up near the top of the conversation. He's also not too shabby in 14.1. But right now he seems to be on a break (at least a break from
His dominance) so who knows what'll come from that
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i think efren beats dennis still today
In what? I doubt he could beat Dennis in any major pool game.
I wouldn't be surprised if Efren took dennis in 1pkt imean he can still catch a gear. in rotation most probably not, unless you took away the break factor lol which has always been and even more so now, efren's achilles heel, if he ever had one
I think this is one of those unanswerable questions. Players of whatever era they are in go where the action is. Who is to say if Mosconi was 30 years old today, he wouldn't be a top rotation player. Or if Shane or Earl were in there prime back in the day they wouldn't have several 14.1 titles...it will be interesting to here the answers to this question in another 30 years.
Efren and Varner = G.O.A.T.
similarly, Efren won an Asian snooker event (i think in the late 80's). they say he was given three weeks to practice because he did not have any experience playing snooker before.
Efren plays neither snooker nor three cushion at a world class level, not even close
meanwhile Torbjörn Blomdahl beat efren in nine ball
mosconi referred to celeumans as the best ever
alex p is likely the best pool player ever at snooker and should also be mentioned in this conversation
i have mark selby in the convo also
meanwhile Torbjörn Blomdahl beat efren in nine ball
mosconi referred to celeumans as the best ever
alex p is likely the best pool player ever at snooker and should also be mentioned in this conversation
i have mark selby in the convo also
People often refer to blomdahl beating even in 9b.
As one who mentions such, do you really think they are near the same skill level in that game?
The fact that blomdahl won- what was it, a single race to 7?-speaks more to the ease of the game than to the skills of the participants.
As one who mentions such, do you really think they are near the same skill level in that game?
The fact that blomdahl won- what was it, a single race to 7?-speaks more to the ease of the game than to the skills of the participants.
What about this angle? As time goes by, people do things better.
Improvements in technology and dissemination of information elevate the ability of the participants. Given that, is is possible that today's best is better that the best of 30yrs ago?
Improvements in technology and dissemination of information elevate the ability of the participants. Given that, is is possible that today's best is better that the best of 30yrs ago?
Yep. What he said.