Best display of cueing you've ever seen

I wasn't there to see it in person, but I will always marvel at Sigel's 150-and-out against Mike Zuglan in the 1992 U.S. Open 14.1 Championship.
 
Memory fails me at the moment but I know of a few times entire sets at fairly important events were ran from the opening break. Certainly worth mention here and links to the video's if they are still up anywhere.

Can anyone provide more information or links?

Thanks,
Hu
 
jay helfert said:
I will only add this personal note. I was never a top player (seven ball under them in 9-Ball, five ball from the champions) but I was still dangerous when I was in stroke. But that’s not what is important here.

To this day the best feeling I’ve ever had in my life was the feeling of being in dead stroke, when I felt like I could make anything and I had the cue ball on a string. It must be akin to what a surfer feels when riding the perfect wave. I felt like I could fly, all those years of hitting balls were worth it. I had mastered the game of pool. I didn’t have to think, instantly knowing how to hit the next shot. To this day the greatest achievement of my life.
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Jay here is something I posted a few months ago, you can see we have similar feeling about surfing and being in dead stroke.

"I've always equated pool (or getting better at pool) like an amateur surfer always paddling like hell to catch that ever elusive wave and frustratingly never quite being able to catch it. Then one day when he least expects it happens he's caught that wave and riding it to its fullest. He finally knows what it feels like to be what he considers to be in 'dead stroke'. This doesn't happen often almost never but he's felt it and finally knows what a joy it is. This is the addiction of pool. It's been said that pool is like a cruel mistress, just when you think you're finally done with her she raises her skirt up a couple more inches and you're right back in."
 
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middleofnowhere said:
Funny how you remember things. I was in Joe burns office with him at that tournament and he pointed a gun at me. I also beat Omaha fats for like a hundred and got stiffed. I'm almost 80 and I think a lot of that stuff was not the good old days as we sometimes remember it.
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Janscos is where I first saw Slim Omaha.... :) in my beginning college yrs, professed/barked to us all.... I'm ''the worlds greatest one handed player''.
Omaha would bark and try to duplicate Fatty.
But this was Fat's country, no one NO one could get the barking going like Rudolph in his youth, Pahleese.
No Chance. His barking was cheap....
Then, AMAZINGLY Denver in the 80's I walk into the Family Fun Center, corner of 38th and Sheridan, Great Pool room. Couple Snooker tables too.
And there he is Omaha Fats/sittin' at the front door inside bench. A mile high and showin' off his recent work out with, ketchup/mustard stains on his white tee shirt.
 
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u12armresl said:
We all know Efren's Z shot, or Melling's incredible rack.

What is your top shelf game or match you've seen (gambling or tourney) that you will never forget?

Could it be the fastest 147 from Ronnie or a big package on a bar box playing 8 or 9 ball?

Maybe a 3 cushion run, or that one out of Chohan's in one pocket where he needed them all.
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Got a be the dcp. Jacked up off the rail, straight in on the 1 and going hard way to the two.
 
High up on the list for me is watching any top pro practicing. It’s amazing what I see out of them when there is no pressure. They seem to never miss and execute outrageous shots you don’t see in regular matchups. That’s my two cents into this great topic.
 
For me it was Rommie asking what they where paying for a 147.He didn't like what he heard so he shot the pink when he had a clear shot on the black for a 146.
 
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