Efren playing the ghost.

krychekrowe

krychekrowe

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79f5vvdtiUg

He gets ball in hand after the break, race to twenty something. Does not really matter.

This was really a nice way of watching a pro at work. Only Efren at the table doing what he does best.

In an educational way this was the perfect setup for myself. I tend to not pay attention to the layout after the break, if I see the 1 ball I feel happy and forget to plan ahead. This clip is perfect for me, pushing pause after the break, trying to guess his way running out.

This sort of clips would sell if put on video on demand. You learn so much having one player at the table. Of course you get to see how the pro's play and plan ahead, don't get me wrong I love a nice safety battle but I think there is something to this setup. It's semi instructional.
 
Great thread and great post. Threads like these really do help out the players here trying to learn. I also pause the vids and try to plan the run out. Although usually I'm pretty off from the pro's......sigh.....
 
Learn something?! I learned one thing alrighty...get perfect on every ball and dont miss any and I am gonna need a lotta weight.
 
No wonder the ghost gives me such a hard time. Efren has the poor ghost all upset after running over him like that.
 
alstl said:
No wonder the ghost gives me such a hard time. Efren has the poor ghost all upset after running over him like that.
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Played him yesterday. He put a big smack down on me, if you see him tell him to stop playing Efren.
 
Hence the famous jewel:

"In the spirit world, the ghosts play 'the Efren'."

:p
-Sean
 
krychekrowe said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79f5vvdtiUg

He gets ball in hand after the break, race to twenty something. Does not really matter.

This was really a nice way of watching a pro at work. Only Efren at the table doing what he does best.

In an educational way this was the perfect setup for myself. I tend to not pay attention to the layout after the break, if I see the 1 ball I feel happy and forget to plan ahead. This clip is perfect for me, pushing pause after the break, trying to guess his way running out.

This sort of clips would sell if put on video on demand. You learn so much having one player at the table. Of course you get to see how the pro's play and plan ahead, don't get me wrong I love a nice safety battle but I think there is something to this setup. It's semi instructional.
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When you can beat the ghost in a race to 7, you have the ability to beat anybody in the world really. If you keep them off the table it doesn't matter who they are. Absolutely essential to look at the runout pattern after the break. You will see difficulties that lead you to play for a safety 3-5 balls into the run, easier patterns by making 1 tough position shot and arguments for playing safe after the break.
 
dbldown said:
When you can beat the ghost in a race to 7, you have the ability to beat anybody in the world really. If you keep them off the table it doesn't matter who they are. Absolutely essential to look at the runout pattern after the break. You will see difficulties that lead you to play for a safety 3-5 balls into the run, easier patterns by making 1 tough position shot and arguments for playing safe after the break.
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bull-caca-mama!
 
Efren sees fast

dbldown said:
When you can beat the ghost in a race to 7, you have the ability to beat anybody in the world really. If you keep them off the table it doesn't matter who they are. Absolutely essential to look at the runout pattern after the break. You will see difficulties that lead you to play for a safety 3-5 balls into the run, easier patterns by making 1 tough position shot and arguments for playing safe after the break.
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I watched all of this...Efren (on most racks) takes 5 seconds or so to decide on first shot. On the most difficult that I recall-less than 10 seconds to have a plan.

Just plain scary.

With balls in the open...and his cb control and pocketing skills...it's fun to watch. Plan or no plan...he just gets out.

Looks like part of the key is the controlled break speed. Not too many clusters are being created. Was there a pattern to the racking? I couldn't tell.

Thanks for the post...
 
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