Efren Reyes vs. Buddy Hall, 1988, Sands Regency 9-ball

[Bob Jewett]

The pockets seem as spacious as all outdoors.

 

[Lowell]

There was no ball in hand yet?? Ball in kitchen seems nuts for 9 ball, I thought pro 9 ball had BIH by the early 80s. I guess I was wrong!

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Was just watching that! Came up in the u-toobs feed and watched while banging them around.

 

[westcoast]

There was no ball in hand yet?? Ball in kitchen seems nuts for 9 ball, I thought pro 9 ball had BIH by the early 80s. I guess I was wrong!

I think that rule only applied to scratches on the break

 

[westcoast]

The pockets seem as spacious as all outdoors.

Cloth seemed especially slow even for that era

 

[Island Drive]

Played this event many times.
This was the latter yrs of Reno.
The beginning yrs.... early 80's.
They had 10 GC's stored, that they pulled out each year for this event at it's inception.
This table your seeing is not from the earlier yrs of pro Reno play, this table is no comparison.
Efren wasn't around quite yet then, till I saw em at Reds/Houston. Early 80's

 

[Mark V]

That table should be in the lounge of a ski resort in West Virginia. It has no place in professional pool.

 

[axejunkie]

Efren's physique before American food, and well, he was in his mid-30s then...

 

[Bob Jewett]

There was no ball in hand yet?? Ball in kitchen seems nuts for 9 ball, I thought pro 9 ball had BIH by the early 80s. I guess I was wrong!

I think "everything spots, ball in hand behind the line" for scratches lasted until about the time of this tournament. Also, it may have been OK to knock a ball off the table.

 

[Bob Jewett]

This was one of the last pro events at the Sands to allow open entries. After that, you had to be a member of the pro tour.