Ted Harris said:
Many of the audience members did indeed give Efren a standing ovation. Earl clapped & smiled for him but did not stand.
Efren's famous shot animated
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Many of the audience members did indeed give Efren a standing ovation. Earl clapped & smiled for him but did not stand.
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another efren shot
This one was on one of the accustats greatest shots tapes. I haven't seen it in years but it was something like this: Feel free to correct me;it's been awhile.
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This one was on one of the accustats greatest shots tapes. I haven't seen it in years but it was something like this: Feel free to correct me;it's been awhile.
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Tokyo-dave said:
Well by god I was there, and let me tell you the TRUE story. Efren didn't just step into the stands, he FLEW over the table. That's right, literally. Mind you, I would never believe it if I hadn't see it with my own eyes. Then, when he landed, he got down immediately on the cue ball and one-stroked it toward the first side cushion. Before the cueball hit that cushion he was already on the other side of the table, pointing to the precise place where the cueball would contact the cushion. Then, as the cueball made its ways across the table to the opposite side cushion, Efren went out to the concession stand and bought everyone a beer. What a guy. Well, he was back in a flash, and as the cueball came down toward the object ball near the end cushion he announced that he would not only hit the object ball, but that he would in fact pocket that ball and get perfect shape on the next one. As the object ball fell into the corner pocket, Earl had a heart attack. Everyone was in shock and aghast at this sudden and tragic turn of events, save Efren. Efren glanced over at his felled opponent, and then, scratching his head and looking bemused, calmly walked over to Earl and performed CPR ro revive him and save his life. Then the Magic Man stepped back up to the table and ran two more balls before attaining perfect shape on the nine. At that point Earl threw in the towel, raised Efren's arm, and pronounced him not only the greatest pool player who ever lived, but also the greatest human being who ever lived.
I was there by god, and I wouldn't believe a word of it if I hadn't seen it with my own two crossed eyes.
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Wow - so Accustats must have edited the final version. Just to keep the good stuff in I guess!
Larry Nevels and Efren were playing the final match of the 2000 U.S. Open One Pocket Championship and Efren was looking at APPROXIMATELY the following shot.
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Efren hit the cue ball with left English cross-banking the the 15 ball, caroming the cue ball into the 10 ball, running the cue ball with perfect speed into the stack with Larry unable to mount a counter attack or even a simple defensive move. I believe Larry may have taken a scratch. When Efren made this shot I said to myself "That was a good shot but he sure got lucky running the cue ball into the stack that way". When I saw basically the same shot one or two games later I realized that there was no luck involved in any portion of the shot. I've seen Efren play many times in person and on tape but I have never before seen that level of play by anone that day or since. It was that match when I realized why they call him THE MAGICIAN. START(
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The match was a race to 5 with the score being 40 balls Efren, -2 Larry Nevels. Larry made several balls but he took scratches or made cue ball fouls by not hitting a ball/rail etc.
How about diagramming the shot you described below?
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Efren hit the cue ball with left English cross-banking the the 15 ball, caroming the cue ball into the 10 ball, running the cue ball with perfect speed into the stack with Larry unable to mount a counter attack or even a simple defensive move. I believe Larry may have taken a scratch. When Efren made this shot I said to myself "That was a good shot but he sure got lucky running the cue ball into the stack that way". When I saw basically the same shot one or two games later I realized that there was no luck involved in any portion of the shot. I've seen Efren play many times in person and on tape but I have never before seen that level of play by anone that day or since. It was that match when I realized why they call him THE MAGICIAN. START(
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The match was a race to 5 with the score being 40 balls Efren, -2 Larry Nevels. Larry made several balls but he took scratches or made cue ball fouls by not hitting a ball/rail etc.
How about diagramming the shot you described below?
catscradle said:
PoolBum said:
I think your real name is Mark Twain.
Pffffffft. I could do that shot in my sleep. Dreaming of course.
And that shot is nothing compared to a carpet-masse I did once. I hit the cueball too hard and it flew off the table, it had so much spin that it did a loop on the carpet. Now that is friggin awesome, just like cuetecs are.
And that shot is nothing compared to a carpet-masse I did once. I hit the cueball too hard and it flew off the table, it had so much spin that it did a loop on the carpet. Now that is friggin awesome, just like cuetecs are.
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Jude Rosenstock said:
Just to add, Efren had to kick into the 5 ball from THAT side to give himself a better chance of getting decent position on the 6. If he hit the 6 from the other direction(one railer), there was a decent chance that he would have had a funky angle on the 6 and possibly sold out on the next shot.
Eric