Greatest 8 Ball Player of All Time?

So I guess the match in 2013 between SVB and Carlo Biado is not available.. Is that the case
sjm said:
Taking a trip down memory lane here, many posters voted the SVB vs Carlo Biado 8-ball match during the 2013 BCA Championships pro event (big tables, alternate break) the greatest match of that year. I included it as the third of my four candidates for "match of the year" in 2013 and this is what I wrote:

Van Boening vs Biado at the US Open 8-ball at the BCAPL National Championships
Each player ran 9 of his first ten racks from the break and the finals stood at 10-10 in a win by two format. At 11-11, Biado made the fatal mistake and Shane ran out for a truly memorable 13-11 win.

It was, by a mile, the greatest eight ball match I've ever witnessed, and I remember that Shane used something that looked like his ten ball break in that match, always breaking from the center.
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I will try this once more.. Does anyone know if this match was recorded and available to watch or for sale anywhere?? I have come up dry!!
 
Quesports said:
So I guess the match in 2013 between SVB and Carlo Biado is not available.. Is that the case

I will try this once more.. Does anyone know if this match was recorded and available to watch or for sale anywhere?? I have come up dry!!
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The only place you might get it would be from CSI, as the 2013 BCAPL pro 8-ball event was a CSI event at the Rio in Las Vegas.

I recall the question of where it can be found being asked in the thread I've quoted, which is What Was the Match of the Year in 2013? | AzBilliards Forums and nobody was able to provide an answer.

If you locate it, let us know. It's among the most exciting, well-played matches I've ever seen, a true sampling of just how special SVB can be when he's going full throttle.
 
sjm said:
The only place you might get it would be from CSI, as the 2013 BCAPL pro 8-ball event was a CSI event at the Rio in Las Vegas.

I recall the question of where it can be found being asked in the thread I've quoted, which is What Was the Match of the Year in 2013? | AzBilliards Forums and nobody was able to provide an answer.

If you locate it, let us know. It's among the most exciting, well-played matches I've ever seen, a true sampling of just how special SVB can be when he's going full throttle.
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Thank You for the reply SJM. Sadly it does not sound promising but I will let you know if I turn anything up..
sjm said:
The only place you might get it would be from CSI, as the 2013 BCAPL pro 8-ball event was a CSI event at the Rio in Las Vegas.

I recall the question of where it can be found being asked in the thread I've quoted, which is What Was the Match of the Year in 2013? | AzBilliards Forums and nobody was able to provide an answer.

If you locate it, let us know. It's among the most exciting, well-played matches I've ever seen, a true sampling of just how special SVB can be when he's going full throttle.
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I just called CSI and had a wonderful chat with a gal there. Unfortunately she started working there in 2014 which coincidentally is as far back as they go in there current library of matches. That being said, she told me they may have it elsewhere but the person that knows about such things is out of the office till next week. Oddly, on the phone she sounded exactly like Ewa Mataya Laurence and I told her so. She laughed and said she is from the Philippines, so no it was not Ewa moonlighting at CSI. Ewa is just east of me anyway in the Wilmington NC area. It was a funny conversation non the less. I'll let you know either way!!
 
Quesports said:
So I guess the match in 2013 between SVB and Carlo Biado is not available.. Is that the case

I will try this once more.. Does anyone know if this match was recorded and available to watch or for sale anywhere?? I have come up dry!!
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I believe TAR did a live ppv streaming at the time. Justin Collett is your best bet. His AZB nickname is JCIN. If you manage to find a copy of the match, I’d be interested to buy it, too!


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I haven't seen many matches of Efren playing 8 ball in his prime, but I'm a bit surprised people are saying he is the best 8 ball player ever because his break was always relatively weak (compared to other top pros). You'd think that would be a major handicap in 8 ball.
 
Ratamon said:
I believe TAR did a live ppv streaming at the time. Justin Collett is your best bet. His AZB nickname is JCIN. If you manage to find a copy of the match, I’d be interested to buy it, too!


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I believe found a youtube link to the match I had saved but the video properties are now set to private :(


Maybe someone could ask CSI to make it public (I know Mark Griffin sold out a couple of years ago so don't know who would be best placed to do that) ?
 
It's worth noting that in Darren Appleton's World Pool Series tour, primarily an 8-ball tour from 2017-18, the most successful player at 8-ball was Klenti Kaci, who outplayed all of Darren Appleton, Jayson Shaw, Dennis Orcullo, and SVB. Kaci needs to be counted among the giants of the 8-ball discipline today.
 
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sjm said:
It's worth noting that in Darren Appleton's World Pool Series tour, primarily an 8-ball tour from 2017-18, the most successful player at 8-nall was Klenti Kaci, who outplayed all of Darren Appleton, Jayson Shaw, Dennis Orcullo, and SVB. Kaci needs to be counted among the giants of the 8-ball discipline today.
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ruslan can bring it too. and i wonder what damage the c8b players could do if there was serious money in an WPA 8-ball event. potts, bingjie, yubo are some mean shooters. i hope we will find out sometime.
 
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