Has Efren ever competed in 14.1?
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I saw Efren play in I believe the 2000 US 14.1 Open held at the Roseland Ballroom off Times Square. He's also played in several other big 14.1 events.
The time I saw him he ran a lot of balls but IMO, and those of many other 14.1 aficionados that watched him play, he will never run 600 because A, he doesn't play 14.1 enough and B, that means that nearly all his longer runs include a table length bank shot to save the run which means that C, over a longer run the odds of him making all the banks he would need to keep the run alive makes the chances of him ever getting to 600, (or even 300), highly unlikely.
Maybe if he played it more.
Lou Figueroa
In addition:
2000 14.1 US Open (Roseland Ballroom, NYC)
- Efren def. Dallas West, and scores the high run of the tourney, 141
Many others, if you do a quick Google search:
https://google.com/webhp?sourceid=c...F-8#q="efren reyes" "straight pool" or "14.1"
-Sean
I have seen some youtube videos of him playing straight pool and he plays very differently. He doesn't play straight pool like a straight pool player would. He plays straight pool like he plays 9 ball and Earl plays very similar in the same regard. They play a lot more aggressively and have don't really play normal straight pool style. That's just my opinion from the videos I have seen.
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I read that Earl tried to top Mosconi and failed after running 400+ balls.
People have no idea the composure that takes.
People have no idea the composure that takes.
I have VHS tapes of Efren's first ever 14.1 event from 1995 called the Maine event from Portland maine. All the best 14.1 players were in it and Efren won! He had a run in the 140s that was incredible��. I believe CJ Wiley finished 2 nd which was crazy cool considering all the 14.1 guys like Rempe, Miz and many others competed ....
That was actually the finals. Reyes finished second..
Here's a LINK to see Efren Reyes playing Straight Pool at the Maine Event
That was my first and only straight pool tournament. I "got lucky" to win against Efren in the winner's side and he came back and won in the finals. Earl Strickland finished 4th and said a couple weeks before he had run over 400 balls in North Carolina.
When I first started practicing straight pool I couldn't hardly run a rack (it was easier to run them in rotation), then a friend loaned me a couple of books and I took a crash course. Three weeks later I was playing Efren Reyes, and Jimmy Rempe....it was a tough test for the TOI, however, "the touch" came through in the end.
Here's a LINK to see Efren Reyes playing Straight Pool at the Maine Event
That was my first and only straight pool tournament. I "got lucky" to win against Efren in the winner's side and he came back and won in the finals. Earl Strickland finished 4th and said a couple weeks before he had run over 400 balls in North Carolina.
When I first started practicing straight pool I couldn't hardly run a rack (it was easier to run them in rotation), then a friend loaned me a couple of books and I took a crash course. Three weeks later I was playing Efren Reyes, and Jimmy Rempe....it was a tough test for the TOI, however, "the touch" came through in the end.
Here's a LINK to see Efren Reyes playing Straight Pool at the Maine Event
This was interesting to read, can you pick one or two things specifically in running the balls that changed that for you and share that?
I believe Robles had the tourney high run at 146.In addition:
2000 14.1 US Open (Roseland Ballroom, NYC)
- Efren def. Dallas West, and scores the high run of the tourney, 141
Many others, if you do a quick Google search:
https://google.com/webhp?sourceid=c...F-8#q="efren reyes" "straight pool" or "14.1"
-Sean
playing my patterns to eliminate certain balls first
One of the things was playing my patterns to eliminate balls on, or close to the rail first.
One of the things was playing my patterns to eliminate balls on, or close to the rail first.
The fact that he even got to the breakshot in that fashion shows a major breakdown somewhere. The fact that he shot it the way he did shows a lack of understanding in the game.
If he banked and lipping it out and broke the rack open like that and was forced to watch while someone ran 150-out, it would cure him of that carnival shit.
Hopkins, Sigel, Mizerak would have annihilated Efren repeatedly.
That was my first and only straight pool tournament. I "got lucky" to win against Efren in the winner's side and he came back and won in the finals. Earl Strickland finished 4th and said a couple weeks before he had run over 400 balls in North Carolina.
When I first started practicing straight pool I couldn't hardly run a rack (it was easier to run them in rotation), then a friend loaned me a couple of books and I took a crash course. Three weeks later I was playing Efren Reyes, and Jimmy Rempe....it was a tough test for the TOI, however, "the touch" came through in the end.
Here's a LINK to see Efren Reyes playing Straight Pool at the Maine Event