I wonder who taught Efren how to play pool
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Watch the podcasts with him on TAR on YouTube, I know he mentions the player he looked up to when growing up and how he learned to play along with a bunch of other info.
Q: What top players influenced you when you first started?
A: Like I said there were no top players in those days. Maybe they were playing in America,but where I’m from I was not aware of them. I only knew who they were whe I was already playing professionally so you can’t say they were an influence.
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A: Like I said there were no top players in those days. Maybe they were playing in America,but where I’m from I was not aware of them. I only knew who they were whe I was already playing professionally so you can’t say they were an influence.
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In my recollection, the ever-humble Man has only credited himself as responsible for the player he becAme.
Like the famous oscar speech, from Raymond plumpkiss: I'd like to thank me, me and finally me, for all the commitment and effort require to receive this award.
Like the famous oscar speech, from Raymond plumpkiss: I'd like to thank me, me and finally me, for all the commitment and effort require to receive this award.
I did.
Next question.
Next question.
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At the age of five Efren was sent by his parents to Manila to live with his uncle, who owned a pool room. That's where he learned to play.
Here is an article by the Atlantic partly relating that aspect of hisyoung life, and his accomplishments.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/03/the-magician/303747/
Here is an article by the Atlantic partly relating that aspect of hisyoung life, and his accomplishments.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/03/the-magician/303747/
I'm sure he was influenced by others but he lived literally in a pool hall. That's how he learned.
It's like asking who taught Babe Ruth to hit a baseball. He was taught how to hit but at some point you have to credit the player as having some special rare talent others don't possess.
Albert Einstein learned from others but there is only one Einstein.
I'm sure whoever influenced Efren and the Babe and Einstein also taught many others who didn't turn out to be as good.
It's like asking who taught Babe Ruth to hit a baseball. He was taught how to hit but at some point you have to credit the player as having some special rare talent others don't possess.
Albert Einstein learned from others but there is only one Einstein.
I'm sure whoever influenced Efren and the Babe and Einstein also taught many others who didn't turn out to be as good.
I thought inside was the teacher?
When Effie was in Chicago in the late 80s, he and I played One pocket for $50 and $100 a game 3 or 4 times a week for over a year. In between his and my matches he played Billy Incardona very often also. It was a great time for pool in Chicago, as along with Efren in Chicago was Jose Parica and Rudolpho Luat.
How da ya tink dey got to be so gotdam good?
Beard
How da ya tink dey got to be so gotdam good?
Beard
Rumor has it, it was Hal Houle.