It doesn’t matter what hand Morra uses I do not think he is better than LVC. Corteza is a World Champion player.
Lee Van vs Morra
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It doesn’t matter what hand Morra uses I do not think he is better than LVC. Corteza is a World Champion player.
I agree- my point was that Morra would stand a better chance playing his true strong hand
vintagecollectibles831
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America's number 2 guy should be Justin Bergman, I believe. I think he is making a come back. He is playing awesome.
If you're a Tier One player in the Philippines you are a great player. If you are Tier One for fifteen years you are an elite player. That is a category reserved for Efren, Francisco, Dennis, Alex and Lee Vann. One other thing in case you never noticed. NO ONE shoots a severe cut shot better than Lee Vann Corteza. Maybe Filler and Gorst are close.
For those of us that weren’t watching pool when he was a righty, how did this transition happen? Did he take a year or two off from playing competitively to work on his game left handed? Was it a gradual transition where he was playing left and right handed for a while?
he injured his neck playing righty, so it took a while before he returned to the same (or close to the same) level. if you look at for example his DCC bank pool final on youtube you'll see how he twisted his neck when aiming with the left eye while playing righty
i know John for many years now, we are good friends, he told me it was very very difficult to make the switch to lefty. He was determined to make it happen and he did. Occasionally he’ll still shot a shot right handed and he breaks right handed as well usually. He’s in tip top form right now. Lee Van is a monster game for him.
have no clue who this is nor do i give a shit.
Do you mean set the date on your watch
If you did know who she was, you'd give even less of a shit!
Not sure that's possible.
vintagecollectibles831
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It is incredible that he was able to switch playing hands, and get back to the same high level. Who else could have, or would have even put the effort in to doing such a feat?
Very few. Mike sigel probably could have made the switch if he was forced to. There’s a hand full of guys out af a zillion who can play on either side. I’m the stone opposite, I can’t hold a cue left handed, oddly I can shoot a gun with either side. Funny how that works.
But back to Morra, he did it and is the only player I’ve seen who accomplished that because he had no choice. Truly amazing.
Fatboy
vintagecollectibles831
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Very few. Mike sigel probably could have made the switch if he was forced to. There’s a hand full of guys out af a zillion who can play on either side. I’m the stone opposite, I can’t hold a cue left handed, oddly I can shoot a gun with either side. Funny how that works.
But back to Morra, he did it and is the only player I’ve seen who accomplished that because he had no choice. Truly amazing.
Fatboy
Love John Morra so much. Very cool that you are friends with him. I would love to meet him someday. I always loved watching him play. He always looked so confident while walking around the table, and so zoned in. I don't know. Just seemed very different from other players. Very unique style of play too.
We met by accident when he was 17 maybe I’d guess. He was in the car with a few guys who stopped by to play pool at my Vegas house. There was always someone there playing for about a 3.5 year run. I mean everyone.
I met John we got along real good. He came back stayed a few times. Played on the 12’ snooker box. Wow can he play proper snooker.
We always kept in touch. Socially outside of pool and in pool as well. He’s my friend. I’m his friend. It’s pure and while I don’t mention it much it’s not a secret. He’s a great person. Had his struggles, I’ve had mine. Nice to have people in your life you love and respect.
I don’t put his biz out on the air waves, he doesn’t put my biz out there either.
That’s the story
Fatboy
And yes I’m blessed to have him as a friend
vintagecollectibles831
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We met by accident when he was 17 maybe I’d guess. He was in the car with a few guys who stopped by to play pool at my Vegas house. There was always someone there playing for about a 3.5 year run. I mean everyone.
I met John we got along real good. He came back stayed a few times. Played on the 12’ snooker box. Wow can he play proper snooker.
We always kept in touch. Socially outside of pool and in pool as well. He’s my friend. I’m his friend. It’s pure and while I don’t mention it much it’s not a secret. He’s a great person. Had his struggles, I’ve had mine. Nice to have people in your life you love and respect.
I don’t put his biz out on the air waves, he doesn’t put my biz out there either.
That’s the story
Fatboy
And yes I’m blessed to have him as a friend
That is really cool. I wish that he did the vloggs more often. He is funny. He does these short vloggs from time to time. I think he may have dud them a lot more when he lived in Vegas. He would go to his favorite Italian spot, and do a short 30 second to minute video. I think they had to be super short for some reason. Anyways, I probably sound like a weirdo stalker, lol. I want to visit that same Italian restaurant if I ever make it to Vegas.