Mark Tadd or Jack Hynes....Who was better??

Walt Frazier

Walt Frazier

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I may take heat for saying this ..But these are the two most talented pool players I have ever seen in my life..One black,the other white ..Does'nt matter though,they both could run out for days ..

Who do you all think was the better player?

I say Jack ..when he was "right" he would run sets out ..
 
Walt Frazier said:
I may take heat for saying this ..But these are the two most talented pool players I have ever seen in my life..One black,the other white ..Does'nt matter though,they both could run out for days ..

Who do you all think was the better player?

I say Jack ..when he was "right" he would run sets out ..
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MARK TADD.......at all games on a big table and TONS the best playing 1p and bumps.
 
Walt Frazier said:
I may take heat for saying this ..But these are the two most talented pool players I have ever seen in my life..One black,the other white ..Does'nt matter though,they both could run out for days ..

Who do you all think was the better player?

I say Jack ..when he was "right" he would run sets out ..
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Walt Frazier said:
I may take heat for saying this ..But these are the two most talented pool players I have ever seen in my life..One black,the other white ..Does'nt matter though,they both could run out for days ..

Who do you all think was the better player?

I say Jack ..when he was "right" he would run sets out ..
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I have always been a Mark fan since way back when (early 90's). I even watched him beat Keith a 7 ahead set of 9-Ball for 2 dimes in under 45 minutes. Hell, he used to rob me with the 5,7 playing 9-ball when I was 18 (I played ok as a teen).

Mark did have great talent, however Mark did not prove the staying power to be touted as the greatest talent (or player) IMO. Rafael Martinez (though not a one-pocket player that I know of), played just as good if not better.
 
At the top of his game for a few years there, Mark played 9-Ball as good as anyone ever. He had a BIG, BIG game! Like Jack, he got frustrated in a tournament environment. He wanted to bet it up and play all night. That is where he shined.

Mark somehow caught on to One Pocket quickly also, almost as fast as Efren did. This was a real pool virtuoso. And he started playing Banks with the Southern boys and within weeks he was beating all them too. He was a freak!

With his grasp of all things pool, I'm sure he would be running hundreds as well if the action had warranted him learning Straight Pool.
 
CrownCityCorey said:
I have always been a Mark fan since way back when (early 90's). I even watched him beat Keith a 7 ahead set of 9-Ball for 2 dimes in under 45 minutes. Hell, he used to rob me with the 5,7 playing 9-ball when I was 18 (I played ok as a teen).

Mark did have great talent, however Mark did not prove the staying power to be touted as the greatest talent (or player) IMO. Rafael Martinez (though not a one-pocket player that I know of), played just as good if not better.
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I agree. Rafael has been simply amazing in all seven of his pool careers. :)
 
based on what I've heard and the little snippets I've seen I would go with Mark over Crack...uhhh Jack Hynes
 
Never seen Mark Tadd play, but have watched Jack Hynes run out sets giving Robert Clark the seven out. Race to 9, Robert broke and ran the first game. Broke and came up dry and Jack ran nine on him. Next set Jack broke and ran out the set, Robert quit him. Robert is no scrub by anymeans. Have no proof to back this up, but Robert also told me, there is a plaque in some bar in the Fort Worth area, that says Jack ran 27 racks of nine-ball.
 
CrownCityCorey said:
I have always been a Mark fan since way back when (early 90's). I even watched him beat Keith a 7 ahead set of 9-Ball for 2 dimes in under 45 minutes. Hell, he used to rob me with the 5,7 playing 9-ball when I was 18 (I played ok as a teen).

Mark did have great talent, however Mark did not prove the staying power to be touted as the greatest talent (or player) IMO. Rafael Martinez (though not a one-pocket player that I know of), played just as good if not better.
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Rafael plays very strong 1-pocket.
 
I have seen both of them play in their primes (I took Jack on the road, and yes I learnt my lesson) and this is the scoop.

9 ball = Jack unless he was dumping or the mixture was wrong

1 pkt = Mark no contest he out moves jack, jack could only win in a tournament setting race to 3 or 4.

Banks = Mark, but it's closer then people think jack had a great offensive bank game I seen him break even with Gary Spaeth in a short session the game went off because his backer didn't know Gary.

Straight pool = I have no idea, but I did rack for Jack when he ran 180+ balls on a triple shimmed table he busted the pack wide open but the ball popped out of the pocket.

Small track = Jack he is in my top ten bar box player list. I seen him give a good shortstop the Blue-thru (Wild 2-9) Jack just won a couple dimes and he ran 13 racks out of the gate. They finally broke even but Jack put 3 diffrent packages of 10+ racks togather in six hours. He told me he ran 24 racks in a twenty dollar ring game with five guys in it. The game broke and the run was unfinished.
 
sicbinature said:
Never seen Mark Tadd play, but have watched Jack Hynes run out sets giving Robert Clark the seven out. Race to 9, Robert broke and ran the first game. Broke and came up dry and Jack ran nine on him. Next set Jack broke and ran out the set, Robert quit him. Robert is no scrub by anymeans. Have no proof to back this up, but Robert also told me, there is a plaque in some bar in the Fort Worth area, that says Jack ran 27 racks of nine-ball.
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I have a couple of close friends that are friends with Robert and they were there when he played Jack Hynes. Ive heard this story a few times and although the details sometimes change, the fact still remains that Jack ran out like tap water.

Roberts response-"What did I do wrong? Nothing!"
 
huckster said:
I have seen both of them play in their primes (I took Jack on the road, and yes I learnt my lesson) and this is the scoop.

9 ball = Jack unless he was dumping or the mixture was wrong

1 pkt = Mark no contest he out moves jack, jack could only win in a tournament setting race to 3 or 4.

Banks = Mark, but it's closer then people think jack had a great offensive bank game I seen him break even with Gary Spaeth in a short session the game went off because his backer didn't know Gary.

Straight pool = I have no idea, but I did rack for Jack when he ran 180+ balls on a triple shimmed table he busted the pack wide open but the ball popped out of the pocket.

Small track = Jack he is in my top ten bar box player list. I seen him give a good shortstop the Blue-thru (Wild 2-9) Jack just won a couple dimes and he ran 13 racks out of the gate. They finally broke even but Jack put 3 diffrent packages of 10+ racks togather in six hours. He told me he ran 24 racks in a twenty dollar ring game with five guys in it. The game broke and the run was unfinished.
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Wow... Based on everything I had heard, I would have bet everything I had on Tadd between the two. However, I respect your opinion based on all the players you have seen and/or staked.

Thanks for the insight.
 
Walt Frazier said:
I may take heat for saying this ..But these are the two most talented pool players I have ever seen in my life..One black,the other white ..Does'nt matter though,they both could run out for days ..

Who do you all think was the better player?

I say Jack ..when he was "right" he would run sets out ..
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many years ago I knew them well ( but not now) and Mark Tad was way better than jack.
 
ribdoner said:
Also the best "leg in the air" player I've seen.:)
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Rafael had the best jump shots without a jump stick. Years ago he would pushout to a hook and when got the hook back would jump, pocket the object ball and get perfect shape. When he first came up from Mexico, he learned the games and played the Wednesday tourneys belore he entered the harder Sundays at the Hardtimes - he got better and better and went on the road and died - then he came back from the dead for the IPT.:)
 
jay helfert said:
At the top of his game for a few years there, Mark played 9-Ball as good as anyone ever. He had a BIG, BIG game! Like Jack, he got frustrated in a tournament environment. He wanted to bet it up and play all night. That is where he shined.

Mark somehow caught on to One Pocket quickly also, almost as fast as Efren did. This was a real pool virtuoso. And he started playing Banks with the Southern boys and within weeks he was beating all them too. He was a freak!

With his grasp of all things pool, I'm sure he would be running hundreds as well if the action had warranted him learning Straight Pool.
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I played Mark when he was just a kid in Salt Lake City. He already banked pretty sporty and I had to pull up playing $50 one pocket.
 
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