Someone remind me who cameback from 10-0 behind
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Efren against Hopkins, ALTERNATE break format. 
Yes, my understanding is that it was Efren coming back against Allen Hopkins and I am almost certain it was at the Super Billiards Expo.
Varner was down 9-2 and won 11-10.
Was that the match where Varner missed and left the final 9 ball and cueball frozen and sigel just knocked it off the table in frustration?
Efren against Hopkins, ALTERNATE break format.
Thanks so much...this is exactly what I was thinking of.
KMRUNOUT
Yep, that's the match. I think it was a semi-final winner's side match at the 1990 U.S. Open, where Varner went on to win his second straight Open title.
The wing ball went in 21 out of 21 times on the break in that match. Sigel was understandably frustrated when Varner missed but left the cueball and 9 ball tied up, but he should have found something better to do.
I thought that was at the Bicycle.
Varner missed the 9 where it was like a foot from the side pocket iirc.
Efren against Hopkins, ALTERNATE break format.
how did that happen? Sounds almost impossible with a player the level of Hopkins in an alternate break format
I thought that was at the Bicycle.
Varner missed the 9 where it was like a foot from the side pocket iirc.
It was the 1990 U.S. Open: "The Miss"
Easily one of the greatest matches ever caught on tape, I highly recommend it to anyone.
Ko Pin Yi was down 14-4 in a race to 15 in the FINALS of a tournament against Dennis Orcullo, and he ran 10 racks and out to win the match. It's on Youtube, if you can bear to watch a match with the camera zoomed in a little too much.
For the Record
My uncle sponsored Mike Sigel for a few years, I got to meet Mike a few time's and I Brought that match up and this is how the coversation went.
ME>>>>>Hey Mike, That match you had with Varner at the 90' US open were he missed and froze the cue ball to the 9 ball, Well I got to ask you.....
Mike cut's me off.......Mike>>>>You're going to ask why I didn't play safe.....
I cut Mike Off.......Me>>>>>>>No, Not my place to question you, I want to know how you felt the moment the balls froze together......
I won't go into the specifics on the rest you can guess.
But......He did say he didn't blast at it out of anger, It was his best option, He didn't feel he could play a "Real" safty against Nick, and the only way he could get the 9 ball and the cue ball to safe positions was to PUSH through the cue ball which would have been a foul. SO FRAM IT.
My uncle sponsored Mike Sigel for a few years, I got to meet Mike a few time's and I Brought that match up and this is how the coversation went.
ME>>>>>Hey Mike, That match you had with Varner at the 90' US open were he missed and froze the cue ball to the 9 ball, Well I got to ask you.....
Mike cut's me off.......Mike>>>>You're going to ask why I didn't play safe.....
I cut Mike Off.......Me>>>>>>>No, Not my place to question you, I want to know how you felt the moment the balls froze together......
I won't go into the specifics on the rest you can guess.
But......He did say he didn't blast at it out of anger, It was his best option, He didn't feel he could play a "Real" safty against Nick, and the only way he could get the 9 ball and the cue ball to safe positions was to PUSH through the cue ball which would have been a foul. SO FRAM IT.
I watched that, he played close to perfect on the come back. Although the camera view can do some work lol
No he did not run 10 racks. But he did win 10 racks.
Pretty sure it was the Derby.... 4-5 years ago, it was still In Louisville.