Top 10 sweetest strokes of all time
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2oldklings
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lizard's stroke
I was in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Billiard Palace on I think 21st street? Before that legendary place closed down/moved (?). A guy I was playing asked the same question, "who has the most beautiful stroke of all time"...... without hesitation a group of regulars, hustlers, and old-timers said, simultaneously, "lizard!," and then looked at each other. They surprised each other with their unanimity. Anyone got a video of his stroke?
I was in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Billiard Palace on I think 21st street? Before that legendary place closed down/moved (?). A guy I was playing asked the same question, "who has the most beautiful stroke of all time"...... without hesitation a group of regulars, hustlers, and old-timers said, simultaneously, "lizard!," and then looked at each other. They surprised each other with their unanimity. Anyone got a video of his stroke?
2oldklings
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Efren Reyes' stroke and WHY....
When at Shooters/ Olathe Kansas, a killer action room in the middle of the country, the only table available was next to the table where Reyes was practicing so I grabbed it. I didn't even practice or play, just paid table time to study his stroke. He was practicing draw shots along the rail into small pockets with as much draw and speed as he could smoothly achieve. I am fully confident I will never be more impressed with a stroke and here's the reason WHY.... a reason that has not been mentioned in anything I have seen posted or heard discussed....
When you know that you are about to be amazed, mesmerized.... when you have the feeling you know what the result will be, then the anticipation will add to the impression. So Grady Matthews and my fellow judges, ask yourself this... could I possibly be correct putting Efren over all others for sweetest stroke? I feel my argument is solid. So do me a solid and consider the impression that end results make... and understand why I would trade everything to play like him
When at Shooters/ Olathe Kansas, a killer action room in the middle of the country, the only table available was next to the table where Reyes was practicing so I grabbed it. I didn't even practice or play, just paid table time to study his stroke. He was practicing draw shots along the rail into small pockets with as much draw and speed as he could smoothly achieve. I am fully confident I will never be more impressed with a stroke and here's the reason WHY.... a reason that has not been mentioned in anything I have seen posted or heard discussed....
When you know that you are about to be amazed, mesmerized.... when you have the feeling you know what the result will be, then the anticipation will add to the impression. So Grady Matthews and my fellow judges, ask yourself this... could I possibly be correct putting Efren over all others for sweetest stroke? I feel my argument is solid. So do me a solid and consider the impression that end results make... and understand why I would trade everything to play like him
floridaboy24
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This is one i havent heard mentioned yet but a few people around my way seem to agree. Toby Sweet.
1. Buddy Hall
2. Mizerak
3. Earl
4. Jimmy Moore
5 Kim Davenport
6. Bustamante
7. Efren
8. Parica
9. Mike Coltrain ( if you didn't see him in the early 90's, you missed out )
10. Archer
2. Mizerak
3. Earl
4. Jimmy Moore
5 Kim Davenport
6. Bustamante
7. Efren
8. Parica
9. Mike Coltrain ( if you didn't see him in the early 90's, you missed out )
10. Archer
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
IMO, the ten are;
10] Jay Swanson
9] Gary Pinkowski
8] Richie "MR 9-BALL" Ambrose
7] Jimmy Reid
6] Tommy Brown
5] Jeff Carter
4] Johnny Ervolino
3] Toby Sweet
2] Buddy Hall
1] Steve Mizerak
10] Jay Swanson
9] Gary Pinkowski
8] Richie "MR 9-BALL" Ambrose
7] Jimmy Reid
6] Tommy Brown
5] Jeff Carter
4] Johnny Ervolino
3] Toby Sweet
2] Buddy Hall
1] Steve Mizerak
Even your booty virginity, the shaft and your two cue balls? God, Efren must have a sweet stroke lol jk
...and Irving Crane. How'd ya like this break shot by Crane?
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Of course, he shouldn't have been in that position...
pj
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The sweetest strokes in pool
Well I haven't seen some of the old timers, but the players that always mesmerized me with their "poetry in motion" strokes while they played were:
1# Buddy Hall
2#David Matlock
3#Brian Atchley
4#Mike Sigel
5#Antonio Lenning
6#Efren Reyes
7#Louie Roberts
8#Jack Hynes
9#Walter Glass
10#Calvin Harcrow
the top three are my favorite, the rest are in no paticular order, there have been so many players with beautiful strokes and ball control,...to each his own.
David Harcrow
Well I haven't seen some of the old timers, but the players that always mesmerized me with their "poetry in motion" strokes while they played were:
1# Buddy Hall
2#David Matlock
3#Brian Atchley
4#Mike Sigel
5#Antonio Lenning
6#Efren Reyes
7#Louie Roberts
8#Jack Hynes
9#Walter Glass
10#Calvin Harcrow
the top three are my favorite, the rest are in no paticular order, there have been so many players with beautiful strokes and ball control,...to each his own.
David Harcrow
I love these old TV matches. One more distraction:
Moore lines up a crucial and difficult shot...
...and drills it.
The crowd goes wild.
Crane congratulates Moore on a shot well played.
pj
chgo
Moore lines up a crucial and difficult shot...
...and drills it.
The crowd goes wild.
Crane congratulates Moore on a shot well played.
pj
chgo
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all of you don't know a sweet stroke when you see one. when it comes to the sweetest stroke ...there's only one guy who has that....
That man is: The One and The Only....DALLAS WEST!
He has the longest, smoothest and accurate stroke born of women....BAR NONE!
He puts EVERYBODY TO SHAME!
That man is: The One and The Only....DALLAS WEST!
He has the longest, smoothest and accurate stroke born of women....BAR NONE!
He puts EVERYBODY TO SHAME!
Jeff Carter before Cornbread Red ???????????????????????????
Matlock
Ginky
Lassiter
Diliberto
Gilbert Martinez....talk about a sweet stroke....phew
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I'm really surprised to see Keith McCready's name on this list.
i'd vote for jeremy jones corey duel and SVB
Best Strokes: Women and Men
Women:
1) Jean Balukas/Jasmin Ouschan
2) Allison Fischer
3) Jeanette Lee
4) Ewa Mataya Laurence
5) Anna Kostanian
Men:
1) Buddy Hall
2) Larry Nevel
3) Thorsten Hohmann/Niels Feijen (tied)
4) Shane Van Boening
5) Efren Reyes
6) Earl Strickland
7) Rafael Martinez
Women:
1) Jean Balukas/Jasmin Ouschan
2) Allison Fischer
3) Jeanette Lee
4) Ewa Mataya Laurence
5) Anna Kostanian
Men:
1) Buddy Hall
2) Larry Nevel
3) Thorsten Hohmann/Niels Feijen (tied)
4) Shane Van Boening
5) Efren Reyes
6) Earl Strickland
7) Rafael Martinez