i know it wasn't a tournament but how about the colour of money match efren vs earl
Was This the Greatest Tournament Final Ever?
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SplicedPoints said:
I'd say by far! I truly doubt there has even been a deeper talent pool in our sport than that of today. It bodes well for future WPC events, which might well be as memorable as the 2005 WPC.
Over and above the incredible quaility of its field, the 2005 WPC showcased the skills of the players of the world in a way that has given me a greater familiarity with and appreciation of the international pool scene than I've had at any time in my forty years around pro pool.
The WPC is the greatest tournament our sport has ever known, by miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles.
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I think the greatest final was between Strickland and Reyes in Reno Nevada where they were both on the hill 12-12 and Strickland made a great safety then next thing you Efren know pulled the greatest shot on the 6th ball. Earl just basically conceded and lift Efren's arms.
sliqueshot said:
If you are referring to the classic final of the 1995 Sands Regency event in Reno, Efren hooked himself as he tried to play safe at 12 - 12 but accidentally pocketed something. His two rail kick in that followed is probably the best clutch-shot of the entire nineball era.
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yeah that was it SJM, it was probably the greatest shot in any 9 ball event with the game on the line. Nobody except Efren could pulled that trick.
But that was when the corner ball was flying in every single time and they started playing shape on the one ball. What a tournament though. Archer was trying so hard to win his first one. All the women were there playing at the same time as the men. Incardona was playing great. I think he took fourth. He would win a match and then run over to the booth to do commentary. At that tournament if you made balls on the break and scratched, you got ball behind the line and spotted up everything that went. The old rules after push out every shot and before Texas Express. What a US Open it was!! I had an Accu-Stat tape from that tournament with Cardona pounding Kim Davenport and then beating Lou Butera's son real bad. It was a twofer tape. What happened to Lou's son??? He played good!! But he said on the last couple of days the pressure was really building. Said he couldn't eat and couldn't sleep. I think his name was Sal Butera.JustPlay said:
sliqueshot said:
If pool has an equivalent of Larry Mize's absolutely impossible chip in that won the Masters, it is surely Efren's two rail kick in that won the Sands Regency. In each case, the player appeared to be looking at certain defeat, and each delivered a shot so brilliant and so improbable in the clutch that all you could do was say "Wow!"
PoolBum said:
Did Earl indicate the circumstances under which Keith made it? Obviously, no matter what those circumstances were, Keith made a magnificent shot.
Nonetheless, Efren has probably made five thousand tougher kick ins than that one. The fact that he managed to come up with it at double hill in the final of a major tournament against one of the greatest players of all time is what makes the shot stand out as the best clutch shot in the modern era of pool.
The truth is, nobody would even remember Efren's kick in if it hadn't come at a critical moment of a huge match.
Can someone ...
Can someone post an illustration of Efren's 2 rail kickshot?
I think the WPC final match was a fitting conclusion to some
great playing, and I am sure Wu will be seen many times
in the future. Just amazing that a 16 year old won the
world championship in such a dramatic climax.
Can someone post an illustration of Efren's 2 rail kickshot?
I think the WPC final match was a fitting conclusion to some
great playing, and I am sure Wu will be seen many times
in the future. Just amazing that a 16 year old won the
world championship in such a dramatic climax.
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click on how did he do it. the diagram was correct but it was not the 8 ball
sjm said:
SJM,
I viewed the "replay" of the kick. Excellent kick, not too difficult to hit the ball (at least using the method taught by Briesath and Wilson, and if you know the table), but definitely lucky to make it. A tremendous analogy to Larry Mize's shot - he considers it the luckiest shot he ever hit. Like Pat Fleming says, "yah kicking in a ball is luck, but you don't get lucky until you hit the ball." I'll bet Efren said after the match that he was lucky to win (of course doesn't he say that after every match?).
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No pros would take that shot with the game on the line, the match is a championship, double hill and you are playing against Strickland. Luck favors the courage and definitely Efren got the guts to take that shot.
Efren knew of the possible accidental of making another ball.,,
I have this tape in my possession and if you review it closely, you will see that Efren prior to executing the shot, he carefully scrutinizes the safety he is about to attempt and softly points at the ball that he knows that the safety ball is going to be headed toward. However he elects to go ahead and shoot the safety anyway and sure enough he makes the unintended pocketing of the other ball in the table...
This tape is a must have and I believe the phrase used many times is " The kick heard around the world"...
How appropriate and what good fortune to have it all on tape!!
Mr. J.
I have this tape in my possession and if you review it closely, you will see that Efren prior to executing the shot, he carefully scrutinizes the safety he is about to attempt and softly points at the ball that he knows that the safety ball is going to be headed toward. However he elects to go ahead and shoot the safety anyway and sure enough he makes the unintended pocketing of the other ball in the table...
This tape is a must have and I believe the phrase used many times is " The kick heard around the world"...
How appropriate and what good fortune to have it all on tape!!
Mr. J.
sliqueshot said:
Let's see, the article says Earl left Efren in this position. It says that Efren kicked in the eight and that it occurred in the Sands Regency tournament in 1996. The diagram provided clearly misrepresents what Efren's options were, by showing a lot of space between the cue ball and the obstructing ball.
Efren hooked himself after a defensive error, and he was locked up tight when he kicked in the five ball going twice across. Also, he did it in the Sands Regency 1995, not the Sands Regency 1996.
Other than that, the shot is accurately presented.