Why is Efren the best?

Efren is best because cornfed wont show his true speed, or who he is, i'm convinved Efren is second to the mystery man cornfed, ;):eek:
 
Sensation said:
I never understood Rempe's shot...
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I just watched the shot and it seems like he must have thought the shot would end up as a safety if he missed ( two way shot ). However the same safety was extremely easy to execute and the carom was extremely difficult. The only time i make decisions like this is when I don't feel comfortable trying to run out.
 
DiamondDave said:
A friend of mine called me a few months back to give me a tourney update. Race to 11, Allen Hopkins 10, Efren Reyes 0. He took a few minutes to explain to me that Hopkins may not e as good as he once was but as I could now tell he could still be a giant killer in a tournament. Later on that day he called me again to tell me that the final of that match was Hopkins 10, Reyes 11. Astonished I asked if he ran 10 straight racks or what?! Fred says no he couldn't have, it was alternating break.

Its hard to imagine someone actually coming back from that much of a deficit in that format! Most TV matches you see the loser shutting down when they are only behind 2-3 racks. I believe the positive attitude is the key to his success. I was at my pool leagues national tourny and I was down Hill-5 and I just grinned and stayed positive and came back to win. I think people really underestimate the powers of the mind.

Dave
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That's astonishing to beat a former world champion 11 racks in a row with alternating breaks, with him on the hill the whole time. A true testament to Efren's psychological mastery of himself.

I think the one word I'd use to describe what separates Efren from anyone else is "touch". Sure, he's proven in one pocket and chess and whatever else he does that he's a brilliantly intelligent problem-solver, and of course his variety of strengths from his different games that he's played at a top level (add up the skill sets from 3C, rotation, and chess, and you've got one hell of a skill set for tackling 8-ball, 9-ball, and one pocket), but those advantages don't always come up in your average rack of 9-ball.

What does come up in almost every game is touch. When he kicks at a ball one rail with running english and top spin in order to hit the correct side of his object ball and drift the CB behind cover (and he does this ALL the time; it sickens me), he's juggling so many variables it boggles the mind. If his tip position is off by a tiny bit, his angle off the rail changes drastically; the top-spin makes the ball curve just after the rail, and the exact stroke speed changes the amount of curve drastically; but yet the CB speed has to be within a very narrow margin to achieve the safety. So without batting an eye, he puts this brilliant touch on the ball, blending speed, english, and angle in a perfect combination of all three variables that have to be balanced just so to have any chance of pulling off the shot, and he nails it like it was easy, and sits down calmly as if to say "never a doubt".

These touch shots are the shots he does with great frequency (several times per match, sometimes every rack) that nobody else can duplicate. I honestly think that in both one-pocket and 9-ball, the touch is what makes him stand above the rest.

-Andrew
 
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My wife is Philipino and knows practically nothing about pool. She is a little superstitious. I showed her a video of Efren and she said "he must have a conversation with the ball" and she also said that he has good luck because he helps a lot of people back home and a lot of people are praying for him to do well.

No need to thank me, it was my wife who figured it out.
 
Born with a pool stick!

According to one of the commentators for the Efren Vs. Jose Parica One Pocket match at the 2007 DCC, Efren has quit smoking and is NOW shooting at the top of his game....
In my opinion he is the worlds greatest player and will still win many more titles...
 
isnt he always playing pool and always keeps his cool and in the back of his mind he's playing for his family too...has to be in his genes, aren't filipino's an american indian chinese mix from way back before when imo::cool:
 
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PLEASE: No rose-tinted glasses.

gopi-1 said:
Here's a sample of what Efren can do to you. The usually unflappable Jim
Rempe couldn't hold his nerve in this game. Instead of playing a wicked
safety off of Efren, he went for the cheese in a hill-hill match were the
winner earns a spot in the finals.

It wasn't easy pickings for Efren though but he got out from a tough out.
A mark of a great champion!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjiz9xVqrpE&search=Pool Billiards Efren Reyes Stroke Analysis
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I am an Efren fan but I don't wear rose-tinted glasses.

That muffindingles guy posts a lot of great Efren video on youtube.com and I like them all.

HOWEVER:
Efren was the one who as feeling the pressure of the match. Jim Rempe, contrary to what the commentators said, did the right thing trying to carom into the nine off of the one ball. The commentators wanted him to snooker Efren and the only logical place to snooker Efren on the one ball shot was to slide the cue ball down under the nine and even then Efren would have had an easy kick at hitting. By trying the carom, Jim gave himself a chance to win and also a hance to snooker Efren. The secondary part of the shot, the snooker just didn't happen unfortunately for Jim Rempe.

Efren felt the heat of the match playing shape like an amateur on almost every shot.

When he shot the 7 ball he was doing the Limbo and Qigong all at the same time (extremely amateurish). It was funny, but it wasn't excellent pool.

Efren really played shape like an amateur, HOPING to get shape on virtually every shot and his only saving grace was that he pocketed the balls like Efren Reyes.

Efren got lucky. :p

JoeyA
 
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