Can you play pool?

[DaveyF]

I'm sure a few of us here can play pool or billiards...BUT IF you ever meet this guy, I STRONGLY suggest you do NOT play him for money...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/AeiEiSKAp5M?rel=0

Something else..

 

[audioarcher]

Some of those shots I would bet he couldn't make 10 out of 10 tries. Some aren't as difficult as they look.

As impressive as trick shots can be they pale in comparison to running 10 racks of nineball in a row or shooting in 100 or more balls in a row in a game of straight pool.

 

[amirm]

As great as his pool playing skills is showmanship to have used that blonde in the shots!

 

[NorthStar]

-- I don't really care about his 'pool aptitudes', I just want the girl.

 

[Dimfer]

some people actually specialize in doing trick shots, and can be good/decent players.

I used to play pool a lot, and in my experience - the really good ones actually make the game look so simple to the point it is almost boring. Efren Reyes used to be Philippines' most popular athlete, before Manny Pacquiao became popular in boxing. I used to follow him around the secret pool halls in Manila where the big names meet for serious amount of bets. They play rotation (race to 61) because 9 balls is too easy for them. Efren can beat some world class players playing left handed as handicap (he is right handed). Efren will do a shot that looks so simple to everybody, then after the game, you will see other highly skilled players try to imitate the shot and fail to get the cue ball do the same.

Efren and a few other Filipinos eventually became popular in Vegas. While they've won a lot of tournaments, they're not after the championship plaque & championship purse all the time. Pool is usually a gambler's game. Don't be surprised to see them lose in the tournament and go home very happy, they usually cleanup the winner's pocket in a secret location somewhere after the tournament and take home lot's of money, tax free

 

[amirm]

Efren and a few other Filipinos eventually became popular in Vegas. While they've won a lot of tournaments, they're not after the championship plaque & championship purse all the time. Pool is usually a gambler's game. Don't be surprised to see them lose in the tournament and go home very happy, they usually cleanup the winner's pocket in a secret location somewhere after the tournament and take home lot's of money, tax free

Never thought they would extend hustling to the tournament but I guess why not! Clever.

 

[jazdoc]

I watched it three times before I realized there was a pool table in the video

 

[audioarcher]

some people actually specialize in doing trick shots, and can be good/decent players.

I used to play pool a lot, and in my experience - the really good ones actually make the game look so simple to the point it is almost boring. Efren Reyes used to be Philippines' most popular athlete, before Manny Pacquiao became popular in boxing. I used to follow him around the secret pool halls in Manila where the big names meet for serious amount of bets. They play rotation (race to 61) because 9 balls is too easy for them. Efren can beat some world class players playing left handed as handicap (he is right handed). Efren will do a shot that looks so simple to everybody, then after the game, you will see other highly skilled players try to imitate the shot and fail to get the cue ball do the same.

Efren and a few other Filipinos eventually became popular in Vegas. While they've won a lot of tournaments, they're not after the championship plaque & championship purse all the time. Pool is usually a gambler's game. Don't be surprised to see them lose in the tournament and go home very happy, they usually cleanup the winner's pocket in a secret location somewhere after the tournament and take home lot's of money, tax free

Efren Reyes is/was among the best of all time. I played Francisco Bustamante in an open tournament once. Lost 9-0 but it was fun to play someone I'd seen on TV before. I use to play pool everyday for years but lost interest after a while.

 

[Dimfer]

a trick shot, when the match is on the line...

 

[Dimfer]

Never thought they would extend hustling to the tournament but I guess why not! Clever.

they have mastered hustling to a science.. If you don't know who they are and you are playing just for bets (non-tournament), you can play all day and think that they are not much better than you, until the time you count your money. He win, you win, he win, he win, you win, you win - on and on but bet per game is never the same.. if you don't pay too much attention, you won't notice you only win the matches with little money on it.. and they won't dominate you, because they know if they do, you won't play them anymore.

 

[audioarcher]

a trick shot, when the match is on the line...

Lots of good safety shots by both players. Looks like Efren was going for a safety and got lucky to me. If he planned to kick in the nine after hitting three rails that would be incredible to say the least.

 

[DaveyF]

Lots of good safety shots by both players. Looks like Efren was going for a safety and got lucky to me. If he planned to kick in the nine after hitting three rails that would be incredible to say the least.

That's what the last shot looked like to me as well. Plus, Efren seemed to be as surprised as anyone.

 

[NorthStar]

-- Some of my best friends are the pool and snooker players.

 

[DaveyF]

-- Some of my best friends are pool and snooker players.

Bob, seems like the guy in my OP is from Canada...may want to warn your friends in advance, LOL.

 

[NorthStar]

-- Some Canadians are pretty good with a 'stick'. :b

Take me for example; I used to play in both pool (8-ball) and snooker's tournaments (still have my sticks, and not cheap ones either).

...I even played in chess tournaments. ..And I have a beautiful chess board from Morocco; a beautiful piece of art with a 'zillion' of small pieces of colored wood encrusted all around. I should take a pic. ...Whoever made it I bet it must have taken a very long time.
{It was a present from Mom when she went there.)

 

[audioarcher]

-- Some Canadians are pretty good with a 'stick'. :b

Take me for example; I used to play in both pool (8-ball) and snooker's tournaments (still have my sticks, and not cheap ones either).

...I even played in chess tournaments. ..And I have a beautiful chess board from Morocco; a beautiful piece of art with a 'zillion' of small pieces of colored wood encrusted all around. I should take a pic. ...Whoever made it I bet it must have taken a very long time.
{It was a present from Mom when she went there.)

Only played snooker a few times. It's fun and quite challenging. Such small pockets! I would have played more if there was a snooker table closer to where I lived. Normally being 12' long they take up allot of space and are harder to accommodate.

 

[NorthStar]

-- That's exactly why I played snooker all my youth; because my very good neighbour friend, Michelle (she was sewing my clothes), her Dad had a snooker table in the basement (huge one), and a very nice one too.
Plus I was getting along very well with her mother too; she was a musician (piano and organ).

Snooker is a better game IMO; it requires more dexterity, precision, and it's also very nice to play with partners (four people total). Plus better parties around a snooker table (with lots of girls; and they can play too) than a pool table. ...Pool tables are cool in strip joints though. :b

I'm very big on darts as well; still have a pro board plus many high-end sets of darts.