learningonepocket
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Well I know this thread is old, But here is my two cents on this matter.
Like anything else we all have opinions.
Do they matter I think they do.
Being an avid Pool player, and growing up in south fla.
I have been around a lot of great players.
When matching up with great players opinions matter.
If you walk in to a pool room and match up with a Champion and don't know it.
You play your game, and if your on you might be beating the breaks off of him.
Then some one walks in and says hey do you know who your playing.
BANG all the sudden you cant make a ball.
Well I think that's a big part of efrens success.
I seen him out moved a lot on videos in matches, The other player out moves him beats him to the shot only to dog it because he is playing efren.
The one thing I noticed watching any video with efren in it, with Billy commentating, is you will hear it a hundred times "
Efren is the best he is a magician"
Well all the top players coming up have heard this the whole time.
So in that aspect I kinda agree with Artie if you put it out there as he is the best and everyone says it enough.
Then what happens is players dog it because there not suppose to win.
Now I am not posting this to get hammered on But This is the way it is in all sports.
I want to touch base on another subject here as well.
I am not sure how to judge the best player.
Is it by tournaments or by cash play.
Example Mario Cruz comes to mind in south fla back in the late 90's he was beating a lot of good players for large money sometimes with weight some times with out, but he was getting there a lot for the cash.
But in tournaments he was getting beat out one two a lot. Now I was young back then and I beat him on a fla tour stop.
He said to me I never play good in these damn things. I get out of the gate to slow.
Thats why I like to gamble because If it takes 6 hours to hit a gear if I have the money to outlast it I can still win.
Anyhow
Thats my two cents for what its worth.
Like anything else we all have opinions.
Do they matter I think they do.
Being an avid Pool player, and growing up in south fla.
I have been around a lot of great players.
When matching up with great players opinions matter.
If you walk in to a pool room and match up with a Champion and don't know it.
You play your game, and if your on you might be beating the breaks off of him.
Then some one walks in and says hey do you know who your playing.
BANG all the sudden you cant make a ball.
Well I think that's a big part of efrens success.
I seen him out moved a lot on videos in matches, The other player out moves him beats him to the shot only to dog it because he is playing efren.
The one thing I noticed watching any video with efren in it, with Billy commentating, is you will hear it a hundred times "
Efren is the best he is a magician"
Well all the top players coming up have heard this the whole time.
So in that aspect I kinda agree with Artie if you put it out there as he is the best and everyone says it enough.
Then what happens is players dog it because there not suppose to win.
Now I am not posting this to get hammered on But This is the way it is in all sports.
I want to touch base on another subject here as well.
I am not sure how to judge the best player.
Is it by tournaments or by cash play.
Example Mario Cruz comes to mind in south fla back in the late 90's he was beating a lot of good players for large money sometimes with weight some times with out, but he was getting there a lot for the cash.
But in tournaments he was getting beat out one two a lot. Now I was young back then and I beat him on a fla tour stop.
He said to me I never play good in these damn things. I get out of the gate to slow.
Thats why I like to gamble because If it takes 6 hours to hit a gear if I have the money to outlast it I can still win.
Anyhow
Thats my two cents for what its worth.