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Originally Posted by dinopoker
Mosconi would probably have a chance only at straight pool, but if they played for like a week straight Reyes would probably come out on top there too.
Thats funny. The guy with the all-time high run in straight pool history would have a chance to win against Reyes? Your statement reeks of stupidity. Yeah, a guy that can run 34+ consecutive racks of 14+1 may have a chance against a guy who's longest straight pool run is 9+ racks, aka 141 balls. GTFO
Reyes most impressive run was running 9 straight racks of 9 ball vs Bustamante. Strickland has run more than that with 1,000,000 on the line. If anyone in the tourney could run 10 straight racks they would win, well Strickland ran 11.
The different games in pool take different skill sets. That is why if you want to be great in one game you need to learn all games, so you are good at everything. But to consider one guy the best at all the games because he is best at the most popular game of the era is foolish. And that is even with his weak 9 ball break.
LOL at someone else saying that reyes is nearly the best 10 ball player today, that is Shane Van Boening, by a mile. No serious pool fan or player wouldn't know that.
Reyes is mean in one pocket and deadly in 9 ball, but everyone knows that. In snooker, 3 cushion, 10 ball and 14.1 he is not the top player in those disciplines all-time.
And in response to the question for which this topic was started, the best money player of all time was clearly the guy who made the most money (adj for inflation). idk who that is and either does anyone else unless we had the numbers in front of us for all the money games ever played.
Last edited by the orange crush; 06-29-2012 at 02:41 AM.