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Originally Posted by 4 of a KINDBUD
Sorry but I dont think so. Mosconi V Reyes would be a hell of a match. Mosconi played all games not just str8 pool. Even though he is famous for his str8 pool run of 526 balls. WHICH BTW if you didnt know, he didnt miss the 527th ball, after 526 he just put his stick down and said "that'll be enough to hold the record"!!!!
How freakin awesome is that!
Efren Reyes undoubtedly was the best ever. He did something else that no American did which was revolutionizing the game of pool with his signature safety plays and precision kick shots. Making balls and running out the table is just secondary which any top rated player could do like Strickland, Van Boening, Imonen and the rest but when the balls oftentimes get clustered as in one pocket, 15-ball rotation and sometimes in 8 ball, that where his advantage comes in and this draws the line between him and the rest. He is also the best ever I have seen playing opposite hand. The popular pool commentators/players as Billy, Freddy and Danny all agreed that he is the best ever they have seen and some top players too agreed as Johnny, Rodney and Ralph. If you were to play him any pool game all day, in the long run, he will beat you, whether golf, snooker, balkline or 3 cushion billiards. Unfortunately, nature has finally caught up with age and deteriorating eyesight.