Pool Players Relive Their Most Memorable Shots | The New Yorker 

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Well, yes. Anything becomes complex if you want to do it as well as possible. It is easy to sprint - just run as fast as you can. However it is very difficult to learn and get the form exactly right to go faster than you would without said form.

It's almost as if high level competitions require high level performance

SBG YT thank you my friend

nuberiffic thanks for the insight Sherlock

Also the year I was born 😊

That was the year I was born so I guess I’m lit? XD

Richard V. And for me (cuz I was born then)

So u guys all 12?? Grow up XD I’m 15

@@daltonbrown5482 dude, you were born in 2003 calm down

Except for Efren Reyes

Efren Reyes: Am i joke to you?

I don't think you need a Bachelor's degree in physics

Your point #3 above has an adjective (intelligent) modifying a verb (talk). Always use the adverbial form of the adjective when modifying a verb, hence: "Talk very intelligently." Even better might be: "Speak very intelligently."

@@humanpersonjuniorjr829 how long did it take you to write that comment?

hmu I'll play you on my galaxy s6

They’re playing 9 ball

rick rod ... they're playing a bunch of different games.

Lmao

Game pigeon?

قند Garlin

I wished Reyes was here as well.

Dzay De who?

@@sxar_0660 Efren Reyes.

Horrible set of mini-stories, hated 'em all!

they censored it in captions, xd

Cmoney Productions lmaooooo

I don't think anyone calls it that lol

I never realised it had a name, ive always done it when i see no good opportunity

That’s what my girlfriend calls it when she gives me a hand job

Do you have a link to the interview? I've obv seen the shot but not him talking about it. Thanks!

Reyes says he doesnt really want to pocket it to pocket it is just a bonus for him he just wants to hit it but the irony about his statement is that it was during him and other pro player recreating his shot he predicted that pool player would make it after 15 try which he predicted accurately and he explained how and why..

Andrew_Owens well it wasn’t tho

He was playing pool so the potting the 8 ball wins the game

I understood your sarcasm Andrew dont worry

@@ammaarkadiri9334 r/wooooosh

Haha good one! You might enjoy Mato Jelic youtube videos Andrew

Yeah snooker and billiards!

Ronnie o Sullivan left handed back spin down the rail to get on the black for a 147 must be on. Hardest shot in any cue sport.

@@theeditor306 no alex higgins blue ball in 82 semi

@@dilshansalinda56 nah many pros do that shot

They cant play snooker or pool on English tables .... Always winging pockets are too small hahaha

May not be any

@@nicholastyson7781 There is on nearly everyone they talk about.

Rights..

Obviously, copyright issues. Far cheaper to recreate the tables than to buy the records!

You don't record every tables. Round robins, Elimination rounds and all sorts of brackets match don't have recording. There is also copyright issues.

We apologize. We could not get the licensing for the videos.

Pool isn't filmed professionally.

@@noanyabizniz4333 ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh kinda

@@naumen6508 WRONG!

@@noanyabizniz4333 :o

i dont think it was illustrated correctly. the shot tony describes seems much straighter than the actual reproduction, not to mention it didnt even jump lol.

I agree completely. I was outstanding at drawing the cue when I played and that shot looks to be very easy to pull off without the jump trick.

Also who ever animated the cue ball path must have been high because at 6:44 that screw back is impossible haha

This is a great series of videos but the illustration on Tony's shot wasn't accurate. He was much straighter on the 9, which created the bad angle. Here's the video: watch?v=aiX5ASPZwUU

@@mschatz2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aiX5ASPZwUU.html

It’s probably a tradition thing

Men and women has vastly different body types. Theres always a difference in physical.

Kurogi But it’s pool, it’s not like it’s wrestling or weightlifting

@@gregorybeckerthemanwhocraw4966 still applies , cory.

Man have on average beter hand eye cordinaton. I think if both play on the same level minute difrences like these make a big difrence. 1 example is gaming wher ther a 2 difrent coloured teams which are not the same for both partys. Meaning your team is not allways blue and the enemy team is not allways blue to them. The red team has a profable advantage in games wher agressive play is favoured and blue teams in games wher strategy is favoured. In fact this minute detail has on the profesional level such a hughe impact that the difrence in average win betwen the coloures can be up to 25%.

How is pool in a lull? There's more prize money and shooters than there has ever been.

You really should start playing pool. Find a local pool hall or bar or league. You will love it

Haha They sure did I never knew that the point of the middle pocket is halfway down the rail

and then, after 45 minutes of thinking, I saw it the winning play was right in front of my eyes and, after a deep breath I moved my pawn forward one square

No, cuz he's got so many legendary shots it would take him 5 hours to mention them all

@@arukakirigiri5055 hahaha yess legend

He can barely speak English

All these players live around NYC, so they were available.

@@robertmcquarrie452 there's this thing called subtitles

That guys a Jedi

Nothing’s too hard for him that’s the problem lol

Just have him sit there and explain the double bank z shot.

Reporter: Efren how did you do that shot? Efren: "corcoration" English translation: Calculation

Y M LMFAO

It's her rack, right? Set up for the perfect stroke...

@@GorgonDrageil LAMOOAIGWCSGIEOWGXWUSPDKF THE WHIW

JustSub same

JustSub I'm saying

@JustSub pool is awsome and espically the interviews

I had a hard time hitting a ball in a straight line into a hole. Seriously this was this one shot where the white was really close to a ball that was aligned with a hole, I managed to make the white jump over the ball I was aiming. I couldn't even do that if I tried..

Different Yep No idea how you're meant to put your fingers on the table or how to hold the thing.

@@mil.o My father showed me when I was young still really hard :c I guess practice makes perfect

Same story.

Better to go play it anyways

Honestly, I like it better that way. There is so much money in bet games. When pool was on TV everyone and their mom was familiar with the game. Now most people see it as a novelty to pass the time in a bar. Get good and you can absolutely load up your pockets before you even break a sweat.

I really want to crowd fund a serious documentary about efren. His whole life was pool. He probably has so many stories, and there is probably a side to him that people have never seen before. He's getting older now - I want everyone in the world to know he was the greatest of all time before he passes and is slowly forgotten.

Lol yes fuckit mode is a thing. I literally laughed out loud when I heard her say that. Enguag fuckit mode is a crazy Jedi mind trick that actually works when all is lost.

you made my day 😂

Yep that diagram was completely wrong!

That is physically impossible

Spin can do that

Not impossible if you hit it with high draw with a touch of inside english

Nwtella it might be hard to get the greatest of all time to sit there for an interview

The BCA and quite a few people in the industry are partly to blame for the way the sport is in America now, especially when you have so many people organising independent tours/tournaments and not enough legitimate professional tournaments being organised and governed by the BCA as it should be done. America needs the BCA to be made relevant and the dominant governing body again... or the players, tournament organisers and industry members need to form a new governing body that will see them all working together to make the sport better, stronger and more rewarding for everyone involved so it's a win/win for players, the industry and the sport.

The IPT was conceived and created by a criminal conman named Kevin Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau was once sentenced to 10 years of prison time for a particularly egregious con.

It's for position on the next ball. Developing the 2 into a complete hanger with a full pocket width to play position with is much easier than using the tiny clearance the 2 ball has if it were not moved. With such a small clearance near the side pocket point, you also can't use much power, which makes setting up position that much harder. Well worth the effort to do so, but as we saw, the risk is overshooting the 2 and ending up with a guaranteed cut scratch into the side

She is jacked up over the 9 ball making a rather thin cut shot. Trying to slow roll a ball to hold shape is never a good ideal and when you add in the element of being jacked up it make a hard shot even harder. She shot the correct shot but apparently didn't execute it correctly or misjudged the path of the cue ball.

Yep, right here

He has too many Magical shots to mention. He will just say, " I got Lucky"

That is so bad

@@tardersauce3578 what?

Fry what is it

@@andresbelloso6502 Look at the angles. Not physically possible.

Secretly it was obi wan kenobi shooting there so he knew he would make it

Agree but the dude doesn't speak a word of English, maybe with a translator

@@luislombardi9658 well his english is okay, not perfect but understandable

He can do all your memorable impossible shots in a minute

Dope Kicks same once it’s my turn the game is already over that’s why I make them start the game

its pool players. not professional. also the magician is goat

Make hom play pool, just to get him for an interview. 😂

jesus Treviño I think it was at like the 1920’s ...baka

Perkele

Kyllä

noniin

Raj Singh the app?

@@BenDover-bk5on 😂

Raj Singh LMAO

Indians aren't good at anything though

Good luck with Efren Reyes' Z shot

Why is there always a snooker snob on every pool video?!? Geesh!!!

@@jasonkeith9317 Because it is objectively harder sport

@@ojl5055 And playing snooker with a rubber chicken is even harder? what's you point? Apples and Oranges.

@@ojl5055 You are wrong. Pool excellence at it's highest levels requires a more powerful stroke than snooker (heavier cue ball), better position play (tighter spaces within which to place the cue ball), along with a mastery of different games requiring different strategies including 8 ball, 9 ball, straight pool, banks, one pocket, etc. I'm not aware of a snooker player who has a won a major tournament playing any of these games, and I've never even seen a snooker player attempt to play one pocket. So just to recap, you're wrong.

You're talking about two games where your opponent might not even get to the table, so is irrelivant to how hard a game is skill wise.

@@charlieknowles3347 exactly. You're not playing your opponent, you're playing the table. Jennifer never said her opponent was shooting better, only that she herself was shooting poorly. Sorry pt109, the skill of your opponent has nothing to do with how you shoot. There's kids that beat the black widow. Why? Playing the table. Next time, shoot before you speak.

At an amateur level, pool is all about making a ball. In professional play, it's all about controlling the cue ball. It's a game that has a never-ending skill cap, and if you want, you can learn something quite literally _every single time_ you step to the table. In my 20's, all I did was drive around to bars and pool halls that had free pool night and I would just play and play and play. Mostly by myself. If I missed a shot, I would get those binder reinforcement stickers, and I would set up the shot with the balls placed on top of them, and I would play that shot over and over and over again until I never missed it. Unfortunately pool is a diminishing skill, so the more you play, the better you get, but it also works in reverse. I'm not nearly as good as I once was. It's why you get so many older guys in the bar going "back in my day I could have made this with my eyes closed" or "I wouldn't have lost if you played me 10 years ago!"