I'd say there's a 50% chance number 3 is a fluke Number 5 is 3000% a fluke. If he had attempted the pot, there's no way he would have tried to make it in the corner
Do you understand how hard it is to be accurate on a one rail kick when the first rail you hit is about 2 inches away?.. lol.. Btw, JJ kicked in 2 other shots in that same match..
Wait holy fuck i just realize yoU are BOTH the average pool player AND the above-average environmental science graduate and climate activist who is funny sometimes on RU-vid? WHAT
I agree. Efren could have played and make that shot on that side pocket or a double bank to the other side pocket and called it. That cut to the corner is a low percentage shot and not a viable option if you want to intentionally make it.
You guys are too much...you sound like the Jordan worshipers 😂😂😂 Efren and Jordan walk on water apparently. There are other guys that could have made that on the side pocket not just efren it's not that much of a difficult shot... But I get it efren made some amazing shots especially in his farewell tour. Check out those highlights
@@scottleicester4266 max baba the other commenter said Efron could have made it on the side pocket. yeah there's tons of other professional players that could have made that side pocket shot also
I always watch snooker matches and thought the applause was very annoying. now I realize that they are nothing compared to the celebrations of the Americans. Come on, this is not football, shut up!
I will never ever like jump shots. They seem so cheap to me. Like a silly circus trick. I think it's a remnant from my active days in the 80s when I was competing. In those days jump shots were just frowned upon. It wasn't cool or seen as skillfull. It was drunken jocks in the pool hall showing off in the hopes of making the ball and bagging Stacy. Table or cloth be damned.
@@JohnDoe-mc7bv dude I'm 23 and never watched a single Efren match in my life. Know why I know he's the goat and always will be? Cause jump shots aint necessary and they sure as hell aint skillful
@@212mochaman while yes they may take less skill than kicking, they do take some skill, and their heavy use in events has lead to players going for lockup safety shots which forces the player to kick. So in a way their use made players go back to the old ways of kicking in a lot of cases.
3:40 exactly like snooker coverage: there's the danger of the white going in-off (scratch?), the player's looking worried, I'm on the edge of my seat -- but all I get shown is the crowd screaming....
I know its so much more difficult playing under pressure and having to hit every shot in a row, but I still can't stop laughing at when they hit easy shots but get the ball to a good position for the next shot and litterally everyone loses their shit
01:41 I'm sorry, but why are flukes like this considered to be amazing shots in pool? If that was in snooker, the player will be apologizing to his opponent after a shot like this. Are you telling me he planned the ball to go into the corner? I don't think so. At best, he wanted to pot the 1 ball in the middle pocket. Not to mention that he got extremely lucky not to snooker himself from playing the 2 ball. The whole thing was a nasty fluke and nothing more.
Well, they gotta throw a bone to the guy who most likely lost them this Mosconi cup. Otherwise, this channel would also get canceled or frozen out by him and all his pro friends, since he's basically been the one with a monopoly over the major decisions for the US side of the Mosconi cup in recent years.
@@casper14301 In 9 ball they don't call the pockets, so it is a fluke! And how am i butthurt for asking a legitimate question? Looks like you're the one who's salty, because you can't cope with someone else's opinion. Very mature of you!
@@Soulfly415 "asking a legitimate question". Mate you asked a question and then you proceeded to answer it yourself with butthurt remarks. Asking a question and the "giving" the answer is not how it works. You leave it at the question. I questioned whether a fluke would be an amazing shot or not and not whether it was a fluke all together. Why don't you answer @Luke Hudson? Also, was I not asking "legitimate questions" as well, according to your standards?
shot 5 was a fluke, why didn't he hit the 1 full ball and leave the cue ball where the 1 ball is for position on the 2? makes absolutely no sense to play the ball to that pocket it was a fluke
To protect their finger from internal bleeding due to critical hit received by a hit of a ball moving at lightning velocity. In short, to hide their dirty fingers. 🥵