hey LY , I know sigel is great but have you watched him in his 200k match with EFREN , SIGEL was like a wiggling squirming little girl who was actually afraid to shoot a ball , then all he did was cuss and complain after that I lost a lot of respect for sigel

Glad you appreciated that aspect and the action itself, Hart.

Thanks for the kind words of appreciation, Mac for my pool classics preservation/archiving efforts. Makes it all worthwhile. And I still hear from many of the featured pros who like myself, are in a "more advanced state of youth" with words to the effect of: "Was I ever really that young, and playing so beautifully?" *I love it* .

Chris: You'll greatly enjoy reading this: forums.azbilliards.com/threads/archers-place-marietta-ga.527462/ It's a thread from AZBilliards (the largest billiards forum on the Internet) and it's all about Archer's various Marietta pool venues over the years. The fizzling Archer-Davenport relationship factors into many of the 276 posts within the highly interesting thread.

@@raycarltonbilliards5798 well I was actually really close friends with Johnny and Kim both . I play myself so we would spar all the time . I was Johnnys kitchen manager and helped out doing different things at the tournaments. Kim and John definitely had some major difficulties in seeing eye to eye on things . It was a madhouse most of the time . Just filled with childish drama .

Thanks for the kind words of appreciation, Neo. Glad you enjoyed it.

am certainly enjoying them and thank you for these invaluable uploads, useful comments( I did read a few ) and great environment at your channels.

Appreciate the kind words, MT. Makes my efforts worthwhile. Our beloved sport has given me many decades of pleasure and I enjoy giving something back. *

Agree completely; he certainly is one of the best pool commentators ever, because of his deep knowledge of all pool games and his instantaneous tele-strating skills. No one's faster or more accurate at predictive tele-strating. Buddy Hall is/was nearly his equal, though much less so in the case of instantly perceiving Straight Pool (14.1) problem balls, patterns, and navigation routes.

He is, and Reyes deemed him his favorite shootist.

I like to hear Buddy Hall Commentate

Glad you enjoyed it, Lawrence. I appreciate your feedback. *

For many Americans and Canadians in that time period (and even now) it was more reflexive to see, hear, and pronounce, the word "Efren" as Ephram because of the multi-season, hugely popular FBI TV series starring the oddly-named Ephram Zimbalist. In any country, sound-alike prenoms and even surnames are routinely and erroneously conflated even by highly literate folks. Can happen with any language.

Welcome aboard, Outspoken1. Glad you're enjoying and I appreciate your feedback. *

Think this is bit before his time as ref

Mosconi v Caras: tinyurl.com/yczh37lf . ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Sigel's cue-ball-on-a-string 150-ball runout at 1992 US Open 14.1 tinyurl.com/ydbmrlp6 . (I was in the NYC audience for this -- pure perfection.) Enjoy these, Salesman

You're welcome Salesman . . . I guess.

I don't understand, do you mind elaborating on what you mean by grip? Is it because Efren is following through longer?

Called a slip stroke.

Terry Hanna this johnnt archer is as good as anyone ever

chichi lopez Your comment is very good to receive, chichi. Hearing that the videos are helping folks in various ways makes the uploading worthwhile. Naturally the joy of seeing all the players again is great plus as well.

ray carlton yeah great video keep them coming

+ray carlton Yes, Thank you very much for uploading these classic matches! Mike Siegal is a great commentator! I wish some of new guys could do it more like him!

ray carlton thanks

Shane Van Boening is not of the same generation... He is much younger than Earl, I believe... Maybe Earl is not now as he used to be. On the other hand, Efren is a sorcerer ^^ Efren forever!

Luis Miguel Gallego shane van boening is just as good as efren or earl ever was... shanes break is so much stronger than anyome ever

lol /\

All pros -- even world champions -- have "hack-like" performances now and then. They're not machines (except perhaps Mosconi, who was indeed a "ball-pocketing *machine*" (a common honorific routinely bestowed on him). Bad performances by top-level people happen in all sports and amongst entertainment artists. Again, they're not machines.

Edmund Wong Efren list in finals of many events, 4 times I believe in US open 9 ball

@charlie b I was just wondering if you really feel that Efren isn’t the best player of our generation and of all time or is it something else something personal or anything else it could be I personally have watched the players you’ve compared him to I live in Kentucky and go to the dcc every year Efren really is the greatest player I have ever seen and with that being said I’ve seen Bobby pickle out of Nashville beat him it happens

For many Americans and Canadians in that time period (and even now) it was more reflexive to see, hear, and pronounce, the word "Efren" as *Ephram* because of the multi-season, hugely popular FBI TV series starring the oddly-named *Ephram* Zimbalist. In any country, sound-alike prenoms and even surnames are routinely and erroneously conflated even by highly literate folks. Can happen with any language.

@@raycarltonbilliards5798 Oh ok... I didn't know that... Thank you for the clarification... I honestly thought that either the audio was bad or that Mike was mispronouncing his name... Cheers

Sigel and Hopkins routinely mispronounced Efren's name when commentating and in casual conversation. Producers gave up correcting them thru their headsets and just let it ride. I guess we all mispronounce something at times.

@@raycarltonbilliards5798 Yeah true... Thank you for the upload though... Haven't watched this one... Superb matches

*Always?* You know better than that, Charlie. In his *prime years* the higher the prize money, the more certain Efren wins -- notably in special productions like the 2005 IPT Reyes-Sigel $200,000 *win* ; the 2006 IPT Reyes-Morris $500,000 *win* ; the Reyes-Strickland $100,000 Color of Money *win* The fact that shady promoters didn't always pay him the full amount doesn't negate the victories.

I dunno if anyone was more dominant than Johnny in the 90s but that is just 9 ball. Same goes for svb in this decade. Efren is right there with but nobody and i mean nobody that has ever walked the earth is as good as efren in 1 pocket or 15 ball rotation. Course i cant believe i can say this now but john schmidt? Might be the best to ever play straight pool. That record he broke i thought would never be broke. Ever! That to me might be tbe greatest achievement in the history of the game.

Packo_ Hubu Efren hasn’t won as many major titles as Mike Segal ha ha. Strickland has won 5-US open 9 ball major events and Efren 1 win ha ha

Packo_ Hubu if Efren is the best how did he lose so many times in finals of US Open 9 ball? Strickland 5 wins. One event doesn’t mean anything, I can show you videos of Earl kicking Strrcklands ass in finals

Kennedy's win was a US Open event. The commentators are referring to Archer's win in a Pro Tour champion-determining event.