The Best 5 Pool Players
Pool is a classification of cue sports with six pockets, into which balls are deposited. There are a few different pool game types: obstacle games, racked games, one-pocket, rotation games, straight pool, 8-ball, bank pool, and artistic pool. As an international sport, pool is regulated by the World Pool-Billiard Association, or WPA.
World Pool Masters Winner
Since the 2019 Predator World 10-ball Championship finished, we can only guess who is going to be the winner of the World Pool Masters. There are some individuals with excellent odds of winning. Shane Van Boeing for example has excellent odds 5/1. Right behind him, Joshua Filler is second on the list, with 7/1. Jayson Shaw grabs the 3rd spot with 15/2.
Skyler Woodward and Eklent Kaci are closing the top 5 list, with Skyler having greater odds, 9/1, and Eklent having 10/1. Niels Feijen also has fair odds of winning. Betting sites have given him 10/1 chance of winning the World Pool Masters. Alex Kazakis comes in with the same odds, 10/1.
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Efren Reyes
Efren Reyes is a Filipino professional pool player. Nicknamed The Magician, Reyes has won over 70 international titles, and he was the first player to win world championships in two different disciplines of pool. Many analysts and fans consider Efren to be the greatest pool player of all time. His fame began when he beat Nick Varner in the US Open Nine Ball Championship in 1994. He was the first non-American player to win the event.
Ralph Greenleaf
Ralph Greenleaf was an American professional pool player. During his era, the championships mostly consisted in games of straight pool, but varied in format from tournament to tournament. He was one of the first three members included in the Billiard Hall of Fame in 1966. He was also ranked 3rd on the Billiards Digest 50 Greatest Players of the Century. Sadly, he died of suddenly at the age of 50 in Philadelphia. His death came just days before a scheduled match in New York.
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Luther Lassiter
Born on November 5, 1918, Luther Lassiter, also known as Wimpy, was an American pool player from North Carolina. Throughout his career, he won six world championships and countless other titles. Luther is considered the true master of a nine-ball, with many people crowning him as the greatest to ever play in that category. He was inducted into the Billiard Hall of Fame in 1983, and ranked 9th on the Billiards Digest 50 Greatest Players of the Century. Luther passed away on October 25, 1988 from natural causes.
Willie Mosconi
In 1924, Willie Mosconi was the juvenile straight pool champion at the age of 11. The man was destined to do great things. Mr. Pocket Billiards was his nickname, because he had such a stylized way of playing, using many trick shots, and helped to popularize pool as a national sporting activity. After having a stroke in 1956, Mosconi lowered the number of his appearances in order to recover. He even published his autobiography in 1993, titled Willie’s Game. That same year, he died from a heart attack in his home in New Jersey.
Earl Strickland
The Pearl is an American professional pool player who is considered to be one of the best nine-ball players of all time. His highest WPA ranking was at the number 1 spot. He started playing pool at the age of 9, and since then, he became world champion three times - in 1990, 1991, and 2002. He is also a multiple winner of the prestigious Player of the Year Award. Earl is also the only pool player ever to win the World Championship in consecutive years. Apart from the world titles, his cabinet is filled with many others, and his most recent is the 2018 German Pool Masters.
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