alexander gordon higgins was the greatest pool player of all time.
who is the greatest pool player of all time?
alexander gordon higgins
efren manalang reyes, (born august 26, 1954), nicknamed the magician and , is a filipino professional pool player. a winner of over 70 international titles , reyes was the first player to win world championships in two different disciplines in pool. among his numerous titles reyes is a four-time world eight-ball champion, the 1999 wpa world nine-ball champion, a three-time us open winner, a two-time world pool league winner and a 14-time derby city classic winner – including an unprecedented five master of the table crowns. by defeating earl strickland in the inaugural color of money event in 1996, reyes took home the largest single event purse in pool history. many analysts, fans, and current and former players consider reyes to be the greatest pool player of all time.
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it is after hours at lister's pool room in chicago, and once more pool shark jesse cardiff (jack klugman) is alone, polishing his game. jesse bitterly muses that he would be considered the greatest pool player of all time, if it were not for the memory of the late james howard "fats" brown (jonathan winters) overshadowing him. he says he would give anything to play one game against fats, prompting fats himself to wearily rise from a pool table in the afterlife to respond to jesse's implied challenge. jesse is then stunned to find fats himself standing in the corner of the room. even though fats has been dead for 15 years, he has returned from the afterlife to grant jesse's request and offer a bet. if jesse wins, he will be acknowledged as the greatest pool player ever; if he loses, he forfeits his life.
a game of pool (the twilight zone, 1959)