TOP 10 The Best Pool Hustlers Of All Time

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  • TOP 10 The Best Pool Hustlers Of All Time
    Popular tactics for pool sharks included deliberately playing with low quality cues, acting drunk or unintelligent, missing ‘easy’ shots and generally giving the impression of being at novice level, to make their opponent think they have a winning chance. While it is clearly a recognized sport today, it’s not hard to see how pool is, and has, often been argued as being a bar room game. As with other forms of gambling, deception and misdirection are the key factors of being a successful hustler, as well as being a hell of a good actor. Here are ten of the greatest pool hustlers in history.
    10. Cowboy Jimmy Moore
    9. Don Willis
    8. Larry Lisciotti
    7. Keith McCready
    6. Danny Basavich
    5. Chef Anton
    4. Titanic Thompson (Alvin Clarence Thomas)
    3. Cornbread Red (Billy Burge)
    2. Luther Lassiter
    1. Minnesota Fats (Rudolf Wanderone)
    #poolhustlers #top10 #pooltrickshots
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  • @joelbrittain6379
    @joelbrittain6379 Před 2 lety +98

    The movie "The Hustler" was not based on Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone. The movie was based on the book (fiction) "The Hustler". Rudolph, being a hustler, decided to change his name from "New York Fats" to "Minnesota Fats" and TELL everyone that the movie was about him.

    • @joncue0304
      @joncue0304 Před 2 lety +22

      I was just going to point that out. Fats was, and is, a joke among people who really know pool history.

    • @cameronidk2
      @cameronidk2 Před 2 lety +12

      @@joncue0304 yep, How the Hell Cole Dickson isn't on this list idk, Fats wrote a book .. it was a boy ish story.. that might of had some truth to it .. but it was mostly just Fats lying about how great he was.

    • @nobodyspecial6436
      @nobodyspecial6436 Před rokem

      I have watched all the “Fats” videos i can find on CZcams…. And i have come to the conclusion that the best part of “Minnesota Fats” was his mouth… Him and Mike Sigel, all they did was shoot their face off….

    • @141poolplayer
      @141poolplayer Před rokem +20

      Fats was a mediocre player with a big mouth. He never won a world title. He was a bum. The only people that mention his name are those that know nothing about pool.

    • @rabefamily9146
      @rabefamily9146 Před rokem +22

      But in a way, that makes him a great hustler… conning most of the general public…

  • @potlimit2002
    @potlimit2002 Před 3 lety +31

    You didn't show Cornbread Red playing you showed Strawberry Brooks

    • @bryantaylor9874
      @bryantaylor9874 Před 3 lety +8

      2 men that nobody ever confused for one another lol

    • @justintrdnuiibv4640
      @justintrdnuiibv4640 Před 2 lety +3

      Cornbread red is literally my grandpa

    • @briantownsend5124
      @briantownsend5124 Před 2 lety +1

      And Strawberry didn’t look that great too me lol they showed him missing 2 easy shots!

  • @tonym7295
    @tonym7295 Před 2 lety +32

    You forgot one of the smoothest pool hustler of alll time. Uncle Phil

    • @masonryman8183
      @masonryman8183 Před 2 lety

      I heard that the Smithsonian has Lucille on display once a year during the harvest moon.

    • @wilkamania
      @wilkamania Před rokem +3

      Geoffrey....break out lucille

    • @TS-1267
      @TS-1267 Před rokem

      ... MY AUNT MELVIN COULD HUSTLE ..OOOH! YOU WHAT.?..🤫🖖🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦

  • @jimsommers
    @jimsommers Před rokem +7

    Saw Cornbread and McCready try to negotiate a game back in the early 80's in Toledo, OH. Sadly they couldn't come to terms. But will never forget Cornbread's wife tossing 50k on the table telling McCready to put up or shut up. He never shut up but he didn't put up either.

  • @dustincobb5718
    @dustincobb5718 Před 2 lety +18

    Ronnie Allen: "In my professional opinion, Harold Worst was the greatest pool player who ever lived, or ever will live ... He's got my vote." Artie Bodendorfer: "Harold Worst was the greatest all around player in life, playing nine-ball, one-pocket, cushion billiards and snooker."Jay Helfert: "I have a lot of respect for Artie when he talks about Harold Worst. I've always said when asked who the best player I ever saw was, that it was HAROLD WORST! My stock answer all these years was Worst was Best! Everything Artie says is true. No top player of his era wanted to even discuss playing a money game with him. Even Lassiter drew the line playing Worst 9-Ball for money. He was afraid that he might lose his rep as the best 9-Ball player. Worst was unique, kind of like Efren in a way. If you showed him a game with sticks and balls, he would master it fairly quickly. If he wanted to be the best one-pocket player in the world, Ronnie would have been in trouble. And you know how strong I think Ronnie was. Harold Worst was a unique man, a real man's man. Courteous, humble but proud. And like Artie said, he wasn't afraid to bet his own money. In fact, he wouldn't consider having a backer. That would have been demeaning to him. Probably the closest to Worst was Rags Fitzpatrick from the 50's. ALL the players said he was unbeatable. I'll never forget the final year (1965 I believe) that Worst won the Stardust tourney. He looked anemic to me, having lost so much weight from his once healthy and robust frame. No one knew how sick he was. He was not one to complain or make excuses. He won anyway. And only a few months later he was gone.

  • @MrRex1949
    @MrRex1949 Před 3 lety +6

    I love these videos showing these professional pool players shooting pool. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸😀✌️✌️🎱

  • @vonvogelstein
    @vonvogelstein Před 3 lety +34

    What about cesar morales?

    • @craigcarroll1790
      @craigcarroll1790 Před 3 lety +1

      You mean efren Reyes?

    • @alas2210
      @alas2210 Před 2 lety +2

      @@craigcarroll1790 nah.. Cesar morales. He hustled american back in the day

    • @craigcarroll1790
      @craigcarroll1790 Před 2 lety

      Um....Cesar Morales was efrens hustler name

    • @alas2210
      @alas2210 Před 2 lety

      @@craigcarroll1790 yea. Everybody knows that.

    • @gumaming
      @gumaming Před 2 lety +1

      He is an exceptional player, easily recognized, word got out quick thus ending his hustling days in the US.

  • @RockPolitics
    @RockPolitics Před rokem +6

    I saw exhibitions with both Fast Eddie Parker and Willie Mosconi. I don't think Mosconi could be considered a "hustler", but Parker definitely was. Both were a pleasue to watch.

    • @zanethind
      @zanethind Před 7 měsíci

      I'm pretty sure Mosconi actually did hustle before going pro also Efren is definitely the greatest hustler there is. Just like Mosconi hustled people before truly going pro

  • @gumaming
    @gumaming Před 2 lety +18

    What about Cesar Morales? I know he hustled at some time in the US but everybody got word of it and nobody would play him. He must be that good of a hustler. I hear he also scratches his head a lot and sticks out his tongue when he makes a mistake.

    • @user-hh9ni8su3p
      @user-hh9ni8su3p Před rokem +2

      Yup according to legend, when Efren first came to the states he made 100 grand in one week

    • @haydenwalton2766
      @haydenwalton2766 Před rokem

      'you know - you shoot good,
      but you also shoot lucky'

    • @sayingthisaboutthat1046
      @sayingthisaboutthat1046 Před rokem +2

      I know Bata and most all of the top players. I knew Cueball Kelly and some other legends as well. The best hustlers stay under the radar and don't brag. #WidowOfAHustler

    • @KevinBrown-xo7jr
      @KevinBrown-xo7jr Před rokem

      Great comment here Max! For real the alter egos were such a huge thing before cell phones killed “the business”

    • @jlobiafra
      @jlobiafra Před rokem +1

      ​@@user-hh9ni8su3p yet he wouldn't play buddy hall for money, look it up

  • @bam6684
    @bam6684 Před rokem +11

    Jackie Gleason was actually a bad ass player

  • @gnolan4281
    @gnolan4281 Před rokem +3

    There's shots of Jimmy Caras here but no mention of this name. Willie Mosconi was also a pool genius and record holder in tournament play.

    • @gnolan4281
      @gnolan4281 Před rokem +1

      @@jackwoods535 Crane was from the generation immediately preceding Mosconi & Caras. The few times I saw videos of him playing he was an impeccably correct gentleman and still a great player; the exact opposite of loudmouth showboat Wanderone. Do you have any thoughts on why Crane would not be picked?
      I played an exibition match of straight pool with Caras. He broke, I shot and missed, and he ran 327 balls.

  • @mjac8373
    @mjac8373 Před 2 lety +4

    Not sure that was Don Willis in those clips; met him numerous times in Canton, Ohio at Varsity Billiards, and at the College Bowl when he was much older and not in good health. Paid him $200 for a lesson. There are many photos of him around the web, but I've never seen a video or movie clip ever.

  • @cindyholnagel1017
    @cindyholnagel1017 Před rokem +3

    Harry sexton "9 ball Harry " is another great worth mentioning for sure! Played him a few times in Saginaw Michigan in the 80s

    • @jimmysupafly1547
      @jimmysupafly1547 Před rokem

      Harrys they called pooch too. I would play him and cornbread at bogartz in Livonia Michigan often. Harry was a great guy. I was only 18 when i started playing tour with McDermott and he was always willing to help me learn new things in pool. Harry with 9 ball and red with one pocket

    • @jimmysupafly1547
      @jimmysupafly1547 Před rokem

      @Todd Coon is that still open? There was another one in flint i thin it was called earls or something. I didn't play in flint a much . I played a lof in Warren at a place called plush pockets which was Wednesday's and hall of fame billiards in Detroit. Alot of the cushion n cues as well.

    • @roadrunner381
      @roadrunner381 Před rokem

      Didn't they call him "Hollywood harry" also, I got around him in Sacramento California in the early 80s?

    • @roadrunner381
      @roadrunner381 Před rokem

      Ok scratch my question, it just came to me, the guy I was thinking about was Harry Sims!✌️

  • @scrapiron3847
    @scrapiron3847 Před rokem +12

    We had a guy in our town John Ward,he was so incredible of a pool player,he would run the table every time ,his breaks were so loud people would cover their ears,he exploded 2 cue balls through the years,he could’ve gone on to be the best,they said Vietnam really messed him up,never the same when he came back,but when he was in the “zone “,he could and did beat,Rempe,McCready,Dan Louie,to name a few.

  • @mattbulfin4220
    @mattbulfin4220 Před rokem +3

    Hate to break it to you, but as someone who played for a living for over 20 years and have won some tour events, I still made 95% of my living gambling. Most of us only went to events to match up… and only a couple entries in, but if Junior Goff isn’t listed I call this invalid.

    • @KevinBrown-xo7jr
      @KevinBrown-xo7jr Před rokem

      Junior Goff! Haven’t heard that one in a long time. Great add for sure.

  • @zanethind
    @zanethind Před 7 měsíci +2

    How is Willie Mosconi not on the list??? I swear he literally hustled people before actually going pro. Rip the great grandfather of pool 😢. Also Efren hustled people as well and is literally the greatest to do it

    • @VolkXue
      @VolkXue Před 6 měsíci +1

      Mosconi was a better player than Fatts.. I love that era of pro. Those guys were more than players, their banter back and forth made them entertainers

    • @zanethind
      @zanethind Před 6 měsíci

      @@VolkXue true

    • @BeefT-Sq
      @BeefT-Sq Před 6 měsíci +2

      Mosconi was not a hustler.

  • @marcsugi
    @marcsugi Před rokem +4

    The best hustler should be anonymous and able to rob your money without you feeling hustled.

    • @jacobjones5269
      @jacobjones5269 Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah… We did everything Danny Basavich did, except we won more money, and never wrote a book about it.. lol..

  • @unclewreckum4504
    @unclewreckum4504 Před 3 lety +11

    They clearly did not do their research on this video. For one, that was not Cornbread. That was strawberry. Number one should have been Vernon Elliot !

    • @Otingocni
      @Otingocni Před 3 lety

      Vernon and don willis should be in any top five if we just talking hustling. Jack cooney and fats should be in that list also.

    • @DANTHETUBEMAN
      @DANTHETUBEMAN Před 2 lety +1

      @@Otingocni there is a reason Don Wilkes is so unknown, you can't make money getting your pictures taken. Has to be the greatest real Hustler,

    • @dustincobb5718
      @dustincobb5718 Před 2 lety +2

      I like Ronnie Allen

    • @millionairesclubllc3193
      @millionairesclubllc3193 Před 2 lety

      The maker doesn't care about facts, just hustling you by making you watch while he makes cash, and you make nothing but lost time and lies. Cornbread was in that match but creator doesn't even know what cornbread looks like... Sad

    • @bb3b644
      @bb3b644 Před rokem

      Uncle Wreckum I agree, Vernon was one of the best that ever played the game.

  • @j_lo8916
    @j_lo8916 Před rokem +4

    Honorable mention for Willie Mosconi.

    • @davidmellish3295
      @davidmellish3295 Před rokem

      He doesn't count as he was not a Hustler,a pro player and he ran pool halls and was world champion but he didn't go around hustling so he didn't make this list

    • @scottperry6865
      @scottperry6865 Před rokem

      Willie was my childhood hero

    • @roadrunner381
      @roadrunner381 Před rokem

      Because Willie was never a HUSTLER, he was a professional player

  • @blueballcomedy2869
    @blueballcomedy2869 Před 3 lety +17

    I like a lot of your videos but this one in particular is full of major mistakes, false information, and the list in itself is questionable at best. Please do your research on this video and when you do, you will understand what I mean.

    • @djamo1969
      @djamo1969 Před 3 lety +1

      I second this.

    • @millionairesclubllc3193
      @millionairesclubllc3193 Před 2 lety +2

      Third this. He showed strawberry Brooks instead of cornbread red

    • @cameronidk2
      @cameronidk2 Před 2 lety

      I agree, NO Cole Dickson .. Or Jim Ward.. ..

    • @jimmysupafly1547
      @jimmysupafly1547 Před rokem +1

      Yeah as a former traveling pro i can legit tell you that this list is like 30% accurate. I was beating mcready when i was only in my second year touring and he was terrible at making games for himself.

  • @annaconnelly86
    @annaconnelly86 Před rokem +10

    The movie "The Hustler" was not based on the the life of Rudolf Wanderone and I Quote from the book "The Hustler" noted in the beginning of the book, "I once saw a fat pool player with a facial tic. I once saw another pool player who was physically graceful, Both were minor hustlers, as far as I could tell. Both seemed loud and vain---with little dignity and grace, unlike my fat pool player. After THE HUSTLER was published one of them claimed to "be" Minnesota Fats.
    This is ridiculous. I made up Minnesota Fats---name and all---as surely as Disney made up Donald Duck.
    Walter Tevis
    New York
    1984
    Walter Tevis wrote "The Hustler"

    • @zapzapzappa8887
      @zapzapzappa8887 Před rokem +1

      Wanderone was a top player in his day but he was called NY Fats, he just latched onto the name after the movie came out and that proved to be the greatest hustle in his life.

    • @Hithere-ek4qt
      @Hithere-ek4qt Před rokem

      A top player ?
      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ceboboy
    @ceboboy Před 3 lety +20

    the title should have been......best American pool hustlers ....until filipino "cesar morales" invaded their turf.....

  • @davidmellish3295
    @davidmellish3295 Před rokem +4

    The Hustler WAS NOT based on Fat's life. That was a lie he used for publicity. Willie Moscone was the pool director on that film and he has always said it was nothing to do with Minnesota Fats

    • @raybrimer4176
      @raybrimer4176 Před rokem

      Minnesota fats wasn't a great player but he was a smart gambler he would leave get some sleep then return well rested in the middle of the night play, someone who had been there for many hours then get a huge spot (the 6 in nine ball ) then leave and do the same thing the next night. I'm talking about Johnson city

  • @tamikat4745
    @tamikat4745 Před rokem +1

    Love the story my sister tells of when she played Fats. At a billiard hall in Nashville.
    Wasn't a money game, just friendly.
    But then, he was a guy...and...she was pretty...

  • @misteroughtright5557
    @misteroughtright5557 Před rokem +2

    Forgot to mention UJ Puckett

  • @mikereif7240
    @mikereif7240 Před 3 lety +6

    The video of Titanic Thompson is film footage of Jimmy Caras. Judging by all the negative comments and false information you should take this video down.

  • @YakoAtk
    @YakoAtk Před rokem

    6:48 I just found Luther Lassiters long lost cue that was just sitting out in the open at my house for anyone to use. The bottom/bumper started to fall off and crumble so I just pulled the whole piece off and there it was a gold plate/ring screwed in underneath that nobody has ever noticed. “Bud Lassiter Happy Birthday 11-5-47”. We had 0 what it meant.
    My grandpa,pool player of the family, sadly passed away last February. He was the one who bought it a long time ago for my dad as his first cue.
    I don’t even think he knew what it was. his nice cues are always put away in cases and kept great care of them, and this was just another house stick. I’m curious on where/who he got it from now. Nobody knows…

  • @stevesmith2171
    @stevesmith2171 Před rokem +1

    Shows a picture of Cornbread then a video of Strawberry Brooks playing.

  • @JohnS-il1dr
    @JohnS-il1dr Před rokem +1

    Onofrio Laurie, Boston Shorty, Ralph Greenleaf, Machine-gun Lou Batura. These guys were the top hustlers especially at Johnson City.

    • @Otingocni
      @Otingocni Před rokem +1

      greenleaf and onofrio while incredible players were way before johnston city

    • @jayhodges2243
      @jayhodges2243 Před rokem +1

      @@Otingocni if you are talking about Illinois, its Johnston City, with a T.

    • @Otingocni
      @Otingocni Před rokem +1

      @@jayhodges2243 My mistake you are correct.

    • @jayhodges2243
      @jayhodges2243 Před rokem +1

      @@Otingocni no problem, drive by there every time I go back home from Atlanta, GA to central IL. The old building is still standing but long vacant in a weed-grown lot.

  • @lightlyone
    @lightlyone Před rokem

    It's funny having a vid on best hustlers which omits the late Fast Eddie Felson.

    • @roadrunner381
      @roadrunner381 Před rokem

      Hate to break it to ya,, but there never was a fast Eddie, that movie,, is fictional!🤔

    • @banjammy4116
      @banjammy4116 Před 4 měsíci

      Cleo Vahn

  • @SkYxLeGaCY
    @SkYxLeGaCY Před rokem +1

    Coming from a full time hustler, "Don't put up too much more than the avg bet in that hall or bar."

  • @bitemenow609
    @bitemenow609 Před 7 měsíci

    I survived playing pool in Bars in the 80s in Southern California. I played 8 ball and beat everybody and anybody that I played. I realized that sooner or later someone would kill me over the money. So I stopped. I was the biggest fish in a small pond.

  • @domysamaniego2698
    @domysamaniego2698 Před 3 lety +2

    Cesar Morales? Aka Bata Reyes😁

  • @audreydaleski1067
    @audreydaleski1067 Před 11 měsíci

    5 stripes on the break, two solids. High on the cue ball with big bertha.

  • @AlmostReady504
    @AlmostReady504 Před rokem +1

    Minnesota Fats shot from the hip. Like he wasn't even aiming

  • @castlewood2215
    @castlewood2215 Před 11 měsíci

    Cornbread red started off with a picture of cornbread red, and then preceded to video of a hustler out of DC named strawberry red.

  • @bryantaylor9874
    @bryantaylor9874 Před 3 lety +3

    The Cincinnati Kid was and always will be Joey Spaeth. Nothing against Don Willis, he's a legend, but if ur entire career was focused on anonymity you don't get dibs on the cool nickname lol

    • @stevesmith2171
      @stevesmith2171 Před rokem

      Don was the shit! Who else could challenge sprinters and beat them running backwards? Beat pro Bball players at free throws? Beat the best at horse shoes and out numbly peg the best cowboys in the world! If my uncle Red was still alive he would tell you the story that started in Amarillo and ended in Cleveland...,when he realized he'd just got run down by Wimpy and Willis at a country club😂. Red was a hell of a pitcher and Wimpy told him how to get less spin out of his change up into wind coming behind home plate. Strangest story I ever heard. Red said I went there at 17 thinking I was a pool player,came back knowing I was a shoe salesman. All kidding aside,he asked me if I'd ever met anyone who could of been the best ever at anything they chose? No sir. Anything son! Nope! Well I did,and after it was all done they got me a ride back to Amarillo after they bought me breakfast and told me where I could find good money games in El Paso.

    • @allanbardon146
      @allanbardon146 Před rokem

      Cincinnati Kid was Don Anderson, bank pool specialist

    • @bryantaylor9874
      @bryantaylor9874 Před rokem +1

      @@allanbardon146 The names been used by a couple guys. Anderson is a bad mama jamma for sure no disrespect to him. I probably think of Joey first just bc I knew Gary. Either way they're both among the greatest of all time.

  • @melfordsambrano3410
    @melfordsambrano3410 Před rokem +16

    No match for Efren Reyes...Magician

    • @xxACIDVIRUSxx
      @xxACIDVIRUSxx Před rokem

      Agreed!

    • @bakimum5286
      @bakimum5286 Před rokem +1

      Efren was a tournament player, not a hustler.

    • @jlobiafra
      @jlobiafra Před rokem +2

      Funny that efren lost to buddy hall, nick Varner, Keith McCready, Mike Sigel, Johnny archer, Kim davenport, earl strickland,etc when he first came to the states. This was after jose parica his fellow Phillipines teammate use to beat him in the Philippines 🙄

    • @brad8189
      @brad8189 Před rokem

      I’ve played against Mcready, he can be brutal and one of the best when he’s on

    • @johnvitalis2656
      @johnvitalis2656 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Apparently nobody in the US has heard of Efren hustling when he was young. But Cesar Morales at least hustled the best of the US one time!

  • @markco9356
    @markco9356 Před 3 lety +2

    he should make a list of a hustler hustling a hustlers hahaha

  • @mikecintron4963
    @mikecintron4963 Před 3 lety +2

    Titanic Thompson was not a pool hustler or player. He was a proposition man. Numerous sources have stated that Titanic was a horrible pool player including Titanic himself.

    • @davidmellish3295
      @davidmellish3295 Před rokem

      Then why did Fats rate him so much then ? Yes I know Fats loved to lie and embellish stories BUT his ego was so big that he'd never say someone was better than him if it wasn't true

  • @jimmysupafly1547
    @jimmysupafly1547 Před rokem +3

    I used to play cornbread at bogartz in Livonia Michigan all the time. Harry sexton ( pooch) should of been on this list too. Those 2 would play one pocket for anything and you would learn something every time too.

    • @patsyelias8732
      @patsyelias8732 Před rokem

      But neither one of them ever beat my husband..

    • @jimmysupafly1547
      @jimmysupafly1547 Před rokem

      @@patsyelias8732 who was your husband?

    • @jamesrusch7531
      @jamesrusch7531 Před rokem +1

      , cornbread was the best, I knew him played with him many times play poker with him he was a true Hustler a great con man a great Hustler Ecuador really play pool

    • @BJBDF
      @BJBDF Před rokem +1

      I used to watch him play at the Cushion Cue and Brew in Livonia all the time.
      Definitely a one of a kind.

    • @patsyelias8732
      @patsyelias8732 Před rokem

      @@jimmysupafly1547 Name was Ted Elias. Billy wouldn't play straight pool with him. So it was 9 ball & Ted beat him good each time. They also played 1 pocket & Ted again beat him. In fact Billy left owing my husband 250.00. which he never paid.

  • @9Ballr
    @9Ballr Před 3 lety +18

    Jack Cooney was the greatest pool hustler of all time.

    • @DANTHETUBEMAN
      @DANTHETUBEMAN Před 2 lety

      Don Willis,, number one.

    • @DANTHETUBEMAN
      @DANTHETUBEMAN Před 2 lety +2

      @@jackwoods535 Within the last 50 years there has been only one player who was a world champion at three-cushion billiards, nine-ball, one-pocket, straight pool and snooker ... and that was Harold Worst.

    • @DANTHETUBEMAN
      @DANTHETUBEMAN Před 2 lety +1

      @@jackwoods535 great reading about this player,, dam Cancer,, we lost possable the best with 30 more years of great games we could have enjoyed.

    • @DANTHETUBEMAN
      @DANTHETUBEMAN Před 2 lety +3

      @@jackwoods535 According to Ronnie Allen and Minnesota Fats, Worst had beaten Don Willis, the "undercover monster" who was Lassiter's road partner and in his opinion the best money player of them all.

    • @dustincobb5718
      @dustincobb5718 Před 2 lety

      @@DANTHETUBEMAN I think Ronnie was the best.

  • @kingofadventures360
    @kingofadventures360 Před rokem +1

    title should be TOP 10 The Best AMERICAN Pool Hustlers Of All Time

  • @Prince.15306
    @Prince.15306 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Jackie Gleason is played by Minnesota Fats, not Wanderone.

  • @marykayramsey2175
    @marykayramsey2175 Před rokem

    I've been trying to get on this game? what's the entry fee?

  • @OldBastard-dj6er
    @OldBastard-dj6er Před 11 měsíci

    it was a game of nobility TURNED bar room game for the masses

  • @ONEpocketKID21
    @ONEpocketKID21 Před 2 lety

    😂😂this video. Great effort but nah fam. Tortured some of those names too

  • @audreydaleski1067
    @audreydaleski1067 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I was the 1st woman to get more than one table run in a season. In my area. And I never got to play much, being a mom.

  • @Fearless13289
    @Fearless13289 Před 2 lety

    Am also the new pool hustler😂🎱💯😎

  • @youcanthandlethetruth6007

    Some kid from Wisconsin named Lil Rat was tough as nails…..was told by multiple people to stay away from him when in the Midwest

    • @bryanpeltonen6603
      @bryanpeltonen6603 Před rokem

      I know of the person you are talking about. His name is Daniel Ratacyk, aka Little Rat. Him and his dad were a tough combination on the table.

  • @lindastevens3547
    @lindastevens3547 Před 3 lety +10

    The maker of this video has absolutely no clue about pool and pool players.

    • @JuanMarcoOfTheMedici
      @JuanMarcoOfTheMedici Před 3 lety

      no kidding. "today, tournaments provide a profitable income for any professional pool player". i think you would literally have to be in a coma to be any more detached from reality. But I guess talking out your butt is good enough for yt clicks.

    • @lindastevens3547
      @lindastevens3547 Před 3 lety

      @@JuanMarcoOfTheMedici Thank you for proving my point.

    • @DANTHETUBEMAN
      @DANTHETUBEMAN Před 2 lety

      I new that when Don Willis was number two.

  • @dcrush-fz7rq
    @dcrush-fz7rq Před 9 měsíci

    The guy you show playing as cornbread is is strawberry brooks.

  • @TheWorldNormMacDonald
    @TheWorldNormMacDonald Před 2 lety +2

    Pool “Hustlers”… Fats makes the list. New York Blackie, Jersey Red, Buddy Hall. All 3 were great players and even better Hustlers.

    • @bb3b644
      @bb3b644 Před rokem +1

      And Vernon Elliott!

  • @DanSharpIBD
    @DanSharpIBD Před rokem +2

    It's odd that a CZcams channel all about pool doesn't seem to know anything about pool.

  • @audreydaleski1067
    @audreydaleski1067 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I remember Luther.

  • @stevevaughn2040
    @stevevaughn2040 Před rokem

    Chef Anton is a fun guy, with an excellent sense of humor and skills.

  • @FamousDotCom
    @FamousDotCom Před 3 lety +2

    Where’s uncle Phil?

  • @ruachadam5227
    @ruachadam5227 Před 3 lety +3

    ...Too bad that whoever put together this "Top 10 Hustlers" video never met my dad (born 1923 -- passed away 2004) ... I saw him Break & Run 9 straight racks of 9-ball without missing a shot...and this was on a full-size pool table.

    • @whitelfner4582
      @whitelfner4582 Před 3 lety +5

      While certainly impressive, and qualities of a great player (NO SLIGHT to your dad!!!) Earl Strickland ran out 11 racks of 9-ball, a complete set for the prize of $1,000,000, Look it up! I've seen Mike Corella run 13 at $100 a rack. Both full size tables.
      NONE of these have anything to do with Hustling!!!

    • @LordDelaware115
      @LordDelaware115 Před 3 lety +1

      9 break and runs is pretty good but nowhere near great sorry.

    • @bf1gamerz810
      @bf1gamerz810 Před 3 lety +1

      @@LordDelaware115 For someone in a non professional scene, it is great, and extremely impressive. Sure, he couldnt be put on this list against professional scene hustlers (with the exception of one or two) but thats as good as standard scene players come

    • @ruachadam5227
      @ruachadam5227 Před 3 lety +3

      @@LordDelaware115
      Nine breaks and runs in a ROW ...winner breaks ...and that is just one example of how good (great) of a player he was,

    • @LordDelaware115
      @LordDelaware115 Před 3 lety

      @@ruachadam5227 I understand what a 9 pack is. There are guys running 15+ racks 10 ball on a diamond that aren't pros just top regional players. Not knocking your dad, it's just not as great as you are making it out to be.

  • @lesn9125
    @lesn9125 Před 2 lety +1

    You showed cornbread red and then showed strawberry brooks playing while talking about cornbread. You should replace brooks playing and show cornbread playing while you’re talking about him

  • @briefcaseblues6061
    @briefcaseblues6061 Před 2 lety +1

    I don't know but that dude dressed up in a painter's gig who has his ladder and paint buckets under the table just took a dude for 5k😂

    • @bradleykyle6493
      @bradleykyle6493 Před 2 lety +1

      A painter one day, maybe a mechanic the next, one thing is for sure, he always leaves with the money.🤣🤣

  • @abbyarnold4477
    @abbyarnold4477 Před rokem +1

    Funny how no one mentioned Cecil Lowery or Lil Al Mason.

    • @mikes7531
      @mikes7531 Před rokem +1

      Hung out with both pf them cecil a great guy

  • @ranchopatriot
    @ranchopatriot Před 9 měsíci

    What does hustling have to do with Mosconi Cup?

  • @olymez
    @olymez Před 3 lety +7

    This video is so full of errors that it would take pages to describe them all; so I'll just settle for one. When the name of Titanic Thompson is introduced, all the video images are of Jimmie Caras who was a contemporary of Willie Mosconi and was himself a world champion at straight pool. Thompson was known more for his ability to make highly favorable bets; however, his talent at pool left much to be desired.

    • @colincolenso
      @colincolenso Před 3 lety +1

      Also showed Earl Strickland as Keith McCready around 3:46 and gawd knows who the guy was at the intro to the Keith section.

    • @EO-zu5uz
      @EO-zu5uz Před rokem

      Actually a guy called Keith McCready from Bangor Northern Ireland that plays snooker and billiards haha 😂 what a stupid video!

  • @chrisp.9172
    @chrisp.9172 Před rokem +1

    What about Jose Parica?.The first top Filipino player to come to America and he beat everybody! Some say he's won more $ playing pool, than anyone alive! Too bad he's broke now, pool players don't have a pension plan...

  • @bigbub5219
    @bigbub5219 Před rokem

    On any given Sunday. Any body can be the best.

  • @DANTHETUBEMAN
    @DANTHETUBEMAN Před 2 lety

    I like how you did the list backwards,, who on this list beat Don Willis in a money game???

    • @williamburdon6993
      @williamburdon6993 Před rokem

      Don willits used loaded cards and marked dice and couldn't make a ball on a billiard table, and thats facts.

    • @DANTHETUBEMAN
      @DANTHETUBEMAN Před rokem

      @@williamburdon6993 Harold Worst was the best

  • @charlesramirez928
    @charlesramirez928 Před rokem

    I wonder if Minnesota fats was even from Minnesota....since he traveled around the country...

  • @cameronidk2
    @cameronidk2 Před 2 lety +1

    Hello, Cole Dickson?

  • @hdtripp6218
    @hdtripp6218 Před rokem

    Shorty Lagrange out of Georgia
    Great hustler, 9 ball and 1 pocket

  • @zanethind
    @zanethind Před 7 měsíci

    Yk Tom Cruise actually learned pool for the movie he did but he never decided to play professionally sadly 😢. Maybe one day hopefully he can though

  • @lutherodanielsjr7876
    @lutherodanielsjr7876 Před rokem

    You forgot Uncle Phil Banks from the fresh prince😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @marykayramsey2175
    @marykayramsey2175 Před rokem

    Man he got lucky on that shot... just saying that que sounded week🎉🎉

  • @abujajaawimaweh4216
    @abujajaawimaweh4216 Před 3 lety +2

    cesar morales?

  • @michaela.5363
    @michaela.5363 Před rokem

    Didn't know that Grady Seasons was an actual pool player

  • @jamesstephenson7334
    @jamesstephenson7334 Před 2 lety

    I think that was Strawberry clip, not Cornbread

  • @anthonyfoutch3152
    @anthonyfoutch3152 Před rokem +2

    Back in the 60s the pool table t my local bowling alley said you had to be 21 to play. Lots of people thought it horrible that my father let my brother and me play. Minnesota Fats was almost broke in his later years. A hotel downtown Nashville let him live for free. I use to talk to him bolstering his ego as he set on a park bench feeding pigeons.

    • @justsomeguy6474
      @justsomeguy6474 Před rokem +4

      All hustlers die broke. Tournament players retire. That's the moral of this story.

    • @johnjohn37371
      @johnjohn37371 Před rokem +3

      @@justsomeguy6474 that's almost right. I have bowled and played poker for money most of my life, earning a living for much of my adult life. I am painfully aware of many hustlers who have retired on their winnings. I think the more correct statement might be that gamblers die broke. In my experience, most hustlers are far more cunning and analytical than an addicted gambler. Gamblers have to have action, hustlers take action when the odds are in their favor...

    • @justsomeguy6474
      @justsomeguy6474 Před rokem +3

      @@johnjohn37371 Nope, they all keep gambling after they have lost their edge and lose their bankroll. I've seen it over and over.

    • @johnjohn37371
      @johnjohn37371 Před rokem +3

      @@justsomeguy6474 I think we are talking about the same group of people, just calling them different things. In my world, the gambler's are the ones going broke. All the good hustlers I've known, and competed with, always looked for an edge. And when they knew they didn't have it, they quit. Thus the name. It's not fair competition. They are running a hustle, they have an edge. The ones that keep going, we just call them bad gamblers...no big deal, two names for the same thing...

  • @mac573626
    @mac573626 Před 3 lety +1

    Vernon didnt make the top 10? Wow

  • @carmenohio8735
    @carmenohio8735 Před rokem +1

    I like how they’re the greatest pool players, but they only show them making the easiest shots

    • @sayingthisaboutthat1046
      @sayingthisaboutthat1046 Před rokem

      Great players are great players because of what they can do with the cue ball. They rarely leave themselves a hard shot.

    • @mikeellis2025
      @mikeellis2025 Před 9 měsíci +1

      That's why they were great. They could play shape so they always had easy shots.

  • @shanemccarthy7282
    @shanemccarthy7282 Před 3 lety +12

    How could you leave the greatest hustler that hustled all the hustlers.... The great Cesar Morales aka efren Reyes... He came to the US and hustled most of thnose on the list and won

    • @bagambatv7508
      @bagambatv7508 Před 3 lety +1

      This is a shit list. Hahaha Efren made an alias to hustle this hustler. HAHAHAHA

    • @Otingocni
      @Otingocni Před 3 lety +1

      Don't forget his trip went sour after he tried Buddy Hall on for size. Didn't go well for him.

    • @elp1547
      @elp1547 Před 3 lety

      Im filipino your right,efren admits he never win against buddy hall on money game but on tournaments efren dominates him...

  • @joetimbrel9280
    @joetimbrel9280 Před 6 měsíci

    U.J. Puckett was a classic hus

  • @xs10tl1
    @xs10tl1 Před rokem

    What about Ralph Wunderone?

  • @dwin6534
    @dwin6534 Před rokem

    What about Efren "Bata" Reyes fr phillipines..

  • @chuckadams195
    @chuckadams195 Před rokem

    You’ve mentioned a few pool players here got your facts wrong. There were a ton of other guys from this generation that were hustlers or road men.This is why books exist so you can read them😂

  • @alexmentes1348
    @alexmentes1348 Před 7 měsíci

    Jerry "Haystacks" Schneider. RIP

  • @longbow60435
    @longbow60435 Před 3 lety +1

    How did Titanic kill 5 men in self defence?

    • @jamesdevrees8663
      @jamesdevrees8663 Před 3 lety

      By shooting them at various times. His biography details it pretty well.

  • @FloridaRaider
    @FloridaRaider Před 3 lety +5

    Nope nope nope. Bad list. No mention of Ronnie Allen

  • @Zancb
    @Zancb Před 3 lety

    lol forgetting to edit out the final section. this video was so stolen from another channel.

  • @BigJohn6060
    @BigJohn6060 Před rokem

    what about Willy Mosconi? He and Minnesota Fats had a great rivalry.

    • @jayhodges2243
      @jayhodges2243 Před rokem

      That's because Willie was a real player, and Fats was just a braggart.

    • @BigJohn6060
      @BigJohn6060 Před rokem

      @@jayhodges2243 Fats was a hustler

  • @dennybarlau8065
    @dennybarlau8065 Před rokem

    You all forget Ralph Greenleaf
    His record in straight pool is still unbeaten today 287 balls and twenty world championships

    • @WillieDines1
      @WillieDines1 Před rokem +1

      Wrong, Greenleaf's high run has long since been smashed repeatedly.
      Irving Crane and Mosconi have the highest run of 309 on a 5x10 table.
      Greenleaf's run was beaten by Mosconi in 1955 on a 4x8 Pro Brunswick with 526 balls, which was was later beaten by John Schmidt by 100 balls in 2019, then beaten again by Jayson Shaw surpassed John's run with a run of 669.

    • @dennybarlau8065
      @dennybarlau8065 Před rokem

      @@WillieDines1 wow thank you I didn't know still his championships are a record I think?????

    • @roadrunner381
      @roadrunner381 Před rokem

      Greenleaf was not a HUSTLER he was professional player,, big difference!

    • @dennybarlau8065
      @dennybarlau8065 Před rokem

      @@roadrunner381 that's so true

  • @marykayramsey2175
    @marykayramsey2175 Před rokem

    The harded you hit the ball the smaller the pocket......

  • @michaelmoore3452
    @michaelmoore3452 Před rokem

    FILPINO GENO played on the west coast all the top players from the Philippines knew him then there was DENNY SEARCY from the sf Bay area flat out killers back in the 1980s and 90s

    • @jeffren70
      @jeffren70 Před rokem

      Gene was funny, I remember him from the Sands tournament in Reno. Lost $50 playing him a set one night. He knew how to match up, but I wouldn't say he was a great player.

  • @LesterMoore
    @LesterMoore Před rokem

    Where do Greenleaf and Mosconi fit in?

  • @tomwheeler6760
    @tomwheeler6760 Před rokem

    Cornbread Red #3 They show 1 photo of Red, then show a black pool player as they are talking about Red smh lol I guess they couldn't find any footage of Red? Hard to believe because there is some right here on YT.

  • @timwirasnik5878
    @timwirasnik5878 Před rokem

    What about Willie Masconi?

  • @roadrules3671
    @roadrules3671 Před rokem

    Where is Willie Mosconi.?

  • @johnwattdotca
    @johnwattdotca Před rokem

    The ending could have had a better shot.

  • @vinnyferri1884
    @vinnyferri1884 Před 2 měsíci

    Nobody beat Toby Sweet in the 70s

  • @richardb6510
    @richardb6510 Před 2 lety

    Number 1.
    Ronnie Allen

  • @Dirtypool40-mk2
    @Dirtypool40-mk2 Před rokem

    LOLz "The Hustler" is a documentary about Fats?
    Mmmmmight wanna check some of these "facts".

  • @jdude9002
    @jdude9002 Před 11 měsíci +1

    They left out pretty boy floyd mataya