TOP 10 The Best Pool Hustlers Of All Time

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

[@joelbrittain6379]

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]

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

[@cameronidk2]

@@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]

I have watched all the “Fats” videos i can find on KZbin…. 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]

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]

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

[@tonym7295]

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

[@masonryman8183]

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

[@wilkamania]

Geoffrey....break out lucille

[@TS-1267]

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

[@potlimit2002]

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

[@bryantaylor9874]

2 men that nobody ever confused for one another lol

[@justintrdnuiibv4640]

Cornbread red is literally my grandpa

[@briantownsend5124]

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

[@vonvogelstein]

What about cesar morales?

[@craigcarroll1790]

You mean efren Reyes?

[@alas2210]

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

[@craigcarroll1790]

Um....Cesar Morales was efrens hustler name

[@alas2210]

@@craigcarroll1790 yea. Everybody knows that.

[@gumaming]

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

[@dustincobb5718]

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.

[@jimsommers]

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.

[@MrRex1949]

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

[@mattbulfin4220]

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]

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

[@marcsugi]

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

[@jacobjones5269]

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

[@bam6684]

Jackie Gleason was actually a bad ass player

[@obi-potobi790]

So was Newman, Cruise too.

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

Cruise is a bullshitter. One word… Scientology.

[@RockPolitics]

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]

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

[@zanethind]

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]

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]

@@VolkXue true

[@BeefT-Sq]

Mosconi was not a hustler.

[@gumaming]

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]

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

[@haydenwalton2766]

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

[@sayingthisaboutthat1046]

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]

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

[@jlobiafra]

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

[@j_lo8916]

Honorable mention for Willie Mosconi.

[@davidmellish3295]

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]

Willie was my childhood hero

[@roadrunner381]

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

[@blueballcomedy2869]

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]

I second this.

[@millionairesclubllc3193]

Third this. He showed strawberry Brooks instead of cornbread red

[@cameronidk2]

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

[@jimmysupafly1547]

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.

[@unclewreckum4504]

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]

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]

@@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]

I like Ronnie Allen

[@millionairesclubllc3193]

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]

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

[@annaconnelly86]

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]

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]

A top player ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gnolan4281]

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]

@@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.

[@cindyholnagel1017]

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

[@jimmysupafly1547]

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

[@toddcoon1730]

​@@jimmysupafly1547 Hit n Run Billiards - Flint MI

[@jimmysupafly1547]

@@toddcoon1730 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.

[@toddcoon1730]

@@jimmysupafly1547 Nope closed years ago. Pooch worked the day shift. Earls Place is open. I have been to all those places including bogartz. Around time Steve owned Rack Club in Inkster. Is this Jimmy Witeisha?

[@roadrunner381]

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

[@mjac8373]

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.

[@davidmellish3295]

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]

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

[@mikereif7240]

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.

[@thenneedd]

bingo

[@ceboboy]

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

[@misteroughtright5557]

Forgot to mention UJ Puckett

[@lindastevens3547]

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

[@JuanMarcoOfTheMedici]

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]

@@JuanMarcoOfTheMedici Thank you for proving my point.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

I new that when Don Willis was number two.

[@scrapiron3847]

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.

[@domysamaniego2698]

Cesar Morales? Aka Bata Reyes😁

[@DanSharpIBD]

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

[@JohnS-il1dr]

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

[@Otingocni]

greenleaf and onofrio while incredible players were way before johnston city

[@jayhodges2243]

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

[@Otingocni]

@@jayhodges2243 My mistake you are correct.

[@jayhodges2243]

@@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.

[@tamikat4745]

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...

[@SkYxLeGaCY]

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

[@stevesmith2171]

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

[@lightlyone]

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

[@roadrunner381]

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

[@banjammy4116]

Cleo Vahn

[@melfordsambrano3410]

No match for Efren Reyes...Magician

[@xxACIDVIRUSxx]

Agreed!

[@bakimum5286]

Efren was a tournament player, not a hustler.

[@jlobiafra]

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]

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

[@johnvitalis2656]

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!

[@Prince.15306]

Jackie Gleason is played by Minnesota Fats, not Wanderone.

[@bitemenow609]

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.

[@YakoAtk]

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…

[@bryantaylor9874]

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]

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]

Cincinnati Kid was Don Anderson, bank pool specialist

[@bryantaylor9874]

@@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.

[@marykayramsey2175]

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

[@mikecintron4963]

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]

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

[@audreydaleski1067]

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

[@kingofadventures360]

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

[@markco9356]

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

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Don Willis,, would be number one.

[@ranchopatriot]

What does hustling have to do with Mosconi Cup?

[@AlmostReady504]

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

[@TheWorldNormMacDonald]

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

[@bb3b644]

And Vernon Elliott!

[@cameronidk2]

Hello, Cole Dickson?

[@lesn9125]

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

[@OldBastard-dj6er]

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

[@ONEpocketKID21]

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

[@castlewood2215]

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

[@jimmysupafly1547]

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]

But neither one of them ever beat my husband..

[@jimmysupafly1547]

@@patsyelias8732 who was your husband?

[@jamesrusch7531]

, 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]

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

[@patsyelias8732]

@@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]

Jack Cooney was the greatest pool hustler of all time.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Don Willis,, number one.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@DANTHETUBEMAN I think Ronnie was the best.

[@dcrush-fz7rq]

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

[@audreydaleski1067]

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]

Am also the new pool hustler😂🎱💯😎

[@abujajaawimaweh4216]

cesar morales?

[@briefcaseblues6061]

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]

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

[@ruachadam5227]

...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]

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]

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

[@bf1gamerz810]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@abbyarnold4477]

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

[@mikes7531]

Hung out with both pf them cecil a great guy

[@FamousDotCom]

Where’s uncle Phil?

[@bigbub5219]

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

[@carmenohio8735]

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

[@sayingthisaboutthat1046]

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

[@mikeellis2025]

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

[@FloridaRaider]

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

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

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

[@williamburdon6993]

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

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

@@williamburdon6993 Harold Worst was the best

[@xs10tl1]

What about Ralph Wunderone?

[@chrisp.9172]

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...

[@hdtripp6218]

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

[@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]

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.

[@chrischamberlain836]

That IS NOT CORNbREAD RED playing !!!!! That’s Strawberry brooks !!!!! They were playing each other that set and you’ve got the players mixed up . Cornbread Red was the white dude and Steawberry Brooks is the Black guy so I see how you got em confused .

[@jimmysupafly1547]

Lol i actually played " red" a few times when i started touring. Him and Harry Sexton " pooch" were great hustlers. Watched cornbread once playing a kid who had no idea who he was in a game of one pocket and the kid was a decent little player but getting huge spots from red for $500 a game. The kid had a chance to win with a game ball straight into a corner table length shot and red dropped his cue while the kid was pulling the trigger. Naturally he missed the shot and red looks at him and says " you got some dog in you but it ain't pittbull" then makes the last ball for the dough. I never laughed so hard in my life. That was in Livonia Michigan at bogarts. I can confirm red was white lol. That comment you made me crack up.

[@timwirasnik5878]

What about Willie Masconi?

[@zanethind]

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

[@charlesramirez928]

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

[@frankkolton1780]

A hustler is just someone that looks for easy marks, people they know they can beat, the best pool players are those that can win national or world championships. I would be more inclined to watch champion pool if wasn't mostly Nine Ball, it's somewhat of a slop game. I realize Nine Ball is popular and the vast majority of spectators like to watch the faster, shorter games, but I personally prefer watching pros shooting 14.1 continuous, how they subtly work a rack, where they have to plan further ahead. Sadly, I don't see it ever making a resurgence.

[@marykayramsey2175]

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

[@audreydaleski1067]

I remember Luther.

[@lutherodanielsjr7876]

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

[@alexmentes1348]

Jerry "Haystacks" Schneider. RIP

[@joetimbrel9280]

U.J. Puckett was a classic hus

[@dwin6534]

What about Efren "Bata" Reyes fr phillipines..

[@jamesstephenson7334]

I think that was Strawberry clip, not Cornbread

[@BigJohn6060]

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

[@jayhodges2243]

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

[@BigJohn6060]

@@jayhodges2243 Fats was a hustler

[@michaela.5363]

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

[@shanemccarthy7282]

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]

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

[@Otingocni]

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

[@elp1547]

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

[@longbow60435]

How did Titanic kill 5 men in self defence?

[@jamesdevrees8663]

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

[@roadrules3671]

Where is Willie Mosconi.?

[@mac573626]

Vernon didnt make the top 10? Wow

[@LesterMoore]

Where do Greenleaf and Mosconi fit in?

[@stevevaughn2040]

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

[@olymez]

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]

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]

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

[@chuckadams195]

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😂

[@vinnyferri1884]

Nobody beat Toby Sweet in the 70s

[@richardb6510]

Number 1. Ronnie Allen

[@dennybarlau8065]

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

[@WillieDines1]

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]

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

[@roadrunner381]

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

[@dennybarlau8065]

@@roadrunner381 that's so true

[@ruffdawgg]

Danny Green

[@richardslinger430]

No Vernon Elliot??? He beat Keith McCready, he beat Efren Reyes several times at bank pool and Nick Varner wouldn't even play him. Elliott also bested pool legend Ronnie Allen. Elliott ended up taking about $10,000 from Allen at $1,000 a game. Elliott literally provided for a family of 6 by doing nothing but hustling pool, and they weren't poor. You don't know shit lol

[@royearl1094]

yeah you are right on that .he beat efren and his backer out of a lot of money .yeah this guy knows nothing about old hustlers .lol

[@DeeMoback]

​@@royearl1094 ...... and Eddie with him.....let's not forget HowardBarrett.....BUT......"Bernie" was the greatest of them all....yup..... and don't forget "The Truckdrivers"(one was from Ohio and the other from Florida)

[@jimmysupafly1547]

I was in a tourney once where mcready was drunk and talked in the tournament mic offering everyone that last 3 in 9 ball. We all laughed our asses off.

[@natetootall4265]

I was looking to see if someone mentioned Ole vern.

[@scottcooksey5284]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@hopalong4822]

Bobby Legg?

[@jamessutherland5107]

Best hustler and best player are 2 different things, right? Realistically , by the very definition, we shouldn't even KNOW who the best hustler is.

[@scottcooksey5284]

But we do.

[@DavidMarteinson]

No Paul Thornley?

[@DensDaPens]

You left out Cesar Morales.