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He's the only one where I buy it hook, line, and sinker. You watch him play the balls, you're like, that guy can play.

He's the only one where I buy it hook, line, and sinker. You watch him play the balls, you're like, that guy can play.

He's the only one where I buy it hook, line, and sinker. You watch him play the balls, you're like, that guy can play.

Yep. But Paul Newman, like, come on. Tom Cruise? You weren't buying Tom Cruise? No. Rudimentary. Didn't move the ball. Yeah. Anybody can make a straight-in shot if you teach them. It's like, can you move the ball? Yeah. How do you move? It takes so long to be able to stroke a ball, to be able to, like, get draw stroke, like full table, full-length draw.

Yep. But Paul Newman, like, come on. Tom Cruise? You weren't buying Tom Cruise? No. Rudimentary. Didn't move the ball. Yeah. Anybody can make a straight-in shot if you teach them. It's like, can you move the ball? Yeah. How do you move? It takes so long to be able to stroke a ball, to be able to, like, get draw stroke, like full table, full-length draw.

Yep. But Paul Newman, like, come on. Tom Cruise? You weren't buying Tom Cruise? No. Rudimentary. Didn't move the ball. Yeah. Anybody can make a straight-in shot if you teach them. It's like, can you move the ball? Yeah. How do you move? It takes so long to be able to stroke a ball, to be able to, like, get draw stroke, like full table, full-length draw.

Put English, side spin, adjust for the way it's going to deflect off the other ball, get position on the next shot. That's what I want to see. And you don't see that in movies where a guy's playing pool except for Gleason. When Gleason's making those shots, you're like, that guy can fucking play. He's going into the rack. He's moving the ball around. You're like, that guy's a player.

Put English, side spin, adjust for the way it's going to deflect off the other ball, get position on the next shot. That's what I want to see. And you don't see that in movies where a guy's playing pool except for Gleason. When Gleason's making those shots, you're like, that guy can fucking play. He's going into the rack. He's moving the ball around. You're like, that guy's a player.

Put English, side spin, adjust for the way it's going to deflect off the other ball, get position on the next shot. That's what I want to see. And you don't see that in movies where a guy's playing pool except for Gleason. When Gleason's making those shots, you're like, that guy can fucking play. He's going into the rack. He's moving the ball around. You're like, that guy's a player.

He could run 100 balls.

He could run 100 balls.

He could run 100 balls.

No. Minnesota Fats used to be called New York Fats. And he changed his name to Minnesota Fats after the movie.

No. Minnesota Fats used to be called New York Fats. And he changed his name to Minnesota Fats after the movie.

No. Minnesota Fats used to be called New York Fats. And he changed his name to Minnesota Fats after the movie.

He was a hustler, a real hustler. Minnesota Fats was a very good pool player, but not nearly as good as Willie Moscone. Willie Moscone was in The Hustler. Yeah, yeah, that's right. He was one of the guys racking the balls when they had the first big match. But Willie Moscone was like a real world champion pool player. Yeah. Minnesota Fats was just a really good player.

He was a hustler, a real hustler. Minnesota Fats was a very good pool player, but not nearly as good as Willie Moscone. Willie Moscone was in The Hustler. Yeah, yeah, that's right. He was one of the guys racking the balls when they had the first big match. But Willie Moscone was like a real world champion pool player. Yeah. Minnesota Fats was just a really good player.

He was a hustler, a real hustler. Minnesota Fats was a very good pool player, but not nearly as good as Willie Moscone. Willie Moscone was in The Hustler. Yeah, yeah, that's right. He was one of the guys racking the balls when they had the first big match. But Willie Moscone was like a real world champion pool player. Yeah. Minnesota Fats was just a really good player.

Perhaps. Moscone was just a better player, period, all around. He'd beat him in everything that they would ever play in. There's not a chance in hell that... Except there's a game called One Pocket, and that was one of the games that Minnesota Fats was an expert at. And One Pocket is a complicated game where, like... Do you know how to play it?

Perhaps. Moscone was just a better player, period, all around. He'd beat him in everything that they would ever play in. There's not a chance in hell that... Except there's a game called One Pocket, and that was one of the games that Minnesota Fats was an expert at. And One Pocket is a complicated game where, like... Do you know how to play it?