#2371 - Fedor Gorst

Joe Rogan (0:03)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

Fedor Gorst (0:06)

Showing by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day.

Joe Rogan (0:13)

Yeah, this is a company called M Theory sent this to me. And this was when Efren Reyes snuck into America under the nickname Caesar Morales.

Fedor Gorst (0:22)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:22)

And won some big tournament at Reds, wherever that is.

Fedor Gorst (0:26)

It was probably in Chicago.

Joe Rogan (0:28)

I don't know. Put the headphones on, dog.

Fedor Gorst (0:29)

What's going on? I was like, oh.

Joe Rogan (0:31)

You don't have to. Or we could not have headphones. Do they feel weird to you?

Fedor Gorst (0:34)

That's good. No, no, no.

Joe Rogan (0:35)

You're okay? I don't care. It doesn't matter. It's just good if we show a video or something like that.

Fedor Gorst (0:40)

Right.

Joe Rogan (0:41)

Dude, you came that close to being two year in a row US Open champion.

Fedor Gorst (0:46)

Yeah. Two days ago. I mean, I feel super tired because my schedule has been hectic lately.

Joe Rogan (0:52)

Yeah.

Fedor Gorst (0:52)

You know, I played the World Championships in Saudi where I also lost in the finals.

Joe Rogan (0:56)

Did you play the Florida Open too?

Fedor Gorst (0:58)

Florida Open. I played the tournament in between that. So basically, I played back to back to back to back for events. Wow. It's been over a month already, you know, staying on the road, constantly playing.

Joe Rogan (1:09)

Dude, there's the real good argument you're the best player in the world. And if you're the best player of the world, I think you are. You got my vote. If you're the best player in the world today, you're the best player of all time.

Fedor Gorst (1:20)

Oh, well, I mean, it's really tough to...

Joe Rogan (1:22)

A lot of old guys talk a lot of shit, but I'm just saying...

Fedor Gorst (1:25)

Always.

Joe Rogan (1:25)

I mean, this guy on my shirt, he certainly gets, like, as far as, like, the greatest of all time, most achievements of all time, effort, the Z-shot, like, all the crazy stuff that he could pull off with the cue ball.

Fedor Gorst (1:35)

Did you see the shot that I made recently?

Joe Rogan (1:37)

Which one?

Fedor Gorst (1:38)

The three-rail kick.

Joe Rogan (1:39)

I did see that, yeah.

Fedor Gorst (1:40)

I mean, it is tougher. It is a tougher kick.

It wasn't as, you know, the situation wasn't like, it was a hill-hill that he played against Earl, you know, in the final. So, obviously, it is a much, much different environment. But the kick that I made was sick.

Joe Rogan (1:59)

It was pretty sick. Well, you know what? The Filipinos put kicking on the map, right?

Fedor Gorst (2:03)

Oh, for sure. They are the best.

Joe Rogan (2:04)

Efren, when he came over here, they changed the whole game. Jose Perico was really good at it, too.

Fedor Gorst (2:09)

Carlo Biattone was the best kicker.

Joe Rogan (2:11)

So good. It's amazing.

Fedor Gorst (2:13)

Yeah, that's the one. Good thing I have a filmmaker trailing with me everywhere, filming me now.

Joe Rogan (2:21)

That's a crazy shot.

Fedor Gorst (2:22)

Yeah. I actually lost that match to Duong Kwok. Almost made shape on the 2-0-2.

Joe Rogan (2:28)

Yeah. That's what's horrible when you make an amazing shot and then lose the match.

Fedor Gorst (2:32)

Yeah. That's how it goes.

Joe Rogan (2:35)

Yeah. Look, it's a crazy game. And the game that you guys are playing right now, the reason why I said I think if you're the best player today, you're the best player of all time, because the conditions are very different. For people who don't know, who don't play pool, okay, if you're going to a regular bar and you're playing on like a bar table, those pockets might be five and a half inches.

Fedor Gorst (2:55)

Well, also in the US, people are playing on seven foot tables versus we play on a bar.

Joe Rogan (2:59)

Sure. They're nine foot tables and the pockets are four inches. And so when you get two cue balls, you try to put them next to each other and you can't even get close to sticking them in a four-inch pocket. It's really tight conditions. And I think there's better players now than I've ever seen in my life. And I've been watching pool for 35 years and playing pool for 35 years. I've never seen better players than play today. And I think you're the best today. So in my book, that makes you the best of all time.