Another Earl thread. 14.1.

elizabeth9 said:
Earl's high run is 408... here is the link- Straight Pool 14-1 High Runs

hermund.ardalen.com/straightpoolhighruns.htm
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elizabeth9 said:
Actually, it is 408...This is the link to the stats: Straight Pool 14-1 High Runs

hermund.ardalen.com/straightpoolhighruns.htm

400 Plus
Thomas Engert 492
Gene Nagy 430
Dallas West 429
Ray Martin 426
Allen Hopkins 421
Thorsten Hohmann 408
Earl Strickland 408
Alain Martel 408
John Schmidt 400
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Careful! That link is outdated, and has incorrect information. For instance, Thomas Engert's high run (which incidentally is the modern day "bar" that everyone has to beat on a 9-footer, *NOT* Mosconi's 526 on an 8-footer) is 491, not 492.

Thomas' EuroTour profile states it:
http://eurotouronline.eu/player_profile.asp?db=eurotour&header=yes&playerid=2

Thomas himself signs his name thusly:
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That's just one example. There are other inconsistencies / outdated data on that site.

-Sean
 
Isn't it amazing with all that knowledge in that regular-sized head of his that there's still enough room for all those demons?
 
sfleinen said:
Careful! That link is outdated, and has incorrect information. For instance, Thomas Engert's high run (which incidentally is the modern day "bar" that everyone has to beat on a 9-footer, *NOT* Mosconi's 526 on an 8-footer) is 491, not 492.

Thomas' EuroTour profile states it:
http://eurotouronline.eu/player_profile.asp?db=eurotour&header=yes&playerid=2

Thomas himself signs his name thusly:
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That's just one example. There are other inconsistencies / outdated data on that site.

-Sean
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As far as Earl goes the information is indeed correct- I was married to him at the time as well as know the people that witnessed his 408 run :)
 
Just read a post about staying awake while the opponent runs a hundred. Back in may I ran 351 in 110 minutes, if you do the math then you real eyes :) that a hundred goes by really fast if played well. Just sayin' how ever you choose to paint the picture if you fall asleep while your opponent is raining 100's then your not really that interested in Straight Pool. If Earl says he ran 408 then I believe him and I would not get sleepy watching in the first quarter of the run or towards the end either. My 351 was caught on tape and there were no camera tricks or cheating (setting shots back up and making it look like I did not miss).
 
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I have run over 100 on many ocassions and when those runs came along they were very quick--when they got into the 120's I seemed to slow down--in most case's it was because of where I was numerically--I'm old now--but I belive to this day when you start paying attention to what you have done instead of what lays before you--your doomed
 
Just another example of how truly talented Earl is. His track record in 14.1 competition doesn't establish him as one of the most accomplished 14.1 players, but he is one of the all-time greats and is capable of shining moments in all the disciplines. Actually, he was very unlucky not to win the ?2011? one pocket final at Derby City. At double hill, he decided to gamble on a tough shot. He said to the crowd "if I make it, I win and if I miss it, I lose" and his comment sure seemed to make sense. He made the shot but got the worst of rolls to be denied a good shot, and only that bad roll denied him the Derby City one pocket title. Earl can do it all when he's firing on all cylinders.
 
.they ask me "what's the most challenging aspect of straight pool?".

Chip Roberson said:
I have run over 100 on many ocassions and when those runs came along they were very quick--when they got into the 120's I seemed to slow down--in most case's it was because of where I was numerically--I'm old now--but I belive to this day when you start paying attention to what you have done instead of what lays before you--your doomed
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Luther Lassitor used to fall asleep during straight pool matches from what I've been told.

For anyone out there that thinks I'm serous when I talk about "falling asleep"....well, I won't wake you. ;) It is a historic joke about straight pool and I said it before playing Efren in the finals.......they ask me "what's the most challenging aspect of straight pool?".....I replied "staying awake!".....:eek::groucho:
 
I see Thorsten tied with Earl at 408. I can imagine that he was well aware that Earl had run 408 when he missed that 409th ball. That musta been agonizing!
 
sjm said:
Just another example of how truly talented Earl is. His track record in 14.1 competition doesn't establish him as one of the most accomplished 14.1 players, but he is one of the all-time greats and is capable of shining moments in all the disciplines. Actually, he was very unlucky not to win the ?2011? one pocket final at Derby City. At double hill, he decided to gamble on a tough shot. He said to the crowd "if I make it, I win and if I miss it, I lose" and his comment sure seemed to make sense. He made the shot but got the worst of rolls to be denied a good shot, and only that bad roll denied him the Derby City one pocket title. Earl can do it all when he's firing on all cylinders.
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SJM..Not just for the sake of arguing...But are you forgetting his opponent was SVB ?...This was the most unexpected one pocket final EVER at DCC !...There were about two dozen 'much better' one pocket player's in the field that year..They either cancelled each other out, or Earl and SVB drew around them !..Not to make light of Earl's amazing talent at 9/10 ball, but calling him an 'all-around' player, IMHO is a bit of a stretch !

Both have improved their one pocket game considerably since that time, Shane more than Earl.. But both are still considerable underdogs to the top echelon 1P player's. (Busty, Alex, Frost, even Gentile, etc.)...I would lay considerable odds Earl will never see another DCC finals again !..The odds of another Earl/SVB final, are off the charts ! (and yes, I WILL book either one !) ;)

SJD
 
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Every Earl thread turns into an argument and I don't want to get into that nonsense but Earl plays a lot of 14.1. The reason he isn't known as a "14.1 player" is because there isn't any money in it. If there were as many 14.1 tournaments as there are 10 ball and 9 ball tournaments Earl would be known as a 14.1 player.
 
.they have not ever run over 200 balls to my knowledge.

SJDinPHX said:
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SJM..Not just for the sake of arguing...But are you forgetting his opponent was SVB ?...This was the most unexpected one pocket final EVER at DCC !...There were about two dozen 'much better' one pocket player's in the field that year..They either cancelled each other out, or Earl and SVB drew around them !

Both have improved their one pocket game considerably since that time, Shane more than Earl.. But both are still considerable underdogs to the top echelon 1P player's. (Busty, Alex, Frost, even Gentile, etc.)...I would lay considerable odds Earl will never see another DCC finals again !..The odds of another Earl/SVB final, are off the charts ! (and yes, I WILL book either one !) ;)

SJD
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Shane isn't an underdog to Gentile.....that's just silly talk.

If Earl applied himself to One Pocket for 3 weeks he would impress even the greatest of One Pocket enthusiasts. He did run 408 balls playing straight pool, Busty, Alex, Frost or Gentile have never came close to that accomplishment.....they have not ever run over 200 balls to my knowledge.
 
elizabeth9 said:
Actually, it is 408...This is the link to the stats: Straight Pool 14-1 High Runs

hermund.ardalen.com/straightpoolhighruns.htm

400 Plus
Thomas Engert 492
Gene Nagy 430
Dallas West 429
Ray Martin 426
Allen Hopkins 421
Thorsten Hohmann 408
Earl Strickland 408
Alain Martel 408
John Schmidt 400
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Cliff Thayer had a high run of 454, but not to many seem to remember him;)
 
CJ Wiley said:
Shane isn't an underdog to Gentile.....that's just silly talk.
If Earl applied himself to One Pocket for 3 weeks he would impress even the greatest of One Pocket enthusiasts.
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Well Rain-guy, there you go with your "3 week" thingy again ?..I find it amazing, that when one pocket became the preferred 'big action' money game..that you or Earl could never find a few weeks to learn it ???..:eek:

I was talking about "all around-all game" skills, something YOU have never possessed, so how can you comment on it ? (but you do play very good '2-shot foul 9 ball'..:p) Also, you may be the worst pool handicapper I have ever seen !...and "That's not just silly talk" ! :eek:

Rainguy strikes again !
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ok, let's make this interesting -

EARL v PINK (and KK9's my ringer, cause i'm gonna fall off my high heel)
1-pocket
@ ____ whenever

if Earl wins - he's the 1-pocket CHAMPION @ Break Time & i don't buy him a drink
if Earl LOSES - i get to slap him

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JBB2388 said:
I see Thorsten tied with Earl at 408. I can imagine that he was well aware that Earl had run 408 when he missed that 409th ball. That musta been agonizing!
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About 2 - 3 years ago I was playing on that very table (table 6 at Breakers - formerly Frank Tulas' BreakTime in Greensboro, a standard GC III). Earl comes over to me and says something like: "I ran 408 on this table. I was down on 409 and was shooting the 6 ball up table when some clown comes up to me and asks me where the bathroom is. I told him it's right behind you! I got back down on the 6 and rattled it." There were a few more choice words to his story...

I'm pretty sure that was indeed agonizing to end the run on that note!
 
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alstl said:
Every Earl thread turns into an argument and I don't want to get into that nonsense but Earl plays a lot of 14.1. The reason he isn't known as a "14.1 player" is because there isn't any money in it. If there were as many 14.1 tournaments as there are 10 ball and 9 ball tournaments Earl would be known as a 14.1 player.
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I agree...seems everyone is an authority! I called Earl and verified it was 408 :smile:
 
StraightPoolIU said:
Here is the post from Earl about 14.1 that I referenced earlier. I can't believe I remember this and forget other things. http://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=123923&postcount=10

Here is the text if you don't want to click the link.

Earl Strickland:
my high run was on just less than 5 inch pockets which is pretty big,I ran 408 balls on that table. I praticed on a 4 and 1/4 inch pocket 5 years of practicing on the same table,my high run was only 260 once.Most of the time I couldn't crack 100, usually 70 or 80 on that table.I believe with tighter pockets and high quality equipment will put a premium on running 70 or 80 or 100 balls.We have to make straight pool where its difficult to run a 100 balls like it is in English snooker.
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Here is a copy of Earl's post he wrote himself... does not mention anything about being sharked to halt his run :smile:
 
StraightPoolIU said:
Here is the post from Earl about 14.1 that I referenced earlier. I can't believe I remember this and forget other things. http://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=123923&postcount=10

Here is the text if you don't want to click the link.

Earl Strickland:
my high run was on just less than 5 inch pockets which is pretty big,I ran 408 balls on that table. I praticed on a 4 and 1/4 inch pocket 5 years of practicing on the same table,my high run was only 260 once.Most of the time I couldn't crack 100, usually 70 or 80 on that table.I believe with tighter pockets and high quality equipment will put a premium on running 70 or 80 or 100 balls.We have to make straight pool where its difficult to run a 100 balls like it is in English snooker.
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Thanks for posting :smile:
 
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