This weekend I showed Mike Sigel the Sky Sports segment about Earl where he is talking about the match in the barn between him and Mike. Mike asked me to make this post and quote him verbatim. He said "that is 100% inaccurate". I wonder if Sky Sports vetted that story in any way. Any one on the forums who can vouch that is the way it happened?
Mike, Earl and the barn match
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Well... here is my opinion..
1. Sky sports was giving a platform to Earl to tell his story in his words prior to the cup. so they don't have to "vet" anything... they are not reporting they are interviewing...
2. Earl is still an active Player... and a known name who was about to play in another Cup... So he was being introduced or re-introduced to a market that Sky Sports gives a crap about (Everywhere but here)... They LOVE to hate Earl
3. Mike is currently a league operator so no one within sky sports gives a hoot what he has to say.... visa vi impact to ratings of upcoming events....
That would be my take .... :grin:
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Well in some ways, pool is like fishing.
You know...like the big one that got away when it was just a tree branch.
It was Earl's story and he can tell it how he wants.
If you grew up around those years, you knew they weren't really playing for that much money.
If someone was playing for $100 dollars...people would exaggerate and say $1,000 dollars.
When I saw the clip it had me laughing. In those days there was no jogging and if there was, I can't say where it was to.
It was a good advertisement for the Mosoni Cup. It was all about the hype.
The funniest part for me was...looked like Earl was wearing his grandpa's boxer shorts and telling the story. Looked like he was flat broke.:lol:
I watched the Earl pre-Cup video, but I don't remember what you are referencing. Can you give some details as to what Earl and Mike remember differently?
I think Mike , these days, walks into a room and forgets why he is there... wearing a beaver suit... holding a steel dildeaux.
But seriously folks
WTF cares who tells what story for crying out loud. He could have said worse things about Cap'n Hook... See above.
But seriously folks
WTF cares who tells what story for crying out loud. He could have said worse things about Cap'n Hook... See above.
I have an accu-stats tape and Billy Incardona tells the story of Earl and Mike gambling in a barn in NC way back when, and it's different from Earl's version on the Sky Sports. Billy Incardona said he heard about this player in NC and took Mike Sigel down there to play him. Earl was getting staked by drug dealers and Billy I believe was staking Sigel. He said they played for 20 some hours and Sigel got tired and wanted to quit and get some rest. He said he would come back and play him the next day and Earl went crazy and said, you can't quit me winner!! Mike said he would come back everyday and play Earl and Earl said I'm not gonna play anyone who quits me winner and they never gambled again as far as I know..That's Billy Incardona's version of the story and he was there, so you would have to confirm it with him, but that's how he tells it.....He also said they were playing for a lot of money. These guys staking Earl were betting high!!
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I really don't see any conflict between the stories. Mike won two sets, Earl won a set, Sigel wanted to rest, and play the next day. And continued on to say he would play him everyday. Seems like a pretty easy story to follow. And the caliber of these two players, and knowing how gambling was in NC at this time, 50K a set is an easily believable figure for someone to back Earl in NC.
I seem to remember Billy talking about that story on one of the youtube videos I've seen recently. I can't recall whether he said Earl or Mike was winning, but to the best of my recollection, I don't recall that he said either one made any huge amounts of money. I do remember Billy saying that Mike was surprised and flustered that he wasn't beating Earl more handily, but I don't remember anything about a large amount of money changing hands either way.
Earl said 50K a set. Earl is many things to many different people. Some love, some hate. But as far as these types of things, Earl is a stand up and very respectable man when it comes to telling it like it is, disregarding hype, confidence etc... all players put into their stories. And I certainly believe the amount he states.
I see you are from Martinsville, that's only like 20min from me.
I sure would like to hear from Billy if he reads this. I need to go search for this interview.
Billy talks about it on one of the one pocket match streams. I've heard the story multiple times, even before the Sky Sports video.
If the OP is truthful and Mike is saying that, he could just be butt hurt that he didn't get a cut from the interview.
The one pocket match in question, is the Justin Hall, Earl Strickland Match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2hqXHAU9Q
Billy is in the booth and tells a short version of the story. According to Billy they played for 3 days and broke even...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2hqXHAU9Q
Billy is in the booth and tells a short version of the story. According to Billy they played for 3 days and broke even...
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What time does he tell the story ?
Was this an older accu stat tape? If so, which is it? If it is older (more close to when the event really happened), it would probably be the most accurate story of the events.
I'm sure they were playing roll out.
The story starts around 26:15.
So Earl was voluntarily working for known criminals?
Listen to or read some of The Beards stories. Nothing new.
thanks for sharing.
Which makes me wonder, what % of money bet on pool is illegal money? Gambling winnings,drug money,robbery money, extortion money, etc...