Another Earl thread. 14.1.

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richiebalto

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408 all i can say is WOW!

Out of all the best 14.1 players of all time, i would have to believe not many have ran more then Earls number!

What kind of pool player can run 408 balls playing 14.1 and its not even his best game?

I know who, the best player ever, MR. EARL STRICKLAND!

I think it is deserving to say that if Earl did play 14.1 as much as all the great ones did, Earl would own the all time record run!

Luckly for Mosconis record Earl didnt play the game as much as others!

We can only hope that Earl would act the same as he plays pool, AWESOM!

But we all know Earl is tooooo far gone.

Love Earl or hate Earl, in my opinion Earl is the best ever!
 
richiebalto said:
408 all i can say is WOW!

Out of all the best 14.1 players of all time, i would have to believe not many have ran more then Earls number!

What kind of pool player can run 408 balls playing 14.1 and its not even his best game?

I know who, the best player ever, MR. EARL STRICKLAND!

I think it is deserving to say that if Earl did play 14.1 as much as all the great ones did, Earl would own the all time record run!

Luckly for Mosconis record Earl didnt play the game as much as others!

We can only hope that Earl would act the same as he plays pool, AWESOM!

But we all know Earl is tooooo far gone.

I am happy that I was a part of the "Bad Blood" match when Earl played Archer. The final day was 14.1 race to 150. after some awesome safe play Archer got chance and ran about 130 or around there and after Earl had been sat in his chair for what seemed like a year h jumped up and ran I think 144 for the win. It was mazing match even if you don't like 14.1
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richiebalto said:
408 all i can say is WOW!

Out of all the best 14.1 players of all time, i would have to believe not many have ran more then Earls number!

What kind of pool player can run 408 balls playing 14.1 and its not even his best game?

I know who, the best player ever, MR. EARL STRICKLAND!

I think it is deserving to say that if Earl did play 14.1 as much as all the great ones did, Earl would own the all time record run!

Luckly for Mosconis record Earl didnt play the game as much as others!

We can only hope that Earl would act the same as he plays pool, AWESOM!

But we all know Earl is tooooo far gone.

Love Earl or hate Earl, in my opinion Earl is the best ever!
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I happen to like Earl regardless of his outbursts and meltdowns. He's an amazing player and one of the best if not the best that's ever held a cue in my opinion.
 
I must have missed it, where did Earl run 408? Was it recorded? I would love to see it. No question, Earl is arguably the Greatest of All time.
 
richiebalto said:
408 all i can say is WOW!

Out of all the best 14.1 players of all time, i would have to believe not many have ran more then Earls number!

What kind of pool player can run 408 balls playing 14.1 and its not even his best game?

I know who, the best player ever, MR. EARL STRICKLAND!

I think it is deserving to say that if Earl did play 14.1 as much as all the great ones did, Earl would own the all time record run!

Luckly for Mosconis record Earl didnt play the game as much as others!

We can only hope that Earl would act the same as he plays pool, AWESOM!

But we all know Earl is tooooo far gone.

Love Earl or hate Earl, in my opinion Earl is the best ever!
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Yeah how do you like it. Earl Strickland doesn't play 14.1 but he runs 408..He never played in any of the 14.1 tournaments back in the day until The Maine Event in Portland Maine in 1995. Reyes won that tournament who was also a newcomer to the game. I also witnessed his Bad Blood 14.1 match with Archer. When someone runs 130 on you and you can get up and run 143 on them that's saying something and Earl did that. He can pick up on any game because he understands pool so well with his natural gift. He has a pretty decent one pocket game as well which you never saw him compete in any 1 pkt tournaments way back when. He did make the finals in the 1 hole against SVB a couple years back at DCC...
 
prewarhero said:
I must have missed it, where did Earl run 408? Was it recorded? I would love to see it. No question, Earl is arguably the Greatest of All time.
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I'm an Earl guy:eek:, so I don't mean to stir the poo:eek:. To my memory he said it was 308 (not that many have every ran that many):confused:. But I could be and hope I'm wrong:thumbup:. Just another reason to love his game even more:thumbup::thumbup::p:p....
 
Earl's high run is 408... here is the link- Straight Pool 14-1 High Runs



hermund.ardalen.com/straightpoolhighruns.htm
 
Many moons ago Earl actually posted a thread about straight pool on here and stated his high run was in excess of 400 (it may have been 408 I dont remember the exact number). I have no reason to doubt him as he's a great player, but as you stated it's certainly surprising given that he's really never been known to play the game much competitively (back when they had 14.1 tournaments). 400 ball runners are in some rarified air that's for sure.
 
This isn't current, but it's a list I got somewhere a few years ago. It shows living players with runs of 400.


Thomas Engert 491
Dallas West 420
Allen Hopkins 410
Earl Strickland 406
Thorsten Hohmann 404
John Schmidt 41 400
 
Pete said:
I'm an Earl guy:eek:, so I don't mean to stir the poo:eek:. To my memory he said it was 308 (not that many have every ran that many):confused:. But I could be and hope I'm wrong:thumbup:. Just another reason to love his game even more:thumbup::thumbup::p:p....
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I DON'T KNOW how many he has ran, but if my memory serves me correctly I think 408 was the number I've heard mentioned as well (not to imply that it is correct).

I don't know if Earl could ever handle Mosconi at 14-1, but from what I have heard of Willie's 9-ball game, I would think Earl would beat him the majority of the time at 9-ball.

Earl is capable of duplicating most of Willie's shots at 14-1 (except for maybe the breaks), but I don't know if WIllie was ever able to fire balls full-blast at table length like Earl does regularly in 9-ball.
 
Saturated Fats said:
This isn't current, but it's a list I got somewhere a few years ago. It shows living players with runs of 400.


Thomas Engert 491
Dallas West 420
Allen Hopkins 410
Earl Strickland 406
Thorsten Hohmann 404
John Schmidt 41 400
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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
 
I have always been a fan of the Pearl through his good and bad. Even if he despises you, you cannot deny his talent. I'm glad his main concentration was on 9ball though. If he spent his whole career playing mostly 14.1 I don't think we would have all the classic Earl stories to tell.
 
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.
 
Most recently, Earl run over 200 on the main table that Darren Appleton run 200 and out on Busty at Steinway billiards. He was coaching Shane I believe around the same time as the world 14.1 was held in Steinway Billiards.
 
Earl has the "fire power" and knowledge to win against anyone playing 14.1

HawaiianEye said:
I DON'T KNOW how many he has ran, but if my memory serves me correctly I think 408 was the number I've heard mentioned as well (not to imply that it is correct).

I don't know if Earl could ever handle Mosconi at 14-1, but from what I have heard of Willie's 9-ball game, I would think Earl would beat him the majority of the time at 9-ball.

Earl is capable of duplicating most of Willie's shots at 14-1 (except for maybe the breaks), but I don't know if WIllie was ever able to fire balls full-blast at table length like Earl does regularly in 9-ball.
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In my interview with Earl it came up about his straight pool run and it was 408. He did it in Greensboro NC if my memory serves me correctly.

I played in the MAINE EVENT 14.1 Tournament with Earl right after he had run the 408 and he told me about it then. Luckily you don't have to run 400 to win matches to 150 and I finished slightly ahead or Earl. Although I beat Efren in the Winners B. he came back and defeated me in the Finals. I really like straight pool to practice, but it's difficulty to compete against guys that run 100s......difficult to stay awake that is. ;)

The reason Earl started practicing straight pool for 8 hours a day (he claims for years) is because of something Allen Hopkins said to him. Allen told him he couldn't run 2 racks in a row and he couldn't......for a day or two. This got his attention and he set out to "master" the game.....and nearly did.

Earl has the "fire power" and knowledge to win against anyone playing 14.1 OR One Pocket......he hates One Pocket, but got to the finals of DCC, and could have won it if he'd made one critical shot against Shane.
 
Saturated Fats said:
This isn't current, but it's a list I got somewhere a few years ago. It shows living players with runs of 400.


Thomas Engert 491
Dallas West 420
Allen Hopkins 410
Earl Strickland 406
Thorsten Hohmann 404
John Schmidt 41, 400
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I'm gonna seriously consider starting a thread on John Schmidt's 41,400. :eek:
 
CJ Wiley said:
In my interview with Earl it came up about his straight pool run and it was 408. He did it in Greensboro NC if my memory serves me correctly.

I played in the MAINE EVENT 14.1 Tournament with Earl right after he had run the 408 and he told me about it then. Luckily you don't have to run 400 to win matches to 150 and I finished slightly ahead or Earl. Although I beat Efren in the Winners B. he came back and defeated me in the Finals. I really like straight pool to practice, but it's difficulty to compete against guys that run 100s......difficult to stay awake that is. ;)

The reason Earl started practicing straight pool for 8 hours a day (he claims for years) is because of something Allen Hopkins said to him. Allen told him he couldn't run 2 racks in a row and he couldn't......for a day or two. This got his attention and he set out to "master" the game.....and nearly did.

Earl has the "fire power" and knowledge to win against anyone playing 14.1 OR One Pocket......he hates One Pocket, but got to the finals of DCC, and could have won it if he'd made one critical shot against Shane.
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LOL wasn't that at the Mosconi Cup in England? Earl was on a bragging diatribe about how he was the best ever because of his 9ball championships and Allen had to set him straight, saying Earl wouldn't bet that he could run a rack or 2 in 14.1... and Earl wouldn't take the bet.
Allen said to Earl that everyone sitting at the bar would take the bet, yet he couldn't. ... that's why he wasn't the best (something to that effect).

Everyone knows I'm Earls #1 fan, but when he ran 400, it was prob out of sheer power and hard work rather than 400 "throw-ins."



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The 408 that Earl Ran has been almost 15 years ago and it did happen in Greensboro while there were people watching what was going on--one of them ..I'm thinking was John Herke--while this was happening there were a number of rednecks that came in about 320 and started raising hell on a table in the back of the room and Earl would just on occasion get up and stare over at them--I wasn't there but that was the story I'd heard about the run.
A few days later ,,Earl was over in Winson Salem and at Break Time Billards and Pual that owns and runs that spot was telling me about what had happened--Earl had told him
"For Awhile I felt That I Knew Where Willie Was Coming From" Earl actually thought that he had the same thought's that Willie had about the 14--1 game--if it hadn't been for all the noise going on that --and I say did --distract him from just what was going on--HMMMM
408 was what Paul told me--and I heard it from another of others -Herke was another on a different occasion--gotta be one of the most gifted players that has ever Lived:eek:
 
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