Bigger moments in pool history

frankncali

frankncali

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What are some of the bigger matches and moments in pool history?
On the table or surrounding the table happenings only. Not interested in
when an organization began or folded or anything like that.

I think Efrens "z" kick is one as well as Earls run outs for the Million.

What are some more?
 
> One of my personal faves is Sigel's 100th major win,1994 Pro Tour championship. Seeing Earl put a 5 pack together to snatch a win from Tony Ellin at the 1993 U.S. Open was pretty special too. One's I've personally witnessed,were Earl's 5th U.S. Open,Reed Pierce's win there,along with Efren winning in 1994. Tommy D.
 
Its odd that theres not more moments that stand out to a large majority
of a sport that has such huge participation.

I think players stand out more but not moments.

Maybe events like the BCA, DCC etc provide overall memories.

From Johnson City I always remembered stories about the guy with the
rack of 21 balls and his proposition.
Is there even a list of all the JC winners?
 
I have a list

frankncali said:
Its odd that theres not more moments that stand out to a large majority
of a sport that has such huge participation.

I think players stand out more but not moments.

Maybe events like the BCA, DCC etc provide overall memories.

From Johnson City I always remembered stories about the guy with the
rack of 21 balls and his proposition.
Is there even a list of all the JC winners?
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A friend of mine printed out a list for me a few years ago. I assume he found it on the internet. It is tucked away in all my old mags. If I come across it, I'll post it for you. Sam
 
One of my favorite memories of pool. I went to the Maverick Club in KY. for the Clyde Childress tournament. Shannon Daulton had just turned 13 and was walking around asking all the pro's to match up. He had gotten the 6 from Wade Crane the night before and put a 6 pack together at the start and Wade quit. The next night I watched him play a guy for $100 a game and his Dad was taking side action. He was drilling the guy when we left. I think Truman won the Bank tourney. Sam
 
Tommy Kennedy winning the Open.

Rempe's comeback against Sigel in Rochester...Sigel was up something like 185to13 in a 200pt finals and Rempe came back to beat him....Oh...and the next year Sigel told Rempe he was not going to give him the chance to do what he had done the year before. i believe sigel ran 200 out. (cardiac kid can give the exact numbers)

Keith MCCready finishing 3rd in the U.S. Open a couple of years ago.

I will think of some more.......................mike
 
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Da Monk!!!

Lettuce knot forget the MONK beating Seagull at the Tropicana for 25K.. What a fricken shot on the 9 to make it 3-3 and Warren's break..A table length cut that was loooong..He got down to shoot and the whole place went Dead-Silent,He could't stand it..He got up off the ball and said make some noise,everyone fell out!!Monk proceeded to cut it in,and then made it on the snap to win and fainted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D
Terry Osborne:cool:
 
frankncali said:
What are some of the bigger matches and moments in pool history?
On the table or surrounding the table happenings only. Not interested in
when an organization began or folded or anything like that.

I think Efrens "z" kick is one as well as Earls run outs for the Million.

What are some more?
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Frank, nice thread idea. Thanks for bringing back a wonderful memory that I had the priviledge of witnessing several years ago.

The most impressive memory I have is of the U.S. Open One Pocket Championship of I believe 2000 held in Kalamazoo Michigan. I regularly attended the one pocket championship and paid my dues each year. Larry Nevel had earned the cat bird's seat and waited for the winner of the loser's bracket to meet him in a single match, race to 5 instead of the standard race to 4 with double elimination that is common in many tournaments. LArry had knocked Efren into the loser's bracket and everyone else he played. Larry was electrifying and DEADLY with that powerful compact stroke that impresses even Mike Masse. Efren non-chalantly slowly worked his way back without any spectacular shots or matches.

Efren is called the Magician and while I had seen him play in other matches and on tape I had never seen anything that I could equate with "magic". I'm hard to impress. :-) Efren met Larry in the finals and away they went. I won't bore you much further as you probably have heard this story before: You have to make at least 40 balls, at least eight in each game to win. The final score was 40-2, Efren. I had never seen magic on the field of green until that day and it was unlike anything I had ever seen on tape or any other tournament. Efren made spectacular shots and I said to myself on one particular shot, "Sure he made a really good shot but there was no way that he played a cue carom into another ball (which banked into the side rail and raced toward Efren's pocket) after pocketing the intended object ball and then driving the cue ball into the foot rail and then into the side rail and then the cue still working like the Little Engine That Could, finally making its way back behind the stack safe in case the object ball did not fall. When Efren made the shot the first time and I said well that was a pretty good shot but thought he got lucky with the shape and thought it was a risky shot until I saw him perform the same shot three times during that one match.

Larry did make several balls during the match but he also scratched several times because Efren would put him in those super-uncomfortable positions where he could do nothing except take a scratch but unlike Efren he was unable to overcome the scratches or the mastery that Efren displayed that night. It was not recorded by AccuStats but is etched in my mind and ranks up there with Willie Mosconi's run of 525 balls in straight pool. I'm sure someone else will give Willie his credit for that momentous occasion. 40 balls to minus two balls. Who would have believed that it would be possible against ANY player let alone against a powerhouse nine ball player like Larry Nevel and two time runner-up one pocket champion?
Warm Regards,
JoeyA
 
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trainer said:
Lettuce knot forget the MONK beating Seagull at the Tropicana for 25K.. What a fricken shot on the 9 to make it 3-3 and Warren's break..A table length cut that was loooong..He got down to shoot and the whole place went Dead-Silent,He could't stand it..He got up off the ball and said make some noise,everyone fell out!!Monk proceeded to cut it in,and then made it on the snap to win and fainted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D
Terry Osborne:cool:
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Is MONK still playing pool? If so where?
Thanks,
JoeyA
 
Cisero Murphy winning his world title...
Oliver Orttman winning the 14.1 US Open...
Tommy Kennedy winning the 9 Ball US Open...
Ga Young Kim getting back to the finals of the WPBA US Open against Karen Corr to conquer her demons from the year before - and succeeds!
 
Joe Canton / Irving Crane match

this is a story told to me by Dick Leonard (####leonard from the CCB board)

Joe Canton played and beat Irving Crane in the finals of a world tournament. Joe after making his last ball just laid his cue on the table. It is reported that they both signed their score cards and then a fan came out of the audience and claimed that Joe Canton needed 1 more ball as the referee forgot to deduct a scratch from his score. Joe walks over, picks up his cue and makes the 1 ball he needed. Crane goes ballistic to say the least. starts threatening to sue everybody involved. after a few hours of all these threats they finally decide to replay the match and crane wins the rematch. Joe gets pissed and comes home to his pool hall and buys a new large sign to be put outside to hang. it stated........Joe Canton "THE UNCROWNED WORLD CHAMPION"
I figured that since both had signed the score cards that should have been the end of it. but since the referee failed in his duties to deduct a point for Joe's scratch everybody and their brother wound up getting involved in the mess that was to follow. Joe only agreed to the replay of the game cuz it would have cost more to fight it than it was worth. the winners purse was only $2500.00...........mike
 
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efren arriving.
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You mean Cesar Morales arriving. ;)

Actually, I think Jose Parica arriving in the US a couple years earlier is just as momentous, if not more so. It marks the first time a foreigner set foot on American soil and began to dominate a predominantly American game. He paved the way for Efren, Luat, Andam, and the rest, and pool in America never was the same again.

Parica is known as the "leader of the Filipino invasion", and I believe the word "invasion" is a most appropriate term. The invasion revolutionized American and international pool, changing the game for the better since Parica's first arrival in the US. This fact alone makes Jose worthy of the Hall of Fame.
 
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frankncali said:
What are some of the bigger matches and moments in pool history?
On the table or surrounding the table happenings only. Not interested in
when an organization began or folded or anything like that.

I think Efrens "z" kick is one as well as Earls run outs for the Million.

What are some more?
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Earl Strickland, running 10+ racks for a Million Dollars at CJ's PCA event for the pros against Nick Pannino back in 1996 April. That was quite an emotional moment.
 
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