Earl did change these odds and goes through the entire procedure he used in practice
poolmouse;4207054[B said:
]Has this ever been completed?[/B]
We have some great interviews with Jay Helfert (the tournament director and the person that racked the last 5 games of Earl's run), Max Eberle who witnessed the historic feat and of course a two hour interview with Earl Stickland where I ask him many questions and Earl told things that I would have never guessed about how he prepared to run the racks.
The documentary will be completed at some point, the essential interview that we have left is with Earl's ex wife, Lisa, who he told on the way to Dallas that he was going to run the 10 racks for the Million......and he lived up to this somewhat "crazy" statement.
The affiliate of Lloyds of London had a math professor at SMU College run the odds for the Million Dollar Challenge and they were 7.8 Million to 1, and they don't change because he ran the racks. Just like when someone wins the lottery they don't change the odds, they are what they say they are at the beginning through whatever calculation they agree to use.
Earl did change these odds and goes through the entire procedure he used in practice to figure out the best possible approach. The "stars had to align" for this to happen in many ways, and It still remains, without question, the most remarkable feat in the history of pool.
It looks like July and August will free up for us to finish up this documentary. It's really strange that my nomination as Captain of the Mosconi Cup stopped us from doing it in the first place, especially if someone was to know "the rest of the story" about my relationship with the Mosconi Cup dating back to the year Earl ran the 11 Racks. They are connected, and in a bizarre way, and now they are connected yet again. 'The Game is the Teacher'