Earl imploding in the World Pool Masrers

jay helfert said:
My favorite line in the entire thread! Made me laugh, thanks.

By the way, did anyone else notice how young Earl looks for 58? More like 45. I do know that he exercises more than most of the young guys. I've heard him say he runs several miles every day and I believe it. He still looks slim and trim. If he could somehow cure his inner demons he might actually be able to play high level pool again. That would really be something. For me the saddest thing is to watch him play now and see him miss so many shots. I remember Earl in his prime and he had such a beautiful game, the way he worked that cue ball around the table and popped those balls in like sitting ducks. He would go through a rack like a hot knife through butter, and just as fast too! Break and run, break and run, on and on, rack after rack. He revolutionized tournament 9-Ball!
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He can still play like that if he keeps his head on straight. I’ve seen him run racks like he was in his prime- he shot one of the best sets of 10 ball I’ve ever seen against Appleton a few years ago in a make it happen event. if he gets up early and relaxes he can still make pool look really easy. The problem is that he is too much of a front runner now. If he gets down against a good pro he starts to look for excuses rather than fighting back
 

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Low500 said:
Avatars don't mean that's the person behind them nosy one.
Yours is of JFK. Does that mean you're him brought back to life?
Mind your own business, boy.
Welcome to Ignore City.
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How cute! We have a troll in the thread.

You leave pt109 along, Small Fry. He's a veteran AzB-er who enjoys a sterling posting record on AzBIlliards. You're not, and you don't. :angry:
 
Bob Jewett said:
Those are two unrelated things. The BCA was making money from its amateur leagues. My understanding is that a BCA member that is/was an amateur league decided that the BCA should not be directly competing against its own members and got enough board members to agree with them that they forced the BCA to sell the league. I have heard a rumor that the real hope was that there would be no buyer and the BCA league (and the competition it gave) would just evaporate.

Nasty, destructive politics, in my view.

I also feel that since the BCA no longer has any player members it has no right to be the governing body of pool in North America. It seems, however, to be the best of several bad choices.
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Thanks for sharing some data about the mysterious BCA who does everything behind the curtain, with no transparency.

I think professional pool is better without the BCA. Let Matchroom Sport rule pool. I hope Barry Hearn does not pay any stupid WPA sanctioning fee.

I think with Matchroom Sport's promotion capabilities and crediblity around the world in other genres, pool has as chance for the OIympics. With the WPA, it's the same-old, same-old nothing. The WPA goes to France with a few other sport organizations to ask for pool to be included. The Olympic Committee looks at the WPA, et al., and the image of pool and laughs, thinking, "Are you kidding me?" Instead, the Olympic Committee admits breakdancing, flag twirling, and soon I'm sure there will be Olympic lawn mower races and hot dog eating competitions, anything but pool.

Matchroom Sport, on the other hand, will be the change agent for pool. They have a good team that likes pool right now with a very savvy young lady, Emily Frazer, and, of course, the hardworking Luke Riches.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Matchroom Sport will save the day for pool. You heard it here first. I may be dead when pool gets in the Olympics because I'm old, but this post will live on forever as my prediction. :cool:
 
Low500 said:
Avatars don't mean that's the person behind them nosy one.
Yours is of JFK. Does that mean you're him brought back to life?
Mind your own business, boy.
Welcome to Ignore City.
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WOW. You took offense to pt109 giving you a heads up JAM is a lady? pt109 doesn't get anyone mad, and by far one of the best posters in AZB. If you took offense to that innocuous statement, that you might need to get off the internet for a few days :) lol
 
Thanx to JAM and RJ speaking up for me...but could you keep it down over there?
....you might be getting me in more trouble....:eek:
...he’s a bbbbbiker....:yikes:

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Maniac said:
Here's the question that hasn't been asked yet:

Why in the heck was Earl even invited to that tournament in the first place? There is certainly quite a bit more than a handful of American players more deserving.

Maniac
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That's easy...Earl fills seats. Always has always will.
 
tonyboy59 said:
That's easy...Earl fills seats. Always has always will.
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I vaguely recall that past champions got an invite. Or maybe I'm thinking of a different event. Earl did win it once (22 years ago). But I think he does fill seats.
 
I was tempted

pt109 said:
Thanx to JAM and RJ speaking up for me...but could you keep it down over there?
....you might be getting me in more trouble....:eek:
...he’s a bbbbbiker....:yikes:

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I was tempted as I am sure others were. I knew you could easily handle things yourself when you got a roundtuit.

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tonyboy59 said:
That's easy...Earl fills seats. Always has always will.
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I hosted 4 pro exhibitions at my room. The one with Earl was absolutely packed. He came in 5 minutes before the match, fully tapes up. Beat SVB 11 to 7 and 10 minutes later was gone. Just awesome!
 

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IMHO, as far as making money playing pool, action is where it's at, not at the big tourney's. Bergman and SVB are going to play for $50K, and they could probably find 3, 4, 5 6? of those matches a year - how many big tournaments pay that?
 
Chili Palmer said:
IMHO, as far as making money playing pool, action is where it's at, not at the big tourney's. Bergman and SVB are going to play for $50K, and they could probably find 3, 4, 5 6? of those matches a year - how many big tournaments pay that?
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What is the average net for the two players from the event? Are they making that much from the stream?
 
Bob Jewett said:
What is the average net for the two players from the event? Are they making that much from the stream?
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I wasn't talking about the "20,000 invitational" match where the final two players are playing for 20K and they get part of the stream, I was referring to the Bergman/SVB match but I was wrong about the amount, it hasn't been posted yet, for some reason I had 50K in my head. Either way, I would venture to say that most pro's are making more money in action.
 
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Chili Palmer said:
I wasn't talking about the "20,000 invitational" match where the final two players are playing for 20K and they get part of the stream, I was referring to the Bergman/SVB match but I was wrong about the amount, it hasn't been posted yet, for some reason I had 50K in my head. Either way, I would venture to say that most pro's are making more money in action.
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One of them will be losing money.
 
You do know these guys have backers right?
They really can't lose, but still they try to win. Gotta keep the backers happy.
 
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