Earl's record broken!

gulfportdoc

gulfportdoc

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Earl Strickland's record million-dollar 11 racks of nine ball was
broken last night in Gulfport, Miss.! Last night I was playing local
shortstop Biloxi Bob races to 7 for $50. Bob broke and ran the 1st
rack, then broke & ran 3 more, snapped in the nine twice in a row, then
broke & ran the last game for the win. I'd never seen anyone do that
before (especially against me), and by that time a small crowd of
sweaters had formed. He won the toss for the 2nd set. He broke & ran
the first rack! Nobody could believe this! He then snapped in the
nine, broke & ran, had a one-nine combo in the next rack; then snapped
in the nine AGAIN. When he finally came up dry on the 6th break, I
came to the table for the first time, 0-5. I eventually lost the set
2-7, but I was happy to lose the $100, just to witness this amazing
feat!


The crowd couldn't believe Bob's shooting! The room owner got so
excited that he phoned a friend of his at Billiards Digest, and they
apparently will be doing an article on the 12 continuous racks. It
seems to me that the 12 racks was not only 1 better than Earl's, but
there were only 4 nine-balls on the snap, and only 1 combination! I
guarantee you that you'll be hearing more about Biloxi Bob!!


Doc
(Happy April 1st)
 
I don't think Earl's record was broken, because Earl ran 11 in the official tournament. Anyway, Fejen ran 15 racks once, but not on a tournament also.
 
gulfportdoc said:
Earl Strickland's record million-dollar 11 racks of nine ball was
broken last night in Gulfport, Miss.!


Doc
(Happy April 1st)
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LOL :D
You had me going there for a minute.
Happy All Fools Day, to you Doc.

Tracy
 
Biloxi Bob is the guy who keeps selling all of those ACCU-Stats tapes on EBAY, right?
If so I guess that tells you that buying and watching ACCU-Stat tapes can really help your game. :-)


Way to go Bob.

Warm Regards,
JoeyA

gulfportdoc said:
Earl Strickland's record million-dollar 11 racks of nine ball was
broken last night in Gulfport, Miss.! Last night I was playing local
shortstop Biloxi Bob races to 7 for $50. Bob broke and ran the 1st
rack, then broke & ran 3 more, snapped in the nine twice in a row, then
broke & ran the last game for the win. I'd never seen anyone do that
before (especially against me), and by that time a small crowd of
sweaters had formed. He won the toss for the 2nd set. He broke & ran
the first rack! Nobody could believe this! He then snapped in the
nine, broke & ran, had a one-nine combo in the next rack; then snapped
in the nine AGAIN. When he finally came up dry on the 6th break, I
came to the table for the first time, 0-5. I eventually lost the set
2-7, but I was happy to lose the $100, just to witness this amazing
feat!


The crowd couldn't believe Bob's shooting! The room owner got so
excited that he phoned a friend of his at Billiards Digest, and they
apparently will be doing an article on the 12 continuous racks. It
seems to me that the 12 racks was not only 1 better than Earl's, but
there were only 4 nine-balls on the snap, and only 1 combination! I
guarantee you that you'll be hearing more about Biloxi Bob!!


Doc
(Happy April 1st)
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Well, he snagged me. I am gullible. :-)
JoeyA

RSB-Refugee said:
LOL :D
You had me going there for a minute.
Happy All Fools Day, to you Doc.

Tracy
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Antonio Gabica broke and ran 15 racks against Dennis Orcullo for the crown in last years Hope 1M pesos 9-balls tournament. Final score was 17-6. And this isn't April 1st.
 
bandido said:
Antonio Gabica broke and ran 15 racks against Dennis Orcullo for the crown in last years Hope 1M pesos 9-balls tournament. Final score was 17-6. And this isn't April 1st.
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Can you give us a link on that?- I dont see a thing on it using google.
 
Nostroke said:
Can you give us a link on that?- I dont see a thing on it using google.
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Unfortunately news archives here are real bad but I found an article that mentioned something about that finals match. The article mentioned that its 1st Philippine 9-Ball Open and not the Hope although I'm pretty sure that its the Hope 1M since Mika won the 1st Phil. Open 9 by beating Efren coming from behind (Efren choked while on the hill). I'll check the local newspaper archives some more now that I've found the dates. The score btw was 17-7 and not 17-6 as I posted earlier (but then again I may be right). Reporting here is so bad.
Here's a link: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=sports04_oct17_2005

Try www.a9.com search and type in the keywords above.
 
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In this EPT thread it mentions 11 consecutive racks. But in a succeeding post, a poster mentioned the replay showing a 1-1 score before the commercial break and suddenly a 16-6 score after the commercial. I saw the finals match live and I recall that the score was 4-1 in favor of Dennis when Gabica started his 15 racks run. Dennis was just smiling and joking with the crowd while running out 2 racks when he finally got to shoot. Dennis then got a dry break and Gabica prceeded to run the rack to win the crown. In this thread it now mentions Fil-Open 9-Ball Tournament! So, so confusing.
http://www.easypooltutor.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3748
 
bandido said:
In this EPT thread it mentions 11 consecutive racks. But in a succeeding post, a poster mentioned the replay showing a 1-1 score before the commercial break and suddenly a 16-6 score after the commercial. I saw the finals match live and I recall that the score was 4-1 in favor of Dennis when Gabica started his 15 racks run. Dennis was just smiling and joking with the crowd while running out 2 racks when he finally got to shoot. Dennis then got a dry break and Gabica prceeded to run the rack to win the crown. In this thread it now mentions Fil-Open 9-Ball Tournament! So, so confusing.
http://www.easypooltutor.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3748
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Edwin

Maybe the TV rerun could have cut out Dennis's 3 games to get to 4-1 as well as AG's 15 games but at anyrate we cant take someone's recollection of a TV replay to the bank.

It's just hard to fathom, the pool world being as small as it is, that there wouldn't have been a huge buzz about anyone anywhere running 15 racks in the finals of any kind of tournament, much less one with such prestige.

I personally have seen confusion on the subject caused by announcers saying such as "he has run the last 10 racks" when they meant to say and should have said "he has won 10 consecutive racks". Anyway let us know if you find anything on this.

PS- Maybe i will see you in November. In fact it's fairly certain if i stay halfway healthy.
 
Nostroke said:
Edwin

Maybe the TV rerun could have cut out Dennis's 3 games to get to 4-1 as well as AG's 15 games but at anyrate we cant take someone's recollection of a TV replay to the bank.

It's just hard to fathom, the pool world being as small as it is, that there wouldn't have been a huge buzz about anyone anywhere running 15 racks in the finals of any kind of tournament, much less one with such prestige.

I personally have seen confusion on the subject caused by announcers saying such as "he has run the last 10 racks" when they meant to say and should have said "he has won 10 consecutive racks". Anyway let us know if you find anything on this.

PS- Maybe i will see you in November. In fact it's fairly certain if i stay halfway healthy.
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I hear you. But I did say that I watched it live and even if we just go by the poster's deflated 11 racks run-out, this was stiil done in a finals match against a very good opponent. Unfortunately, the Philippine pool scene isn't talked about much internationally. You may not even know how bad Efren choked during the previously mentioned finals match with Mika. I don't blame him, he had so much pressure at the time as he was expected to win this first edition of the Phil. 9-Ball Open plus the books gave Mika 2 games on the wire. The pressure was tremendous that Efren's compadre, that I match up against (getting the wild7 of course as he's a low 3rd tier player), got hospitalized for hypertension after his group lost in the 7 figures. :-)
 
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Nostroke said:
Edwin
PS- Maybe i will see you in November. In fact it's fairly certain if i stay halfway healthy.
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HEY! Have we met before? WPC Cardiff? Let me know if you're definitely coming for WPC Manila, I'l show you around town and we'll have a blast!
 
Archer ran 13 racks and 2 more in the next set against Bustamante according to Ted Harris ( money match ).
Really Efren ran 9 racks against Busta at Cardiff. He did not snap the 9-ball once on the break. How many 9 did Earl snap-in? I heard two.
 
bandido said:
HEY! Have we met before? WPC Cardiff? Let me know if you're definitely coming for WPC Manila, I'l show you around town and we'll have a blast!
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Yes-Cardiff it was. Ill always love that town. I was using my real life pool name Davey Gravy when i met you. You showed me some of your cues during the Q'rs and i knew Ronnie pretty well so we rooted for him together some iirc. I remember Raj running 5 or 6 on him and Ronnie having a 'tip' problem at the time. He has since made his mark for sure and will be tough in November.

Ill let you know about Manila-I'm hoping to drag someone along though who knows the ropes there real good. We shall see.

I knew about Mika winning that one-not sure i knew about Efren though. Mika likes the Phillipines and is quite comfortable there obviously. He should be one of the top 5 favs there though Stan James has him at 20-1 now.
 
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JoeyInCali said:
Archer ran 13 racks and 2 more in the next set against Bustamante according to Ted Harris ( money match ).
Really Efren ran 9 racks against Busta at Cardiff. He did not snap the 9-ball once on the break. How many 9 did Earl snap-in? I heard two.
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Earl snapped a few in. How about after getting 15 ran on him, Busta coming back and beating Johnny two close nail biting sets. That is a lot of heart.
 
Nostroke said:
Yes-Cardiff it was. Ill always love that town. I was using my real life pool name Davey Gravy when i met you. You showed me some of your cues during the Q'rs and i knew Ronnie pretty well so we rooted for him together some iirc. I remember Raj running 5 or 6 on him and Ronnie having a 'tip' problem at the time. He has since made his mark for sure and will be tough in November.

Ill let you know about Manila-I'm hoping to drag someone along though who knows the ropes there real good. We shall see.

I knew about Mika winning that one-not sure i knew about Efren though. Mika likes the Phillipines and is quite comfortable there obviously. He should be one of the top 5 favs there though Stan James has him at 20-1 now.
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I had a feeling it was you! Glad to hear from you Dave.
 
cueman said:
Earl snapped a few in. How about after getting 15 ran on him, Busta coming back and beating Johnny two close nail biting sets. That is a lot of heart.
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You're right but I believe that it was 14 racks n an after tournament match-up. I read about that in a magazine back in the early 90s. Johnny runs a whole set then Django beat him in the next two. Somebody purchased that table that they were playing on and had them both sign it. Johnny signed "Johnny Archer 14 racks run-out" and Django signed "Francisco Django Bustamante-Winner"!
 
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