Shane lines up and gets ready to slaughter whitey. The old pop'n'stop does work on a 10 footer, the 2nd row balls
still dutifully head for the sides, and 1 tends to hang up very near the top corner. Still, the table took away some of
Shane's usual breaking dominance.
Earl's break is just a standard professional break, at least on this table. He seldom made anything and would go dry for hours. He tried breaking with the 70 incher, plus adding or removing arm weights, but it didn't help. Nobody can claim earl won from having a few good breaks (which some people seem to believe about shane).
Shane gently tweaking the 2nd row balls while Earl stalks away. Maybe it's a move, maybe he just wants 'em perfect because his own break wasn't up to par.
Earl tweaking the rack, with Shane ready to retweak as soon as he steps away.
The rake played less of a part than you'd think. Earl's cue hardly needed it. At one point he had a shot he just couldn't reach, and started rummaging through his bag. He seemed to be looking for an extension... when his cue is already extended a foot more than most people's. Earl's equipment bag is awesome and contains a full case of chalk, at least two sets of headphones, the magnifying glass, and probably a lathe. The only thing he might be missing is a jump cue.
More autograph signing. I should know who that is on the left... someone help me out.
You will pretty much NEVER see Earl hug an opponent. I think he feels kinda paternal towards Shane, who is still quite young for a world champion. Try to picture Earl hugging Ralf Souquet in front of dozens of people.
Earl's pretty chipper and chatty afterwards. Nice to see the guy smile occasionally.
Let's not forget the men behind that camera on the left... they made it all possible.
still dutifully head for the sides, and 1 tends to hang up very near the top corner. Still, the table took away some of
Shane's usual breaking dominance.
Earl's break is just a standard professional break, at least on this table. He seldom made anything and would go dry for hours. He tried breaking with the 70 incher, plus adding or removing arm weights, but it didn't help. Nobody can claim earl won from having a few good breaks (which some people seem to believe about shane).
Shane gently tweaking the 2nd row balls while Earl stalks away. Maybe it's a move, maybe he just wants 'em perfect because his own break wasn't up to par.
Earl tweaking the rack, with Shane ready to retweak as soon as he steps away.
The rake played less of a part than you'd think. Earl's cue hardly needed it. At one point he had a shot he just couldn't reach, and started rummaging through his bag. He seemed to be looking for an extension... when his cue is already extended a foot more than most people's. Earl's equipment bag is awesome and contains a full case of chalk, at least two sets of headphones, the magnifying glass, and probably a lathe. The only thing he might be missing is a jump cue.
More autograph signing. I should know who that is on the left... someone help me out.
You will pretty much NEVER see Earl hug an opponent. I think he feels kinda paternal towards Shane, who is still quite young for a world champion. Try to picture Earl hugging Ralf Souquet in front of dozens of people.
Earl's pretty chipper and chatty afterwards. Nice to see the guy smile occasionally.
Let's not forget the men behind that camera on the left... they made it all possible.
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