Instant Karma - Earl edition

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Earl vs. Shane, Earl comes out strong winning the first 4, but finally lets
Shane back in. Shane's got his break working and wins 6 in a row,
with a good shot at 7... but finally misses trying to go railfirst for shape.

Earl's back in control and chirping at the crowd, crying about every partial roll,
talking at Shane about the magic rack and jump cues...
giving the commentators the stinkeye for doing their job, etc.

He makes a great positional shot and brags
"that was harder than anything Shane had to do."

He makes another one, bumping an awkward ball for shape,
then scolds the crowd for tepid applause
"you people don't even know a great shot when you see one!"

It's clearly bothering Shane, who is literally twisting in his chair to face away from
Earl when Earl's mouthing off at him.
He's covering his eye with his palm like he's got a headache.

Earl lands too straight to deal with 2 clustered balls,
but forces the cue ball into a great position where he can just
do a stop shot on one of the balls and leave the cue ball welded to the other.

You might remember Efren's "greatest shot" where he played
a nice safety but his object ball accidentally clipped another ball
and sunk it, forcing efren to shoot out of his own safe.

When Efren did it, he played the famous Z-kick and went on to win.
When Earl did it, his kick sold out and Shane finishes the set 9-6.

I'm not superstitious but if there were pool gods, they were putting the hex on Earl.
 
CreeDo said:
Earl vs. Shane, Earl comes out strong winning the first 4, but finally lets
Shane back in. Shane's got his break working and wins 6 in a row,
with a good shot at 7... but finally misses trying to go railfirst for shape.

Earl's back in control and chirping at the crowd, crying about every partial roll,
talking at Shane about the magic rack and jump cues...
giving the commentators the stinkeye for doing their job, etc.

He makes a great positional shot and brags
"that was harder than anything Shane had to do."

He makes another one, bumping an awkward ball for shape,
then scolds the crowd for tepid applause
"you people don't even know a great shot when you see one!"

It's clearly bothering Shane, who is literally twisting in his chair to face away from
Earl when Earl's mouthing off at him.
He's covering his eye with his palm like he's got a headache.

Earl lands too straight to deal with 2 clustered balls,
but forces the cue ball into a great position where he can just
do a stop shot on one of the balls and leave the cue ball welded to the other.

You might remember Efren's "greatest shot" where he played
a nice safety but his object ball accidentally clipped another ball
and sunk it, forcing efren to shoot out of his own safe.

When Efren did it, he played the famous Z-kick and went on to win.
When Earl did it, his kick sold out and Shane finishes the set 9-6.

I'm not superstitious but if there were pool gods, they were putting the hex on Earl.
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Nice synopsis. We often do create our own luck or fortune on the pool table.
 
The pool world NEEDS people like Earl......although we don't need a lot of them.
His unique child-like genius has brought a lot to the pool world.

I like Earl 86 percent of the time.:cool:
 
Not bad luck.

I watched the match and the shot and saw the possibility of either making the 8 or 7 off of the 8 before Earl ever shot the shot! It was not bad luck that he made the 8, it was a bad shot. Earl only controlled the cue ball and not the 7 ball. I would expect a top pro to be able to open the 7 up enough to go beyond the 8 and still stick whitey.
 
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CreeDo said:
Earl vs. Shane, Earl comes out strong winning the first 4, but finally lets
Shane back in. Shane's got his break working and wins 6 in a row,
with a good shot at 7... but finally misses trying to go railfirst for shape.

Earl's back in control and chirping at the crowd, crying about every partial roll,
talking at Shane about the magic rack and jump cues...
giving the commentators the stinkeye for doing their job, etc.

He makes a great positional shot and brags
"that was harder than anything Shane had to do."

He makes another one, bumping an awkward ball for shape,
then scolds the crowd for tepid applause
"you people don't even know a great shot when you see one!"

It's clearly bothering Shane, who is literally twisting in his chair to face away from
Earl when Earl's mouthing off at him.
He's covering his eye with his palm like he's got a headache.

Earl lands too straight to deal with 2 clustered balls,
but forces the cue ball into a great position where he can just
do a stop shot on one of the balls and leave the cue ball welded to the other.

You might remember Efren's "greatest shot" where he played
a nice safety but his object ball accidentally clipped another ball
and sunk it, forcing efren to shoot out of his own safe.

When Efren did it, he played the famous Z-kick and went on to win.
When Earl did it, his kick sold out and Shane finishes the set 9-6.

I'm not superstitious but if there were pool gods, they were putting the hex on Earl.
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Great post
Is the video of this match available?

Thx
Rob.M
 
CreeDo said:
Earl vs. Shane, Earl comes out strong winning the first 4, but finally lets
Shane back in. Shane's got his break working and wins 6 in a row,
with a good shot at 7... but finally misses trying to go railfirst for shape.
Earl's back in control and chirping at the crowd, crying about every partial roll,
talking at Shane about the magic rack and jump cues...
giving the commentators the stinkeye for doing their job, etc.
He makes a great positional shot and brags
"that was harder than anything Shane had to do."
He makes another one, bumping an awkward ball for shape,
then scolds the crowd for tepid applause
"you people don't even know a great shot when you see one!"
It's clearly bothering Shane, who is literally twisting in his chair to face away from
Earl when Earl's mouthing off at him.
He's covering his eye with his palm like he's got a headache.
Earl lands too straight to deal with 2 clustered balls,
but forces the cue ball into a great position where he can just
do a stop shot on one of the balls and leave the cue ball welded to the other.
You might remember Efren's "greatest shot" where he played
a nice safety but his object ball accidentally clipped another ball
and sunk it, forcing efren to shoot out of his own safe.
When Efren did it, he played the famous Z-kick and went on to win.
When Earl did it, his kick sold out and Shane finishes the set 9-6.
I'm not superstitious but if there were pool gods, they were putting the hex on Earl.
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Agreed. "Whateverest thou mayest sow, soweth shall thyest reapest." Or, something to that affect. :smile:
 
gregcantrall said:
I watched the match and the shot and saw the possibility of either making the 8 or 7 off of the 8 before Earl ever shot the shot! It was not bad luck that he made the 8, it was a bad shot. Earl only controlled the cue ball and not the 7 ball. I would expect a top pro to be able to open the 7 up enough to go beyond the 8 and still stick whitey.
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You were paying more attention than both of us I think...
Earl and I both just saw that stop shot and our eyes turned to dollar signs.

Sometimes I see stuff like that in my own games and then think
"eh, I'd have to get super unlucky for that to happen".
Then it does and I hate myself for a minute.

dontlitethat said:
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Great post
Is the video of this match available?

Thx
Rob.M
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It was on the TAR live stream, and eventually they will convert and upload
all the matches they recorded, you'll be able to download 'em from vimeo.
Not for free but TAR keeps the prices very low and the quality is fantastic.

Looks like the pool gods didn't take either Earl or Shane to the finals,
Dennis O. just won a tough one vs. Corey Deuel for the crown.
 
pt109 said:
The pool world NEEDS people like Earl......although we don't need a lot of them.
His unique child-like genius has brought a lot to the pool world.

I like Earl 86 percent of the time.:cool:
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Bingo PT !
 
Since Jay and maybe two more TD's put Earl on notice that if he pulls his shark moves he's gone others need to follow his lead. If I played Earl at a tournament with a pussy TD I'd bring a dozen bags of potato chips, a checkered flag for a towel, and talk to him and the crowd all through the match, and dare the TD to say something to me and not Earl. Every single player should act like Earl when he's in a tournament. I love to see Earl lose when he acts up in a game. Johnnyt
 
Earl is actually one of my favorite players, he may have his demons to slay, but OMG can he shoot! love to watch him play especially when he "wants" to win. :yeah:
 
By-the-way, and for the record. All Karma is instantaneous. What you soweth, so shall you getteth, right then and thereth.
I once called my second wife fat and she immediately punched out my headlamps. :)
 
Earl's mouth

CreeDo said:
Earl vs. Shane, Earl comes out strong winning the first 4, but finally lets
Shane back in. Shane's got his break working and wins 6 in a row,
with a good shot at 7... but finally misses trying to go railfirst for shape.

Earl's back in control and chirping at the crowd, crying about every partial roll,
talking at Shane about the magic rack and jump cues...
giving the commentators the stinkeye for doing their job, etc.

He makes a great positional shot and brags
"that was harder than anything Shane had to do."

He makes another one, bumping an awkward ball for shape,
then scolds the crowd for tepid applause
"you people don't even know a great shot when you see one!"

It's clearly bothering Shane, who is literally twisting in his chair to face away from
Earl when Earl's mouthing off at him.
He's covering his eye with his palm like he's got a headache.

Earl lands too straight to deal with 2 clustered balls,
but forces the cue ball into a great position where he can just
do a stop shot on one of the balls and leave the cue ball welded to the other.

You might remember Efren's "greatest shot" where he played
a nice safety but his object ball accidentally clipped another ball
and sunk it, forcing efren to shoot out of his own safe.

When Efren did it, he played the famous Z-kick and went on to win.
When Earl did it, his kick sold out and Shane finishes the set 9-6.

I'm not superstitious but if there were pool gods, they were putting the hex on Earl.
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I love watching Earl play. I sometimes turn the sound off.

I played a guy many years ago, that had a similar personality to Earl's.
When he asked me to play a set for $$$, and asked me what I needed for a spot, I said, "My spot is this. No speaking during the match. If you speak, you forfeit.

He couldn't make it through the first rack, paid me and stomped out.
 
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