Keith McCready coming out of retirement!

iusedtoberich said:
I think the game being talked about is when McCready is playing Alex late in the tournament. Accustats is featuring another match (I think Efren vs Busty), but their camera swings over for minute or so to show the action in the McCready match, because the audience is going nuts at their game. McCready get a bit too excited and misses a shot that would have won him the game and/or match. I believe Alex then went on to win the match from there.

This is all from memory, so accuracy is not promised:)

Edit: Here is the match. Go to 1:17 and watch for about a minute. I don't know who ended up winning the match...
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OMG, I had never seen that before. I was there in the front row by Keith's table, sitting next to Buddy Hall. You can see Bustie at the counter 1 hour, 15 minutes, and 50 seconds begin to watch Keith and Alex. I can hear Keith chirping, and then he missed that damn 9-ball for the win at 10 to 8. Even Efren cracks up in his chair at Counter 1 hour, 17 minutes, and 15 seconds, can't believe what he's seeing over on Keith and Alex's table, after Keith says, "You can put this on the Internet," and comes with a miss for the almighty win.

Alex gets stuck on the 3-ball at the 1-hour-and 20-minute mark. Alex makes the shot and the game to go the hill-hill with Keith. :eek:

I cannot tell you how pissed off I was at this point in the match. Keith was had all but handed the match to Alex by his showboating. :angry::angry:

Meanwhile, Jim and Billy commentating kept going back and forth with the two games, as were the railbirds. They were looking back and forth.

Johnny Archer was playing Howard Vickery on the side table, and Johnny was as angry as I was, but for different reasons. They just quit playing until Keith and Alex's match was done. :o

Fortunately for Keith, he won, but it could have just as easily gone to Alex.

Funny thing about Alex Pagulayan and Keith is that Keith has beaten him in each tournament they played against each other; whereas, gambling in action games, Alex has beat Keith. That shows you right there how much weight to put in a tournament match in a short race. ;)

Love seeing Alex every single time. He's one of pool's most colorful characters.
 

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JAM said:
OMG, I had never seen that before. I was there in the front row by Keith's table, sitting next to Buddy Hall. You can see Bustie at the counter 1 hour, 15 minutes, and 50 seconds begin to watch Keith and Alex. I can hear Keith chirping, and then he missed that damn 9-ball for the win at 10 to 8. Even Efren cracks up in his chair at Counter 1 hour, 17 minutes, and 15 seconds, can't believe what he's seeing over on Keith and Alex's table, after Keith says, "You can put this on the Internet," and comes with a miss for the almighty win.

Alex gets stuck on the 3-ball at the 1-hour-and 20-minute mark. Alex makes the shot and the game to go the hill-hill with Keith. :eek:

I cannot tell you how pissed off I was at this point in the match. Keith was had all but handed the match to Alex by his showboating. :angry::angry:

Meanwhile, Jim and Billy commentating kept going back and forth with the two games, as were the railbirds. They were looking back and forth.

Johnny Archer was playing Howard Vickery on the side table, and Johnny was as angry as I was, but for different reasons. They just quit playing until Keith and Alex's match was done. :o

Fortunately for Keith, he won, but it could have just as easily gone to Alex.

Funny thing about Alex Pagulayan and Keith is that Keith has beaten him in each tournament they played against each other; whereas, gambling in action games, Alex has beat Keith. That shows you right there how much weight to put in a tournament match in a short race. ;)

Love seeing Alex every single time. He's one of pool's most colorful characters.
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Every match Keith played that week the whole building was watching him.... He was funnier than hell. When he played Niels Feijn, Niels dropped the chalk & it hit the cue ball... Keith jumps up & says "up up up up I can't let you get away with that" I still laughin 10 years later
 
EL'nino said:
Every match Keith played that week the whole building was watching him.... He was funnier than hell. When he played Niels Feijn, Niels dropped the chalk & it hit the cue ball... Keith jumps up & says "up up up up I can't let you get away with that" I still laughin 10 years later
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Oh, man, I remember that too. Niels was miffed when it happened, but he was a gentleman about taking the foul. :smile:

This may have been Niels' first U.S. Open experience. He was so handsome, very tall, dynamic physique, blond and blue-eyed perfect specimen of a man.

Here's a shot taken just *before* their match, as he was walking in to practice. I'm glad I got a shot of him before he lost. :D

He's always been very polite and nice every single time I've seen him on the tournament trail. He and his Lady Katrina came to our area a few years later and were seen gambling at USA Billiards in Laurel. Katrina can play too. :cool:

Hey, check out that guy in the background lighting up a cigarette. That's Nick Shulman from NYC who used to play pool but is now a full-time poker player. :D
 

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Gotta throw this pic in the thread of Niels and Katrina taken at Super Billiards Expo. They do make a nice couple. I think I read somewhere that they had a baby. Also, Niels plays rock music in a band as a side hobby. :cool:

Also, did you know that the Dutch are the tallest people in the world on average?
 

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JAM said:
Gotta throw this pic in the thread of Niels and Katrina taken at Super Billiards Expo. They do make a nice couple. I think I read somewhere that they had a baby. Also, Niels plays rock music in a band as a side hobby. :cool:

Also, did you know that the Dutch are the tallest people in the world on average?
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You have a serious arsenal of pics don't ya.
 
EL'nino said:
This is the match I was talkin about... You can hear Keith sayin something as he makes the 8 & the cue's headed for the 9 "YOU CAN PUT THIS ONE ON THE INTERNET" Keith did win this match. I think he finished 5/6
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lol, I seem to recall that there's a little more to that story and why he said what he said... but my memory is a little fuzzy.

Lou Figueroa
 
JAM said:
Gotta throw this pic in the thread of Niels and Katrina taken at Super Billiards Expo. They do make a nice couple. I think I read somewhere that they had a baby. Also, Niels plays rock music in a band as a side hobby. :cool:

Also, did you know that the Dutch are the tallest people in the world on average?
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They do look really tall!;)

Neils is one of my favorite pros...he has the best website I have seen for any pool player:
http://www.nielsfeijen.nl/

He's not a musician (some would argue!), but a DJ. You can get his music on his website too:
http://www.nielsfeijen.nl/audio.php
 
EL'nino said:
This is the match I was talkin about... You can hear Keith sayin something as he makes the 8 & the cue's headed for the 9 "YOU CAN PUT THIS ONE ON THE INTERNET" Keith did win this match. I think he finished 5/6
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As Keith approached the final 9 ball in the first BC Open 9 Ball Championship for the win and the $25,000 first prize he turned to someone in the seats and called out "WE'RE GONNA GET THE PIPES CLEANED TONIGHT, BABY!" LOL!!
 
JAM said:
Oh, man, I remember that too. Niels was miffed when it happened, but he was a gentleman about taking the foul. :smile:

This may have been Niels' first U.S. Open experience. He was so handsome, very tall, dynamic physique, blond and blue-eyed perfect specimen of a man.

Here's a shot taken just *before* their match, as he was walking in to practice. I'm glad I got a shot of him before he lost. :D

He's always been very polite and nice every single time I've seen him on the tournament trail. He and his Lady Katrina came to our area a few years later and were seen gambling at USA Billiards in Laurel. Katrina can play too. :cool:

Hey, check out that guy in the background lighting up a cigarette. That's Nick Shulman from NYC who used to play pool but is now a full-time poker player. :D
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A still addicted to Cigs-S Lipsky in the background also. He has since quit successfully.
 
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HEY JAM


How many times did Keith play in the Open? Secondly, when?

Did he play in the late 70's early 80's when he was in top form?

Ken
 
Ken_4fun said:
HEY JAM


How many times did Keith play in the Open? Secondly, when?

Did he play in the late 70's early 80's when he was in top form?

Ken
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He's played in the Open quite a few times. I'll have to dig up the data and post back. The data is on my other computer in the den, which is being occupied by my sock puppet.
 
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