Mike Sigel vs Earl Strickland!!! 8Ball,9Ball,10Ball,14.1, 1Pocket & Banks! FEB 23-25!

[jay helfert]

Are they playing for anything???? No mention of purse anywhere. Can't see paying that for a s^*ts-n-giggles exhibition.

I would like to see them play this match just like the Make It Happen events that Accu-Stats puts on. There are six disciplines and they could award $1,000 to the winner of each one. Then you would see a real match and not just a benefit exhibition for these two guys.

 

[Dimeball]

what are the races?

 

[Mich]

With Sigel the conversation went more like this;

Mike - (after getting bad position) "Man, what am I doing!" (pointing his cue at the table) "This is where I needed to be!" (he walks around for a minute or two surveying the shot, all the time shaking his head and making grimacing faces) "I hate this shot!" (looks at his designated Yes man) "Should I go for it?" (Yes man shakes his head, uncertain what to say) "I don't have a choice." (he stands over the shot looking back and forth from the cue ball to the object ball) "Oh well!" (he gets down on the ball finally, takes four or five practice strokes and fires) SWISH! (Mike acts like he's fainting, staggers and then wipes his brow and gives a half smile) "I still hate that shot!"

And now we hear from Earl;

Earl - (Running out and making it look easy) "I'm the greatest who ever lived! And I couldn't make a dime playing this game!" (shoots another ball and gets perfect position) "I should have been a golfer. I would be a multi millionaire now!" (gets out of line and has to bank the next ball) "Did you see that, this table is faster downhill that way!" (shoots the bank and the ball lips out) "These pockets stink! That ball should have gone in. I hit it perfect!" (Stares at the offending pocket for ten seconds as Mike grins while waiting for him to sit down. Earl slams his cue against the rail as he sits down) (Earl continues to grumble incoherently as Mike runs out the remaining balls).

Jay--YES!
LOL

 

[Mich]

People who take Sigel at face value are grossly misreading him. Mike is far more calculating than people give him credit for and he rarely does anything at the table without it being completely on

purpose (although he'd never want you to know that). He likes people to be fociused on "A" behavior so when he's executing the "B" behavior, no one notices. Yeah, Mike "talks" a lot while playing, but not

all of it is compulsive "self-talk". (IMHO) Mike has superior "Gamemanship" skills compared to Earl...and I've shot with both of them.

If Mike can get Earl p!$$ed off and feed Earl's anger, game over for Earl, Sigel will dominate. On Monday, February 26th, remember you heard it here :wink::wink:

-Z-

Oh Captain my Captain!