Stunning news: FREE IPT Challenge Match: Johnny Archer vs. Earl Strickland

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December 19, 2007, 7pm (central)

The International Pool Tour presents a live challenge match between two of the greatest pocket billiards in the history of the sport. On December 19, 2007, at 7pm (Central) Johnny Archer will face Earl Strickland in an 8-Ball showdown. Archer has numerous World Championship Titles to his name along with Player of the Year honors; he was even chosen as the Player of the Decade for the 1990s. Strickland has also had an impressive career including multiple World Championship Titles as well as the most U.S. Open victories of any player ever. Strickland is also a recent inductee of the Hall of Fame. Both players continue to compete at the highest professional levels. Fans often debate about who is the better player, and now these two titans of the sport will battle it out, live. The live broadcast feed will be available absolutely free for anyone, anywhere in the world.

By www.internationalpooltour.com

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Wherever it is (the place alone is drawing interest. Why there? what's behind, if any? resurrection?), that is just great to have an opportunity to watch such a challenge. And the fact it is free is absolutelu fascinating!
I will try to record the whole game but could miss that opportunity due to time difference. So, I' m addressing to the majority of pool video freaks who can perform same videotaping or grabbing or whatever you name it. Please save the coming match to share later!
 
I promise you it's a scam. I'm very disappointed in Archer for being a part of this. With Strickland, what else would I expect.

Mark
 
mbvl said:
I promise you it's a scam. I'm very disappointed in Archer for being a part of this. With Strickland, what else would I expect.

Mark
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if it turns out to be true eventually, I would be very disappointed.
 
WHOA! steady on there mbvl don't go saying things that:

A) Can't be backed up

B) May cause a player any problems, afterall this is their livleyhood your talking about.
 
I will go on record saying:

The IPT was a scam and I think no one in the pool world should have anything to do with the organization until all prior debts are paid.

Two days ago this new organization and now the IPT once again. This is very fishy.

I personally think all billiards entities (magazines/websites) should deny advertising this. I also believe Archer and Strickland should refuse, but money talks and I cannot blame them. However, each and every one of us should boycott the IPT until reparations have been made.
 
These two never even reach the top finish in all the IPT tour. They should have chosen from either, Rodney, Reyes, Manalo or Hohmann.
 
The players have been paid 70-plus percent of total monies from Reno event. Yes, I know it is late, but it is still being paid. In fact, I heard it through the pool grapevine that another check is supposed to be going out by next week.

It is my understanding that the IPT may come forth with a smaller tournament platform for next year, with tournament monies held in escrow.

Personally, if I were Kevin Trudeau, I wouldn't want a damn thing more to do with pool. He has been trashed by a lot of non-IPT competitors. However, the majority of IPT competitors, believe it or not, still would like to see the IPT back in the saddle again.

I think the IPT website is EXCELLENT, for what it's worth. The player selection of Earl Strickland and Johnny Archer seems appropriate, both being awarded the Player of the Year as reported by the American pool media.

I look forward to seeing this match on December 19th, 2007.

JAM
 
Assuming that the players are playing for prize money and not for free, I think it is pretty disgusting.

I don't know what the personal finances of either player are but I wouldn't suspect that Johnny, for example, is financially distressed. If they are, then, hey, you gotta feed the family.

If not, I think it is a little sad that they would accept money from an organization that owes large sums of money to pros who ARE in many cases, not well off financially.

Regards,
Jim
 
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parvus1202 said:
These two never even reach the top finish in all the IPT tour. They should have chosen from either, Rodney, Reyes, Manalo or Hohmann.
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i think a big reason why they chose them is that they could draw a big crowd not that the players you've mentioned won't( who wouldn't want to watch reyes?:confused: ) but Strickland alone would draw huge ratings, which is what i think they're trying to aim for. ;)
 
When I brought up AZ's front page and saw the story about the IPT's challenge match between Archer and Strickland I was disgusted and disappointed. How any respectable player could possibly support the IPT or any of its factions is beyond my understanding. I know it sounds bad and I understand that several of the players are not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, but any of them who compete in the re-emerging IPT will have absolutely NO right to complain if they are not paid or if anything else happens. As long as the company has ANY connection to Kevin Trudeau, no player should sponsor or support it or its ventures. Kevin Trudeau is a snake who takes advantages of others by any means necessary to increase his financial well being. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I beg all of you not to encourage this kind of tour. We've already seen the ending to this story, and as far I remember, none of us liked it. Why watch it happen again?
 
This is why this forum needs more moderators, since they should have the ability to lock threads. This thread or one of the others that spring up should be locked so the focus can be in one thread only.

On topic, I am not surprised that they are doing this. It seems like they are copying some of the good things that theactionreport has done. Challenge match with live streaming...seems awful similar.

I agree with the other posters about Johnny and Earl. I think that all the other remaining players should have their money prior to doing this. 2 big names doing this is like trying to brush the past under a blanket or something if this goes off.
 
Perk said:
This is why this forum needs more moderators, since they should have the ability to lock threads. This thread or one of the others that spring up should be locked so the focus can be in one thread only.

On topic, I am not surprised that they are doing this. It seems like they are copying some of the good things that theactionreport has done. Challenge match with live streaming...seems awful similar.

I agree with the other posters about Johnny and Earl. I think that all the other remaining players should have their money prior to doing this. 2 big names doing this is like trying to brush the past under a blanket or something if this goes off.
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Maybe this is a way for them to come up with more money to pay the players. While I do not condone the actions of KEvin Trudeau in not paying the players fully right at the end of the tournaments, you have to understand that in business when someone starts a new company like Kevin Trudeau did, they often have financial plans well in advance including the amount of personal investment they are willing to put into it to try and succeed. If his business model required more advertisers buying airtime and that fell through, (i.e. making online gambling in the U.S.illegal making it highly unlikely that the main expected advertisers would advertise), then the business model has to be revamped. He has not shut down the website and it now appears that they are trying to change the business model in the light of unforeseeable changes, like that new U.S. law that was passed.

I know that many who were shooting down KT from before anything happened actually enjoyed that this happened the way that it did, and that is sad. Again, I am not defending KT at all and find it reprehensible that the necesary funds were not placed into escrow and the players payed immediately after the tournament. It is hard enough for the pool community to succeed in todays market and this only puts another black mark on the professional pool community. If it is, however, that they are trying to revamp their business model and finish paying off and possibly setting up plans for the continued existence of the IPT, then I say watch a great match between two awesome players and enjoy it, if it's free, then who cares who's organizing it?

If this can bring excitement and needed advertisers back into the fray, then it is possible, however unlikely, that the IPT may not die and that can only be a good thing IMO, so long that the same thing that has happened in the past does not occur again. Not expected, but possible.
 
Jaden said:
Maybe this is a way for them to come up with more money to pay the players. While I do not condone the actions of KEvin Trudeau in not paying the players fully right at the end of the tournaments, you have to understand that in business when someone starts a new company like Kevin Trudeau did, they often have financial plans well in advance including the amount of personal investment they are willing to put into it to try and succeed. If his business model required more advertisers buying airtime and that fell through, (i.e. making online gambling in the U.S.illegal making it highly unlikely that the main expected advertisers would advertise), then the business model has to be revamped. He has not shut down the website and it now appears that they are trying to change the business model in the light of unforeseeable changes, like that new U.S. law that was passed.

I know that many who were shooting down KT from before anything happened actually enjoyed that this happened the way that it did, and that is sad. Again, I am not defending KT at all and find it reprehensible that the necesary funds were not placed into escrow and the players payed immediately after the tournament. It is hard enough for the pool community to succeed in todays market and this only puts another black mark on the professional pool community. If it is, however, that they are trying to revamp their business model and finish paying off and possibly setting up plans for the continued existence of the IPT, then I say watch a great match between two awesome players and enjoy it, if it's free, then who cares who's organizing it?

If this can bring excitement and needed advertisers back into the fray, then it is possible, however unlikely, that the IPT may not die and that can only be a good thing IMO, so long that the same thing that has happened in the past does not occur again. Not expected, but possible.
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I like your style, Jaden! :)

JAM
 
come on guys

every day there is a thread on here about how pool as a professional sport is doomed. theres not enough money, blah blah blah...

now heres a big match that should be awesome to watch. the IPT did have the biggest payouts ever. according to JAM 70% payout of owed prize monies have been payed.

sure KT is a snake. sure the IPT left a sour taste when the business model failed. at least they tried something. the didnt just whine online about how professional pool was doomed.

if a rejuvenated IPT can put on some tourneys and get going again then i say great. i cant wait to watch the matches. if pros want to take a risk (caveat emptors, the basis or our economic system) then great.

come on guys, cant we support (or at least not dis players/organizations trying to do) something that could be good for pool?

brian
 
pocketspeed said:
every day there is a thread on here about how pool as a professional sport is doomed. theres not enough money, blah blah blah...

now heres a big match that should be awesome to watch. the IPT did have the biggest payouts ever. according to JAM 70% payout of owed prize monies have been payed.

sure KT is a snake. sure the IPT left a sour taste when the business model failed. at least they tried something. the didnt just whine online about how professional pool was doomed.

if a rejuvenated IPT can put on some tourneys and get going again then i say great. i cant wait to watch the matches. if pros want to take a risk (caveat emptors, the basis or our economic system) then great.

come on guys, cant we support (or at least not dis players/organizations trying to do) something that could be good for pool?

brian
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Yeah! What he said! :)

JAM
 
Anybody that has ever watched late night infomercials knows that KT is a straight up CONMAN and should not be trusted. I understand that money talks but this is alot like making a deal with the devil and after all the personal agony that KT has caused our pool family I can't believe that Johnny and Earl would have anything to do with this. KT preys on the sick and the weak, this is a literal statement.
We, as a pool community should never throw our support behind anything that has Kevin Trudeau attached to it. JMOICBW (but not this time)........Marc
 
It's free?

I signed up. It's free! Something a little funny here? KT giving something away for free?? Alarms??? WTF:confused:
 
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