middleofnowhere
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I am sorry for coming into this thread at this point not knowing anything. What has Earls high run been during this?
The Legendary Pearl to Take On 14.1 Attempts
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what time is he going to start giving it a go today?
1984 Caesars Tahoe was my first experience with the pro tournaments. What a great experience. I enjoyed it so much that I can not remember who won that year. I was fortunate to make it through the snow just before 50 closed due to white out. Upon walking in I was directed to our Northwest favorite Dan Louie playing Jose Parica. With "Parica just beat Earl out of a lot of money in Texas." Danny beat him 9-8 and then on the second chance side he defeated him again 9-8. Seems like Earl did win. By the finals I was well into celebrating.
DeeDeeCues
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Part of a high run is stamina. Taking a huge break in the middle is a much more valid reason to nullify a record than any of the reasons *some* people gave to nullify JS's record.
That falls within the realm of, "If a Frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his butt all the time."
Actually it was a blue ox, but his name was BabeAnd I heard Paul Bunyan was a giant of a man and had a pet OX named Blue
Now back to Earl.
See how myths can get all screwed up trying to remember the stories we were told or read growing upActually it was a blue ox, but his name was Babe
Earl's performance the last couple days was much better than the first day. Better patterns. Better break shots. He still did some unconventional stuff but that's to be expected for a lifelong rotation player but he looked more like a straight pool player at the end.
I can pretty much guarantee everyone that if Allen Hopkins, Nick Varner, Mike Segal just to mention a few, if they were playing in this event, any of them would have posted a 200+ run on day 1, because they all have a 14.1 background, and they're ALL older than Earl. I'm not knocking Earl, just all the hype involving his 408 and 480 high runs. The one thing this type of event will do, and that's turning rumors into truths!
middleofnowhere
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I tend to agree with you. I have no doubt in his mind he believes he could have done it, so he just said he did. He may be experiencing a bit of a reality check now.
Not sure what time Earl will punch the clock today — maybe a little earlier than 3.
Lou Figueroa
Agreed, no one at 60 is likely to be able to run much more than half as many balls as they could run in their prime. Comparing Earl’s high runs to Ruslan or Shane is just not fair for precisely that reason.
middleofnowhere
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Earl was never a straight pool player. The little we saw him play maybe 25 years ago was horrible. He probably plays the best straight pool now of his life.
The high run thing is neither here or there.
I think in a 14.1 tournament Earl now would be favorite to do well or even win.
In one of his Billiard Network commentaries, he mentioned that there was a time when he practiced 14.1 a lot around 30 years ago and then he stopped because there weren't many tournaments for 14.1 and that he didn't fully appreciate the game back then. So, perhaps there was a time when his skills were better- certainly in terms of shot making and maybe knowledge as well- I think you can kind of forget certain aspects of a game if you don't play it often.