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The Legendary Pearl to Take On 14.1 Attempts
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168 now. He's looking much more relaxed.
196.
Ends at 196. A break ball was left that would have been in the rack on a wood rack. Left him no break shot. Missed it. (He played the rack bad to leave that ball).
I did indeed watch every minute of his play, Skogs, and was as joyfully engrossed and appreciative as I've been with all the smoothest and pure former greats. His play was pure, perfect, and artistically beautiful 14.1.
I remember commenting to myself "there's the reason 14.1 will always endure -- every generation has a few players who are blessedly gifted with the special kind of mind, pace, and passion to pursue and excel at it -- at a level that is well beyond others competing at it."
Arnaldo
Was it 14 racks? 196? Maybe I saw it wrong.
Thought it was 182.
Earl sure makes it tough on himself. I mean, the game is tough enough but the patterns he choses to play makes it *a lot* tougher.
Lou Figueroa
It is a great sweat.
There's a man vs mountain thing about it that makes it very compelling. And then, when you have a player like Earl shooting who is giving you a few more cliff hangers thrown in, there's quite a bit of drama, I think.
Lou Figueroa
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I like watching him put so much “mojo” on the cue ball with that 14mm cannon.
Lots of people believe (falsely) that you need a skinny shaft to juice it up.
The Taiwanese players love thick solid-maple shafts that are stiff.
Most of them can’/don’t use the amount of juice that Earl does, though.
Lots of people believe (falsely) that you need a skinny shaft to juice it up.
The Taiwanese players love thick solid-maple shafts that are stiff.
Most of them can’/don’t use the amount of juice that Earl does, though.
I was thinking the same thing just a few minutes ago.
Wouldn’t it be fun to have a stroke like Earls just for a week?
And great 14.1 players have no need to "JUICE' up any shots when they're playing patterns correctly, in fact all they're playing is connect the dots, not sending their cue ball all over the table!
126 and breaking.
I wouldn’t want to tone mine down that much!
I know that.And great 14.1 players have no need to "JUICE' up any shots when they're playing patterns correctly, in fact all they're playing is connect the dots, not sending their cue ball all over the table!
Earl is playing “his way”.
He may never get into the range of several hundred, but he makes it entertaining.
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