U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

he is capable playing at an elite level, but he dogs more balls than a top 4-5 player should. I'm a big fan of Earl- just telling the truth. He is too inconsistent (mainly due to lack of focus)- it isn't just the break
Which American player not named Shane or Fedor doesn’t dog more balls than a top player should? Earl struggles with certain types of long shots, but when he’s focused he still routinely makes tough run outs look easy.

He breaks like me and can’t even spell jump cue, but the rest of his game is still beautiful
 
On Facebook the are calling Eklant "Kledio's brother". That's brutal.

Earl is the biggest draw in pool. If you ever go to a tournament live....80% of the room is watching him. Just a legend.
 
he is capable playing at an elite level, but he dogs more balls than a top 4-5 player should. I'm a big fan of Earl- just telling the truth. He is too inconsistent (mainly due to lack of focus)- it isn't just the break
Pure shotmaking?

I'm taking 65 y/o Earl over Tyler, Sky, Billy and Bergman. They dog more balls than they should.
 
Albert Januarta disposes of BJ Ussery 9-1.

Grabe disposes of Bergman 9-5.

Darren Appleton up 7-4 on Mickey Krause. Why is this match not being streamed? I'm sorry I don't want to watch pros steamroll rando's in a tourney.
 
In the Gorst match today I got custom commentary from Mike Sigel. You people need to get out and experience events live. I got to meet Kevin, too.

I wonder if Eklent regrets pointing out Earl's color confusion about the fourth rack. No finger splints for Earl, but just about everything else.

I bet if you sit near Mike you get commentary, whether you want it or not. That said, when he’s not talking about himself every second, I think his commentary is excellent.

I didn’t see that action by Kaci. Much respect.
 
In the Gorst match today I got custom commentary from Mike Sigel. You people need to get out and experience events live. I got to meet Kevin, too.

I wonder if Eklent regrets pointing out Earl's color confusion about the fourth rack. No finger splints for Earl, but just about everything else.
I miss his looking glass to check racks.

He came to my room and had the wads of tape on his fingertips to elevate his bridge hand. One shot he popped them off. We had a couple hundred players watching and over 4k live streaming on a Wednesday night. Again...Earl is simply the biggest draw in pool.
 
Oscar pips Mieszko hill hill. Mickey forces hill hill with gets Darren. Pinegar on the hill against Alcaide. Alcaide forces hill hill with edges out Pinegar.
 
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Roda clawing back in his game with comes back on Sergio Rivas after forcing hill hill to close out the last of day 1.
 
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I bet if you sit near Mike you get commentary, whether you want it or not. That said, when he’s not talking about himself every second, I think his commentary is excellent.

i understand your point because i have heard him say some good stuff in commentary

but i disagree with you because he is talking about himself every second for about 95% of the time so his ability to be an adequate or good or excellent commentator is impossible

i can’t listen to him at all, ever
 
Pure shotmaking?

I'm taking 65 y/o Earl over Tyler, Sky, Billy and Bergman. They dog more balls than they should.
as much as I like Earl- I've always enjoyed how fluid his game is- he runs out fast and makes pool look easy, but I think he would be a distinct underdog against all 3 of those guys (as mean presently- he would hammer them in his prime) and not just because of the break. He often botches runouts that he almost never would have struggled with years ago- I think a lot it has to do with his inability to focus on the table- he often looks around to find somebody to yell at for supposedly sharking him. Often the person in question is behaving normally and he greatly overreacts- like getting mad at Kaci for drinking water today. It hinders his game and he really has only himself to blame for such weakness in his mental game.
 
Great Day One. Earl's win yes, but Chris Reinhold's win over Lee Vann was the real shocker!

Grabb showed the disparity between the Euros and us by how easily he handled Bergman. As for Skyler losing to a mid level player - Ugh!
 
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