mr. truedue was making a big announcment today at 11:00AM what was it? anyone?
What Was The Big Announcment?
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Saturday Matches Begin at Second IPT Qualifier
Saturday, January 28, 2006 -11:20 a.m.
Players who were eliminated in yesterday’s matches were told to report back to The Pool Room this morning by 11 a.m. for a special announcement from Kevin Trudeau. This morning, Trudeau pulled two of their names out of a hat: Louis Ulrich and Imran Majid. “See that old guy playing on that back table?” he asked them, indicating Mike Sigel. “The Mouth” is going to play both simultaneously in a race to 8, and if Sigel doesn’t defeat them, they will win free entries into the remaining three qualifiers.
The IPT will draw six more names of players who have been eliminated to see if anyone can defeat the Hall of Famer, who has been entertaining his fans since his arrival yesterday. This announcement was greeted with enthusiastic applause from the remaining players.
“The rule in business is this: If you want to stay in business, you deliver what you promise. If you want to prosper in business, you deliver more than you promise,” Trudeau stated after the morning matches got underway. “I think from the beginning the IPT has consistently delivered more than we have promised. Starting with the Sigel/Jones match, we promised fifty thousand and a hundred thousand, and we delivered seventy-five thousand and one hundred and fifty thousand. We promised we’d be on network television, we were on network television more times than we had ever promised, based on the schedule we showed on the website. But the King of the Hill we promised a million dollars in prize money, and we gave out a million one, and we gave out additional bonuses if they ran a six-pack. So we just keep giving out more and more money.
“At the qualifier at Derby City, we gave the four people who came in after the one and two players free entries into all the next tournaments, in effect eight thousand in free entry fees, so we paid out a lot there. And we just announced that the six players that come in after the top two on Sunday all get free entries into the next two qualifiers. And we’re pulling eight names out of a hat to play Mike in this kind of fun, dual-action play. If they beat him in a race to eight, they get free entries into the next qualifiers.”
The match with “The Mouth” has begun, as have the eight matches in the one-loss bracket.
Visit the IPT for the latest news on their ongoing qualifying event.
Saturday, January 28, 2006 -11:20 a.m.
Players who were eliminated in yesterday’s matches were told to report back to The Pool Room this morning by 11 a.m. for a special announcement from Kevin Trudeau. This morning, Trudeau pulled two of their names out of a hat: Louis Ulrich and Imran Majid. “See that old guy playing on that back table?” he asked them, indicating Mike Sigel. “The Mouth” is going to play both simultaneously in a race to 8, and if Sigel doesn’t defeat them, they will win free entries into the remaining three qualifiers.
The IPT will draw six more names of players who have been eliminated to see if anyone can defeat the Hall of Famer, who has been entertaining his fans since his arrival yesterday. This announcement was greeted with enthusiastic applause from the remaining players.
“The rule in business is this: If you want to stay in business, you deliver what you promise. If you want to prosper in business, you deliver more than you promise,” Trudeau stated after the morning matches got underway. “I think from the beginning the IPT has consistently delivered more than we have promised. Starting with the Sigel/Jones match, we promised fifty thousand and a hundred thousand, and we delivered seventy-five thousand and one hundred and fifty thousand. We promised we’d be on network television, we were on network television more times than we had ever promised, based on the schedule we showed on the website. But the King of the Hill we promised a million dollars in prize money, and we gave out a million one, and we gave out additional bonuses if they ran a six-pack. So we just keep giving out more and more money.
“At the qualifier at Derby City, we gave the four people who came in after the one and two players free entries into all the next tournaments, in effect eight thousand in free entry fees, so we paid out a lot there. And we just announced that the six players that come in after the top two on Sunday all get free entries into the next two qualifiers. And we’re pulling eight names out of a hat to play Mike in this kind of fun, dual-action play. If they beat him in a race to eight, they get free entries into the next qualifiers.”
The match with “The Mouth” has begun, as have the eight matches in the one-loss bracket.
Visit the IPT for the latest news on their ongoing qualifying event.
Anyone think Mike will win?
It should make for some good TV! Playing 2 matches at once gives him an excuse if he loses. Nice touch
Good to see those who were willing to make the investment getting a bit more bang for their buck.
It should make for some good TV! Playing 2 matches at once gives him an excuse if he loses. Nice touch
Good to see those who were willing to make the investment getting a bit more bang for their buck.
Yes it should ...
and the IPT in general has drawn more interest and created more excitement in our sport. Not just the IPT qualifiers and tournaments, but EVERY tournament going on now seems to hold more anticipation and excitement than it did before. Pro players and Short Stops alike are getting known and being seen more in the public eye. Who knows what kind of overall ripple effect may happen to our sport as a result of the IPT? I am sure looking forward to it though, and more of the IPT.
and the IPT in general has drawn more interest and created more excitement in our sport. Not just the IPT qualifiers and tournaments, but EVERY tournament going on now seems to hold more anticipation and excitement than it did before. Pro players and Short Stops alike are getting known and being seen more in the public eye. Who knows what kind of overall ripple effect may happen to our sport as a result of the IPT? I am sure looking forward to it though, and more of the IPT.
Second-Chance Winners Close “The Mouth”
Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 12:53 p.m.
Mike “The Mouth” couldn’t talk his way out of his two losses to second-chance winners Louis Ulrich and Imran Majid. In an unanticipated move earlier this morning before the matches began, Kevin Trudeau announced that eight players already eliminated from the qualifier would be selected to match up with Sigel in a race to 8, and if they won, they would earn free entries into the remaining three qualifiers. Ulrich and Majid were the first two selected, and both will be going to the next qualifier on the IPT’s dime.
“I see I’m not gonna win a game on this table,” Sigel muttered while down 3-0 to Majid. Simultaneously playing Ulrich on the neighboring table, Sigel bounced back and forth between matches. “Uh huh, you didn’t blitz me, I knew I’d win a game,” he cried as he thrust a bead across on his side of the wire, making it 3-1.
Ulrich had taken a 3-0 lead, but then Sigel managed to knot the score, while slowly England’s Majid crept closer to the finish line of 8 games (instead of the traditional 10). While Sigel stretched across the table to pocket the black 8 ball, referee Lou Sardo called a foul on him. Sigel was unaware that foul rule encompassed every ball and was quite vociferous about his displeasure. “I wish someone would tell me a rule once in a while. Thanks, Lou. I mean, you could’ve at least flipped a coin or something,” he ribbed. Sardo is not only the referee for Mike’s matches this weekend, he is also providing the IPT with their official tour racks, the M-5000s.
Majid continued to dominate their match, while Sigel seemed to pour most of his concentration—and comments—out on his match with Ulrich. From being down 3-0 at the beginning, now Sigel was on the hill with Ulrich at 6. Ulrich, who originally hails from San Diego, CA, but recently relocated to Atlanta, caught a reprieve, though, and make it a double-hill event. When he broke and ran the final rack, he was quite overwhelmed.
“I didn’t come here with any expectations today,” he explained. “They told me what they were going to do, so I had to give it a shot. With twenty-four players in a hat, I didn’t expect to be drawn, but I was ready to play.
“I’ve never met him [Mike Sigel] before,” Ulrich added. “He was being himself at the table, and I actually didn’t enjoy it, because he talks a lot, and I don’t say much when I’m at the table. But Mike Sigel, when I was a kid, he was the first guy I saw play pool on TV, and he was winning all these tournaments at the time, so I got a bunch of tapes from him. I learned a lot, stuff that he had put together. It’s kind of one of those things that I get to beat the guy that I learned from, even though I never met him.”
Both players had already planned on attending the remaining three qualifiers, but they agreed that the free entries will help out quite a bit.
Majid broke and ran the table to reach the hill but hooked himself on his last solid in the final rack. Sigel, though, was unable to capitalize, bobbled his last solid in the pocket and handing the match to Majid.
“I didn’t think I would get chosen,” Majid exclaimed. “I thought I’d give it a go, I woke up early, and I was quite excited about it. Because as I was coming into the country, at customs they said that the customs agent was a very lucky customs guy, that whoever comes past him gets lucky. So I guess that’s what it is—the customs guy. I’m chuffed. It’s even better than running six racks, isn’t it? “
Trudeau is planning on drawing two more names for another simultaneous match-up with “The Mouth” momentarily.
Visit the IPT for the latest news on their ongoing qualifying event.
Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 12:53 p.m.
Mike “The Mouth” couldn’t talk his way out of his two losses to second-chance winners Louis Ulrich and Imran Majid. In an unanticipated move earlier this morning before the matches began, Kevin Trudeau announced that eight players already eliminated from the qualifier would be selected to match up with Sigel in a race to 8, and if they won, they would earn free entries into the remaining three qualifiers. Ulrich and Majid were the first two selected, and both will be going to the next qualifier on the IPT’s dime.
“I see I’m not gonna win a game on this table,” Sigel muttered while down 3-0 to Majid. Simultaneously playing Ulrich on the neighboring table, Sigel bounced back and forth between matches. “Uh huh, you didn’t blitz me, I knew I’d win a game,” he cried as he thrust a bead across on his side of the wire, making it 3-1.
Ulrich had taken a 3-0 lead, but then Sigel managed to knot the score, while slowly England’s Majid crept closer to the finish line of 8 games (instead of the traditional 10). While Sigel stretched across the table to pocket the black 8 ball, referee Lou Sardo called a foul on him. Sigel was unaware that foul rule encompassed every ball and was quite vociferous about his displeasure. “I wish someone would tell me a rule once in a while. Thanks, Lou. I mean, you could’ve at least flipped a coin or something,” he ribbed. Sardo is not only the referee for Mike’s matches this weekend, he is also providing the IPT with their official tour racks, the M-5000s.
Majid continued to dominate their match, while Sigel seemed to pour most of his concentration—and comments—out on his match with Ulrich. From being down 3-0 at the beginning, now Sigel was on the hill with Ulrich at 6. Ulrich, who originally hails from San Diego, CA, but recently relocated to Atlanta, caught a reprieve, though, and make it a double-hill event. When he broke and ran the final rack, he was quite overwhelmed.
“I didn’t come here with any expectations today,” he explained. “They told me what they were going to do, so I had to give it a shot. With twenty-four players in a hat, I didn’t expect to be drawn, but I was ready to play.
“I’ve never met him [Mike Sigel] before,” Ulrich added. “He was being himself at the table, and I actually didn’t enjoy it, because he talks a lot, and I don’t say much when I’m at the table. But Mike Sigel, when I was a kid, he was the first guy I saw play pool on TV, and he was winning all these tournaments at the time, so I got a bunch of tapes from him. I learned a lot, stuff that he had put together. It’s kind of one of those things that I get to beat the guy that I learned from, even though I never met him.”
Both players had already planned on attending the remaining three qualifiers, but they agreed that the free entries will help out quite a bit.
Majid broke and ran the table to reach the hill but hooked himself on his last solid in the final rack. Sigel, though, was unable to capitalize, bobbled his last solid in the pocket and handing the match to Majid.
“I didn’t think I would get chosen,” Majid exclaimed. “I thought I’d give it a go, I woke up early, and I was quite excited about it. Because as I was coming into the country, at customs they said that the customs agent was a very lucky customs guy, that whoever comes past him gets lucky. So I guess that’s what it is—the customs guy. I’m chuffed. It’s even better than running six racks, isn’t it? “
Trudeau is planning on drawing two more names for another simultaneous match-up with “The Mouth” momentarily.
Visit the IPT for the latest news on their ongoing qualifying event.
Colin Colenso said:Anyone think Mike will win?
It should make for some good TV! Playing 2 matches at once gives him an excuse if he loses. Nice touch
Good to see those who were willing to make the investment getting a bit more bang for their buck.
Do I detect a bit of skepticism that Mike is playing all out?
After all, he is an old man. According to KT. A fat one at that.
Wish I was that fat.
LOL
I guessed he would, and think he did give his best effort.jjinfla said:
My thinking was more along the lines that I think these guys have prepared pretty hard and have seen more competitive action in recent years than Mike.
Whodathought
Registered
TannerPruess said:
Any announcement on the next 6 player drawn?????
Will Siegel be playing two at a time with the remaining players????
Thanks
TheProfessor
Gettin schooled
i watched him play both the matches and Sigel seemed off his game. He missed some easy shots and his position play just wasn't there.
Thanks for the report professor. I guess he hasn't been putting a ton of time in on the tables since the KOH.TheProfessor said:
btw: Any other interesting observations of the goings on there?
Cheers,
Colin
TheProfessor
Gettin schooled
i saw some great matches and the whole event was very professional. i was quite impressed by the players, the dress, the atmosphere, and everything else. I am excited to watch how the tour unfolds, I think it has the potential to be very positive for the sport of pool. BTW, the pool room is an AMAZING place. I wish I lived closer, I would play there all of the time. Think of a place the size of a grocery store, full of nice 9 foot tables and a nice bar to boot.