Where to see Cory Duel break that changed the rules?

2002 or 2003- Cory walks into the poolroom after midnight during a Viking Tour tourney and hadn't hit a ball for 3-4 days. He goes to the tight Gold Crown (4-1/4" pockets) with somewhat old cloth and racks the full rack to practice rotation. Timmy Heath barks to bet twenty that he doesn't break and run out.

Cory obliges- breaks and runs 15
Timmy says play the 12 ball ghost- Cory breaks and runs out
Timmy says do it again- Cory breaks and runs out
Timmy says do it again- Cory breaks and runs out
13 ball ghost- Cory breaks and runs out
Timmy says one more full rack and I'm done- Cory breaks and runs out

Cory puts his cue away.... There is so much sick sh*t I seen during that period that there is no doubt in my mind he is the best that has ever lived...

Putting three packs on the full rack ghost was commonplace....

We would practice playing kiss, caroms, and banks 9-ball. I would sit in the chair a lot while he was running 3 and sometimes 4 packs.... Playing a kiss, carom, or bank on every shot, in rotation.

One time he was lining three balls up in a straight row on the foot spot, like they were being spotted playing one pocket. He would take ball in hand in the kitchen and shot it over and over for 45 minutes. There were four or five pros watching him and finally they asked what he was doing. He said he was trying to figure out how to make one of the balls.... They laughed at him. 45 minutes later he was either making the ball or leaving it in the jaws every single time.....

He's a very sick man.....

I've also seen him do similar things like you described. He is so incredibly talented, I really wish he'd get back into it with 100/% sincerity again, he could dominate again.
 
What do I do with this? An internet search doesn't find anything on it nor youtube.

go to accu-stats web site and find match with that code, of course if you want to buy the match.

Btw. here's the 2001 us open finals 11:0 for corey on youtube not that russian? site
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If you watched Donny Mills vs SVB on TAR you will see the soft break at it's best. He almost beat SVB in a race to a 100. Johnnyt
 
I don't think thats where they changed the rules, but if you like history thats where he first used it officially in a tournament, and the people where so shocked, some of them think he mis-broke.

Also i remember the commentators, specially Billy, he went on saying "What is he doing?" , "What kind of break is this" , "Oh no, this is not gonna work"

because at first he didn't pocket a ball, and he soft-broke, then everybody was thinking, is he serious.

it was 2000, in the U.S. Open, on tv table, against Earl Strickland, accu-stats has the tape.
 
go to accu-stats web site and find match with that code, of course if you want to buy the match.

Btw. here's the 2001 us open finals 11:0 for corey on youtube not that russian? site
link

Ok thanks but it's against my religion to pay. I'll pay to play, but I won't ever pay to watch.
Church of the holy downloads of latter day piracy...
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wanted to throw another one into the mix, there's a low quality but watchable recording of him playing some sort of set with johnny archer, you'll find it online as deuel_archer.avi but there may also be a vhs or something. Soft breaks in the wing ball over and over and runs a lot of racks.

10b isn't half so easy but I see a few pros pocketing the 2nd row over and over. Haven't figured that one out fully.
 
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