You should put Nevel in the box agains Earl, lol.
Worlds Greatest Player vs. the Peoples Champion
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john you are right here it is free money.
In a race to 100, playing 10-ball, call shot, break from the 6" break box, 10 ball goes last, on a 10' table...they wouldn't make it to through day 1 without one of them killing the other. lol.
Wow, you have a much tougher standard than I do.
In your opinion what does it take for a pool player to be somebody?
I see a few names on this list I consider somebody…
I also remember hearing the tell of a certain Pearl running in excess of 400 once upon a time, way back in the way back.
It was long enough ago he probably forgot the rules anyway.
2009 Predator World 14.1 Championship Player List:
1. Thorsten Hohmann Fulda, GER
2. Oliver Ortmann GER
3. Max Eberle Las Vegas NV USA
4. Gabe Owen Tulsa,OK USA
5. Ed Deska Baltimore MD USA
6. Bobby Hunter Chicago, IL USA
7. Jasmin Ouschan AUT
8. Allen Hopkins NJ USA
9. Dan Heidrich Rochester, NY USA
10. Yu Ram Cha Incheon, KOR
11. Mika Immonen Helsinki,FIN
12. Danny Harriman Springfield, MS USA
13. Grady Mathews Columbia, SC USA
14. Danny Barouty Queens ,NY USA
15. Vegar Christiansen Oslo,NOR
16. Dave Grossman Jacksonville, FL USA
17. Jonni Fulcher SCO
18. Radoslaw Babica Warsaw, POL
19. Konstantin Stepanov Moscow,RUS
20. Corey Deuel Tampa, FL USA
21. Johnny Archer Atlanta, GA USA
22. Shane Van Boening Sioux Falls, SD USA
23. Mike Davis Washington DC, USA
24. Charlie Williams Orlando FL USA
25. Zaid Thweib JOR
26. Tony Robles Queens, NY USA
27. Dan Wallace San Diego, CA USA
28. Stefan Cohen Paris,FRA
29. Gerda Hofstatter AUT
30. John Schmidt FL USA
31. Earl Herring USA
32. Stevie Moore SC USA
33. Carlos Viera USA
34. Ralf Eckert GER
35. Mark Vidal SPN
36. CHI qualifier
37. CHI qualifier
38. Zion Zvi ISR PA qualifier
39. PA Qualifier
40. NJ qualifier
41. NJ qualifier
42. NYC qualifier
43. NYC qualifier
44. Steve Lipsky NY, USA
45. Dan Louie Seattle, WA USA
46. DP Wild Card
47. DP Wild Card
48. DP WIld Card
Nobody plays straight pool, gimme a brake…
Actually, I’ll give you the brake
Nobody gambles at straight pool was my meaning. In a thread about a gambling match I did not think that required clarification.
As far as I know in this country over the last 3 years I have been at every single high stakes 14.1 match. All two of them. I get that some people think the world went down the path to ruin the first time someone made the two ball after the one ball but the fact is no one gambles at straight pool. Not my fault, its just how things are.
As for a pool player being "somebody" I don't even know how to answer that as my post had nothing to do whatsoever about a player being "somebody" or not.
The cult of 14.1 can sometimes take itself a bit too serious. It's just a game dude. Chill.
SVB is a heavy favorite but I have to give Earl some props for his play in the last year. He won the US Bar table & Steve Mizerak Championship with tough fields.
I would be surprised if SVB doesn't win but it should be a closer match than the clinic Shane put on him in their last match.
The way we lost last time is negated. The first day Shane made it on the break 14 times and mounted a huge lead over the mighty Earl. This time it comes down to shooting and nobody in world can out shoot Earl.
Forgive me if I missed it somewhere...
Mike, have you ironed out a date and/or found a table yet?
Mike, have you ironed out a date and/or found a table yet?
It is looking like the week after the Expo, I am waiting on Chad to send me a flier.
Thanks for clearing it up. Always best to get the story straight from the source.
I understand your position, but I disagree with it. Shane and Archer are the two top players in the US. Archer has been the undisputed top player for 15 yrs before Shane came on the scene recently. It is on Shane's side to GO TO Archer and play him on a GC. If Shane wins that match, there would be no disputing he is the best. Archer is getting older. If you don't do this now, then the question of who is best will never be answered. Also, its not like Archer is asking for unreasonably terms. He just wants to play on a GC. Its common knowledge he doesn't like Diamond tables. Shane played Mika on a GC, so what's the problem? My opinion is the Shane camp owes it to the world to play Archer on a GC. Incidentally, I like Shane in that match up, so I'm not writing this from the viewpoint of an Archer groupie.
I seem to recall Jay Helfert relating a story about Earl ranting outside a tournament in the hall, and one of his gripes at that moment was that the side pockets should be done away with!
We owe it to the world? Johnny wants to play on a gc that has 3 7/8th's pockets. If johnny wants to play on a normal gc he can play in new york on the same table shane played mika.
Wasn't the first day a race to 33 or 35? I seriously doubt he made it on the break 14 out of 30ish times. I watched the match and don't remember anything like that.
It was a race to 30. If I am not correct I would bet it was 12.
Nevermind!
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Well said! I hope to see this match up while Johnny's in his prime.
Will you have a table then to play on?
That still seems like an enormous amount but I could be wrong. I've never seen anyone make the break over a long period at 40%. Who's the guy that keeps all the stats of break and runs etc? Didn't he post all of the stats of this match?
Cali red if I'm not mistakes