Efren Reyes and Earl Strickland are the top two best players ever. Skillwise and personality combined. Love these guys.

@afsharpolomonty9036

Ай бұрын

strickland is somewhat of an a-hole . . . not very good for the reputation of this game

HOLY CRAP earl and efren then billy and grady. This is like pool fan heaven! RIP GRADY

Man Earl had a hell of a night here. Got some really lucky rolls and was just killing it. Reyes took forever to get on the board!

@scottisitoro3953

3 ай бұрын

Agree. You can't get on the board when The Pearl plays like a diamond !!!

Earl Strickland, the best 9 ball player ever.

very good quality of the video. thanks!

It be nice to see Earl shoot close to this speed in the next few days. He still can compete.

@memehierarchy6226

Жыл бұрын

Is that going to be broadcasted and if so, do you know where?

@larryjohnson4145

Жыл бұрын

@@memehierarchy6226 Dazn

It was like watching your parents fight... Who do you hope wins? Both are EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Earl definitely wins based on hairstyle alone.

@cry_now_laugh_later

Жыл бұрын

No doubt. Efren should’ve taken one look at that magnificent head of hair and forfeited right then and there

@douglasshumphrey9824

7 ай бұрын

@@cry_now_laugh_later ,

Earl accuracy is out of this world..the legendary GOAT!!!

Wow Earl played awesome and also had a lot of luck on his side too. Hard to fade that. Let's hope he can bring his A game this week for mosconi cup! 🍿

@memehierarchy6226

Жыл бұрын

Is that going to be broadcasted do you know?

@AndrewT

Жыл бұрын

@@memehierarchy6226 it will be on dazn

@memehierarchy6226

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewT thanks! Do they always stream on youtube?

@AndrewT

Жыл бұрын

@@memehierarchy6226 they will be uploaded eventually but to watch live you will need dazn subscription

I hope Earl gets the rolls and plays like this in the 2022 MC!!!

@memehierarchy6226

Жыл бұрын

Is that going to be broadcasted and if so, where?

@ruskyhrahsel7723

Жыл бұрын

Sadly he didn't. He is the MVP for team Europe though

41:30 Commentators are great. They disagree so much, you'd think a brawl will break out before the match is over.

@noahhunter3352

Жыл бұрын

I came to the comments to see if anybody felt the same way! It was so frustrating to listen to the disagree on every single thing they said to each other 😂

I’ve never heard two commentators argue with each other so much smh😂

@rexadcock8742

6 ай бұрын

They should've just fist fought and got it over with

@geoffreykeenan5914

3 ай бұрын

They do this all the time--it really interferes with the match, for me anyway.

@pookievanderbilt6889

2 ай бұрын

Holy cow they really are at every comment lol

@McElwainLovesSharks

Ай бұрын

Not to mention the older guy is just a racist prick

@joshuahymer15

20 күн бұрын

My favorite part of it. Grady was a fuckin legend. Mind your tongue

...His hair was perfect! 😂

Pat Fleming waited 25 years to share the knowledge preciate it

Earl rockin that Robin Hood haircut.

Earl was just in another world this game

21:25. WTF? That's nuts.

@Mago.-

6 күн бұрын

Dude that was SO SICK

why is the video quality so damn high

@shayne.7770

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same. Has to be some solid remastering and the original tape must have been in good condition to begin with

Earl wins again!👍👍

Great match

Reyes had an off night. It happens. Still, two of the greatest!

@shortydancer

Жыл бұрын

Dude spoilers!

Strickland is great and fun to watch he plays fast and accurate

What is that flying across the screen at 23:47??

Earl had great hair ! Pretty good pool player too ! lol

The spectators comments are hilarious when you watch the whole match first.

That is the worst I have ever seen Efren play. All credit to Earl though; he played great.

Watch some old Strickland/Mcreedy matches. Those guys play fast, but you can see how naturally someone can see patterns and solutions and just do it rather than stand around and contemplate forever.... Reyes speed has never bothered me, but there are some young players and Euro players that take all the flow out of the game and its super boring to watch IMO.

@jlobiafra

6 ай бұрын

Ralf souquet lol

@capoman1

6 ай бұрын

@@jlobiafra OH God yes. The dude is really good like all the euro players. But he is BRUTALLY SLOW and does not lend to the entertainment aspect or spectator aspect of he sport. I used to hate seeing him play... I think his slow play would get in his opponent's head, you're so eager to shoot after watching this dude pit you to sleep.... And Earl used to get pissed and talk shit to Ralf telling him to shoot and stop looking at it.

I often see the GOAT being the GOAT, making unbelievably creative shots, safety plays leaving opponents no way to make the next shot. But lately, i’ve been seeing videos of him playing poorly where on the other hand, Earl made many many great safety plays, bank shots and kick shots.

Whoever told Billy and Grady they weren't EVER supposed to SHUT THE EF UP when people're trying to shoot some pool?! In my LIFE I've never wanted to SHUSH two people more, insights or no insights! I mean, they're in the booth in a life and death struggle to prove who's best between THEMSELVES rather than between Bata and The Pearl.

Is this US Open 1997, when Earl was 11 rack run ?

Commentators sound like an old married couple.

Can someone please tell what accent is this what state in usa do they talk like that ?

@residuevideos

3 ай бұрын

Southern states.

Could we get earls first open win or others and maybe svb. Would also like to see finals from 06 when Schmidt won it

@AccuStats

Ай бұрын

Swami, we don't have Earl's first two, but I will work on getting the others uploaded.

Grady is just the best commentator RIP bro

Man they played on absolute BUCKETS. Easy game.

@jlobiafra

6 ай бұрын

It never fails, the pretentious douchy snooker player always chimes in the comments. 😂

earl is red hot tonite- when he gets rolling like this- its over!

@teddyhaynes9876

Жыл бұрын

When earl was in high gear he was better than everyone including efren

Good

Billy wanted Efren to win so bad lol, he tried to say Earl was playing bad even running racks. Clearly he had his head up the butt of the filipino

You can tell which ones a strickland fan and which ones a reyes fan lol

37:50 Look at the cue ball take a small swerve at the end! Really rolling well for Earl. Like gravity pulled the cue ball to the 5 and safed Efren. Such a lucky night for Earl. Earl shoulda bought a lottery ticket this day!

@FullTiltRico

Жыл бұрын

It's an optical illusion. Earl put high right on the cue so it still had some side spin coming up table. I think the shadow also lends to it looking like the table was off a bit. The aggressor usually gets the rolls in a race to 11. Earl opening up running 2 racks was huge for him to find his zone. Once he was there, he kept tightening the noose. If Efren had a big break shot, he probably would've won 50% more tournaments over his career.

Wow never seen Efren play that bad, makes me wonder if he had money on Earl winning lol.

@Bryanseas

Жыл бұрын

Efren was for money. He lost all the big tourneys where no money involved for sake of gambling lmfao. When the stakes were big at the tourney efren wiped the table with ease

@teddyhaynes9876

Жыл бұрын

Earl was the superior 9 ball player , efren was the superior all around player! When earl is in high gear he runs over everyone when he was in his prime .

Earl can shoot a mean game of pool (still) but he has the personality of nails on a chalkboard (still)

@repoman2115

Жыл бұрын

Nah he has a good personality he just gets mad a lot

👍👍👍

"Windy" Incardona is always competing with his co-commentators for airtime. He is knowledgeable enough but I just wish he would be more concise!

37:00 nice kick shot

21:50 Earl not happy with the crowd talking lol.

@joeysanchez5926

Жыл бұрын

😂

which commentator is the one with the whistle. I’m assuming he had a gap in his front teeth lolol. Thank you for the video.

Efren has always let me down... I will take Earl everyday plus sunday

Earl got that Robin Hood haircut.

Why does this look like it's from the 70's and not the 1990's.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone get this much role as Earl in this match. And the commentators are saying how poor Efren played 🤦‍♂️

Who's doing the commentary?

@naturalselection71

Жыл бұрын

Billy Incardona and Grady Mathews.

@WilliamNavJones

Жыл бұрын

Boy they argue alot lol

@naturalselection71

Жыл бұрын

@@WilliamNavJones Yes they do. Most pool commentators do that. Don't know why though.

@WilliamNavJones

Жыл бұрын

Egos. Lol

@roadrunner381

Жыл бұрын

It's Grady Mathews and Billy Incardone

Efren was terrible here. I've never seen him miss that many str8 fwd shots in one match.

Incardona is such a contrarion, points out every mistake and takes every chance to disagree and nitpick. Consumate know it all.

so am i right Efren Reyes appeared on the finals of the us open 1994, 1996 and 1997?

@rabihavi8062

9 ай бұрын

and 1995...4 times in a row

@3ballokc

4 ай бұрын

@@rabihavi8062great accomplishment - lost 3 though

Looks like the 70s or 80s

These guys be arguing in the commentary box😆🤣

@frusciantepepper91

Жыл бұрын

Aha for real

What were the politics Grady referenced that kept Earl from playing?

@williamhall7349

Жыл бұрын

Would love to know myself

@cjs83172

Жыл бұрын

It likely had to do with the fact that Earl Strickland was among a group of players that bolted from the Pro Billiards Tour (note the patch on referee Scott Smith's jacket and Efren Reyes' shirt, as well as the fact that Strickland was not wearing such a patch). It's likely that those players were not allowed to participate in PBT events, which included the U.S. Open. Strickland had won the event in 1994, when he was still a member of the PBT, but then there was a split, and the group of players that bolted from the PBT, including Strickland, turned up on events broadcast by ESPN, including the Ultimate 9-Ball Challenge and the International Challenge of Champions, events you never saw any PBT players participate in (post-1994, in the case of the Int'l Challenge of Champions). As I understand it, the PBT went out of business in 1997, the year this match was recorded, so it's likely those differences were reconciled by then and all the players were invited.

@hunterfisherpokerpoolguy7502

Жыл бұрын

@@cjs83172 Wow, I never heard about that. Thanks for responding!

@cjs83172

Жыл бұрын

@@hunterfisherpokerpoolguy7502 Some of that might be conjecture, but the fact about Strickland and other top players bolting from the PBT, as well as the PBT folding in 1997, is absolutely true. And that was unfortunate, because that came at a time when money was flowing into professional billiards, especially the PBT, which was sponsored by the R.J. Reynolds tobacco company's Camel brand in 1996, and the finals of every event from the 8-ball championships on that season was televised, and the TV window expanded from 90 minutes in 1995 to 2 hours in 1996, and in Prime Sports, which became the FOX Sports Network in 1996, they even had a TV partner. So professional billiards was about to take off in this country before the PBT went under in 1997. In fact, I think Johnny Archer won something like $165,000 on the PBT in 1996, which was unheard-of.

@hunterfisherpokerpoolguy7502

Жыл бұрын

@@cjs83172 Super interesting, thanks!

So, how much exactly Efren did on the side bets of this match? :)

The hole so much bigger than now...easy to make run out

That commentator was really annoying Billy was his name? My anxiety level is shot straight up just listening to him argue with his team announcer just combative the whole time just confrontational wording he was actually getting on his buddies nerve you can hear it in his voice wait a minute now Billy😮😮

In the beginning of the video Grady mentions “industry politics” kept Earl from entering the US Open for 4 years… anyone have an explanation for that comment/situation? I’m very curious, since I’ve never heard that mentioned… and obviously that would have effected his total of 5 Open wins.

@shortydancer

Жыл бұрын

Id take that with a grain of salt. I mean, people use politics as an excuse for anything. People say today, that Fedor isnt in the mosconi due to politics, which i think they have no factual basis to lean on.

@sawmillsam7156

Жыл бұрын

@@shortydancer geography, not politics! The fact is that the Mosconi Cup started out between the USA and Europe and somehow Europe snuck a Russian to their ranks and we all know Russia is not in Europe. I can't think of any other players on the euro team that aren't living in Europe, can you?

@djamo1969

Жыл бұрын

@@sawmillsam7156 Jayson Shaw lives in Connecticut and plays for Europe.

@sawmillsam7156

Жыл бұрын

@@djamo1969 thanks! I frogot about that! He should be on our team then, don't you think?

@djamo1969

Жыл бұрын

@@sawmillsam7156 Haha, it would’ve been nice. Shaw can shoot!

Grady fibbing.Nobody has beaten Earl 11 games in a row!

So painful to watch seeing efren choking on that US open

@teddyhaynes9876

Жыл бұрын

He always chocked in the finals , that’s why earl is the goat ! He always rose to the moment and has the accolades to show it .

Strickland is like a brushog in tall grass.

Poor poor Billy LMAO 🤣😂😆 Go play Earl Billy you think he is that bad you can take his money lol NOT!!!!

These guys year after year sh*tting on Earl. Nothing new under the sun.

Have never seen Efren shoot this bad. It's like he found out his wife had a boyfriend that morning. Something had to have been going on with him.

Me again 👁️👁️

A stubborn old man and a quick witted know-it-all as announcers. Who thought that was a good idea?

i wonder whats the all time score between these 2 greats.. probably 10-2 Reyes 😅

@jlobiafra

6 ай бұрын

Might want to do more research there bud

Did he just say " win one for the Gifford " what a weirdo. Lol🤦

Efren wakakakaka

@jordancesarmagos5843

Жыл бұрын

Never trash talk to efren.. Coz efren is a number 1 pool player in history! You can search it in a google.

That is some sh*tty lighting!

Rack 4 earl masse slop shot. That’s one thing I wish 9 ball would change. No way Strickland meant for that shot to go

There is a man in Brazil. Here in Latin America he is the best his name is BAIANINHO DE MAUÁ. He wants the challenge of playing with Efren Reyes. it would be a good game

Billie, Billie, Billie, Billie🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Efren choked a lot in finals

@LeonFleisherFan

Жыл бұрын

@Shrimp Thompson Having said that, referring to the Color of Money final match, my money would always have been on the guy who had already been competing on that tough equipment all week and was in dead stroke winning most if not all of his matches, rather than the guy sitting in the booth commentating.

@hunterfisherpokerpoolguy7502

Жыл бұрын

From the matches I've seen, it seemed to mostly happen with nine ball though. He seems to have dominated his one pocket finals matches and has won all the big eight ball matches I've seen him in.

@charlieb308

Жыл бұрын

@Shrimp Thompson Mike Sigel has won more pool events than anyone in history, he was a monster in finals

@jordancesarmagos5843

Жыл бұрын

Around the world efren is a number 1 pool player in history.. Search it in a google.

@jamestrads497

Жыл бұрын

​@@jordancesarmagos5843 efren reyes is #1 by people's VOTES because of his humbleness but when it comes to their resume earl has better resume . If only earl was humble like efren people would probably pick him as the G.O.A.T of pool. In fact earl has defeated efren more than the efren did to him. Earl: 5 times US 9ball champion Efren: 1 Time US 9ball champion Earl : 3 times WPA champion Efren : 1 time WPA champion Earl: he defeated efren 44 times out of 60 .. Efren : he defeated earl 16 times out of 60. There was a video on YT . Search it up.

These guys are insufferable. Arguing over every little thing

" with these small pockets " Lol 😆 😂 🤣 these are small back in the days!! Grand canyon holes now!!

It seems when they bring in old-timers in to announce they do horribly and are opinionated. They are stuck in their days. They can be irritating to listen to.

Its weird to see how much better players are now lol.

Both of them are the top players but efren is the only one living legend of all times he is the the only magician of all pool billiards games around the world.

My two favorite pool players but obviously Efren let him win he might of anyways but to obvious

Kakanood ko ng highlights ni efren tapos dito talo sya

Efrén is cheating he playing against a human🫣😅

These would be even better to watch if it wasn't for the horrible commentary!

The announcers are intolerable to listen to. How about comment on their shots instead of arguing back and forth. Trying to one up the other. I had to finally put video on mute ugh