The Magician Chris Melling lined up against one of the greats, Earl 'the Pearl' Strickland Watch the 2024 #PremierLeaguePool March 18-25, live from Connecticut. #9ball #pool #nineball #matchroompool
00:09 first time around i heard that Melling has had his hip replaced, Alex Lely has a funny Dutch accent, sounds so sweet to the ear, but sometimes it can be deceptive :))
Earl seems like a man that’s at war with the pool gods and he’s come out on top more than he hasnt. I cant think of another player from my personal experience or that ive seen on tv that isnt a humble, pool god fearing, servent and medium to what higher power determines the outcome of this sport. Other players pray, earl demands. My favorite player of all time. Keep talking that shit earl you’re too big for this world.
Not to say anything about the character of either but I think that's purely an old school vs new school thing. Back in the day when tournaments were far less official and well organized it would've been customary to return the balls with the ref but now that it's all very formal most players leave it to the ref especially in matchroom events. In addition I think Earl doesn't play much tournament pool by comparison to Melling in recent memory so his brain will be a little more used to bar and hall customs these days rather than tournament etiquette
I wouldn't do it. This is clearly the job of the referee, and this is more work for the referee, Because he now has to clean the the balls that were touched without gloves, and if he doesn't keep track of them, he would have to clean all of them. So Don' t return the balls, let the referee do his job.
tiny english pool tables are actually quite cramped when theres 15 balls on it .......not as easy as you think plus the pockets arent buckets and cut straight like these where one can pocket balls off the rail ........try that on a 7 ft uk bar table !!
@@cheungarrie123 It is and when he is flowing, playing well and everything is in sync then he is a brilliant cueist and player. But Chris has a background in snooker and because of the bigger table, you do sometimes need a longer backswing to generate pace in order to cover a longer distance, that you rarely need to in pool. So the longer distance you pull the cue back, pause as Chris tends to and then push the cue back through to strike the cue ball, the more chance there is of deviating from the line of aim and for a player of Chris's ability, he missed far too many easy shots than he should. Have you ever played a shot in pool or snooker where you cannot really reach properly and instead of using the bridge or rest, your stretch and have too much of your cue hanging over the bridge of your hand? Then miss a shot or do not get the right contact on the cue ball due to a slight deviation or 'wobble' when delivering the cur through? To use an analogy, it is like having a putt in golf from say 30 feet away and so the backswing on the putter measures for example 18 inches, yet using the same 18 inch backswing when only having a six inch tap-in
@@martinparker9249Those pockets on the grey TV tables ARE buckets though. Agree on general pub tables, but the TV tables definitely accept a lot that I wouldn't expect them to.
at first glance it looks like that, but if you zoom in and look at how the 7ball's distance to the rail changes, you'll see that for the first roll or two it gets closer to the rail, but then it rolls off line and gets further. we're splitting hairs though, this 7ball isn't the reason he lost@@martinparker9249
no you didnt. you saw where it rolled halfway through it's travel and then convinced yourself you knew where it was headed at contact. if somebody made an edit showing the 7balls path for the first two rolls after contact, you would see that it was headed right toward the pocket, and then quite clearly veers offline@@robertvasquez1845
I’m very confused why Melling chose the center pocket for the 7 during game one. If he draws back he goes 7 in the corner pocket then has a straightforward runout from there. He made it much more difficult the way he went. At 6:45 he totally overcut the eight. He wanted to go two rails and I think he just forgot to make the eight. It seems to me that Melling travels the cue ball too much. Most pros try to move the cue ball as little as possible to get position.
This seems like overseas league tennis for guys who aren't regulars on the ATP circuit...a way to make some cash and cover expenses. Anyone know what the payouts are here?
Strickland fouled on frame two. The white hadn't stopped and he picked balls out of the pocket and put them on the table. I know it would have been harsh but they are the rules.
As a Canadian I'm sorry but I don't hear anyone here call it siding we call it English or side spin or left/right English/spin but never siding I've only ever said siding a few times and I only one guy that has always said siding but yeah it's not a general word for side spin here. Sorry Alex 😂😅
Commentators (excluding Alex) are ridiculous. They always act like it's all easy once they're 2-3 balls from the trouble spot and act shocked ... when they'd struggle with roadmaps.
I played 9 ball with Earl back in the early 90’s and he had a loose mouth back then too. I can remember telling him to just stfu and play. He wouldn’t…I won the race.