Legends collide at the 2023 US Open Pool Championship in the form of five-time US Open champ Earl Strickland who took on 2002 champ Ralf Souquet in Atlantic City. #nineball #pool #matchroompool #USOpenPool
somehow we need audiences for the game to be more well known. Most pro players play in pool clubs with lot of distractions so they usually get along with it. Some pool player play really good when not having much audiences, but will be less good when having a lot people watching.
Dang Earl is still so fast and accurate. His skill is holding up way way better then almost all former greats of the same age, but his mentality/confidence is what gets him these days which is understandable.
He's had 40 years of awesomeness dude literally has had everything moments, unreasonable anger, happiness, sadness, disappointed, super excited, big losses, huge legendary wins, and one of the objective best champions and accomplishments overall in history. I highly recommend anything with him from like 1985 right to this day!.
OK... wow... I think Earl has redeemed himself and has actually moved toward being more of a gentleman. In the past I have seen him walk away from the winner. Now I see good sportsmanship. Maybe someone he cares about said something to him. Maybe JF Flowers told him that if he wants to keep their sponsorship that he needed to tone down a bit. Maybe he told himself. Old age has a mellowing effect. All the extensions and thumb tapes in the world does not change our short lived destinies. Was he wearing three shirts? Oh that's just a long wrist band I guess.
Your "has now won 7 of the last nine racks" is not true. The score was 6 - 1 Soquet leading. Then Earl started running racks (nope), but then for him to have 7 in a row, the score would now be 7 - 6, Earl leading. Since Soquet moved up one to seven, when it was 6 -1, it is impossible for Earl to have run 7 racks in a row. Maybe you meant 6 racks. Edit... Now I see what he said. 7 OF the last nine. OK
Love how he said "That was like Efren." Meaning he thought it was lucky and that Efren is lucky. Earl's kick bank was 100% luck. Efren's shots are not luck. Earl has had this problem describing Efren for years.
I like Earl.. he shows passion for the game and speaks whats on his mind. He doesnt give a f , todays pool need a players like him who have character and emotions , not just moving around the table like robots!
