These are great players this was roughly when i first learned about pool via espn, couldnt wait to try the game out, our cable remote was a giant box with mechanical buttons it was attached to the cable receiver box via a thick black cord, those were the days lol. I noticed that someone called 'pay-per-view', 'pay-TV' instead, i though pay-per-view was out at this time but maybe not or maybe the name wasnt popular yet

Dang Earl really played formidable in this match, and that at age 22. Mizerak didn’t stand a chance 😁

Keith "Ain't shxt in a blue gums back yard McCready. Dude sux

I was never a fan of hopkins stroke. Has a perfect practice stroke then stops right before the cue ball , then uses a push stroke to hit the cue ball.

... At 15:46 ... Something you couldn't get away with saying most likely these days " Throwing babies off the balcony " ?¿? ... Or something to that effect . That being said ... Thank you sincerely for sharing this piece of history .

I had my beautiful daughter in 1984. 😁

Rempi sucks!! 😖

Cloth is so bad can't do anything if you really want to do😢

You jumped up on those missed balls Allen

They could do with standardising the magic rack and then it wouldn't take three referees to get a tight rack!

Who are the commentators? Where did this take place? When?

Scary, how Bad actually the best back then were. And if u add the fact, that the Pockets today in pro Pool are nearly the half of back then, they‘re Even more worse

Now you got to go online and register and then qualify bunch of b******* now

When you could just show up and pay $100 and get in

Look at those pockets! You could shoot softballs into those

I always think that the names of the commentators should be in the title of the video or on top of the info section.

Scotty Townsend was the best pool player i ever knew,I miss the Townsend family. I was married to Scotty little brother Sam,I got so many memories with the Townsend family. RIP..LOVE Penny

It looks like I was using the o.BQ there I was completely helpless with that thing.I have no idea how I ever wanna match

The real tragedy of this event is that dead critter on top of Irv Brown's head

Mike adjusted to the table instantly....as if playing on it his whole life. The commentator saying at the opening break about the cloth being new is pure BS. And the more knap theory is pure ignorance. The casino being the obvious proprietor of the event, wanted their brand logo visible, apparently they were calling the shots here in whatever contract was made and I seriously doubt ESPN was the entity in question as one might think....compared to what a corporate DEMAND would be these days when compared to the pool association under agreement with the casino back then and ESPN itself being a third party interloper in effect that was going more for the ride of coverage rather than having any real say as to match scheduling, layouts etc ....or else like today, the probability of the cloth logo would say something else, such as ESPN on the cloth or whatever corporate entity in oversight and therefore sponsorship etc... What happened here was, they took the craps table cloth off of one of their pit tables that had the casino logo on it and the cloth of course not designed for pool play....was so slow, that what you witness here in terms of slow in comparison to typical simonis etc today, WAS, first of all, not uncommon because typical cloth used in pool rooms back then were not universally faster like today. BUT..... still not quite as slow as this cloth was and what you are not seeing is the fact that they took a hot clothes iron to it in the attempt of making it somewhat faster. They ironed that cloth in between matches and during as well....and thus the story behind and reason for the it being so slow. AS WELL AS, a testament to how good Mike was who.... Made it look easy like he always did, thus the best player for his era, pre Efren etc who of course had a say in pool history as well....but I don't care what anyone says, Mike overall in 9ball and straight pool etc was WAY more precise and efficient than Efren and when it comes to overall efficiency in terms of the least cue ball travel and because I personally think it matters effectively....was Mizerak. If you study the overall amount of cb travel distance on average between the 3 players from any match they have played in general, it is easy to see what I'm talking about and Efren obviously having the most distance by far, probably due to the lack of a straight pool background. But in Efren's case, it must be said his rail knowledge was superior and therefore the side note of fact that I myself say from observation.....i dare anyone to present evidence of Efren coming or going multiple rails where he inadvertently scratches in a side pocket. I dare anyone.... Thus, an excessive amount of cue ball travel....is a negated factor of ineffectiveness in his case, when admitting what is unarguable fact, that ultimately the less travel distance...the better.... even though pool is arguably a more improvisational and or adaptive endeavor as we presently and historically and reasonably know it. ....its arguably better to be more knowledgeable like Efren, rather than not BUT more precise instead like Mizerak etc. Also if i am not mistaken, Efren was part of this Espn coverage originally back in the day because I remember seeing it in Boston when it first aired....as well as the women's final also.

They shoot every shot so hard. Especially Kim. He'd have made everything he missed if he just wouldn't have hit them nearly as hard.

That's probably what started Earl's PTSD with crowd distraction, was always the cameraman with the huge camera in front of every pocket that you're shooting in! 😂

This table played a little slow and had a choppy roll.

1:36:21 awful. just awful. it's simply amazing how bad most "pros" were at even the most basic of fundamentals. then missing a 9 ball that an apa 5 would make 9 out of 10 times. awful. just a bunch of road players flailing around the table. everything they learned was from losing money. nobody trained to actually be a good player back then. nobody

Hard to believe how bad the equipment was for many of these events, sticker in the middle of the table, cheap cloth, dirty cueball, home furniture table.

Buddy sounds like he's hyperventilating

@1:47:18 I miss the days of smoking in a pool hall/tournament event. I mean we can vape inside the pool hall I goto, and smoke dryflower weed and cigarettes after hours, but not during normal hours when the average customer would be mad lol

Why is this match postponed after that argument from shaw and strickland?

Jj says good job dallas!

My grandson's 1st home run derby

louie was still the best 9 ball player of all time.

The two most beautiful women to ever pick up a cue stick. Very Talented players and very personable, well respected Ladies.

Jacob from Panama city recorded these matches with a handheld camera at starcade Billiards I have more of scotty.

Wow both had many, misses, scratches and only 1 break & run in 8 games. Definitely not Louie’s day.

Dennis Orcullo @ 49:12 👍

I love these classic Efren Reyes 🎱-Ball matches! I learn a lot watching these 🎱-Ball matches‼️

Im the original owner who filmed 🎥 these videos Hollywood from Panama city fl

1 reason why there should be a shotclock. I do believe 30seconds is too harsh. Better make it 45seconds. But players like Thorsten who are so slow are so irritating to watch!

THIS STONEY GUY RUINS A GOOD POOL GAME WITH HIS SLOW PLAY HE NEEDED TO TAKE LESSONS FROM SCOTTY

THIS POOL MATCH COULD HAVE BEEN 25 MINUTES IF SLOW ASS STONEY WOULD QUIT STALLING

@11:58 Keith Mc"Ready"?

I used to hang out with Dennis a good bit. He was always nice to me. He was a loyal friend. He was a really good hustler.

師徒對決。。台灣撞球的半壁江山。。如今只能懷念（連球評偉柏都不在了😢

i hope philippines return this type of platform supporting again the young players to rise on pool platform

What jackass had the crazy idea to put that stupid logo on that table. Id refused

I love all the old TV commercials. I was a senior in high school in 1984. Great memories. 😊

That square in the middle of the table is diving me nuts 😖😖😖 BAD IDEA.

💔 please type in Greta Thunberg connects climate ecological and health crisis

To go from being a kid and seeing the Miz as some older pool player to now being 13 years older than he was here is horrifying.

Aside from this being my favorite group of matches to revisit, something must be said about the ultra superb quality of these recordings. Exemplary command of the old analog equipment and superb preservation of the tape. Thank you!