great video Mr Strickland

Any pool hall where they wait around all month looking for the way best of it, is not worthy of even being called a pool hall.. Come down South, you can get played..

America’s most famous pool hall, huh?.. Yet, they wouldn’t bet fatback is greasy.. lol.. Yeah, a bunch of dudes talking about how great they are doesn’t make a pool hall.. Slick Willie’s on Westheimer, in Houston, was a real pool hall..

Greatest player of all time

Too bad you didn't have a good pool player in the background in the second half of this. Otherwise, terrific interview!

We have a club like this in Billings, MT. Brothers Billiards which has been open for about 6 years now. It's an absolute fantastic place and the "private club" aspect really works well. Provides a fantastic atmosphere

I didn't realize that they moved from Amsterdam Ave. I went to Corner Billiards because I lived 2 blocks away.

however ,,not a teacher

U can think about him how ever you want, Yes he has a big Mouth Can quite go in to trash talking something but damm this guy is a BEAST on the Table like no one ever else in the US As a teacher he is better then Efren cause But by talent Efren will not be beaten anytime soon.

That's why snooker is so impressive, they play on a 6ft x 12ft, crazy long pots!

Earl proofed the World that Hes the best....lol. This Guy has mental issues.

Strickland Talks so much BS....hard to believe xd

You always need a Earl Strickland in every form of sport...

Some may love him and some not so much, but one thing i believe that we can all agree on is that Earl is definitely a living legend....

Would love to see espn air pool again. Especially the Mosconi cup. Instead they put tag, cornhole, and air guitar contests.

Wow, a pool hall that really cares about the game and about the players, need more places like this. Respect from the Netherlands. Here we have a few places like Padoc in Woerden and The Wizards in Lelystad which are similar (and I'm sure there are more), but so many places just don't give a fk other than trying to maximise profit on often terrible tables.

Earl's not misunderstood. He's an all-time great pool player. ...But he is also an all-time whiner, griper and mega excuse maker. His antics at the table got old a long time ago.

Awesome!

I’d sign up for this in a second if this was in London. 24/7 access is phenomenal

I can do that on a dirty ball table with slow cloth. I don't get time to play on super nice fast diamonds like this . Can prob go 4 rails pn that table lol

This is poetry in motion.

Thanks for a great lesson and demo!

In this video, he was talking about golf, not pool

Earl is one of a kind. I have an Earl story. Many years ago, at the Cue Club in Las Vegas. I told Earl that 2 friends of mine did the drill where you start with a ball on the spot and you shoot it into the corner pocket and draw back and the goal is to do it 7 times. They both did it the first time!!! (try it and you probably won't run 3). Well, he didn't do it the first time and that fired him up. Typical Earl after a couple of failed attempts he did it 11 times. Remember you must re-spot a ball and shot from where the cue stops.

Thanks!

In his prime Earl Strickland was unstoppable. He has won a total of six U.S. Open 9-ball titles and three World 9-ball Champion. I don’t think anyone dominated 9-ball like Earl did during his era. Remember, a 55 year old Earl beat Shane in his prime.

Amazing

Joe Rogan does such a great impression of Earl.

Question. Why does he clean the cue ball?

lol

Earl. The Phil Hellmuth of pool

❤ great

I wish the Camara angles were better back in the day cause so.e of these Awesome shots you can't even See 😠

What's even more crazy is it looks like he did this on a valley table. Not a diamond or Brunswick with brand new cloth, a pool table that you'd find in some hole in the wall bar somewhere.

Brilliant footage

The shot wasn’t even possible years ago with the old slower cloth

Minnesota Fats and EARL STRICKLAND were the only Superstars of my Era. They'll never never be a more exciting game than 9-ball in the 90,s. Reason I started playing was I might run the set out on a stone cold champion.

Earl …by far, is my favorite. I feel like he and I share the same chromosomes, or lack thereof…haha….he’s my man! Favorite of all time ! !!! By far …if only I could shoot a ball straight, lol 🚀✔️💯🔥🔥🔥🙏😄🎱

Chip is the Man 🎉

The shot is very hard because the energy goes to object ball. Hit the ball hard and the ball does not roll just skids must be practiced with a very good stroke

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G.O.A.T.

Great interview! Good to hear from Marcel, but the audio is Kind of lacking.

Marcel is world class and love seeing him referee because of his professionalism. Thanks BSN for this and thanks Marcel for being a big part of why pool is becoming so popular again in the US!

Please do a video about "why do most billiard halls in the US do so poorly compared to other countries such as Vietnam, Philippines?". "What could the US do to become better? "Why is the US lacking billiard academies like Europe or China? If you look at other countries, billiard halls are in high quantities and provide great quality of equipment. I can't speak for every US state, but from what I have seen, it seems like more often than not, one has to travel out of their way to get to a "restaurant/pool hall", which has high rates and crappy equipments, in order to shoot some pool. I would love to see a video where you guys talk to industry leaders from the US and outside of the US and hear what they have to say regarding how the US can exploit this sport and make it more accessible and raise the bar.

@10:28 I think you meant revolutionary war lol but I enjoyed the conversation and getting to know Oscar he seems like an awesome guy. Nice work Del

I've seen him make some bad calls in pool matches and refused to analyze the video replay.

Great interview 👍 Oscar is a class act. Great for the sport. I'm glad to see him succeed and elevate pool.

They stopped playing 14.1 because it wasn't working out on TV. Fans don't want to sit and watch one guy run 150 balls. Very boring. They like 9 ball because it's fast paced and lots of back and forth safety shots.

Hard times is the spot!