DAVID MATLOCK vs TYLER STYER - 2023 DERBY CITY CLASSIC ONE POCKET DIVISION

A true battle between the veteran and the young gun as 68 year old David Matlock takes on 28 year old Tyler Styer.
Matlock was known as one of the best players in the game, back in the 80's. He won the 2005 Derby City Classic Banks Event, and had a third place finish in the one pocket division in 2002.
Styer is a two time member of Team USA, and won the 2019 Kremlin Cup. He recently finished second at the 2023 Wisconsin Open.
Mark Wilson and John Schmidt shared their expert insights.
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[@sethtaylor2953]

I worked at Side Pockets North in Kansas city Missouri for many years. It was amazing and so much fun when Dave would come in to play. It was an honor meeting him and getting to know him a little and when he offered to give me tips on my stroke I about died. It was also amazing when he played my buddy Jordan in 9 ball on a bar box. Jordan did come out the winner but Dave did give him descent weight but those 2 just threw down such an amazing match to watch.

[@billenright2788]

Known Dave damn near 40yrs. Plays EVERY game good. Has as much knowledge as anybody. His stroke power is off-the-charts.

[@jacobjones5269]

Dave is a great guy.. Didn’t really know him well, but we ended up casino hopping in Vegas one night together.. Getting drunk off our asses.. Couldn’t tell you how it happened, except there was this girl with us who for life of me I cannot remember?.. lol..

[@markmiddaugh9359]

Living legend, David Matlock.

[@godjhaka7376]

David Matlock?? Holy shit . What a treat.

[@michaelconners2805]

Enjoyed Mark and John !

[@gtzaskar6353]

I played Matlock in one pocket at DCC the night before this match. Very nice guy.

[@paulsmc7041]

I've never seen Matlock before. He played some amazing safes and kicks.

[@godjhaka7376]

I learned more watching Matlock than i could ever hope for. Wish i could have seen and/or met other legends like Eddie Taylor, Ralph Greenleaf, Chicago Bugs Rucker, etc

[@BPPA-f4e]

like #37! Mark and John are always awesome! Thanks for great material!

[@Grayback1973]

I saw David Matlock in the mid 90's at a bar box 9-ball tournament. I can't remember where exactly but I remember watching him run balls and being extremely impressed with his confidence and ability. At one point he missed a relatively easy shot and just walked away from the table,sat down and took a drag off of his cigarette like nothing happened. Just expressionless and waiting for his next opportunity.

[@davidblack4695]

Matlock I remember watching him ,David Rowell and all the ol timers at Tight Pockets in Atlanta in the 90s ..love it

[@davidwilliamson2341]

Was a neighbor of mine in rolla mo. For about 5years used to skip school and go down to stand pool hall and shoot and the watch David mainly lights out barbox pretty much unbeatable!

[@dougoverhoff7568]

Thanks for your reply, it verifies what I'd heard, that Dave was from Rolla. I was introduced to the game there, when my family lived there for several years back in the late 50's and early 60's, and when my Dad had a Buick dealership there. Those were some good days. God bless!

[@davidwilliamson2341]

@@dougoverhoff7568 Yes sir he was from a big family of 13 l believe a few passed at birth also l actually do some projects with his brother Dennis, great bunch of guys hes a legend here and he comes back on ocassion.shoots in some local tournaments, kicking everyones butt again! Good luck!

[@davidwilliamson2341]

@@dougoverhoff7568 That was Stan's pool hall which know longer exists!

[@dougoverhoff7568]

@@davidwilliamson2341 Thank you, again. If Stan's is the poolroom that I remember, then I do believe I was in that room on more than a few occasions, even though I was a youngster at the time, and was likely only there as an interested observer, (since I was infatuated with the game ever since being introduced to it at one of my father's mechanic's home when I was age 10). My memory fades about many details of that room, as it was many moons ago, (I recently turned 75 years old). However, one detail I somehow seem to remember is there was a shoeshine stand by the front window and a cigar cabinet near the front desk, ( no doubt both are long gone). However, I do have one clear remembrance of seeing a very large gentleman hitting a shot with such massive force follow, (though I didn't know it was called that at the time), that it seemed to make the cueball take off like a rocket. I was totally impressed! My family lived in what was known as McFarland Acres, a newer subdivision at the time, off hwy 72, near the edge of town on the way towards Salem. My father's Buick agency was at 4th & Elm Sts., it was 'Vance Motors' when my dad bought it. It's been many years since I've been through that way, so I don't know if the original building is stilll even there. I remember the Dep't of Motor Vehicles was directly across the street, at that time. Anyway....Thanks again for your response, and for prompting my trip down memory lane. Best of luck in your pool shooting, and God bless!

[@godjhaka7376]

Shoutout to all the commentators they were excellent

[@muddymo7641]

1st time i played Dave was in Cameron Missouri. I shot an absolutely killer leave on Matlock. Had him so sewn up. Next thing I knew he made an impossible kick and broke out the TWO other clusters. All in 1 shot. And that was just the first game. He is amazing

[@bullclashofclans]

Matlock is a legend 🔥

[@clydehinman7810]

I use to go wherever David played all thru the late 80s and 90s. Shooters in Olathe, biliard palace in Tulsa, Gary Lutmans pool hall, the Cue & Cushion in Houston etc... I never saw him play one hole. Wow. He is the best .

[@somefear3510]

When I started playing in the early 90s I think he was the house pro out at Shooters in Olathe KS. I am a lefty and was always drawn to watching him because his perspective was "right" like mine :)

[@godjhaka7376]

Lot of people won't understand that. Left handed people are more skilled and talented at everything involving arts... So all the greatest are lefties... Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr, Leonardo Da Vinci, you name them. It's as you said, we operate the "Right" way, which is responsible for the creativity, artistic, talent, connection to God. Every right handed person sees the world completely different than us as they work in linear and logic whole we can see the bigger picture and how it all fits together.

[@godjhaka7376]

It's like being right handed you only see what's in front of you in 1 dimension , the first task then you go on to the next. Being left, you can see the entire project in 3 dimensions and how it all interconnects and works.

[@briancalek8253]

Legend!

[@bradsplace481]

John is a fun commentator for these matches as well as a great player...thanks for the great content!

[@shortydancer]

Holy crap. This is like a melding of the generations. There’s a video of Matlock, Archer, and the Miz all hanging around. Mizerak says some funny things. Good times.

[@ronthacker211]

Great match up.

[@crondawg101]

I love the appreciation for 3-cushion that John has

[@jacobjones5269]

I saw Matlock make 50 3-cushion billiards in 32 innings, once.. Robbed Rafael Martinez.. Rafael did have a 9 billiard run in the match, though… Still got robbed..

[@justachristian4072]

I saw the same match! At CJ’s in Dallas. Didn’t even know that Matlock played 3C! Amazing that you remember the score. I just remember that Matlock beat him badly and I was surprised. I do also remember the high run of Martinez, now that you mention it. Great players both.

[@jacobjones5269]

@@justachristian4072 Yeah, Rafael was a really good billiards player.. But Matlock was world class.. 1.6-1.7 billiards per inning, at that time?.. lol.. As good as almost anyone, except top top pros..

[@KlausHoff]

Dave taught me everything i know about 3-cushion over at Shooters. Love Dave and Peggy.

[@yesterdaystreasures797]

nice match

[@Qenthusiast1]

Matlock played awesome here…the fact that he looks like Logan/Wolverine here doesn’t hurt either. 😂

[@howdy2496]

Would have been a treat to watch David play Sammy Soto with the big cue ball.

[@CrazyHeartRanch]

28:50 Dave paccsprayed that 5 in 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Conrad-y9i]

28:59 can’t believe he grabbed that cue ball before it stopped. Wouldn’t have been surprised if a foul had got called on him

[@edwardborgias]

Well they didn't call a foul when he touched the one ball with his hand so I doubt they're calling that. David's a great player but I don't know how he didn't realize he touched that with his hand and call a foul on himself. Tyler wasn't concerned and maybe he said he did and Tyler said leave it. I am curious though. Give him the benefit of the doubt I guess.

[@51Dss]

@@edwardborgias I don't believe they were playing "foul on all balls" - Dave did realize he had moved the ball with his hand because he looked down at it right after it happened. The referee was merely asking Styer if he wanted the ball moved back to its original spot or if he wanted to leave there. Styer elected to leave it there. Dave did the right thing by staying back and waiting for the referee to step in. A player may not move a ball with his hand in any circumstance because to do so would be a foul and in 1 pocket it would cost 1 ball...in 9 ball the opposing player would get ball in hand and in straight pool the offending player would be docked 1 point off of his total match score.

[@silvernutoutdoors8892]

Hi when is the final uploaded of million dollar island please

[@kaivonweymarn2897]

69 und noch so gut, echt stark!

[@pkrbrad]

What chalk did John say that Tyler used? I couldn't hear it plainly

[@kainpedraza6779]

It looks like a piece of taom chalk most likely v10

[@godjhaka7376]

It's definitely Taom V10. I know because I use it personally and keep 3-4 on me at all times. All I'm willing to use. So I can identify it easily

[@godjhaka7376]

If all players and pool halls embraced Taom V10, the tables and players would stay so much cleaner. But most complain about costs. I understand what it's like to be on poverty and have to live worrying about the price of things rather than the experience and benefits.

[@loginwithlogan3183]

“Donald trump is wired to the corner” that nearly killed me.

[@BanditJustice]

Is David related to Ben Matlock?

[@jcoden6970]

Keep these commentators away from your wives lol.

[@BimboBrunch]

Yeah, totally out of line in any other setteing other than pool.

[@scottbranson7872]

the living fossil himself

[@loum5254]

corniest commentary ever

[@John-jl4to]

Yet for some reason, they asked mark and John to do the commentary. And not you, but I'm sure you would have done much better.

[@Ret_Lineman]

Dave Matlock is the Best bar box player with a big ball I have ever seen

[@JoshPyles-v8l]

That was the most disrespectful comment I’ve ever heard and to say that on film about Skyler Woodward not being able to read why cause he’s from the backwoods of Kentucky I’m pretty disappointed in that suggestion Mark

[@JoshPyles-v8l]

At 58:08 is the comment I’m referring too that was a low blow man