9-BALL - MIKE SIGEL vs JOHNNY ARCHER - 1993 US Open 9-Ball Championship

"Captain Hook" Mike Sigel vs "The Scorpion" Johnny Archer, from the 1993 US Open 9-Ball Championship. Both of these players were ranked in the top 3 on the Pro Billiard Tour points list. This was a match on the one-loss side, as both players had lost to Tony Ellin and the winner of this match would get a rematch against Ellin and would be guaranteed at least third place.
Grady Mathews and Ed Sheahan provide commentary for this one.
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[@Rick-ro8bf]

The sound of a ball being rocketed into a gold crown pocket. LOVE IT!

[@williamhall7349]

Something about it gets in your bloodstream

[@tyronemosley6810]

I know right 👍

[@pbbelk4136]

best tables ever made 🇺🇸

[@Brucetresan]

A shame that Brunswick gave up on pool. Diamonds had to fill the void 😢

[@natecavender897]

Grady is on it! The matches he commentated happen to be some of the best!

[@cliffhart7673]

Excellent 9 ball match! The 90s had so many great matches of players from different eras

[@cliffhart7673]

Can you please keep putting on the Accu Stats treasures 9 ball from the 90s and early 2000s? Those are great matches! Thanks!!

[@lesterweinheimer665]

Thank you Pat for putting these on film for posterity sake. You have done a great service to the pool community. Probably as much as anyone has ever done for pool! thanks a lot Mr Fleming

[@cliffhart7673]

Sigel best ever? That's always a player worthy of that conversation!

[@jaredclark6503]

Watched Larry Price beat that Smug Smile off his face in North Carolina. Guy had tears in his eyes.

[@alexcollins1630]

Sigel cb placement after every shot is flawless. One of my fav pro billiard players

[@scottisitoro3953]

Agree. He seems to never overhit, never does more than is necessary; most shots =same speed. Alot of us should be applying that logic at the table.

[@jacobjones5269]

@@scottisitoro3953 I saw him run 150 and out, and the cue ball was smack dab in the center of the table after every break shot!.. He coulda ran 1000 that day.. Smh..

[@scottisitoro3953]

@@jacobjones5269 That's awesome. Leaving that cue in the center after my 8 and 9 ball breaks has been a priority lately...finding it much easier to disregard Tour players and APA competitors breaking form either side. For me, old school center power break is working. Keep pocketing, player

[@chriscolabella880]

What a great match. Thank you.

[@HillbillyIslandLife]

Thx Mr Fleming! U da man

[@Ranger4244]

I would be curious to see some stats from this match. I didn't see many unforced errors at all.

[@markstephen9808]

Why is the cameraman wearing Billy Boots? Did you borrow him from the weather network?

[@FloridaRaider]

love these old school matches, the commentary, and the video quality. thank you

[@jasonodo5189]

We need the final match of this tournament

[@pessimisticpuma]

27:55 is the BEST alimony joke I’ve ever heard and it came from pool commentators. 😂😂😂

[@jacobjones5269]

I was at that “Chicago Tournament”.. Johnny won the lag and ran 13 and out against Efren in the finals.. And that’s how you handle the Magician.. Strongest thing I saw in those 2 weeks was both Bustamante and Efren politely declining Buddy’s stakehorse offer to “win as much as you carry out the door”.. lol.. That was the 2nd time I saw Efren decline an offer to play Buddy..

[@scottisitoro3953]

I was there. Sure, run out keeps EVERYBODY in the chair

[@jesusislord7526]

Mike is a killer. Best closer I’ve ever seen.

[@FloridaRaider]

If Sigel had curly hair, he'd be a pool Ernie McCracken

[@DeeMoback]

Seems like yesterday.....I haven't heard anything out of Johnny lately....anybody know if he is okay??

[@kainpedraza6779]

Heard he still owes Oscar Dominguez money🤣

[@KTHKUHNKK]

Are you talking about Johnny Archer or who ?

[@DeeMoback]

@@KTHKUHNKK Archer ....yes...you know him??..... I think I am gonna find a way to call him...I was around him quite a bit when he was young....I am 71

[@KTHKUHNKK]

@@DeeMoback I am also 71 years old. I don't know Johnny but I saw him play And I believe it was North ridgeville Ohio one time. It was a $10,000 tournament and he won it. He had a nice seven rack run. Also Tony Allen was at the tournament when I saw Johnny Archer. It was sometime in the '80s I believe. Mid or early '80s Keith

[@jaydraper2929]

You can't see anything because of the terrible position with the camera

[@rafaelvillamor9702]

Honestly im not a fan of Mike Sigel stroke. He used to strike the ball harder than necessary, and its prone to wable thats why he used to have some unnecessary amd uncharacteristic gimme misses. In that era, i prefer EFREN's stroke and in today's era i prefer ALBIN OUCHAN's stroke with more finess.

[@larryawatts]

Watching 9 ball was SOOOOO much better back then with the wooden racks and break from anywhere behind the line. Everybody loves the big breaks the game is so different without it. I mean from a spectator POV.

[@johndavis9926]

Look at that beautiful Brunswick. I'm gonna have one just like it right in the middle of my home. And after that the only time I'm leaving my home is to go play in a tournament. I can gamble right there at the house.

[@clintonehrhardtsr122]

what size table are they playing on ?

[@AccuStats]

9 Foot table

[@donaldelmore3274]

is that an 8ft table?

[@shanevalcich9208]

I am hoping captain hook shows up and takes a swing at a camera man with a cue lol

[@rogerscottcathey]

I find it fascinating Efren emulated Mike above everyone, but mentions Strickland and Hopkins but never mentions Irving Crane . . . Guess Crane's fame never reached the Philippines . . and if course I don't know if he ever played Crane

[@rogerscottcathey]

Early indications of Archer's OCD, moving three chalks all around the table . . .lol

[@LeonFleisherFan]

By the time Efren came to the States, Irving's career as a player was over. It's true he was invited to some Straight Pool tournaments because he was a legend and an asset to the sport, but the last time I remember seeing him participate was in the eighties, long before Efren ever entered his first Straight Pool tournament. Besides, Efren was never interested in Straight Pool (sadly, I love the game and he might have done wonders for its popularity), so I wouldn't be surprised if they never even met in person?

[@arturopineda1059]

Mi😊 me I'm so

[@coolman82]

what is mike cue here ? schon ?

[@Brucetresan]

Falcon

[@scottisitoro3953]

At around the 11:00 mark, Grady was asked, "How many US Open 9 balls has Mike won?" He ignorantly (RIP CERTAINLY) replied, "6 or 7." Do your homework, drink black coffee and join the rest of us on Earth.

[@scottisitoro3953]

US Open 9 ball: Sigel=3, SVB and 'THe Pearl....5 !!!!

[@williamclinard2438]

This is before Archer became so slow that it was painful to watch

[@rickeydenler4272]

The difference in the match Segal doged the ball up the rail almost scratched two or three times just got very lucky

[@Random-video]

10-9 on the 2 ball should have went 2 rails with a bend to get easy shot on 4 but he went 3 and screwed it up as soon as I seen he went 3 rails I knew he was screwed.

[@miltonvanceiii2766]

GD thru 4 racks… these dudes ain’t playin around 😮

[@edwardjensen6595]

Siegal got lucky

[@johnshoemaker6164]

If Mike Sigel wasn't so arrogant, his fan base would have been beyond compare! As great a player as he is, and as many fans as he does have, I can't stand how smug he is!

[@trudaroof]

20:41 ruining the sport

[@KTHKUHNKK]

Perhaps this Grady guy was a good player. But I think he's just a little too full of himself. As an announcer he just thinks he's always right. Some people call them know-it-alls

[@HillbillyIslandLife]

Grady Mathew’s, The Professor, was the Man! Very Knowledgeable too!

[@DeeMoback]

I knew Grady very well....great great player...and a great hustler...and a fine man....he never "told on me" or messed up one of my games.... can't say that about very many people

[@LeonFleisherFan]

Grady was a great player and a nice guy! And a great commentator! Besides, most great athletes are somewhat "full of themselves" - just a function of their confidence in themselves and their ability.

[@DeeMoback]

@@LeonFleisherFan yup

[@KTHKUHNKK]

@@LeonFleisherFan I will have to check out Some of Grady Mathews pool. As a former pool player I guess we all had our line of crap. It's a tough game mentally because people are always trying to talk you out of a shot. Except for the gentleman players that would let you rise to your ability when you're at the table. Some people just call it respect. Lots to be said for all the. BS. ONE HAS TO OVERCOME WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A TOUGH SHOT.

[@juanramirezgonzalez7243]

Dos jugadores del montón, sin estilo ni clase..

[@trichotillomaniac1959]

First

[@alexandersupertramp7353]

Good! Then rack em, rook!

[@samphilipp4997]

Why don't you go back to your college classroom and say I'm the first one here snowflake👍

[@nickzendano1366]

Sigel was the best ever