Earl Strickland vs Yuri Pashinsky

Russian billiard WC-2005 Moscow.
Rules: Once the pyramid is split cue, you can choose as a cue ball any ball. Counted as a hit in the pocket an object ball and cue ball (but always after a collision with the object ball)
Winning is the player who scored the first eight balls.

[@fishblade2]

I think it's awesome that Earl at least tried this and saw the difficulty. He made some good shots too! With enough work he would be a pretty good player in Russian pyramid.

[@Membersacc]

Earl is just having so much fun here; it is nice to see.

[@cakins1986]

Earl desperately wishes he could convince everyone to start playing 9 ball on these tables

[@Duffyyy94]

LOL i love this comment. he would tell them to take away the side pockets also

[@joshuabullion1429]

I am a massive fan of cue sports! Even this Russian billiards video I enjoyed. I couldn't understand a word the commentators were saying! This video was really fun. I enjoyed it. Those pockets are really tiny though! Well compared to our snooker/pool tables in England. Pure skill!

[@davezanko9051]

The pockets are actually the same size as snooker ones (the tables are identical for all intents and purposes). It's the fact that the balls are the largest in modern cue sports, at 68 mm diameter, much larger than the 52.5 mm of snooker balls, the 57.2 mm of pool balls, and the 61.5 mm of carom billiards. Trying to sink the largest balls in the smallest regulation pockets makes for a rather difficult game, despite the free form nature of which ball is the cue ball and the ability to score on both a direct shot or an in-off carom.

[@AngrierGorilla]

@@davezanko9051 in Russian Pyramid the cut of the pockets is obviously very different from snooker. As you can see the inner face of the pockets is flat, whereas in snooker you have rounded jaws. Even about the size I don't think you're right. Russan Pyramid pockets should be 71 mm (3 mm more than balls diameter), snooker pockets should be around 86 mm (with balls of 52.5 mm diameter) The only thing in common is the table size, which is 12 ft for both.

[@chriss758]

In Soviet Russia, pocket cheats you!

[@Fulllll342]

+Calvinitris Clydesdale да,обманываем)))

[@Re-ii4gb]

+barry allen lmao

[@FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO]

Former Soviet country

[@AngrierGorilla]

never seen Earl so happy and laidback...

[@PointyTailofSatan]

The tightness of the corner pockets is crazy. I don't even think it's possible to roll a ball in along the rail.

[@EvelcyclopS]

PointyTailofSatan it's not- I found the best chance is to hit hard to try and bed the rubbers out of the way of the pocket. Much higher chance of potting

[@Hue_Sam]

Compression work with pyramids because of how much heavier and larger the balls in this game are. The Corner pockets in pyramid are only 72mm across, with balls that are 68mm across. The middle pockets are slightly wider at 82mm, but most balls would just bounce off the pocket at even the slightest of angles.

[@bshthrasher]

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[@bshthrasher]

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[@MMercM]

This is cool as hell, thanks a ton for the upload.

[@m0n0201]

Талант - есть талант!!!

[@Cssfiend]

lol, i love earls outfit, white sweatshirt, massive waistcoat and a bowtie just tied around his neck

[@waveyjones3347]

When you gotta play pyramid at 4pm and strip at 7 pm 😂

[@mistakind]

Эрл еще и пуловским кием играет, молодец ))

[@davidguy209]

nice to see Earl having fun. it's obvious he's enjoying himself.

[@nitotech]

It's actually more exciting game (when you get the hang of it of course)

[@xZebbb]

Agreed, this is probably the most skillful, and strategic game, but until you get good, it can be painful to play!

[@AngrierGorilla]

I think in One Pocket there's a lot more strategy

[@bshthrasher]

@@AngrierGorilla, Free Pyramid is the easiest type of Russian Pyramid, when it becomes easy for you, you can make it harder by limiting the options. Only one ball can be used as the cue ball, one pocket, opponent calls the pocket etc. The game complexity is infinite.

[@ghettoasfuckxp]

Earl loves how challenging to pot is 🤣

[@Irakli1981]

@forcefollow I also agree he needs to change on this for some time because in the world of pool he become very unsecccesful for last years ... he got great potential, he makes balls very easy but he doesn't understand the tactics of Russian Pyramid, but he will get it very soon I believe, because he is natural talented guy to this game, I wish to see him more in this fashion

[@FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO]

"you're a genius at leaving nothing". Earl the Pearl.

[@mattc3581]

With the balls split, 16 possible cue balls to choose from and any ball available to pot with any of them...Only Earl could say that.

[@craigking8758]

Russian pyramid pool is the hardest cue sport ever. Not this version tho the one where they use only 1 ball as the cue ball. 😎😎

[@bshthrasher]

Yes, this limitation makes the game drastically harder. Free Pyramid is less challenging but more fun to play tho)

[@MrJdsenior]

This looks like fun. I would love to find a table to try. Any near Orlando, FL,?

[@kisuke80]

Runout is possible? Interesting!

[@jonathanburton7971]

My god that is the most scratches i have ever seen! (:P)

[@jonathanburton7971]

I was joking.... notice the :P face

[@jonathanburton7971]

lol it's fine.

[@chipmcgruder4438]

What? You've never seen English Billiards? Potting the cue is allowed, too. And, yes, I saw the emoticon.

[@dzarren]

Can anyone create english subtitles?!?! Please...

[@ac130kz]

Well, after some practice I think Earl could have really improved. In the core his shots were greatly played, but he had no patience in his actions, and it is punished by frequent misses (unless you are a D.Belozerov or A.Palamar' xD). Still he would have had a serious pain mastering the pottting of the cue ball :D

[@royal69]

wow that is a huge table

[@AngrierGorilla]

exactly like a snooker table

[@alphacapo]

This would be a better game if the pockets were not impossible tight. It would be nice to see offensive runs

[@Crxig3]

What are the rules of this game? Why do some "normal" shots count and others have to be a billiard? I've played this on a regular table and we called it scratch ball. It was always a billiards off of the cue ball. Any help is appreciated

[@Vedja_]

Each turn,you chose which ball is your "cue ball" (which ball you hit with your cue),and the object is to pot any ball in any way-doesn't matter if it's a regular pot or a billiard or anything else. The player who pots 8 balls first-wins the frame

[@SliverUlsk]

Не жалеет однако пуловскую палку

[@gpuppy1234]

Where are all the snooker fanboys at saying snooker is the hardest

[@plzitzjustmahcheezits909]

youtube account Yea but the main argument for snooker being harder from snooker heads is the tight pockets (which makes no sense but whatever)

[@hennessey_6935]

It's much more easier than snooker. I can tell you it 'cause I'm from Ukraine and play russian pyramid almost every day

[@nellvincervantes3223]

Whats the rule of this game?

[@rattlik1]

Yes. It's about 68 mm (2.7 inches). Pool balls are 57 mm (2.25 inches).

[@AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool]

Theres a proper Russian table with russian balls, in England?? I'm making myself a trip there one day!

[@MrUnkers]

"Свояки" от Стрикленда выглядят вполне убедительно!

[@shayne.7770]

Can someone please explain exactly what this is and the point of the game? You can scratch and hit any ball? So confusing.

[@TheNinewins]

there are many russian pyramid games. this one we call free pyramid, you can scratch and hit any ball with any ball, and the point of this game is to get 8 points first to win a frame(there is 15 balls in the rack) . it is the easiest discipline of all ru. billiard games.other games you have to play only with one cueball(red or yeallow color) and thats where scratch shot comes in most plays.without mastering it you will not be able to be good at russian biliards. scratch shot is main shot in russian pyramid games. hope this make some clearer

[@alekov2009]

@TryHonesty0717 You bet? how much, dude?

[@prosatan]

I saw that too (when SVB said that he already mastered the game :) and Efren made only one ball). But they were playing on a normal pool table, not on a russian table. The russian one has very tight pockets.

[@dzarren]

Yeah, its funny how SVB had no clue how challenging that shit really is, if i ever meet earl, id ask him about other cue sports hes played, Pyramid, Chinese 8 ball, ?Snooker?, but especially Pyramid.

[@ghettoasfuckxp]

Efren was teasing SVB to bet after the podcast 😂

[@DanFrederiksen]

Funny, I've never seen that game before : ) I hope to never see it again : )

[@rumourhats]

What is the point of that ball being yellow exactly?

[@Aleksandr-np9cn]

All balls have the same values

[@dzarren]

What's Earl saying at around 8:00?

[@klieu90210]

"You guys did this on purpose, didn't ya? You made me play him - a-ha-ha."

[@leforite]

is 18:05 a foul? (ball was still moving)

[@caroamico17]

Yes it is. In Russian billiard all the balls must be still before making a shot

[@ColtMcCoy28]

Good eye

[@craigking8758]

Not bad for a rookie 🙁😎😎

[@alekov2009]

@TryHonesty0717 So, now You don't?

[@millionairejh]

i saw shane van boening play this again efren in one the podcasts. it was the frist time he ever heard of the game, and he ran the rack on efren.. crazy

[@herlonalencar1623]

In a pool table...

[@IndianHeathen1982]

On a pool table - much easier.

[@ghettoasfuckxp]

First off it was on a pool table and Efren wasn’t even trying

[@AviErvitz]

Но играет хорошо

[@njerzynek]

I don't understand the rules of this but @1: 36 why not just stop the ball or a minimum amount of topspin so he could put that with the ball just near the left center pocket???

[@zondaken]

+Neil Jerzynek because scratchin in pyramid is a point as well

[@xanh350]

thats weird, i dunno what even that is.

[@oceanmanclam]

that's a joke. the level of cue ball control in this game is next to nothing compared to pool or snooker. this game just has different difficulties--namely the pocket size--like pool and snooker and do as well.

[@AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool]

I think Russian Pyramid does have its benefits. Not only are you trying to manufacture scratches often using lots of side to make the pocket take the ball, but you are trying to control the ball not being pocketed into a better position. All on 12x6ft tables, with balls that are 67mm. This is a fantastic game in it's own right. It's too different to try and compare this to pool or snooker.

[@AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool]

I feel daft replying to a comment made 3 years ago I thought it said 3 weeks ago. Should've gone to Specsavers XD

[@BaldingEagle51]

So they got billiards backwards, just like their letters? ;p Like anyone would buy a table like that and have it in their living room. So they can enjoy an evening of getting really fucking angry and annoyed after a relaxing day at the coal mine?

[@quattro4468]

BaldingEagle51 Beats the kids coming home from school after a shooting, the wife from the mall after the shooting and the dad beat up by cops on the way, also a after experiencing a mass shooter at the post office. 😄

[@ajb87]

this game might be fun to play but it has no class i think, just strong shots and try to pocket??

[@AngrierGorilla]

and he keeps talking... on and on...LOL

[@Irakli1981]

doljen zametit slava bogu chto earl ne igraet ruski u nevo fenomlnaia kladka on bi sltal chmpionom mira

[@ammoh7770]

It looks like the Russian smashes the OB into the corner pockets with great force, sometimes even when shooting a carom; later Earl starts to do this also. Is this a pro technique in Russian Pyramid, sending the ball into the corner pocket (side pockets also) with speed in order to force it past the pocket tits? This is a good match to watch, but in the game before the one Earl won he eased up and failed to pocket the last ball of what should have been a 8-and-out run. Then the Russian showed him how to run 8-out, and Earl missed his chance to get back into the match at 1 game to 3, instead going 0-4. In a later game the Russian did the same thing - he let up on his 8th ball and let Earl have a small chance at a comeback, but not much of a chance with the way the balls were sitting. Good for the video, I suppose, keeping the other guy in the game...

[@giedriusledas670]

In Russian billiards, the pockets are extremely tight, so hitting the ball hard increases the chance that the ball will force itself into the pocket through the cushions. This is not always the case, however, and in some cases spin on the cue or object ball is used to spin the ball into the pocket (these are usually shots that are close to the rail). It all depends on the situation, but yes, in general, if you hit it hard, while also being accurate, there is a greater chance of pocketing the ball.

[@thugstation]

+Giedrius Ledas I don't know buddy.. Don't want to discredit your post.. But sounds kinda contradictory to me? Hit a ball hard on tight pockets to have a chance to make it? Of course not..

[@bossramses5324]

R-Tistic Remix watch more pyramid you'll see

[@thugstation]

Boss Ramses Post a video where I can see this happening? Or a minute from the vid where this is shown..

[@RubSomefastOnIt]

on pool tables hitting a hard shot will spit the ball out because the cut of the pockets, they open at much more of an angle then pyramid pockets which are almost parallel so much more receptive to hard shots forcing their way in.

[@zondaken]

this is the real earl strickland from 9 ball? fantastic he tries this, if it is he

[@chriss758]

+VorTeX the one and only

[@vatsari]

iBinary There was big pool side-event. Pool legends vs russian pool masters. Bustamante played pyramid too!

[@Sasquatch_101]

In America, pool balls look white. But in Soviet Russia, pool balls look like military tank

[@Ksart]

+SASQUATCH 101 So you yanks are racists?

[@Sasquatch_101]

+Ksart you have got to be kidding me with that stupidity.... HOW THE FUCK IS THAT RACISM!!? IS SOVIET RUSSIA OR AMERICA A RACE!!?? THERE IS THING CALLED "joking" YOU KNOW!? Dumbass

[@Ksart]

+SASQUATCH 101 In imperialistic America a sence of humor has you. I pointed you to the fact that you said that all the "balls look white" in there. It's quite an euphemism ;)

[@Sasquatch_101]

+Ksart okay lol. For a Sec, I thought you were calling me a racist by making a joke

[@Ksart]

;)

[@oregonmeds]

In soviet russia pockets are so tight table is slow torture.

[@Fulllll342]

Юра так именно на приколе,порвать легенду мирового пула,главное он нихера по английски не понимает)))

[@aleksey270373]

+СЕ КОСМОС ну допустим не порвал, это раз, в пуле и снукере нет свояков и они даже не имеют понятия как их бить это два , возьми пуловский кий у которого не хватает веса для подачи тяжелого шара и приходится дорабатывать рукой и я посмотрю много ли ты им забьёшь играя в русский бильярд это три.

[@Fulllll342]

aleksey270373 Ну допустим это был сарказм это раз,правила игры знаю без сопливых это два,играю русский 19 лет в общем 14 из них катал и только с этого зарабатывал на хлеб и 9 лет снукер,это три.Тренеровал Такновецкого когда он еще сопли волок по полу вокруг стола вместе с Илюшей и учавствовал в первых этапах Украины по динамичной пирамиде это четыре.Не умничай когда не знаешь с кем говоришь это пять.

[@Fulllll342]

aleksey270373 А совсем забыл,я поржал с тебя это шесть))) ты забавный!

[@aleksey270373]

+СЕ КОСМОС ну и сиди на жопе ровно, это семь.

[@aleksey270373]

+СЕ КОСМОС и я постарше тебя и видимо поумнее раз не хамлю, это восемь.

[@CharlieEdward25]

Na

[@7Kudo]

дать ирлу пару месяцев для понимания сути русского бильярда, надрал бы позера!

[@njerzynek]

can't believe earl strickland is playing this!!! surely snooker is better to play than this

[@bossramses5324]

Neil Jerzynek this is more difficult than snooker

[@vatsari]

Boss Ramses Pyramid much much easier than snooker.

[@RubSomefastOnIt]

why do you say it is easier? because the order in which you shoot?

[@micahabelm3725]

Boss Ramses pyramid is easier depending on the variation, this is easier to play than snooker cos you can use any ball on the table as the cue ball and pot atleast 8, the other variations are harde

[@bobbytokyo8132]

This is why American pool players have no success in Russian Pyramid or Snooker. American pool games have their difficult facets such as cue ball control, but potting is a million times easier, you have a huge margin for error on a American pool table. In snooker and Russian pyramid you don't have that, the latter especially. If the ball isn't hit right into the centre of the pocket it doesn't go in. Earl just couldn't adjust to that when he's used to playing on tables where the object ball can hit cushion before the pocket and still go in,

[@AngrierGorilla]

+Bobby Tokyo Yeah potting in pool is easier, but it's easier for your opponent too. So it's not a real advantage.

[@alcoholya]

it's funny how this simple logical point eludes all these 'snooker is way better' commenters...

[@bossramses5324]

Bobby Tokyo pyramid is much harder than snooker to pot.

[@gpuppy1234]

Bobby Tokyo foreal. Strickland actually won one game. You act like its impossible for pool players to be good at snooker or russian pyramid. Whats next carom. Shit i love all kinds of billiard games but hate when people bash on other players cause they dont play snooker or whatever.

[@mescellaneous]

after all these years, i have found the reason why this discussion lives.. it's because the only people who care are not good at any of these games, they just care about some sort of proxy nationalistic pride. bigotry. i play both pool and snooker and it's clear how they differ. and my thoughts dont devolve into equating the table length to my dick. plus, he holds out pretty well. he obviously can't compete with someone who plays this more than him. and if he won, you'd probably jump off the russian pyramid high horse and say the balls are too big compared to snooker or some bs

[@rebelspark]

they will die in peruavian's table :)

[@Irakli1981]

Earl nastaiaShi mastern nekto vmire ne amelilsai bi sigrat vruskii biliard uveren chto roni o salivan pakazal bi bolle slabuiu igru... an on nastaiaShi monstr vpule

[@kouhgwr]

なにこのゲーム？ルールがわからん。

[@AviErvitz]

полный американец...

[@paulbrown1585]

The object of the game is not very appealing.

[@MrSpichka007]

To pot 8 balls

[@Irakli1981]

ne veriustrikladn na ruskom!!!!!!

[@kkompa35]

what a fukk strikling play in rus biljard ))) что за цырк

[@underneonloneliness2]

American's would be hopeless at this game! haha with their huge bucket pockets they are used to

[@AngrierGorilla]

so why russian players don't come and win all US pool tournaments?

[@underneonloneliness2]

AngrierGorilla maybe they wan't a challenge

[@Kornhulio18]

Differnce between USA and Russia 1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbCdu1FVUMM/TmibPQHA9fI/AAAAAAAABJw/0CHOdLeZvSs/s1600/usa+vs+russia.jpg

[@poolfiend007]

The difficulty in American pool is cueball control. If all we had to do was focus on making the ball then yes the game would be way easier than RB and Snooker. The fact is when you combine the two, shot making becomes a lot more difficult. Combine that with having only one ball to shoot at in rotation games or one pocket to shoot at in 1 pocket. If you lose the cue ball you're done at the pro level. I've said it before and I'll say it again. If our game was so easy then the Snooker and RB players would have dominated the IPT but they didn't. All billiard games are hard in their own ways and none are superior to the other.

[@AngrierGorilla]

***** and what? He's a good player, like many others. No major titles on his side.