Mike Sigel vs Oliver Ortmann at the World 14.1 Tournament

Mike Sigel vs Oliver Ortmann at the World 14.1 Tournament in New Brunswick, NJ. The $35,000 added event was hosted by the Hyatt Regency Hotel and took place August 29 through September 2, 2011. Dragon Promotions produced the World 14.1 Tournament and the Straight Pool Hall of Fame banquet which inducted Jerome Keough and Ray "Cool Cat" Martin. See more at www.InsidePOOLmag.com www.insidepool.tv and www.worldstraightpool.com

[@stuartgassel5659]

Love to watch Sigel play.

[@christianman9013]

Great video showing the intensity required to compete on a level of a true professional. I enjoyed the manner by which he shot his way out of the few tough situations he faced. He is a great player for sure. The Rev.

[@honeybun6912]

100 and out is always worth watching... Great stuff!!!

[@fielnixful]

Not for Ortmann I suppose😅

[@alydar21]

Another point, no cheesy advertising on Mike's vest. Thank you Mike!

[@fielnixful]

Delicious how Sigel rebuilds for his last shot Big Ben at the table 😂

[@MrJdsenior]

These are always great. The one slight criticism, or really more a request I would make is when I hear commentators like this that are articulate and funny, and they are pool players, I would like to know who they are in the little write up at the start. It kind of gives me some insight into more of what the players might be thinking while you watch them play certain situations, and adds another dimension to the observing and educational (pool, that is) experience.

[@5153flash]

That is the best I have ever watched Mike Sigel play pool. The matches from the 80s and 90s are hard to watch when he played them. Takes forever and shaking his head as he goes up and down on the cue. Now a days it doesnt seem as whiny of play. And with a skip ahead button it is OK to watch

[@azbdizzy4176]

Just saw this video. Great run from Mike. Two of my favorite players.

[@alex37211]

At 26:25 he shoots a drag shot that makes it look like the video glitched. What a stroke.

[@MrTissinT]

Sigel really is one of the greatest pool players of all time!

[@anonymousborn]

thanx

[@JCKAMK]

Good opening break - makes a big difference.

[@royplayer]

Did Mike have his own personal racker or was that his opponent?

[@kevincronin6393]

I'm gonna play this discipline soon and i come from snooker background.. The things that sigel do there after he plays a shot would be frowned upon in the snooker tournaments.. But i look forward to playing 14.1 in april

[@bonhzeppelin55]

Mike is old and isn't the consistent winning champion he used to be and knows it. He is still capable of hitting that high gear opponents used to fear him for, but the insatiable hunger and desire to compete and win is mostly gone. When you start to play 14.1 you will come to appreciate, and realize what Mike accomplished in this match. Running and breaking out a lot of balls is one thing, but doing it with complete control is another. Cheers!

[@MrBurnthePriest]

The stream quality is amazing. But the commentators must be color blind.

[@thugstation]

I thought Mike was an overrated loud mouth when I saw him play Efren at the IPT King of The Hill match... I'm finally convinced that Mike Sigel is or was a strong player after seeing this 100 ball break. His fundamentals and stroke are very unconventional though.. Glad it works out for Mike..

[@uvafan940]

If you judged Mike's playing ability based off of the IPT, or even this video, then you have the wrong picture of Mike Sigel's game. The IPT was what 18 years or so after he retired from professional pool. Mike was a top road player along with being the most winnegest tournament player in pool history. And you don't get those accomplishments by just talking.

[@philiphalsrud7888]

R-Tistic Remix I agree the king of the hill against Efren was a terrible event for Siegel he looked terrible and was loud and rude af while Efren was playing. I would have been embarrassed too if I was him. He is a great player but that was atrocious.

[@peterscott6103]

@@uvafan940 winnegest ???

[@uvafan940]

@@peterscott6103 Oh look it is the nerdy spelling police trying to make KZbin comments into a spelling thesis. Heh!

[@peterscott6103]

@@uvafan940 Did your mother proof read that comment for you😂. I was hoping someone would tell me what the word is suppose to be, then perhaps a spelling or grammar comment! 😉

[@snapitoff2002]

True, but when you are constantly seeking perfection, you get as close as possible at this level.

[@manuelmazzei3605]

the great capitan hook!!!🎱🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠👍👍👍👍

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

John Schmidt has the record 626 balls, it would be what happened to stop him from shooting more? Anyone knows?

[@kennethshouler3055]

I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike Sigel for a lengthy profile in Cigar Aficionado magazine (www.cigaraficionado.com/article/the-poet-of-pool-6093) He posted a "perfect game" in 1993, when Albany's Mike Zuglan broke, and Sigel ran 150 and out. He is the greatest living player, bar none. He is leaps and bounds ahead of any straight pool shooter, which is still the ultimate test of a player's overall pocket billiard mettle. Irving Crane (also from the Rochester, New York area like Mike) once lamented, "The game I played (14.1) is no more." Irving is gone now, but videos like this remind us that the game, now more than 100 years old, is still alive and well. It seems that all people can say about Sigel is to criticize his colorful antics at the table. I don't see anyone assailing his talent, however. Anyone watching this cannot help but learn the way he plays patterns.

[@snipinG0D21]

How about one of Trenton, NJ's greatest Joe Russo's inter-locking bridge?

[@jimmyjones6086]

9:11 this says it all..

[@ReganMcKee]

Damn good play. I don't know how this guy's able to make shots consistently for an entire hour. Jeez

[@gerv55]

Says what? A standard shot to split balls open, nothing out of the ordinary about it.

[@bonhzeppelin55]

@@ReganMcKee I think his high run is 309. John Schmidt recently ran 600 or more, and years before had runs of 400.

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

impressive

[@danielpincus221]

Who are the commentators?

[@kevindean6600]

I think he was a very talented loudmouth.

[@metou3072]

Why did mike break when Oliver won the lag...my guess was he had choice and had mike break...I'm new to the game and rules...can anyone help please

[@diegosaly]

In straight pool breaking is not a good thing

[@diegosaly]

The only positive type of break is the break shot but first break at the beginning of the match is not one you want to be doing

[@kennethshouler3055]

He is the greatest living all-around player and has no rival in straight pool. I covered the 1992 US Open, when Mike Zuglan broke and Sigel ran 150 and out, a "perfect game," since it was done in one inning.

[@bonhzeppelin55]

I think Zuglan hit Sigel with a 150 and out before but don't quote me on that. I would say former 14.1 Greats like a thinner Steve Mizerak, a young Mosconi, Caras, Balsis, Lassiter, or his mentor Irving Crane, would a good match-ups against Sigel.

[@kennethshouler3055]

@@bonhzeppelin55 No, you have it reversed. The two lagged, Zuglan broke and Sigel ran 150 and out. One inning 150 balls, a perfect game. Zugland stood and put his cue away. I wrote about the match in Baltimore Magazine and Cigar Aficionado. I can't recall when Mizerak was thinner, but I know he was awfully good. Sigel was better. Also better than Caras, Balsis, and Lassiter. But Mosconi is another story, since he was the greatest 14.1 champion that ever drew breath.

[@bonhzeppelin55]

@@kennethshouler3055 That was a great article! Thanks for writing the nice piece! Sorry mate I wasn't referring to this match. There was another tournament previous or post this one where Zuglan hit Sigel with a 150 and out or a very high run. Again, I'm not dead sure and it was yrs ago I read an article online, or listened to an audio interview with Sigel. I should have done research before commenting! :\ Sorry 'bout that Mate! Cheers!

[@anonymousborn]

can anybdoy help me with the rule of this particular game

[@AngrierGorilla]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_pool

[@splitp1558]

Which one?

[@beefonweckeastside3323]

I'd be happy would half that

[@jamesleonard98]

what are they playing

[@johnbarton2454]

Straight pool - - also called 14 +1. The game that the grand masters played all the time.

[@truthwarrior122]

I admire him and he's a legend, but can you imagine playing this slow fidgety fussbudget?

[@bonhzeppelin55]

For me it would be an honor and a privilege! I wouldn't give a flying fuck how long he took! He played damn near Perfect Pool in spite of being old, fidgety and a shadow of himself.

[@cturvy1]

Actually Tex,that"s what make"s him a more respectable player,and when he stop"s noticing his error"s on position, and just get's "happy" then he will B a less focused player;,and no longer so respected.Straight pool is the most serious of all pool game"s....You should try it.

[@kennethshouler3055]

We have someone with a high run of 12 as an analyst for this match? 37:50

[@keithkruger7270]

He was kidding

[@kennethshouler3055]

@@keithkruger7270 Thanks. Can't believe the number of attacks on Sigel's personality on this site! Who cares about that" He's colorful! The guy has probably run more 100s than anyone since Mosconi. If all they did was play straight pool, no one would ever win but him!

[@theotts1]

@millsbobster: Seriously?? Sigel runs 100 and out and this match "is a dog"?? What were you looking for? More missed shots??

[@heashon2000]

I'm not sure I understand this type of pool game. Why were the balls racked except for the one that wasn't hit in (15 ball?)?

[@dotcomtom]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_pool

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

14-1 game, also called strait pool , google it!

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

Oliver doesnt seem to happy in background :)

[@dibber43]

Would YOU be???😕

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

@@dibber43 no :)

[@dibber43]

@@user-us4ws9px2s Exactly. :)

[@Felipe.Taboada.]

Oliver got his ass kicked.

[@WildWing-wl7nj]

If you thought Mike was an overrated loud mouth, I suspect you are pretty young. Mike won world championships beginning in the late 70s. I think that goes beyond your young memory.

[@mescellaneous]

yes, you're right. good sportsmanship doesn't make a champion. passion does. it's the same bs i see with Earl comments. i'm convinced anyone who is so troubled with their 'brash' behavior don't have an eye for the game and thus don't see the best players eye to eye. if they were rude people outside of pool, i would detest them, but they're nice people outside of the game. that's just their pool personality, and i often can validate their feelings for what happens. you have to comprehend the game to comprehend why and when they talk.

[@richardcerritelli9657]

WildWing 1955 In his prime nobody could beat him in straight pool probably the best straight pool player ever. Efren best 1 pocket. Harold worst best all around player ever.

[@truthseeker1225]

@7:00 no way he ran that after watching him warm up...

[@cturvy1]

And a pUrrFect Finish...LOL !!

[@MrKinghuman]

I can execute every shot he made. my high run? 20. why? god why?

[@InsidePOOLmag]

I know how u feel, they make it look so easy

[@kerrmoney]

Tell me about it....my high run is 15.....I can’t make a break shot to save my life

[@MrKinghuman]

@@kerrmoney got to 30 a few weeks ago. Improvements

[@bonhzeppelin55]

14.1 isn't so much about shot making - like in 9ball - as it is in cue ball control, managing clusters of object balls, and playing correct patterns. That takes many years to get your head around.

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

maybe hi is thinking of if the Air Berlin has nice ticket price for the moment to fly to Germany. Its little bit sad because Oliver is a really good strait pool player.

[@truthwarrior122]

It must be so tough to play Mike. He's so slow, and such a big whiner.

[@bonhzeppelin55]

Yes it is especially when he runs 100 and out on you. Mike always likes to talk and it's mainly to calm his nerves. He was clearly jittery in his match with Ortmann because he knew Ortman could do the same thing to him, and didn't want to fuck up. Even younger guys like Johnny Archer plays slow nowadays. Age will do that to you.

[@keithkruger7270]

How slow could he be? He ran 100 balls in 52 minutes

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

how come he plays so well here, but at king of the hill he was talking crap and played very poor. This was 8 years ago, did age make him worse or did he just have a very bad day at the office in that game?

[@redbrown942]

Mike destroyed himself at the IPT King of The Hill match. His mental game crashed right out of the gate and Mike made it 1000X worse by those running negative comments about himself. Holy shit.

[@bonhzeppelin55]

Unlike Efren who was still very active as a world touring pro. Mike wasn't even playing in any tournments nor was he anywhere near the same skill level anymore. Sure he could string multiple racks of anything in practice, but there is a lot to be said about being mentally and Tournament Tough. Even at the elite level if you skipped just a couple of tour stops you would be rusty in the next one you entered. That and Mike just didn't have or display that killer instinct and confidence he was so infamous for. Yeah it was a disaster of a match.

[@dsauce223]

Tremendous run, I just didn't like how Mike talked while Ortmann was mid-stroke on his first shot. Ortmann didn't say a word while Mike shot the whole time. Go back and look. First shot of the match, mid-stroke, Mike mumbles something, and Ortmann misses by a mile. That's because in tournament play, you don't expect your opponent to do that to you. Right?... Mike probably still would have won, but win with more class than that.

[@marshalcraft]

At least Mike if out in open talking and will probably repeat anything if you ask him, not like today's youth, instead no words are spoken. Nothing is clear, and your not even sure if someone is making a rude, point, or if it's in your head, either way it's now taken your mind off pool. Oh and it's completely intentional. Very rude, idiotic and immmature. At least Mike has the gull to go out and do what he's gonna do.

[@marshalcraft]

Would you rather play with Mike, or instead any single random 19-21 year old who acts as if they are 5, on a school bus or something, giggle at everything and completely impossible for them to act remotely like adults. Heck Even adults can't act like adults.

[@marshalcraft]

I mean really Mike isn't even takling crap. He's complaigning cause he didn't get the set up he wanted or was going for. At least he can admit it. Not try to appear like a computer sitting there motionless.

[@ReganMcKee]

@@marshalcraft do you ever shut up?

[@andrewlazaro7766]

Regan McKee 🤣🤣🤣

[@sfincione2000]

look at this guy. =) No problem to the king eh.

[@jacobjones5269]

I ran 100 once... Once!..

[@jadezee6316]

THIS GUY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH...HE TAKES WAY TO LONG TO SHOOT...MAKES HIMSELF A VICTIM after every shot....TALKS INAPPROPRIATELY....AND makes you really hope he misses....

[@kevincronin6393]

Should just leave the cue do the talking nothing else

[@bonhzeppelin55]

Then don't watch him play!

[@bonhzeppelin55]

He used to, and still has the ego, but he was always a talker. Look at some of the earlier footage of Mike, and you will know how great he really used to play. Then maybe you might have a little sympathy and appreciation for the guy.

[@stevefields4477]

1😂😂1

[@billenright2788]

TORN-a-ment. ;)

[@michaelbaykara2322]

Watching Sigel play is like getting your fingernails ripped out, too slow...aims at balls that he knows he isnt going to shoot...all theatrics.

[@timmiller8593]

It degrades the game of pool when a player pisses and cries over a roll. He really shows his limited intelligence. You never saw Willie or the greats do that. Crying over bad rolls is not entertainment and most people come to see the game, not the player

[@edmundwong2236]

I for one can not stand Segal and his constant crying and moaning. Hey Mike nobody cares about your problems.

[@brockt9762]

Edmund Wong he doesn’t care either that you don’t care

[@Brunkvic]

id rather hear mike than all the shilling

[@Salesman]

@Some Guy Accu stats actually did do that match last year 2018. Challenge of legends I believe it was called. Sigel got under Strickland's skin so much Earl literally came back with construction earmuffs.

[@alain7398]

Mike the clown !!! Lool

[@truthseeker1225]

Mike is NOT the best player in the world and IS NOT a friendly person. Stop lying and covering for him...

[@Mikealobaidi]

Efren reyes, rest is trash 🚬🥃😎

[@bonhzeppelin55]

Well why don't you ask Efren who the best player was in eyes, and if he could be any pool player in world who would he want to be! Lol!

[@harrymundy5393]

Efren is great but he can’t teach . I don’t think he can teach period Efren once stated when asked about teaching he said I was given a gift and I just know where to hit cue ball not teaching while I’m still playing no teaching

[@capacola262743]

you know what i DETEST about seagull's game?? he gets down on the ball and addresses it like he's going to shoot, then he jumps up and dances around for five minutes, then he shoots the original shot ANYWAY. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!