Mosconi Cup

[mythman69]

I've just been watching the Mosconi cup:Eric Strickland documentary......

Hells bells that man has lived a colourful life!!

Have you got a link??

[mythman69]

Watched that myself, theres another documentary being made by CJ Wiley about him when he broke and dished/ran 11 games 1 after another in the 90s and won million dollars.

Not sure how much of the million dollars he won.

"Wiley promised great things, and launched his new tour with a $1 million bonus for any player who ran 10 consecutive racks in a PCA tournament. Unfortunately for Wiley and his insurance company, Strickland rifled through 11 straight racks against Nick Mannino in the PCA's very first tournament! Predictably, the insurance underwriter refused to pay the bonus, insisting that a policy had never been finalized. The dispute went to litigation, and the underwriters allegedly settled with Strickland for an undisclosed sum a year later."

"Lastly, Earl had an option (when this was settled with SDS) to accept either the annuity ($50k per year x 20 years); or, a lump sum settlement (of the principle) ... which was less (in total) to the annuity .. he accepted the lump sum payment."

Source: http://www.thehypertexts.com/Earl%20...0Billiards.htm

[Gary Hall]

Yes i know he didn't get all of it, thats why the story is being told to tell everyone about it. Weather it will be told how much he received in the end who knows, we'll just have to wait and see.

[Stupree]

The Mosconi Cup is a great deal of fun to watch with a fair few characters on show, fast paced matches, and most importantly plenty of fist bumps! The competition has become an essential part of our household's build up to christmas and the kids love watching it as it is so so simple to understand and features shots they can see and copy with success.

I would like to see this competition get a larger following and see more people watching the action.

[Table_of_Reds]

Neither team being able to make a ball off the break ruined it for me yesterday. Hopefully they can work these racks out today.

[coomsey76]

Have you got a link??

It was on Sky sports bud...... I'll see if I can find a link for you mate.

[Gary Hall]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Namj...fZJwKU&index=2

Full documentary here

[Gary Hall]

Neither team being able to make a ball off the break ruined it for me yesterday. Hopefully they can work these racks out today.

makes it better in my opinion, seeing them break and dish all time gets abit boring.

[Gary Hall]

In the future also can see (in the mosconi cup) them playing on a 10x5 table

[coomsey76]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Namj...fZJwKU&index=2

Full documentary here

Cheers bud.....

[ADR147]

6-0 now..... http://cdn.livetv.sx/webplayer.php?t...1&ci=376&si=29

[mythman69]

6-0 now..... http://cdn.livetv.sx/webplayer.php?t...1&ci=376&si=29

Dennis Hatch 5-6 Ralf Souquet

Europe go 7-0 up!

Souquet beats Hatch 6-5 from 4-1 down, negotiating the final rack really well after a long safety battle at hill-hill. Europe four points from winning the Mosconi Cup - with 14 matches still to play.

Doubles next - Strickland & Van Boening v Appleton & Immonen

[Gary Hall]

7 - 1 now god knows how that 9 dropped ha

[mythman69]

Quote of the day "Someone needs to dial 911 cause 5 Americans are currently getting murdered at the Mirage Hotel in Vegas."

LOL

Brilliant pool from Niels Feijen to beat Johnny Archer 6-nil.

Team USA 1-8 Team Europe.

[Gary Hall]

Mika immonen ain't happy, posted this on twitter

@ICEMANMIKA
Gentleman's agreement was to hit the balls square. Meantime Shane is hitting a cut break. What a joke.We all know he can hit it @MosconiCup