Fun Fact: I lost my first game before Shaw was born ;)

I have two kids older than Strickland.

@@ngc-fo5teare you a vampire 😮

@@ngc-fo5te you're an 80 year old commenting on KZfaq? Man times have changed...

@@JonHop1 86 this July.

And he doesn't waste time on walking around the table and thinking and rethinking and looking at balls and looking again... as Filler or Gorst.

Obviously you don't know him.. The only reason he's quite is because there is no audience there.!!

He is more chilled, but as a bloke and talking away from cameras seems to be alright. Nice to see them having a chat about the game afterwards, esp since past interactions.

@@nuntana2agreed, seems to have become content with unlucky roll of the ball

@@Joe-cx4mv lol you're probably right about the crowd. He's the greatest player but probably the worst sport of all time. It's always funny when he starts missing shots.

He's old now, he knows he isn't competitive anymore with the younger guys. He just happy to be there still playing and getting a payday

Whats wrong with taking people time to think? That's what the time is for

Ok then, watch players take an hour between shots and then you might get his point.

@@dashtv4964it kills the viewing pleasure for anyone watching. Same reason the mlb implemented pitch clocks

​@@splotbang8296 Sure, if you can find me a match with a one hour shot clock. if not read what i actually said - ''That's what the time is for." Read the context please.

​@@splotbang8296that's why they have a shot clock, in the league I played in the last 2 years it was 2 minutes, and you got 2 timeouts per game, which were basically a 2 minute extension with coaching. Most of the better players didn't use timeouts even when they were snookered. Because at the level some of us were at nothing anybody said was going to make us do something different. You want to talk about games taking forever watching the lower ranked players go at it with all the lucky snookers and lucky safties 1 frame could last 20-40 minutes. But we only played one frame per match basically every match was a team round best of 13. Playoffs was race to 7. It was a fun time, but i don't ever want to watch 2 bad players duke it out in a who can miss the most shots.

At least the have extra toilet paper at taco bell, i get the runs alot.

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He is a poor loser, and therefore an A-hole.

but got destroyed ahah, not a goat

Doesn't Mike Sigel do that?

I know right, but talkin crap about himself like that sure isn't gonna help. I hope he snaps out of it and brings back the magic.

@@desip66 definitely doesnt help... hard to get out of that headspace though.. I hate when i shoot poorly and people said i shot well cause i won. No, I won because the other player didnt shoot well enough to beat my subpar playing for that match. If I know I should run racks and I'm having to get at the table 2-3 times to do it due to poor positional/speed play, then I'm not shooting well no matter the outcome.

Well, yeah.. So? Doesn't everybody? 😉👍

@@johnstorton They should!🤘😁

Did not notice until your comment. Good one!!!

It was like a repeat of the mosconi.

Earl always had rage problems no surprise honestly

Not me what tournament

@@jakepete5831 2016 world tournament 10ball , earl wrong call

​@@ramsesvega5066was it 10 ball, i thought it was straight pool?

And where would they sit? Around the table?

My dad is 78 and has been playing golf for 63 years, every week at least 5 times... I bet you he played more 😂

@@sander5457 5 times a week for 63 yrs? That's 16380 rounds of golf. If that's true, I stand corrected. You're dad is now the all time leader.

No he not not even in top 50 stick to playing squash u trumpet

that really hurt my feelings! Please apologize and i you dont, i will make you sorry because I will then vote for Trump!@@user-lz7tk5ec1w

@@user-lz7tk5ec1wthere’s no need for such a mouth

try to set your sights a little higher hsahahahahaga like saying booog Powell is your hero.

hahahahahahahahahahahagachucklhahahahchucklehahagahaha

He gained a bit of weight, he got a doughnut popping out of his mid section.

Efren needs a shoulder replacement. He can't raise it anymore. He's still going strong, though.

2 ball hit first but risky shot. Somewhat smart to break up the possible 2 9 combo opportunity for Shaw

@@EG-vo1oi You are right. The overhead view shows it is clearly good. But still pretty close. Jayson asked the ref to be sure.

Those are 4 inch pockets on those tables. It’s very possible to miss

Makes for a tighter rack. Also makes it harder to pot the 9 ball

@@EG-vo1oithanks 👍🏽

Earl has played in Chinese 8ball tournaments as well as other pros. They play on the tables given to them. Not all tables have forgiving pockets. To me the game of 9ball isn’t the best game. I’d say come play on a regulation 9 foot American table with 4inch pockets playing 14.1 straight pool at a race to 150 and see how you do. Tight pockets aren’t the only aspect of pool and it’s not some unattainable skill that only European players can do.

what a shite comment

You can ignore the guy signing his KZfaq comments Earl

Was actually worse a couple years ago

shaw too

Yeah ikr , just look at the shot at 24:00 , it was off by miles but still went in.

YOU DON'T NEED TO YELL

Shaft?

In 9ball. Not in other games.

@@330devans Not in Snooker I agree.

@@Shytot-1 oh hell yes there’s luck in snooker!

@@330devans Of course there is luck in every game but in snooker not so much. The balls are rarely (if ever) smashed all over the table in snooker. In pool, the run of the balls is pure chance, the game is based on hope.

@@Shytot-1 not in certain disciplines of American pool. I prefer playing 14.1 straight pool. Which is a called ball and pocket game. If you miss the called object ball and it rolls into a different pocket it isn’t counted and is put back on the table at the spot or nearest position from behind the spot. In snooker if your on a red or designated color and miss that ball into the intended pocket and goes in a different one, it counts. Also to straight pools opening break is played very similar to snookers opening break. There’s instances where you have to go into a pack or cluster of balls in order to continue your run. This is very similar to going into the reds and opening them up. Everyone that talks about pool only thinks of 9 or 8ball. 14.1 is the more comparable game and has a lot less luck than 9ball. I could guarantee if you take a snooker player that hasn’t played 14.1 straight pool and played a race to 150 points on a 9foot or better 10foot table with 4 inch pockets they would have a tough time and respect that game over the popular game of 9ball. Also don’t get me wrong I love snooker, watch it all the time, and respect its difficulty. I wish I had easier access to a proper snooker table.

Why should he care, just another mid player buffed in USA, easy win for him

Keep crying bud -From a fellow American 🇺🇸

Because they have beef between each other before Hahahahha

*UNINTERESTED ATTITUDE IS ANNOYING? HE IS PLAYING POOL AND YOUR WATCHING A VIDEO, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING SHAW TO DO?* AS SOON AS A PLAYER SHOWS EMOTION YOU FOLKS TALK SMACK, WHEN A PERSON IS QUIET, HE BECOMES ANNOYING. FICKLE LITTLE GIRLS.

Jayson*

Can't deny that he is very toxic and arrogant but you can't also deny he is one of the best Pool players to step up to the table.

He is good not the best and the worst part is he acts like he is the best, which makes him a bad player.

@ulasyildiz Well he is consider to be the greatest 9 baller of all time and he is number six in the world all time rank so he is up there. Not saying he is the GOAT of pool, that'll be for sure Efren Reyes but Earl is not out of the conversation.

@@noisypr6048 EARL HAS BEEN PLAYING TOURNAMENTS AND WINNING TOURNAMENTS IN THE USA BEFORE EFREN STEPPED ON U.S. SOIL. SO HOW DOES THAT MAKE EFREN SUPERSEDE EARL AS THE ALL TIME GOAT. MIKE SIGEL IS THE MOST WINNING PLAYER OF ALL TIME. PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY GO EFEREN WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THE TRUE PLAYERS OF THE INDUSTRY AND HISTORY. EFREN NEVER WON 5 US OPENS.

@@ulasyildiz Earl won 5 US Opens. Only SVB matched that. No One else came close and no one superseded. And has won over 100 titles. He has won more titles, age for age, than any of the current players.