Videos like this are fantastic. To see Professionals choke like normal people makes you feel human. I always wanted to see Earl play Mike. Thank you to all involved.
Good lord. Sounded like he was sucking on a fucking butterscotch and the other guy was playing his nose hair whistle. Get a limiter on the input and pull the mic out of your throat, Jesus.
Good lord. Sounded like he was sucking on a fucking butterscotch and the other guy was playing his nose hair whistle. Get a limiter on the input and pull the mic out of your throat, Jesus.
I really like watching Earl play lately without all the theatrics, and he seems to be playing much better for it. It's more like the old Earl, just concentrating and executing, putting on a master's class. Good to see.
I really miss these guys. I miss the table talk and sharking. It was part of the game. getting inside eachother's head. the new generation of players are amazing technical players that play like robots. Mike, Earl, Rodney Morris and all those great players from the early days are a lost era of fan based pool
Guys you really need to get a better audio setup. At the very least turn down the gain and put a gate on the input to cut out the really low level sounds like lip smacking and whistling noses and heavy breathing, it’s so hard to watch this great content you guys capture. And please, please don’t cut their mics for language! The video is advertised as “Living legends: MIC’ED UP!” And then you talk over them and cut their mics.
I think the "son of a bitch" was directed at the game and not the referee, but yeah, that sounded really, really bad. At least I hope so. Like his head's so far into the game that he isn't aware of how rude he's being.
Yeah, wasn't directed at the "African - American", as they prefer to be called. Besides, Mike is Jewish, so I doubt one minority that has had issues in this country is gonna be brazen enough to insult another, on a recorded event.
At 11:45, it looked to me like he put a touch of left spin on the cue ball which caused it to curve just slightly, but more importantly, it threw the 3 ball to the right just a hair... That's why he almost missed the shot. It doesn't take much to throw off a shot. It sounded like he thought the table wasn't level. I played it back a few times in slow motion. the throw is quite apparent.
At 1:31:48, because he's reaching, the back of his cue is coming up ever so slightly as he's hitting the cue ball with outside English. This caused the ball to swerve slightly to the right before it made contact with the 8 ball. This was a slight over-cut and the English threw the ball to the left. If he had used an extension, I think he would have made this shot easily. I'm learning so much from watching these legends. Though nearly God-like in their ability, it's nice to see they are still human! I wish we saw more of Captain Hook in regular competitions.
Strickland calling Sigel weird seems a bit unfair. They're both hella weird. haha. But good for them for allowing themselves to be themselves while playing.
2 of my favorite players my favorite game Thanks for this accu-stats and pat flemming I think they should of kept mike mic on to hear him rant where all adults who watch this
Same thought, so frustrating to have them blabber over the damn talking. “I’m running my mouth so you can’t hear mike” why? This isn’t going on ESPN, if anyone watching this is offended they’ve never been to a pool hall. Then the shit talking and complaining at the end and you just cut the mic and bounce? Pan out and leave the mics on, why do you think I’m watching a Strickland / Sigal match in the first place!
@@chrisbryant1836 Haha, true! They should watch how they play in the Philippines-people are crowded around the table, people are shouting and betting. Doesn’t bother them a bit.
This video deserves a thumbs down for the heavy breathing and gum chewing from the commentators. Wtf accu stats. I’ll never watch a match with these 2 clowns commentating ever again.
Thanks Pat for the 14.1 I laughter so hard. Reminded me of our senior center matches. Recommend a glass of Pisano wine for Mr.S would go well with all his winning. I wounder what Effrin would do?
Why won't they ever show David Howard videos I think he was one of the greatest players in the world in his time. Should be a hall of fame for sure. Hell, he won the US open twice and runner up twice and 50 to 100 other world class titles. Don't get it.
The comment from someone else is correct. Jim rempe commented on an old match and told viewers that it makes no sense people Mike does everything right handed except shoot pool. Mike was interviewed and had no explanation as to why he picked up a cue and "decided" to shoot left handed. Something along the lines of thinking it was better, but he picked up a cue when he was single digits, so I doubt he understood.
Cant stand mike. Was so nice watching efren take his soul in the ipt king of the hill. The commentators were so baised towards mike making it seem like he had all the hard shots and efren was getting all the easy shots. What actually was going on is efren was controlling the cue ball right and giving himself good shots and mike was playing like trash and basically snookering himself every single shot and never shutting up
It's a privilege to be able to display your craft in front of the masses. But I just can't for the life of me understand how anyone can watch Mike play. His theatrics are an embarrassment to this fine sport. Yes, I get upset missing shots as well, but I sure as hell don't act like a buffoon when I do, and then turn around and demand praise from the crowd when I do make a shot.
Strickland shuffles like an ancient man. What's on his nose tape to keep his glasses on ????? He is so sad looking ???????? What happened to him????????😊
Sigel has awful fundamentals. He lifts his head on every shot. And if it's hard shot he lifts his head even more. After watching svb and shaw and filler play, these guys look awful
The old school guys (snooker, as well) had eyes tendencies. "steering", jump up, big shoulder drops, etc. It was a more flamboyant time and hustling made them more arrogant and showmen-like. When the new talent came up around the 2000s, they had videos and training to actually shoot correctly. Back then you just had amazing talent. Now is about perseverance, training, technology. Same with guitar. So many dead on technically perfect players, but no showman.
mike sigel is by far the worst pro pool player ever! i dont know how he ever made it to the hof. he jabs at balls. swings his cue. doesnt follow through smfh. if he played as much as he talks and crys about everything then he might actually be a good player
Mike Sigel is the only guy on earth who can make Earl look like the sane one. He wins by annoying his opponents to death.
Still better than efren. Quit crying
@@ace-x6m
Which of these two is better than Efren?
@@Javier-qp3bm efren got lucky.
@@Javier-qp3bm none of them lol
@@ace-x6m are you kidding? Efren makes the best players on earth seem just decent. Man is a different breed
Videos like this are fantastic. To see Professionals choke like normal people makes you feel human. I always wanted to see Earl play Mike. Thank you to all involved.
Can we not chew gum while we’re commentating???? Fml
Ha, exactly!
Good lord. Sounded like he was sucking on a fucking butterscotch and the other guy was playing his nose hair whistle. Get a limiter on the input and pull the mic out of your throat, Jesus.
Good lord. Sounded like he was sucking on a fucking butterscotch and the other guy was playing his nose hair whistle. Get a limiter on the input and pull the mic out of your throat, Jesus.
Older generations have zero self awareness
I kept hearing one of em gurgle when they were breathing.
u guys will never know how much some of us appreciate these videos
I'm halfway through and never before have I seen Earl this quiet 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mic check mic check, i'm I clear and loud?
- YES! we hear everything, like everything!
- Ok! Let me eat and use my nose then!
Hahahahah couldn't handle that
f'ing painful.
dont watch
Ok so, I didn’t know Darth Vader had a side hustle commentating on Pool matches.
This is the first match I've ever watched where I wanted both the players to lose.
hahahahahahahaha
@@skibbles827 Well put!
I really like watching Earl play lately without all the theatrics, and he seems to be playing much better for it. It's more like the old Earl, just concentrating and executing, putting on a master's class. Good to see.
The commentators microphone sensitivity is far too high..
Thanks for this video. The picture is so crystal clear, awesome !!!
I really miss these guys. I miss the table talk and sharking. It was part of the game. getting inside eachother's head. the new generation of players are amazing technical players that play like robots. Mike, Earl, Rodney Morris and all those great players from the early days are a lost era of fan based pool
So true.
Even Reyes, smiling rubbing his belly had more personality than any of the top players now.
What is on Earl’s fingers?
Mike Sigel's commentary is very entertaining.
Guys you really need to get a better audio setup. At the very least turn down the gain and put a gate on the input to cut out the really low level sounds like lip smacking and whistling noses and heavy breathing, it’s so hard to watch this great content you guys capture.
And please, please don’t cut their mics for language! The video is advertised as “Living legends: MIC’ED UP!” And then you talk over them and cut their mics.
First time this was tried. You're right. We'll try and fix.
@@AccuStats This is the first match you guys have ever had with commentary?
Great match. Thanks accustats.
1:48:01 What a prick Mike is. He throws the bridge on the ground like the ref is his servant.
Great set. 👏👏👏
Not a bad match if you mute the volume lol
Earl you’re the great one very exciting watching you play straight Paul you are incredible
I really wanted to watch this but 5 minutes into it the commentators just drove me nuts. Not professional at all.
man i really hate u didnt watch i wont sleep for a month knowing that
' Give me the Bridge... you son of a bitch ! '
Mike Sigel asking an afro-american Referee for assistance.
Classic. 😃
I think the "son of a bitch" was directed at the game and not the referee, but yeah, that sounded really, really bad. At least I hope so. Like his head's so far into the game that he isn't aware of how rude he's being.
Yeah, wasn't directed at the "African - American", as they prefer to be called. Besides, Mike is Jewish, so I doubt one minority that has had issues in this country is gonna be brazen enough to insult another, on a recorded event.
Commentators eating and smacking into their mics. Unwatchable!!!!
we glad u didnt
Why does mike switch over to shooting right handed when he uses the bridge?
At 11:45, it looked to me like he put a touch of left spin on the cue ball which caused it to curve just slightly, but more importantly, it threw the 3 ball to the right just a hair... That's why he almost missed the shot. It doesn't take much to throw off a shot. It sounded like he thought the table wasn't level. I played it back a few times in slow motion. the throw is quite apparent.
At 1:31:48, because he's reaching, the back of his cue is coming up ever so slightly as he's hitting the cue ball with outside English. This caused the ball to swerve slightly to the right before it made contact with the 8 ball. This was a slight over-cut and the English threw the ball to the left. If he had used an extension, I think he would have made this shot easily. I'm learning so much from watching these legends. Though nearly God-like in their ability, it's nice to see they are still human! I wish we saw more of Captain Hook in regular competitions.
Strickland calling Sigel weird seems a bit unfair. They're both hella weird. haha. But good for them for allowing themselves to be themselves while playing.
What when? Lol. Can you time stamp that
Efren better than both
Players with personalities make it a lot more interesting than watching a couple robots imho
@@eriks8382 sorry, I don’t. It’s right when Sigel wins, though.
1:50:13
I love how Mike always talks so nonchalantly about stuff 😂
Earl and Mike alway contact with viewer :) , that why i love both of them 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
the 2 best pool players of the last 50 years..in usa....
U can literally hear them breathing mad hard lol
Nothing's better than watching pool while having one man breathing heavy on this ear and another man chewing gum on the other ear 😍🥰😍🥰
2 of my favorite players my favorite game
Thanks for this accu-stats and pat flemming
I think they should of kept mike mic on to hear him rant where all adults who watch this
And any youngsters watching this have heard it before. They shoot pool. 🎱😎
Same thought, so frustrating to have them blabber over the damn talking. “I’m running my mouth so you can’t hear mike” why? This isn’t going on ESPN, if anyone watching this is offended they’ve never been to a pool hall.
Then the shit talking and complaining at the end and you just cut the mic and bounce? Pan out and leave the mics on, why do you think I’m watching a Strickland / Sigal match in the first place!
@@chrisbryant1836 Haha, true!
They should watch how they play in the Philippines-people are crowded around the table, people are shouting and betting. Doesn’t bother them a bit.
BREATHE IN TO THE MICROPHONE MORE PLEASE
barrrrrrrrrrf
DID NOT SEE THAT COMING WOW
The microphone up his damn nose ???
The dislike goes for the chewing from commentators
And for the sound of their breathing.
@@Javier-qp3bm lol
Love hearing the commentator chew his food! Thanks Accustats!
hit mute
i know what would be better dont watch
Hear Earl @1:50:55 "You're too weird" 😆
This video deserves a thumbs down for the heavy breathing and gum chewing from the commentators. Wtf accu stats.
I’ll never watch a match with these 2 clowns commentating ever again.
Welcome to the Accu-Stats ASMR Challenge!
Yeah that's usually the theme with these guys
Yeah that should have needed a shot clock, fun to watch
Does Mike think he's a commentator?
The last 20 minutes were excruciating to watch
U can hear mike say I need a cigarette or let me have a cigarette something like that when he walked off at 22:15
Earl read my mind, "I cant play against you... you're too... too weird." lmao
Thanks Pat for the 14.1 I laughter so hard. Reminded me of our senior center matches. Recommend a glass of Pisano wine for Mr.S would go well with all his winning. I wounder what Effrin would do?
At 8min commentators go in on some Werthers originals
I think Mike Sigel legitimately has tourettes, facial gesture and body mannerism wise
is there anything worse than a commentator eating while he is working?
1:51:08 Again Mike is rude, orders the ref to pick up the bridge
Earl looks like he's coming out for war with always some thing he believes in, he might not believe in it next year, all that on his hand lol 😂
why does it sound like someone is eating food.
Lol
1:37:32 Earl calls Mike a miserable guy
I though earl was the most annoying player to watch, then I saw mike Siegel play.
😀
I’ve only met Bill Hendrickson a dozen times maybe more but I knew that was his voice
I'm not sure, but I've seen Mike run well over 100 balls, 1"000 times, I allmost wonder if he missed that 8 on purpose
earl strickland showing how to make a long straight pool run without ever shooting the correct shot.
Impressive amount of viewers around the table nodding off or straight asleep while watching this game. lol. At least 3 around the 48 minute mark.
All hail the mute button!
Why won't they ever show David Howard videos I think he was one of the greatest players in the world in his time. Should be a hall of fame for sure. Hell, he won the US open twice and runner up twice and 50 to 100 other world class titles. Don't get it.
1:31:44 Mike used way too much left English on that 8.
●●● Odd? Mike shoots left-handed, but when using the bridge, uses his right hand to shoot.
Judd Trump does that too
Also Roberto Gomez
Mike is actually right-handed.
I'm right handed and shoot left, as well as use bridge right handed.
The comment from someone else is correct. Jim rempe commented on an old match and told viewers that it makes no sense people Mike does everything right handed except shoot pool. Mike was interviewed and had no explanation as to why he picked up a cue and "decided" to shoot left handed. Something along the lines of thinking it was better, but he picked up a cue when he was single digits, so I doubt he understood.
Sigel would definily have to play me straight pool with a 40 second shot clock in place.
Sigel is so rude. Just turns his back on Earl as he's talking to him. what a clown 🤣🤣🤣
WTG Mike
I can't be the only one who thinks Mike looks and sounds exactly like the postmaster on the show Green acres, Sam Drucker.
Great match
Terrible commentating. Had to turn down the volume
Cant stand mike. Was so nice watching efren take his soul in the ipt king of the hill.
The commentators were so baised towards mike making it seem like he had all the hard shots and efren was getting all the easy shots. What actually was going on is efren was controlling the cue ball right and giving himself good shots and mike was playing like trash and basically snookering himself every single shot and never shutting up
It's a privilege to be able to display your craft in front of the masses. But I just can't for the life of me understand how anyone can watch Mike play. His theatrics are an embarrassment to this fine sport. Yes, I get upset missing shots as well, but I sure as hell don't act like a buffoon when I do, and then turn around and demand praise from the crowd when I do make a shot.
How can one actually play billiards with this taped paw?
Who knows!
Only Earl knows!
Thanks Pat 👍
Strickland shuffles like an ancient man. What's on his nose tape to keep his glasses on ????? He is so sad looking ???????? What happened to him????????😊
sounds like bender might have a pneumothorax-- better get a chest xray, just to be careful lol
Even the dawg likes it
Congratulations to both players.
Earl almost got 100. And mike got the win. Great game.
When the commentators are chewing food into the mic 🤌
Chewing gum should not be aloud God damn
Lol
Mike is too much. That guy cant shut his mouth. Keeps talking to himself.. signs of dementia or some other shit. Earls is the sane one in his match..
Mike seigal what a cry baby Earl didn't win but sure improved his straight pool patterns
Earl cries and cries but you call mike the cry baby lol
@@9BallBory Mike is the only player on the planet who can out talk and out complain Earl.
@@cakins1986 I can’t stand earl complaining but mike not so bad to me, just my opinion I guess
6:13 LOL
“Shot on the 7”…. 7 ball ain’t even on the table 😂
Can you imagine how Mike must berate his wife?
Someone ought to tell the commentators nobody wants to hear them smacking on their lunch when a mic is 4in from their face
Please never mic up Sigel 😂
I love Sigel. Pool needs characters!
Never have liked strait pool, 9 ball settles championships
Listening to him chew gum is infuriating.
Gum*?
I never would have thought that by someone who is eating would piss me off that much
Lol
Oh that gum chewing and heavy breathing was brutal
Sigel has awful fundamentals. He lifts his head on every shot. And if it's hard shot he lifts his head even more. After watching svb and shaw and filler play, these guys look awful
The old school guys (snooker, as well) had eyes tendencies. "steering", jump up, big shoulder drops, etc. It was a more flamboyant time and hustling made them more arrogant and showmen-like. When the new talent came up around the 2000s, they had videos and training to actually shoot correctly. Back then you just had amazing talent. Now is about perseverance, training, technology. Same with guitar. So many dead on technically perfect players, but no showman.
Mike Siegel is the most unbearable bore the game has ever seen
they need an announcer who knows what he is talking about-it is 14.1 not 13.1 DUH-Ron Cerelli former pro tour player
I wouldn't walk across the street to watch Sigel play.
You couldn't pay me to watch him
I think anyone who loves this great sport would agree with you.
Terrible noises from commentators.
Unprofessional hard to listen.
Great video
mike sigel is by far the worst pro pool player ever! i dont know how he ever made it to the hof. he jabs at balls. swings his cue. doesnt follow through smfh. if he played as much as he talks and crys about everything then he might actually be a good player
He was one of the best in his prime.
Dumb statement. He’s has more 150 and outs than pretty much anyone.
Asinine comment
@@nosajraboin5090 Yeah, if people don't like him, fine. Denying he plays an amazing game of pool is ridiculous.
@raph cleary Yeah, but aside from all that, what's he done? Besides running 150 straight in every match in a tournament and a high run of 376.
Mike Sigel gives me a stomach ache in my head
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Am I the only one that noticed Sigel cheated the lag? lol he grabbed it and froze it to the rail, absolutely brazen
Mike was sharking Earl.