2005 U.S. Open 9-Ball: Efren Reyes vs. Earl Strickland

Efren Reyes and Earl Strickland play 9-Ball at the 2005 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship. These two players have defined professional pool for the past 20 years.

Jim Wych and Billy Incardona provide expert commentary.

Who do you think is the better overall player? Post your comments.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• billiards
• billiard
• pool
• sports
• 9-ball
• efren
• reyes
• earl
• strickland

[toshiru07]

thumbs up if you're watching this in 2011!

[SimplyGebus]

my left ear enjoyed this

[darksinthe]

i love how humble efren is. he is completely the opposite of earl. IMHO i'd never want to see strickland beat reyes.

[NottinghamForest22]

@ZoobaMaFooProDuction erm, I don't personally know her.

[ZoobaMaFooProDuction]

@NottinghamForest22 you seem pretty intelligent why dont you tell the queen to SUCK MY AMERICAN DICK

[HalloFusilli]

You'd figure that such a class game would have class comments instead of so much childish bickering.

[NottinghamForest22]

"earl strickland" haha such a stereotypically american name.

[bankowosc6]

@smugglinbooze I am not going to underestimate his influence on development of pool. It was great, he was a world champion, he is a symbol in some way. I just see comments, which are a little unfair for a lot of other players. They devoted all their life for pool, play much better than he did and still can't shine because of the level of competition nowadays. I maybe said this too strong, but i think u know what i want to say.full respect for him,but he is not one of the best players of all time

[smugglinbooze]

@bankowosc6 dude, just stop. earl is a living legend.

[bankowosc6]

Earl is not one of the best players of all time at all. In USA people think he is so great, but in Europe there are so many players better then he, but USA just doesnt know about it. Look at WPC scores!