"Something that your eyes and body want to do naturally. If you're missing the ball you're not seeing it right...Gene showed me the light in 15 minutes. Immediately, I was firing the balls in perfectly. If I would have known this when I played Efren Reyes in the Million Dollar IPT tournament, I would have won."
Rodney "The Rocket" Morris after learning the secrets of Perfect Aim Billiards.

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Earl Strickland

Classic Pool Match: Hall vs. Strickland

July 26, 2010
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Ok pool fans…here is a great throw-back pool video from a great era in pool.  This match is from the 1988 South Carolina Open.  It features two of the world’s greatest pool legends, Buddy “The Rifleman” Hall and Earl “The Pearl” Strickland.
This match was broken up into 11 sections.  I put them all  together for [...]

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Vintage Pool Video: McCready vs. Strickland

July 25, 2010
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Here is a rare pool video from the pre-90’s era.  Watch two legendary pool players in their prime as they match up in the Cleveland Open of 1988.
This 9-ball match pits Earl Strickland against Keith McCready.  This one is a glimpse back in time to a period that doesn’t have a lot of billiards video [...]

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The Greatest Pool Match on Video of ALL Time

June 29, 2010
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This pool video is the legendary Color of Money match between Earl “The Pearl” Strickland and Efren “Bata” Reyes.  They played an amazing 3 days in a race to 120 games.  This was a grueling pool match in which both players played at a very high level.
This match is several hours long.  It has 87 [...]

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U.S. Open 9-Ball: Strickland vs. Morris

April 17, 2009

This is a pool match pitting two legendary players… Rodney Morris takes on Earl Strickland in a winners-side matchup at the 2008 U.S. Open 9 Ball championship. This is a video of the complete race to 11 match. You have to watch just to see what sort of weird accessories “The Pearl” is [...]

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2006 US Open 9-Ball – Wiley vs. Strickland

December 2, 2007

C.J. Wiley matched up with Earl “The Pearl” Strickland at the US Open tournament.
Cheers,
Skippy
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