9-BALL: RAFAEL MARTINEZ VS EARL STRICKLAND - 2009 US OPEN 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Incredible match& shooting

Earl😩😂😂

Every time I watch this, I’m gonna Stop it about three quarters of the way through and Pretend like Rafael Won the Match.
He has an Amazing aggressive style of Play, it is Quite something to see.

Earl and Rafael are such amazing power players! And Rafael is also a class act and a great sportsman!

What a great match! Rafael is such a great player! By far one of the toughest opponents i seen Earl face!

The odds were against Earl. 😳

Raphael is a much better player! 🎱

I wasn't aware of Rafael for a long time.. he's quite a player

Rafael ... you've played a great match ... down to the wire 👊🇲🇽👍🎱

J helford makes every shot sound like it's so unmissible and so easy like he could do it

Rafael Martínez 🇲🇽

Rafael had a choking problem n why the big titles never came..like Grady a narcissist

Rafael Martinez is a very good player.

Pretty dang good

I want Earl to rack for me

This is the first time I've seen Rafael play. Man he's not afraid to let that cue ball travel, and he has a really good stroke.

I got annoyed by them trying to sell Danny's clinic.

They kept calling Rafael's shot "the dipsy doodle."

Rafael has a loose stroke. Fun to watch, but leads to alot of scratches.

Dannyand Billy will argue anything. Say the sky is blue and they'll say "Really? It looks kinda green to me, and sometimes gray, even black at night."

Earl has to be the weirdest player ever... He's wearing weights on his ankle and pulls them off his ankles and puts them on his arms.

That miss on the 5 ball lost it for him

You need to put a muzzle on danny....he talks to much and don't know what he is talking about.....good lord!

cudos to patrick fleming

I want that hot🔥 chick? 💃

Earl is my favorite player for his faster pace and shot-making.
Martinez, though, had 'em. Maybe a little too flashy instead of meat-and-potatoes did him in.
I didn't need the announcers to say they've played before with a little bad blood,
I could see from the start with the pre-lag handshake. It's 1 on 1, these things happen. Go Earl !!

Martínez era demasiado bueno

Tremendo partido

Nice table no lines

👁️👁️

EARL THE PEARL and STEPHEN LEE was in attendance

Earl 's wait on right arm not leaguel.

sad it payed 50000 in 2000 nine years later 20000 crying shame no more in 2023

Martinez played some tournaments in Germany once in de 90ies... he beat Bustamante in de Finals 13-2. It was a beating Bustamante surely will never forget.

Earl's abs are oustanding after
500 crunches and a 5 mile run daily!!!

I love Rafael Martinez's demeanor at the table and he is a great player

These announcers...all the talk and laughter about Earl
putting on/off weights. So what?
Highly doubtful Strickland would try that in a big-time
tournament without experimenting first in practice.
Good for the mind = good for the game.

Interesting that Martinez breaks with a closed
bridge while shooting every other shot open.

Yo soy dominicano y me gusta como juegan nuestros hermanos mexicanos 🔥🔥🙌🍾

Strickland should not be able to put on and take off those weights. Those give him more force behind his breaks the other player doesn't have

Martinez is a class act. I can tell he is a money player with his stroke & fearless shot preference. I love his style. I have never liked Strickland & his demeanor of an 4 year old that mom didn’t buy him a toy at the grocery store. Blamed people in the crowd stubbing a 7 ball in the corner. Martinez gave away the match more than Strickland earned it. I came away very impressed with Martinez. Now i know why Efren dominates Strickland in 9 or 10 ball.

Earl has turned into such a weird fucker

2024 and I still watch this game. 👀

Gotta be dead center on the diamond pockets !