APA Pro-Am 9-Ball Doubles - The Striking Viking VS Venom

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  • Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
  • Ewa Laurance "The Striking Viking" VS Florian "Venom" Kohler go head-to-head in a doubles match at the 2020-2021 APA World Pool Championships in Las Vegas!

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  • @qballer1699
    @qballer1699 2 роки тому +53

    The graphics cover a quarter of the table ....genius

    • @zero_fux_given8840
      @zero_fux_given8840 2 роки тому

      Look like they're playing on a quarter table aswell lol looks small

    • @richardryerson
      @richardryerson 2 роки тому

      @@zero_fux_given8840 APA matches are generally played on 7 footers given the amateur nature of the league.

    • @bertblue9683
      @bertblue9683 8 місяців тому

      Yep, maddening

  • @wdiddy1
    @wdiddy1 2 роки тому +22

    make the graphics bigger next time, I could still see part of the damn table!

  • @animalyze7120
    @animalyze7120 2 роки тому +6

    Great idea for a match, I would watch a million more like this. As an APA member myself and also a 4 in 8 and 9 ball I cast my vote for more of these types of match ups.

  • @JR_RYAN
    @JR_RYAN 2 роки тому +1

    This was pure joy to watch. Thank you to everyone involved!

  • @2869may
    @2869may 2 роки тому +16

    This was cool... But you should give them more time outs, the interaction between the pro and the amateur is the most important part of it, and what makes it special...! Please do more of these. (mic'd up is a must)

  • @JC-H
    @JC-H 2 роки тому +6

    Congrats to Jerrica for the MVP!
    Carrying her team in crucial moments and probably better average% then her teammate. Also, by making the best shot of the match, best kick shot of the match and best bank shot (dealing with the pressure of shooting the wrong shot because her team told her to ... she still made it!) the W is yours

  • @M47R4G30RG
    @M47R4G30RG 2 роки тому +6

    That was a great match. Florian really got the luck of the draw with his partner, she was on fire.

  • @boburson203
    @boburson203 2 роки тому +4

    Score covers the table???

  • @user-od9iz9cv1w
    @user-od9iz9cv1w 2 роки тому +4

    That was an entertaining match. They all took some time to get into the groove. But when Florian did the masse it lit the fuse. The woman playing on team Venom was on fire!

  • @davidgreenleaf7053
    @davidgreenleaf7053 2 роки тому +2

    I played Eva at world amateur golf's 19th hole in myrtle beach and surprisingly beat her. It was fun. It was only suppose to be one game but she leaned to me and said, you know it's best of 3 lol. She won the next two. Afterwards she said she didn't expect me winning.

  • @jpcab9460
    @jpcab9460 2 роки тому +4

    Damn, she is gorgeous, and making some shots too.

  • @dieseldog00
    @dieseldog00 2 роки тому +1

    I played Ewa Mataya in Dallas for the opening of a pool hall. We all picked numbers and mine won. I broke the 9 ball rack made a ball and ran to the 7. I hooked myself behind the 8 ball(sound familiar? lol). I left her a shot and that was it for me. This was 30 years ago and she was VERY striking in those days. I wish she would come back.

  • @hayleycomet8029
    @hayleycomet8029 2 роки тому +3

    Jerrica you played so well!

  • @katjune
    @katjune 2 місяці тому

    These 4s shot so well🔥

  • @TheAntMan101
    @TheAntMan101 5 місяців тому

    I’d like to see the whole table next time

  • @jefferyharper5720
    @jefferyharper5720 2 роки тому +1

    Good to see Ewa shooting, and with a local from myrtle beach.
    The first televised match I watched was her and mizerak.

  • @ScarlettEmeraldASMR
    @ScarlettEmeraldASMR 2 роки тому +2

    Wonderful! Love Ewa 💘

  • @cliffordburdick6049
    @cliffordburdick6049 2 роки тому +2

    it would be nice if you got that friggin banner off the screen so we could actually see the shot

  • @chasedavis7231
    @chasedavis7231 7 місяців тому

    glad we can see the match wth the huge logo

  • @mrsharples
    @mrsharples 2 роки тому +2

    23:10 Foul on the 4

  • @dougkipp2940
    @dougkipp2940 Рік тому

    Spivak is in her APA leagues that she administers in Myrtle Beach and surrounding area.

  • @drick2659
    @drick2659 2 роки тому +1

    I think there should be Pro and amateurs playing in tournaments together. Not sure how the pros would feel about it but I'm sure the amateurs would like it.

  • @danielmoore1734
    @danielmoore1734 Рік тому

    The banner was in the way for her first shot, need better edits. It's the very first shot after the break. Thanks

  • @joshnorko5586
    @joshnorko5586 2 роки тому

    Great video. A few legendary players in here

  • @chriscooper1686
    @chriscooper1686 2 роки тому

    That was a great match. I sooo enjoyed it. I got to play in a Pro Am event like that one time. It's so much fun. Congrats Venom.

  • @luckyloserbilliards
    @luckyloserbilliards 2 роки тому

    AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME every APA player should love this. I dream of the day.

  • @cerealelegance4137
    @cerealelegance4137 2 роки тому

    Was really good match fun to watch. All players played great really impressed with Jerrica made some really clutch shots

  • @jahmez845
    @jahmez845 2 роки тому +1

    I love this!!! Im a skill level 3 so this is an amateurs dream!

  • @freddievara8117
    @freddievara8117 2 роки тому +1

    This is funny nobody misses this much 😂

  • @Ravage2734b
    @Ravage2734b Рік тому

    who was the genius that decided the HUGE scoreboard that hides the table and players was a good idea????

  • @KSechrist
    @KSechrist 2 роки тому +1

    Seriously, the 2nd shot of the match isn't seen for a 0-0 scoreboard blocking the screen? Sure, 48-44, maybe you linger on the scoreboard, but 0-0???

  • @george4noles338
    @george4noles338 2 роки тому +5

    Venom’s partner is hot af.

  • @calie01915
    @calie01915 2 роки тому

    Dr cue I’ve seen in Malden at amazin billiards couple of times. He is so nice. Great game

  • @shanesmj1
    @shanesmj1 2 роки тому

    That was really fun to watch.....

  • @samsiggers5383
    @samsiggers5383 2 роки тому +1

    Could you please make the hud of the scores, team names and the association crap like 10x smaller? You take up a 3rd of the screen and can barely watch the game because its so big and just distracts you from the game. Doesn't help we miss the very first shot by team viking that was a good shot all cause of some advertising crap.

  • @charlesherrick7400
    @charlesherrick7400 2 роки тому +1

    Great Great match.

  • @carlosmartins99
    @carlosmartins99 2 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed this. But the legends at the bottom are too big. I can’t see the shots.

  • @coloradocody333
    @coloradocody333 2 роки тому

    That was awesome Jerrica

  • @shortydancer
    @shortydancer 2 роки тому +2

    Whoa had no idea Venom was a LO.

  • @jheizer2467
    @jheizer2467 2 роки тому +1

    That was fun to watch...I miss playing APA with all my friends here in Colorado Springs CO...I went blind in my left eye 6yrs ago...and stopped playing...went from a 7 in 8 and a 8 in 9 to not being able to make a shot...I recently went out and tried playing again...giving the eye a chance to rest...I was shocked on how well I did...except for long shots...and used the aiming method Venom's team mate used to help me out there...now just can't afford to play and really wish I could...but I did enjoy watching Florian's team mate make some amazing shots

    • @diff5516
      @diff5516 2 роки тому +2

      Hey, One of the guys who play league where I do Onk-lt has one eye and he is a hard person to beat...Just league play.

    • @jheizer2467
      @jheizer2467 2 роки тому

      @@diff5516 You ever in COLORADO Springs CO...hit me up...I'll take ya on....:)

  • @jamesstaton9013
    @jamesstaton9013 2 роки тому

    Great match!

  • @charlesanderson20051
    @charlesanderson20051 2 роки тому +1

    apa is the one where slop counts ?

    • @bradenphillips4044
      @bradenphillips4044 2 роки тому +2

      Nine ball is where slop counts.

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 2 роки тому

      @@bradenphillips4044 Nope, at least APA used to mean 'any pocket ahole', in eight too. Maybe that has changed. I certainly hope so. All that rule does is encourage bangers, MHO. In general nine, your statement is 100% true, even pro, except on the money ball. I heard nobody call anything here, and a few were far from certain, like the three railer attempted and amazingly completed by the APA four gal, Jerrico. She was doing better on the stellar level shots than the bread and butter simple stuff for a while there, and under the most pressure she's ever felt, I'm guessing. Great TV, she should be very proud of her showing here. Possibly the match of her life. Impressed the hell out of me. I'm a few levels above her, and I would be not embarrassed by this showing, under that kind of pressure.

  • @rqlk
    @rqlk Рік тому

    Wasn’t the shot at 13:19 a double hit

  • @Yezir760
    @Yezir760 2 роки тому

    Definetely cool

  • @williamalexander4263
    @williamalexander4263 2 роки тому +1

    i understand that APA is very popular, but there has never been a legitimate reason to call this game 9 ball. 10 point is what it is. The ONLY resemblance to 9 ball is the number of balls plus shoot in rotation.

  • @sm7171369
    @sm7171369 2 роки тому

    1:11:30 this measure only works on good equipment w good cloth.

  • @chuckn.1367
    @chuckn.1367 2 роки тому

    Any body else see that table roll after Florian played that 5-9 combo? Saved his rear. ThT was probably a scratch.

  • @88888gerald
    @88888gerald Рік тому

    both am players certainly pulled their weight...

  • @xtbum3339
    @xtbum3339 2 роки тому

    Good match.

  • @FloridaRaider
    @FloridaRaider 2 роки тому

    good ol valley pool table

  • @Ramp10er
    @Ramp10er 2 роки тому

    Pocket on that table looks so big...

  • @TheRealtallwolf
    @TheRealtallwolf Рік тому

    would have been better if the score wasn't so big!

  • @OttoByOgraffey
    @OttoByOgraffey 6 місяців тому

    Glad we could see Ewa hit that first shot. Smh

  • @physicsguybrian
    @physicsguybrian 2 роки тому +1

    Why a bar box?

    • @XFS540
      @XFS540 2 роки тому +1

      I was going to ask the same thing, especially with pros involved.

    • @anon2414
      @anon2414 2 роки тому +2

      @@XFS540 I don't think Florian is a pro. He just is good at trick shots

    • @XFS540
      @XFS540 2 роки тому +1

      @@anon2414 He is still considered a professional even if he’s not active in competition. He makes a living through playing pool.

    • @chuckn.1367
      @chuckn.1367 2 роки тому

      Because this event was the National tournament for teams in APA, which is primarily a bar league. They can fit 400+ bar tables in the casino. There's thousands of players and hundreds of teams here.

    • @anon2414
      @anon2414 2 роки тому

      @@XFS540 he is a professional trick shot artist if that's even a thing...he's not a professional pool player. 9 ball, 10 ball, 8 ball etc...I wonder what his Fargo score is. He would be out in the first round for damn sure

  • @chasen5252
    @chasen5252 2 роки тому

    I'd love to watch this but most of us aren't half blind and don't need a giant score board. Unfortunate. Fix it and I'll watch the next one thanks.

  • @robmckennie4203
    @robmckennie4203 2 роки тому

    is jerrica playing on a smurf account or what

  • @Mr40styles
    @Mr40styles 2 роки тому

    Jerrica, I will be in at the Apache Casino this weekend.. let me buy u a drink!

  • @Heathen97
    @Heathen97 2 роки тому +2

    23:10

  • @manyvideogames8317
    @manyvideogames8317 2 роки тому

    38:50 : The venom has arisen .. PS: Jerica looks like she is the next upcoming PRO just needs to work on few things looks like .

  • @chuckn.1367
    @chuckn.1367 2 роки тому

    Uuuhhhhh, Dr. Cue, there's PLENTY of shenanigans in the APA. There's more sandbaggers in the league then there's been present at the last five major floods in the USA. The worst part is, the league operators all know it and can't do anything about it because they'd be out of a job and the league would fold.

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 2 роки тому

      Sorry to say, it's EVERY league I've ever played in, save the local one now, where sandbagging buys you absolutely nothing. A lot of it goes on even in handicapped contests like the one Sigal the mouth put on, where VERY significant money was involved. It is very very lame, and usually very very obvious, especially if you've played some of those guys for money outside the league, where you see them really open the throttle when it matters, and it is about three APA levels (if they had that many more of them above these guys levels, as they play at the top of the handicap) above their league play.

  • @OnlinelandusaOLU
    @OnlinelandusaOLU 2 роки тому

    very annoying putting score up all the time--I turned it off

  • @sergeykhachaturov9397
    @sergeykhachaturov9397 2 роки тому +1

    Either that guy in blue is nervous or just plain sucks

  • @drewburk7714
    @drewburk7714 2 роки тому

    I wanna play venom im be in Vegas may 27-30

  • @bertblue9683
    @bertblue9683 8 місяців тому

    Need more hot girls in this sport. Makes it much better to view. Except the graphic is covering 1/3 of the screen.

  • @jamest3552
    @jamest3552 2 роки тому

    So Florian is not allowed to do the only thing he's famous for?

  • @dlumbreras90
    @dlumbreras90 Рік тому

    Lol 23:11 he moved the 4

  • @chuckn.1367
    @chuckn.1367 2 роки тому

    Jerrica can play the game a little bit. Keep ot up!

  • @kingofcastlechaos
    @kingofcastlechaos 9 місяців тому

    Could not see the first shot due to crappy graphic placement. What a joke.

  • @jamest3552
    @jamest3552 2 роки тому

    I think the women paired up would kick the men.

  • @Mattmusic1025
    @Mattmusic1025 2 роки тому

    why isnt viking playing with pretty boy floyd

  • @DumireDrDrum
    @DumireDrDrum Рік тому

    who is in charge of the graphics... why even post garbage

  • @chazadams2364
    @chazadams2364 Рік тому

    Both of the Amateurs are high skill level 2’s low skill level 3’s

  • @88888gerald
    @88888gerald Рік тому

    z shot..aka pissin unless you are ephren...

  • @anon2414
    @anon2414 2 роки тому

    🎂🎂

  • @sergeykhachaturov9397
    @sergeykhachaturov9397 2 роки тому

    Sport is growing but yet not enough money from sponsors to have it in Olympics!!. Garbage

  • @jaymicale-hawkeye-pro-ampo2391
    @jaymicale-hawkeye-pro-ampo2391 2 роки тому

    This was just an exhibition to sell some tickets.. Ewa's been done with this for quite a while, she's a league operator mainly now, she was really great back in the day.. Florian is really good at what he does but this isn't what he does.. It definitely would have been more interesting to watch if they didn't have these APA 4 leaguers screwing up the mix.. It limits the real players abilities to run out. I'll say "Nice Show" Ewa would have destroyed Florian if she actually had a Chance to warm up. This should have been a standard 1 on 1 race to 11 between the two..

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 2 роки тому

      I agree with most everything you say, except that I expect Ewa, in a real contest on real equipment, is still exceedingly good, especially by APA standards. Probably not pro level any more though, if she hasn't been practicing at that level, basically full time, and with full concentration and self stated goals, as you know much better than me and your moniker is true. If you are really a pro, you are likely (certainly actually) god level compared to me. Florian though, while obviously not pro level, is a superb amateur from what I've seen on his channel. Obviously he is a pinnacle god in artistic pool, borne out by titles. If you haven't seen them, go take a look at his channel's current carom trick shots. Amazing. Also his cloth off series is riot, you absolutely will not believe the action that occurs, comical at times, incredible (literally) at others. Cheers.

    • @jaymicale-hawkeye-pro-ampo2391
      @jaymicale-hawkeye-pro-ampo2391 2 роки тому

      @@MrJdsenior actually I've known Florian since he moved to the states when he could barely speak English.. at one point I when I moved to Vegas for a couple years he was going to buy my custom car for his wife iana "Lady Venom" I had told him a bunch of times since 2010 or so, if he could apply his amazing artistic ability to actual game play he'd be the next Efren. He wound up being fairly good from what I can see now.. I haven't talked to him other than on Facebook now and then for a few years but it looks like he has been practicing. That being said, I've seen this with alot of artistic champions, it's like there brains aren't wired that way, there more for single massively hard shots.. and also remember, on his channel he does takes until his routine is perfect then aires the finished routine as a tv or movie actor does.. Ewa would actually mop the floor with him if she played seriously in an actual race, as far as Ewa being apa level because she's retired is nonsense. Once a pro always a pro. Especially at her level.. An apa level player rarely maps the whole table,vat least properly, they shoot a few shots ahead . Depending on a rotation game like 9 ball or even a runout game like 8 it's pre thought. it's not just how accurate someone shoots, I see dam good league players all the time saying "omg I can't believe someone like SVB or any top player missed that shot, I can make that all day" yada yada .. doesn't mean much .. because in the grand scheme, it's cue ball control and the ability to choose the correct map and follow it's course, if you map it correctly, you shouldn't have to shoot hard shots, it's all about position play, and when you make a mistake you go to your defensive game. sometimes you screw up a little and then your out of position, then the next shot is much more difficult than it should have been.. then the next shot then the next until you adjust to get back in to position to run out.. Ewa will always be world class if she needed to be until she's physically not capable, as long as her eyes are still perfect, and she's physically capable of a perfect stroke. Yes, it would take her a few months to get back everything, however she's a far far better player than him.. this was just an exhibition match to get some attention and make some money and inspire new players.. Ewa is now a league owner in the southeast, so you can believe she still puts in table time.. she's not to be underestimated.. Florian knows that.. this wasn't a challenge match..

    • @joebly5641
      @joebly5641 2 роки тому

      Did you see the girl playing with Florian? She made it more then interesting enough on many levels

  • @freddievara8117
    @freddievara8117 2 роки тому

    Pockets are sewers 👍😂

  • @FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO
    @FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO 2 роки тому

    This guy Florian ain't no player.

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 2 роки тому

      Yeah, he is Paul, go watch his channel. NOBODY should be judged on total crap equipment like that pile o' junk bar table with garbage cloth, atrocious inconsistent and unreadable rails (Ewa's comment on them was VERY generous), and balls about the roundness of a football (that one roll was hilarious) that appear to have the consistency of a carton of eggs.
      He's used to playing on tables like Rassons and Diamonds that he has at home that actually work, with 860 cloth and Aramith pros. Dumb comment. On real tables he runs eight and nine ball racks pretty consistently, and in one case ran a table with something like 32 balls on it, on video, on a lark. I linked Dr Dave the video and he put out a video of his success at the same challenge about two days later. :-) Florian also plays three cushion at a pretty high level for amateurs IIRC, and demonstrates three cushion artistic shots at a level few if any extremely high level carom players could accomplish. For a world class artistic pool player I can think of only one player in history that would exceed him at general pool, by a LOT in this case, Mike Massey, who did play high level pro level pool, with some major tournament titles to attest.
      You should maybe do some research BEFORE making totally ignorant comments. Venom's artistic pool is not only world level, but world championship level, as proven by being the owner of that title. Obviously he's not pro level at pool, but how many are, and I'm beyond pretty certain he could destroy you, likely nine or ten in ten. LOL
      Sorry to point it out, but your comment is on the level of the clueless people who say they could beat pros based on one lousy shot in a match. Pros who shoot 900+ on Accustat rating system in world level tournaments, on TV tables, where one mistake can spell an entire tournament loss. I always tell them, go put down 10K on a match with one, and tell me how that works out for you afterward. They would be absolutely embarrassed, guaranteed, even if they were absolute top rating in APA, and the pro was having a horrible day. Level wise, they are gods.
      I asked a friend once who came ONE MISSED BALL from winning the pro/am Australian snooker open years ago, playing singly, how much better pros were than very very good amateurs, and he said worlds. :-/ He showed me a shot once, three attempts to conversion, on a nine foot with significantly cut pockets, where he drew a corner to corner shot a full 11' and pocketed a rail frozen ball, at his shooting end, at the end phase of the shot on the short rail (the high cut angle) about 6" from the pocket. His two misses were very close. Incredible, those high level snooker players, and his near win was decades ago, so he's self admittedly not remotely playing at that level now. He runs eights and nines at a very significant % level, well over 50%. So I guess according to you he would be "no player" either?

    • @FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO
      @FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO 2 роки тому

      @@MrJdsenior Show me said videos where Florian plays either for money or pro level tournament.
      Show me proof he plays at a pro level.
      Show me he plays at semi pro level.
      Where is this player you speak of? Where is this imbecile....hmmm?...where is he.

  • @odiums_taint
    @odiums_taint 2 роки тому +1

    those balls are cheap. get some duramiths out there and that rack would explode

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 2 роки тому +1

      And the table, that thing is absolute bottom level crap, at least it certainly appears that way. Yeah, my Pros react just a bit differently. :-) My local pool hall manager was bragging because she got some new Centennial replacement balls at FOUR HUNDRED BUCKS. I said really, the pros (same balls) are MATCHED and I got mine for a small percentage of that price, new, from a legitimate online Aramith approved retailer. I can almost guarantee she will buy more centennials next time, too. That's what happens when hall managers play no pool whatsoever.
      The local owners and franchisers, now that's a whole different story. One has exclusively Diamonds, Aramiths, Simonis 860, and very good hall player cues, and plays at an absurdly high amateur level, not surprising since he used to support himself exclusively, roading. Unfortunately most of the tables are bar tables, but there are a couple of eights and one nine that is stellar. I LOVE those cushions.

  • @SteezyIncable
    @SteezyIncable 2 роки тому

    So bad 🤦‍♂️

  • @wesleyfields5534
    @wesleyfields5534 2 роки тому

    Great match!