Clip of 'Billiards Perfect Miss' Documentary. Earl tells CJ he's been ask "a million times" about the Million Dollar Challenge and discusses getting paid and how he feels about what happened behind the scenes in the "million dollar lawsuit" to collect the prize. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes of the Million Dollar Challenge. Directed by Mary Avina With one million dollars on the line, on April 10, 1996 Earl "the Pearl" Strickland did the unimaginable. He ran 11 racks of 9-ball at the inaugural event of the PCA Pro Pocket Billiards Tour. While it was a miraculous feat, it simultaneously dealt a fatal blow to the new Pro Pocket Billiards Tour and gave a death strike to what might have been the rise of televised table pool as a mainstream sport. CJ Wiley had spent years preparing a new tour to showcase the sport, using a million dollar prize as the main draw. His goal was to promote pool as a mainstream sport. Through an in depth interview you will hear how Earl trained to achieve this incredible level of performance, the legal battles that eventually vindicated CJ Wiley, and accounts of the following two-plus years to honor the prize through the accounts of CJ Wiley, Tournament Director Jay Helfert and many more. It is a tale of struggle for the game and a telling of the greatest achievement in the history of pool.

• published: 01 Jan 2014
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