Recent content by Kiwis11

I played fats in an exhibition match in Bloomington, IL around 1964 at a Montgomery Wards Store. He was there to promote his namesake tables. I was a decent player and more well known in my hometown as a baseball player. I beat Fats playing several games of 8 Ball...bank the 8. Fats was a ton of...

Got to play Fats in a my home town of Bloomington, IL in the late 60's while I was in College. He came into town to promote Montgomery Wards Pools tables...and I was ask to play him in an exhibition match to promote the tables. I played out of the Saratoga Pool Hall about a block away for the...

Thanks for the payouts. There must be some issue between AZBillards and Scott Frost and/or Freezers.

I was at the tournament Saturday and watched it on AZpool15 both days...including the finals. My question is...why is there nothing on here about this tournament...? The same can be said about the big tournament at Freezer's in September...nothing on AZ Billards that I could find...Why...

Why is there no coverage of the Arizona State One Pocket Tournament at Freezers...? It finished tonight. Does anyone have the brackets and payouts...?

Not to rain on your parade...but as soon as you develop and market a viable product...the Chinese will not only steal your product but will undercut your price as well...Poof! Pool cannot become a professional sport with the current cast of characters few of whom are reliable in any way shape...

San Jose Dick...was one of my favorite players to watch play 1Pocket. I especially enjoyed watching him torch the young guns who thought shooting straight was the only requirement to playing great pool. RIP...See you on the other side.

Right after I saw the movie "The Hustler" in 1961. My dad bought me my 1st cue a Brunswick Master Stroke for Christmas and I was hooked. A couple years later I found a very old Brunswick Willie Hoppe in a trash pile and sent it to AE Schmidt in St Louis to have it rebuilt and a new shaft. I...

Thanks Mark Griffin for hosting a wonderful One Pocket event. I really enjoyed your pool room...Griff's...it is a 1st class operation and the food and service was outstanding. I'll certainly be back for future events.

Break strength...or lack there of...has nothing to do with at least one game...One Pocket and yet no women are anywhere near the top in that game either. If you gave the best women ball in hand after their break...regardless of a ball being made...they still couldn't compete with the top level...

Keep in mind one pocket is a totally different game than straight pool or rotation. So the player with one pocket knowledge has a tremendous advantage over someone who doesn't know the shots, safes and traps that a one pocket player has in his arsenal. How many straight pool or rotation players...

Would love to see a movie about Kid Delicious...but movies are generally only 2 hours long. That would only allow for the Kid to shoot maybe 2 or 3 shots with no time for the story. Unless of course he is played by Strong Arm John...in which case we would only get to see cue stroking...and no...

A pool hustler wins thousands playing a stiff who can't play and then blows it all on a stripper. A pool hustler wins thousands playing a cowboy from Oklahoma who can't play and then blows it all on a stripper and craps. A pool hustler wins thousands playing a poker player who can't play and...

Who's left on then winners and losers sides...? How many players signed up for the tourney...?

I was lucky enough to play Fats in an exhibition match. He was a really fun guy to be around...talking and kidding with the crowd and me. Maybe not the best player...but very very good...and a great hustler. I thought Ronnie Allen in his later years reminded me of Fats...just a plain good fun...