What would happen to pool if Ray Hansen decided to quit doing LIVE STREAMING?
Some of you might say, "nothing" and you could be right but I have to think that there would be a lot of miserable Live Stream Watchers that enjoy watching his Live Streams of tournaments, action matches and big dollar events which are in a class by themselves.
Don't get me wrong, the rest of the guys that do Live Streaming, work hard too and bring a lot of enjoyment to the pool world but Ray has had a very positive impact on pool in many different areas and seems to be willing to go just about anywhere in the United States to help promote pool.
Ray continues to hone his craft but strives to improve on a daily basis.
One of my favorite things that I like about Ray, is he is CONTINUOUSLY trying to improve his product, which is a lot more than just Live Streaming pool matches.
Ray promotes pool tournaments, pool rooms, pool players, live streams, creates ACTION MATCHES between players, and gets stake horses involved. Ray is always on the lookout for new talent not just on the tables but in the booth as well. The commentators that give incredible effort to poolactiontv's streamed events should take a bow too. Recent additions to Ray's commentator staff is bringing new perspectives and enhancing an already great presentation.
Ray's recent FIGHT NIGHT MATCHES & the BIG DOLLAR EVENTS (which are two separate promotions) have put money in players' pockets (that they wouldn't normally have access to) and brought a whole new level of excitement to the sport. I recently read where champion Warren Kiamco, (after coming in third in a big money event) lamented that you have to be an ATHLETE to win these events. Warren was just being Warren when he said that. He too is a warrior, a champion and an athlete but he was giving credit to those who emerged victorious that day. It's kind of nice to hear pool players say those kind of things, don't you think?
Ray works 12-18 hours per day at these events. Add in the travel time (DRIVING EVERYWHERE HE GOES) and you quickly realize that he is putting in incredible number of hours bring live streams to those of us at home. The PAY, you say? He must be getting paid pretty good to do this right? WRONG! Of that I am positive. Like the pay that the professional players earn, it isn't enough to justify the amount of time they devote to this sport. It is a labor of love for Ray and unfortunately he will never earn enough money to justify the incredible sacrifice that he makes for our sport. Thank goodness that he is still in love with pool after all these years.
Let's give Ray Hansen credit where credit is due.
What is YOUR favorite thing that poolactiontv provides?
What would you like to see Ray add to his promotions?
THANK YOU RAY HANSEN FOR ALL YOU DO FOR POOL.
JoeyA
Some of you might say, "nothing" and you could be right but I have to think that there would be a lot of miserable Live Stream Watchers that enjoy watching his Live Streams of tournaments, action matches and big dollar events which are in a class by themselves.
Don't get me wrong, the rest of the guys that do Live Streaming, work hard too and bring a lot of enjoyment to the pool world but Ray has had a very positive impact on pool in many different areas and seems to be willing to go just about anywhere in the United States to help promote pool.
Ray continues to hone his craft but strives to improve on a daily basis.
One of my favorite things that I like about Ray, is he is CONTINUOUSLY trying to improve his product, which is a lot more than just Live Streaming pool matches.
Ray promotes pool tournaments, pool rooms, pool players, live streams, creates ACTION MATCHES between players, and gets stake horses involved. Ray is always on the lookout for new talent not just on the tables but in the booth as well. The commentators that give incredible effort to poolactiontv's streamed events should take a bow too. Recent additions to Ray's commentator staff is bringing new perspectives and enhancing an already great presentation.
Ray's recent FIGHT NIGHT MATCHES & the BIG DOLLAR EVENTS (which are two separate promotions) have put money in players' pockets (that they wouldn't normally have access to) and brought a whole new level of excitement to the sport. I recently read where champion Warren Kiamco, (after coming in third in a big money event) lamented that you have to be an ATHLETE to win these events. Warren was just being Warren when he said that. He too is a warrior, a champion and an athlete but he was giving credit to those who emerged victorious that day. It's kind of nice to hear pool players say those kind of things, don't you think?
Ray works 12-18 hours per day at these events. Add in the travel time (DRIVING EVERYWHERE HE GOES) and you quickly realize that he is putting in incredible number of hours bring live streams to those of us at home. The PAY, you say? He must be getting paid pretty good to do this right? WRONG! Of that I am positive. Like the pay that the professional players earn, it isn't enough to justify the amount of time they devote to this sport. It is a labor of love for Ray and unfortunately he will never earn enough money to justify the incredible sacrifice that he makes for our sport. Thank goodness that he is still in love with pool after all these years.
Let's give Ray Hansen credit where credit is due.
What is YOUR favorite thing that poolactiontv provides?
What would you like to see Ray add to his promotions?
THANK YOU RAY HANSEN FOR ALL YOU DO FOR POOL.
JoeyA
