Hey everyone. I've been speaking with Jimmy Reid in the past few weeks and I wanted to give everybody an update. As everyone in the pool world knows, this guy used to be one of the best, if not the best player in the world. There are a million stories of Jimmy's time on the road; his championships and his money games. In fact, in the 90s, several of the top players were asked who the greatest money player was of the past 25 years and Jimmy Reid was the top vote. He not only was a great player but in the later years he was a great ambassador to the game. His knowledge of the game is unmatched and he is always willing to pass on some of his secrets to anyone who asks. The guy is truly one of a kind.
Anyway, Jimmy has been having a hard time of late with his health. As you may or may not know, Jimmy was diagnosed with stage four cancer of the brain and back of tongue and was given a 10% chance of survival. That was five years ago and like the tough guy he is, he's still kicking. In fact, earlier this year he was even back to playing pool a little bit. (BTW - Jimmy told me in confidence that he discovered the secret to a perfect break! He says that he was hitting the rack harder than he's ever hit it, and also controlling the rock. He's talking about releasing a new video on the break shot once he feels better.) Sadly, in the past few months he's started to bleed more and more due to a an unqualified doctor that butchered him. He now has to find a doctor that can reverse the damage that was done which isn't an easy thing to do. On top of that, he has an upcoming appointment on the 25th of November regarding a possible liver transplant. Because of everything Jimmy has had to deal with regarding his health, he handed over the reigns of his website to some website gurus who were supposed to run it for him. Well, unfortunately, these guys ripped him off...big time. His site went from making a few thousand a month to about 40 bucks a month. Ouch. They took advantage of Jimmy since he was dealing with his health issues. By the time Jimmy knew what was going on his whole site had been hijacked. If you go to his site now - freepoollessons.com you'll see that it's not really set up that well. Many links don't work and the members section is now obsolete. (UPDATE - I offered my website services to Jimmy to help him and his NEW SITE will be up next week! I'm also going to digitize his instructional videos for online streaming. His new site looks great and contains many of his great pool stories and lessons so check it out next week!) Anyway, Jimmy needs a bit of financial help. I know there was a post a couple years ago that asked for help for Jimmy and everyone came through for him which he is forever grateful for. I'm asking everyone again to see what you can do to help out. Jimmy is having a really tough time right now dealing with his health and low funds. He has a DVD collection that he's selling on Ebay right now for half price. I think he's even autographing it which is unbelievable. He's got a large inventory of DVDs in his home that he would desperately like to sell. If you check out his Ebay AD and purchase his DVDs that would go a long way to not only helping him financially, but would really LIFT HIS SPIRITS! He loves it when people buy his DVDs because he knows these DVDs can take anyone's game to new heights. Here is the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180750188728&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123 This is 10 hours of Instructional Pool. This is an awesome deal! If you don't have enough $ to buy the pool set send him a few bucks via Paypal at his email address: jimmyreidpro@bellsouth.net.
I've been a pool player for many years and when I heard about his plight I knew I had to help in whatever way I can. I started playing in the 90s so I was never able to meet Jimmy in person but I knew about him because of his videos. I had watched his 8 ball video when I was a teenager and it really helped my game (along with Ray Martin's 99 Critical Shots). I've been talking and texting with him the past few weeks and we've developed a friendship. In fact, I'll be flying in to see him in the next month or two and will periodically update his condition on this forum.
Oh, I may also be helping Jimmy put all his pool stories on paper. He's got hundreds of great pool stories of all the top players from the past 40 years. We'll be adding some of these stories to his website in the next few weeks (everything depends on his health of course). Thanks everybody.
Tor
Anyway, Jimmy has been having a hard time of late with his health. As you may or may not know, Jimmy was diagnosed with stage four cancer of the brain and back of tongue and was given a 10% chance of survival. That was five years ago and like the tough guy he is, he's still kicking. In fact, earlier this year he was even back to playing pool a little bit. (BTW - Jimmy told me in confidence that he discovered the secret to a perfect break! He says that he was hitting the rack harder than he's ever hit it, and also controlling the rock. He's talking about releasing a new video on the break shot once he feels better.) Sadly, in the past few months he's started to bleed more and more due to a an unqualified doctor that butchered him. He now has to find a doctor that can reverse the damage that was done which isn't an easy thing to do. On top of that, he has an upcoming appointment on the 25th of November regarding a possible liver transplant. Because of everything Jimmy has had to deal with regarding his health, he handed over the reigns of his website to some website gurus who were supposed to run it for him. Well, unfortunately, these guys ripped him off...big time. His site went from making a few thousand a month to about 40 bucks a month. Ouch. They took advantage of Jimmy since he was dealing with his health issues. By the time Jimmy knew what was going on his whole site had been hijacked. If you go to his site now - freepoollessons.com you'll see that it's not really set up that well. Many links don't work and the members section is now obsolete. (UPDATE - I offered my website services to Jimmy to help him and his NEW SITE will be up next week! I'm also going to digitize his instructional videos for online streaming. His new site looks great and contains many of his great pool stories and lessons so check it out next week!) Anyway, Jimmy needs a bit of financial help. I know there was a post a couple years ago that asked for help for Jimmy and everyone came through for him which he is forever grateful for. I'm asking everyone again to see what you can do to help out. Jimmy is having a really tough time right now dealing with his health and low funds. He has a DVD collection that he's selling on Ebay right now for half price. I think he's even autographing it which is unbelievable. He's got a large inventory of DVDs in his home that he would desperately like to sell. If you check out his Ebay AD and purchase his DVDs that would go a long way to not only helping him financially, but would really LIFT HIS SPIRITS! He loves it when people buy his DVDs because he knows these DVDs can take anyone's game to new heights. Here is the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180750188728&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123 This is 10 hours of Instructional Pool. This is an awesome deal! If you don't have enough $ to buy the pool set send him a few bucks via Paypal at his email address: jimmyreidpro@bellsouth.net.
I've been a pool player for many years and when I heard about his plight I knew I had to help in whatever way I can. I started playing in the 90s so I was never able to meet Jimmy in person but I knew about him because of his videos. I had watched his 8 ball video when I was a teenager and it really helped my game (along with Ray Martin's 99 Critical Shots). I've been talking and texting with him the past few weeks and we've developed a friendship. In fact, I'll be flying in to see him in the next month or two and will periodically update his condition on this forum.
Oh, I may also be helping Jimmy put all his pool stories on paper. He's got hundreds of great pool stories of all the top players from the past 40 years. We'll be adding some of these stories to his website in the next few weeks (everything depends on his health of course). Thanks everybody.
Tor