i knew cole as well as anyone. and have many great cole stories i wont tell here.
and knew charley devalliere well and he was the biggest p.o.s. i even seen. and would steal your wooden leg if he could.
fell into the same class as billy ray sudan. who was actually a really great bar player. used the strong hustle on people.
not fun to be near.

600 seems to be the magic number for fargo the last few years. Do what you can to stay under it.

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Johnny Archer famously defeated Nick Varidner (Nick Varner) in the finals of the Cleveland Open 14.1(straight pool) event in the early 1990s after learning the basics of the game just weeks prior and coming back through the one-loss side. [1, 2, 3]

Frosty said:

Simple,
I have a regular game with a guy who is to my estimate, a 725-750 rated player surmised by comparing his game to other players I have games with, that have a legit rating. His on the book rating is 596. He plays in a league 1 night a week and dumps, plays in cheap entry local tournaments and dumps, all to keep that rating below 600.

He travels regularly out of town to play in capped tournaments all over, Vegas, Alabama, just got back from Canada yesterday, played me today, and is flying out tomorrow to Indiana. There’s a whole group of people that do it, constantly staring at each other at the same capped tournaments all over. He told me today it’s gotten to where they play each other in action in off hours at the events. It’s the new hustle, he does quite well.

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A whole group? How many is in a group? What is the travel cost to these events.....does 5/6th pay more than the travel costs? Seems like if it is more than about 2....How much are they really going to make?....I can see cherry picking local tournaments....But cross country?.... it does not seem real profitable in the long run....I can think of better ways to make money than trying to go around the country hustling tournaments.

Seems like there could be a easy fix for the TDs if they want to do it....Fargo tracks your tournament performance +/-.......shoot 100- or more under your Fargo for that tournament...scores get thrown out and no Fargo change.........Shoot 100+ over your Fargo for that tournament...You get disqualified and no refund of your entry...Of course not going to stop a few dumped games...but it may slow them down a bit.

good players like it either as it adds skill factor/ and bad players like it as then they also get shots during the game as running out is left to high level players.

if you bank well or play one pocket well you can destroy a better 9 ball player every time.

dtroup64 said:

I imagine I've never used a glove because I live in Maine, and the idea of having sweat on my hand or cue is unimaginable. But I should probably start playing with one so that if I need it (somewhere else), I won't be shocked by the change in feel...

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Do you play at Forest City? Nice room, I enjoyed the Gabriel’s