there was a guy in the pac. northwest that broke the balls harder on a bar table than any living human ever did. his name was joe ballantine and he was big and played decent. very hard to beat and stayed up and wouldnt let you quit until he was broke or you was.
problem was he stayed conscious for 4 days at a time. you had to sneak out saying you were getting food or something, and instead catch a few winks. he had no concept of the time.
third or 4th day he crashed and if you still were around you got the money. he upped the bet along the way also.
he routinely broke two to four balls almost every break on those bar tables.
bad loser, didnt hurt the player, but often turned over the pool table and other things.
