Different time altogether. Pool didn't pay much and it was a dog-eat-dog existence. The casino left themselves WIDE OPEN to something like this happening. Not defending it, just giving some context as to why. There must have been a ton bet on Mike 'cause if Buddy won he'd have made 50k iirc. I imagine when it got hill-hill a lot of people were sweating their asses off.
Rumor has it that the bet payout was less than fifty thousand. If I were Buddy I would have insisted on the difference in first and second place off the top before splitting winnings. That would have made it nowhere near worth the bother not that it was anyway. The players crapped all over themselves and it really made no sense. Of course messing with Vito is always stupid. It certainly looks like a performance, the money was bet, but it all comes out to a very stupid move. Of course we have seen men's pro pool players crap in their nests many a time. Not the same ones each time but the players were always living on the ragged edge and anytime a little money was put up it was like blood in the water and sharks.
That was quite a performance but it got to the point of ridiculous. Worse than ridiculous it was stupid. I assume that deal was made early in the event when nobody knew who would be playing Mike but I don't know. This doesn't make sense yet it happened. One thing, as the booth's percentages indicated, none of those shots were 100%. I have seen Efren miss shots as easy. However ... Watched this to confirm it was what I figured but it damned near turns my stomach.
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