The best one-handed jack-up players
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Marty did a thing for Wide World of Sports and Celebrity Lanes in Denver years ago.
Mary stood there in his White T-shirt and went through "Best jack up player in the world" speech.
Ti took him 21 attempts to make his spot shot.
he irritated many and many of us he entertained!!
Jay
I saw Monk (Warren C) play many times one handed jacked up at Great American Billiards) in Sacramento. How would he stack up against the best?
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Fargo and George B.
I saw them play one handed jacked up banks for roughly 20 k. George beat Fargo pretty quickly in a 6 ahead set I believe. It happend in Cape Girardeau right before I bought it about a year and a half ago. They did not miss too many.
I saw them play one handed jacked up banks for roughly 20 k. George beat Fargo pretty quickly in a 6 ahead set I believe. It happend in Cape Girardeau right before I bought it about a year and a half ago. They did not miss too many.
I played Ronnie Allen jacked up one pocket for $100 a game when I was 19 in Vegas and he was the best I've ever seen. would have loved to see the Goose play, or is it Geese?
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There was a day in Denver when I carted around Fat Marty in my '54 Volkswagen. He had a helluva time entering and exiting, but I enjoyed his company and his stories. He beat me out of five bucks a couple times. He played jacked up OK, but only for quarters. But what a guy.
There was a day in Denver when I carted around Fat Marty in my '54 Volkswagen. He had a helluva time entering and exiting, but I enjoyed his company and his stories. He beat me out of five bucks a couple times. He played jacked up OK, but only for quarters. But what a guy.
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Yes, and Jr played jacked up, not off the rail. His break was a thing of beauty. He would jackup,take a couple of steps backward, and run at the table. Once he beat another guy I know out of a large sum of money by executing the following shot during the match. He climbed up into the middle of a 9ft table(no rule against it) on his knees,jacked up one handed in the air, jumped a ball, made the object ball and drew his rock back half the length of the table for position on the next shot.
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Parica played jacked up pretty sporty years ago. I never saw Ronnie play but if Jesse says he was the best thats good enough for me.
Parica played jacked up pretty sporty years ago. I never saw Ronnie play but if Jesse says he was the best thats good enough for me.
Monk may heave been the second best "Jacked-Up" One Handed, One Pocket players, after Ronnie. I doubt that Ronnie would give him any more than 9-8. I think 8-7 would have been too much. Cooney was also in Monk's league.
Good story, and absolutely true. Junior was the master one handed on a bar box. Even Ronnie and Miami couldn't beat him there.
i knew geese personaly he was a thing of beauty when it came to pool.70s and 80s no one on the east coast could beat geese in one pocket then along came papa parica
No one knows Geese (Mike Gerace) better than our own Jam. I'd like to hear what she has to say about him. He was short, chubby and looked nothing like the great pool hustler that he was. Died way too young as well (barely 50 if that).
I watched Ernesto win a couple of sets for 10K each, one-handed 9-ball in Atlantic City at the "Last Call For 9-Ball" tourney around 1985. He played some Canadian Snooker champ. The first set Ernesto won easily playing "you can use the rail". When it was over the Canadian woofed that he rob Ernesto if they played "Jacked up" which Ernesto proved him wrong again. He broke and ran the last 3 racks, jacked up one-handed. I know Ronnie is considered the best one handed player, ever, but I don't think he'd have liked his end of it, that day!
Actually it was in 1986 in Resorts casino in AC. This was the tournament where Sigel lost his first match against parica then went on to win 11 straight matches to win the tournament. The match with Ernesto was between him and Mike Seidel from Baltimore one handed jacked up. It was a race to 9 for 10k plus 500 a game extra. The set went hill hill when Mike had a tough scratch going three rails around the table and the cue ball just trickled in the corner pocket with the 9-ball sitting on the bottom rail. I know this for a fact because I was the one who held the post.
This story brings back some good memories for me. I had a small piece of Ernesto's action that day (and night). It took him a while to raise the 10K to play Mike. And it was Mike Seidel, not Sigel. They often got confused because of their names, not their games. :wink:
I roomed with Sir Keithly that trip. He won some money playing pool and promptly gave it all back to the casino. He was a good customer that way.
Junior was the best, there is no question about it.
Even a bit out of his prime he played incredible pool, runout, runout, runout, all day long.
I put on a tournament in 90 which he came to where all the good players were and he offered some games where he got odds on the money and the other people could use both hands either giving him a ball or games on the wire. It was no contest.
Even a bit out of his prime he played incredible pool, runout, runout, runout, all day long.
I put on a tournament in 90 which he came to where all the good players were and he offered some games where he got odds on the money and the other people could use both hands either giving him a ball or games on the wire. It was no contest.
He's not even in the same country as the others mentioned.
Those are videos you are watching of someone shooting around, there is no cash on the line, no pressure, and for sure no champion waiting to pounce when you miss.
Those are videos you are watching of someone shooting around, there is no cash on the line, no pressure, and for sure no champion waiting to pounce when you miss.
if it was seidel you guys were stealing big time.seidelis from my area he never play near top speed
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I agree that in the long run Ernesto did have way the best of it, but if you carefully read the above post the set was hill hill and went down to the last ball. Seidel was never world class but he was slow, methodical and capable of winning any one set. He was also an outstanding shot maker one handed jacked up which made him dangerous. Considering all of this I wouldn't say anyone was stealing in this match, 10k has a way of closing the gap