That is what you saw the heat of the moment and depression after the match. I saw things differently. Luckily I was there for every hour of the tournament, left at 2:12 am this morning, had to wait for Jesse to finish the championship match with Mark since he traveled with my and stayed with my parents. I sat with Stevie, Shane, Morra, Beckley, Addad, Little, Rory Hendrickson on Saturday night all joking and having fun. Stevie poked fun at Shane and Shane back. Everyone having a few drinks telling stories and laughing. I was amazing. If you ever get the chance to go, do it if you love pool. It is an intimate setting with full access to the players. I asked Stevie how he like the tournament and his reply was, "this people really love their pool it is amazing". He talked to me during the whole match as he played Edwin Montel. I looked over a few times, and there was Jeff Beckley coaching amateur players, not for a few minutes but for an hour and a half with one person. These are genuine people who love it when you come up to them and say thank you, I loved watching the stream of you win the banks, the US bar table championship, etc.
Jesse defeats Stevie in an awesome match after being down 3-0. What happens after the match? Steve spends 20 minutes and asks Jesse if he can spend some time with him in Vegas to help him with his stroke, and some other things. Truly amazing sportsmanship from professionals.
Shane gets beat out of the 8 ball by a friend of his, and local Bismarck, ND player. So what does Shane do for the next Day? He walks around talking to people, watches his mom play.
These are people that love the game. Are they passionate and hate to lose ,yes. There is money on the line. What more can you expect. I can tell you this, I am definitely going back next year again. I have never had so much fun at a pool tournament. I met a lot of new people.
I got to meet JoeyA from the forum, what a pleasure.
Thanks to everyone