This match must be streamed.
Southern Classic -- Who's Going?
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If you ever get a chance Go see him Live..
He is Great..
Mark
He is Great..
Mark
At first I was like, Man, that guy can play a guitar, then when he started singing, I started smiling. Thanks for making my day. I wish I could recreate the day my Cajun brother in law took me on my first crawfishing trip. It is worthy of a story if I haven't already written it for AZB. :grin:
The GingerBread Man ain't no crawfish. He's more like one of those Great White Sharks.....
Thanks for the song. I would watch Tab Benoit play anywhere. I didn't know him before today.
Not in One Pocket! You want to play me, leave it in your bag or no game!
Well.... you all were close to having a game.How about he only gets to use it every other game? Just trying to help you guys.:grin: John B.
Thanks but no thanks John. Look, any way you cut it Joey is the favorite over me. You know it and I know it. So does Joey and that's why he is clamoring for this game. He's in action all the time and I go for months without picking up a cue. People in the know have told me that I'm at least a ball under him.
That said I'm willing to take the worst of it and play anyway. I will tell you one thing, he may win but he will know he's been in a match before it's all over. I won't roll over. We can play or we can not play, makes no difference to me. But if he wants to use a jump cue playing One Pocket he will have to find another game.
I hope I've made this perfectly clear to you and anyone else who reads this. I also promise not to interfere in any Bank Pool games you make.
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Match is on.
John,
I have never used a jump cue in a one pocket match. I was just teasing Jay about why one wouldn't be allowed. I can see he has thin skin so I won't tease him anymore.
But as to his prowess at the pool table: The guy is a legend in pool. He has beat many champions with his talent. Jay has been around the best pool players in the world. You learn from being around great players. Jay is around great players ALL OF THE TIME.
For crying out loud, the guy has a pool table in his house. World champions camp out at his house. You learn things when you have champions staying at your house. Jay traveled the seven seas gambling at pool and still travels the world, gambling in pool rooms that he has never seen before and ones that most of us will never see. Jay even admits that he has been practicing for our little match. I know he will be ready but that doesn't bother me because that is what I expect from a guy who lives and breathes pool. And if you don't think he can play, just read his book, "Pool Wars". It's filled with real accounts of him snapping off player after player.
If any of the readers of AZB believe his tale of woe about being the underdog, I've got some prime coastal swamp land to sell you here in Louisiana.
John,
I have never used a jump cue in a one pocket match. I was just teasing Jay about why one wouldn't be allowed. I can see he has thin skin so I won't tease him anymore.
But as to his prowess at the pool table: The guy is a legend in pool. He has beat many champions with his talent. Jay has been around the best pool players in the world. You learn from being around great players. Jay is around great players ALL OF THE TIME.
For crying out loud, the guy has a pool table in his house. World champions camp out at his house. You learn things when you have champions staying at your house. Jay traveled the seven seas gambling at pool and still travels the world, gambling in pool rooms that he has never seen before and ones that most of us will never see. Jay even admits that he has been practicing for our little match. I know he will be ready but that doesn't bother me because that is what I expect from a guy who lives and breathes pool. And if you don't think he can play, just read his book, "Pool Wars". It's filled with real accounts of him snapping off player after player.
If any of the readers of AZB believe his tale of woe about being the underdog, I've got some prime coastal swamp land to sell you here in Louisiana.
Aren't there other hotel rooms close by this casino that are available? I thought I remembered someone saying something about that.
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I entered the 9b. Have not hit a ball in a few weeks. This is going to be interesting
I entered the 9b. Have not hit a ball in a few weeks. This is going to be interesting
OMG Smokey Bartlett! Where is that SOB? :lol:
You should still be able to reserve a room through the Southern Classic website. southernclassictournament.com
A quick check on booking.com indicates rooms are still available for the whole tournament at around $50+tax within 5 miles of the casino (Day's Inn). Harrah's does have rooms for W-Th-F the last weekend but is mostly sold out.
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Save all that! See you on Saturday. :wave3:
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Smokey was from Austin I believe and stayed in Houston for some time. He'd hang out at the Cue and Cushion. This was in the early 1990's. Man, I loved when that guy was around the pool room. Funny and very interesting and a true champion in his own mind. He'd always show me things and shots and moves, etc. I'd always buy him drinks of pay his time or loose a few bucks betting him he couldn't make crazy jump shots with his shaft only. And don't worry, he would jump the stack in action with regularity. Overall, I liked the guy but some others didn't.
Funny thing is I hadn't seen Smokey for at least 15 years and so about 4 years ago I ran into him in Jacksonville, FL. I was there on business and stopped into Bankshot Billiards. Just so happens the local weekly tourney was kicking off. So I signed up and won my first two matches. Thought I was hot sh!t and everyone in the room thought I was a champion. So I was really hamming it up using my "Jeremy Jones" imitation pre shot routine and stroke. Man I can really look like I can play when I do that.
Then out of no where like a ghost I saw Smokey sitting there watching my third match. I got destroyed by Neil, who I found out is a very solid player. He beat me like 7-2. Smokey said he wasn't playing anymore and I believed him. We sat around and talked for a few hours.
Bankshot is a nice place with lots a good players.
I will make sure you post. :wave:
Yippee I am going to Tunica
Good idea Joey, I just found a room at a small local motel - cheap rates free WiFi. I talked to Greg Sullivan earlier today and he thought I could pick up a room down here but just be sure I at least know I have a room available now, i can try again for the casino after i get there.
See you all at Tunica
PS - Good Luck JoeyA that Helfert is sure nuff tuff action you know he goes all the way to the Philippines to play pool which is the same as going into the lions den right there.
Seriously though, you two guys are two of the biggest advocates of streaming pool, this match really should be streamed. I'd love to see it but I won't be there till Tuesday. Can't wait! Finally get to meet earl. Should be interesting to say the least... Hehe.
Yeah, I heard he was down in Jacksonville a few years back. He was working there doing some job that I can't remember, not pool related though. I'd love to see him again sometime. We always got along great. He was best friends with the actor David Keith and got me invited to his house for the bowl games on New Year's Day. I ended up going every year for several years after that. Pretty nice bash with food, drinks and hot servers from some strip club that David liked. :grin: