Day Two -- Dispatch from the US One Pocket Open

[JB Cases]

With that guy? Par for the course, I would say.

A thought comes to mind...


Eric

Well, the same applies to you as well. You also have a problem writing down the way things really happened.

As for bullying. One only needs to look up your posting history to see it in action. Both of you have a habit of defaming others and making false accusations.

Only Lou writes much better than you do.

 

[Fast Lenny]

Me and Lou sometimes see eye to eye on the forums and sometimes not, I do not take it too personally as we just have different view points on certain things. Was nice to see you Lou the other day at Best, if I was not in a game we could have shot the $hit and had a drink. My lady thought you were Italian and not Mexican, haha. :smile:

 

[richiebalto]

Get off the drugs or get better ones. Andam is a GREAT player but he can't win every time or even most of the time against Earl and Efren or Dennis or Shane or............

You have your opinion JB and i have my opinion, See how easy that was and i didnt have to accuse you of taking drugs either.

Iam freshly out of testosterone and dying to get my hands on more, JB could you point me in the right direction!

 

[JB Cases]

You have your opinion JB and i have my opinion, See how easy that was and i didnt have to accuse you of taking drugs either.

Iam freshly out of testosterone and dying to get my hands on more, JB could you point me in the right direction!

It's just an expression. No one is ACTUALLY accusing you of being on drugs.

Of course I know it's your opinion. This is like being at a bar and arguing over which team is better, lighten up.

But if you need some testosterone then try selling some of the estrogen you have on display ;-)

 

[book collector]

Great post as usual Lou, too bad about the altercation.
You are right, the balls being cleaned and worked on should at least leave an asterisk after any high runs , why take the chance of having a great run and it being questioned forever?
If you can't run them unless conditions are perfect every shot, you probably shouldn't be the "champion" to hold the record anyway.

On the other part of the post
I know Earl has problems, but to get mad at Bernie because he beat you is weak.
Earl is a better shot maker than Bernie but Bernies used to playing Scott Frost so I doubt Earls coming up with many surprises, and if he plays anything but a great game, Bernie is a fine player and one of the toughest competitors I ever met .
He will not "Give" it to anyone .
They have to "take" it.
Sounds like Earl wasn't willing to gut it out with him.
I have also seen Bernie have a bad day or two where he was not playing as well as usual and got beaten on pretty hard, I know inside he is seething but he is always a gentleman and you can bet the next time he will be ready!
Since I moved to Phoenix, I am always asking him after his matches, about shot selections and theory, he has never said an unkind word.
That's mighty rare in the pool world.

 

[SCCues]

Lou,

Your write-up was great and since I couldn't be there it was great getting your perspective on being there and playing some of the top players. I like reading your posts and its sad to hear about some of the actions from some of the players.

James

 

[Black-Balled]

Get off the drugs or get better ones. Andam is a GREAT player but he can't win every time or even most of the time against Earl and Efren or Dennis or Shane or............

I dunno, JB. Around y2k, Andam was on the moon.

He laid some hi-powered shit down in the mid-atlantic, that is for sure.

He was a pick-em against the best in the world and was spotting the best VA/ MD could throw at him.

And he would have flat out robbed Dennis and SVB in 1999.

 

[Black-Balled]

And, Dodong has a birthday soon...54.

 

[demonrho]

Thanks, Lou, for another great inside peek at the U.S. Open One Pocket for those of us not fortunate to make it there. Love your stories. (And a nice illustration of why you are known as the consummate PR guy in pool;-)

 

[Island Drive]

Thanks, Island Drive.

Lou Figueroa

Lou, during a period when my game had dropped, JS did a slight ''in the public eye'' moment/gamble/ego during his passin' thru yrs ago in Denver, during my early divorce/kids/school/life days of long ago. Seen that type of dog ''many'' times before in many different places all over our country. Hard to take the feral outta the cat.

 

[SpiderWebComm]

I'm having a ball, Richie. Did commentary from the TAR booth today with Larry Swartz for the DA v SVB match. I'm now at my favorite Italian resteraunt in Vegas, Onda, at The Mirage, sipping some prosecco

Lou Figueroa

I think during the John Schmidt 14.1 thread back-and-forth, you were in Mexico at some luxurious resort sipping on a Mai Tai, watching the clear waves gently batter the white sands as the sun was melting into the horizon.

It seems like whenever you're trying to one-up someone who clearly has your testicles between their incisors, you always seem to default to "I can buy and sell so-and-so" and then continue with the "I'm sitting at some exclusive spot....sipping on some expensive drink" move and end it with the "" move as if it's your Tom Cruise in Top Gun smile as he just shot down his last MiG (pool pro) after hitting the brakes, so he'll fly-right-by maneuver.

*Insert Top Gun Anthem Here*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_O7OmsFq8

 

[Island Drive]

I dunno, JB. Around y2k, Andam was on the moon.

He laid some hi-powered shit down in the mid-atlantic, that is for sure.

He was a pick-em against the best in the world and was spotting the best VA/ MD could throw at him.

And he would have flat out robbed Dennis and SVB in 1999.

Pocket size and humidity had NO effect on his play level. He looks like a Parica WaterDog with the cloths of Little AL in the seventies, and the shirt tails hangin' out with the horizontal cut lines (practicin' too much) from the gun metal colored edges of the gold Crown top rails, embedded into his midsection.

 

[Eric.]

You have your opinion JB and i have my opinion, See how easy that was and i didnt have to accuse you of taking drugs either.

Iam freshly out of testosterone and dying to get my hands on more, JB could you point me in the right direction!

Don't take it to heart, Richie. That guy seems to get into it and have issues with a dozen different people, at any given time.

Maybe it really isn't *his* fault.


Eric

 

[Eric.]

I dunno, JB. Around y2k, Andam was on the moon.

He laid some hi-powered shit down in the mid-atlantic, that is for sure.

He was a pick-em against the best in the world and was spotting the best VA/ MD could throw at him.

And he would have flat out robbed Dennis and SVB in 1999.

I agree SVB would have gotten flat hout heisted, in '99.

Then again, he would have been a 16 year old So Dakota Kid...:wink:


Eric

 

[Nostroke]

I think during the John Schmidt 14.1 thread back-and-forth, you were in Mexico at some luxurious resort sipping on a Mai Tai, watching the clear waves gently batter the white sands as the sun was melting into the horizon.

It seems like whenever you're trying to one-up someone who clearly has your testicles between their incisors, you always seem to default to "I can buy and sell so-and-so" and then continue with the "I'm sitting at some exclusive spot....sipping on some expensive drink" move and end it with the "" move as if it's your Tom Cruise in Top Gun smile as he just shot down his last MiG (pool pro) after hitting the brakes, so he'll fly-right-by maneuver.

*Insert Top Gun Anthem Here*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_O7OmsFq8

Well he has to come w something-Whats he gonna do? Call him Baby Knees?

 

[richiebalto]

It's just an expression. No one is ACTUALLY accusing you of being on drugs.

Of course I know it's your opinion. This is like being at a bar and arguing over which team is better, lighten up.

But if you need some testosterone then try selling some of the estrogen you have on display ;-)

Thats funny, even know the jokes on me, Most people dont know about that kind of stuff, JB you suprised me.

Cant help but to like you!

 

[SpiderWebComm]

Well he has to come w something-Whats he gonna do? Call him Baby Knees?

If Lou would come with some respect (online and offline) and not be condescending with the "I can buy you 10x-over" BS or imply someone's cheating by cleaning the balls mid-run (when the refs are obviously doing that at the US OPEN for players), he wouldn't have to come with anything when someone confronts him in nose-to-nose.

 

[Black-Balled]

Thats funny, even know the jokes on me, Most people dont know about that kind of stuff, JB you suprised me.

Cant help but to like you!

He's allright, isn't he.

Not sure how he ever found a woman to fall in love with him, but whatever!!!!!!!!!

 

[Banks]

If Lou would come with some respect (online and offline) and not be condescending with the "I can buy you 10x-over" BS

People pull the "mine's bigger" thing all the time on here, like it's an actual measure of a person's value to others, whether it's their game, their cues, their house, their family or their bank account. I have no problems being friends with or telling off beggars or billionaires. Other than that, the product of their time may be good or bad.. in Lou's case, he's a pretty good writer imho. I haven't met him in person, have probably butted heads on here at some point, but will reserve final judgement for a time and place.. preferably somewhere with beer. :thumbup:

 

[justadub]

If Lou would come with some respect (online and offline) and not be condescending with the "I can buy you 10x-over" BS or imply someone's cheating by cleaning the balls mid-run (when the refs are obviously doing that at the US OPEN for players), he wouldn't have to come with anything when someone confronts him in nose-to-nose.

Dave, I know that you and Lou have been at each other for a very long time, so I get where you are coming from, to an extent. I've butted heads with him here occasionally, and certainly have played witness to a whole lot of stuff here for a while now. I get it.

However, I don't believe that anything Lou has said here online warrants anyone threatening violence over. Let alone by someone, a professional no less, many years younger. That is simply out of line.

If he wanted to express his dislike for Lou in any of the many colorful ways out there, sure, why not? If he feels that slighted, sure. But to suggest "going outside" over internet comments seems a bit much, to me. At least the comments related to the matter, I suppose (before we go down a whole different path about insulting ones family, etc).

And I will state that this is certainly all supposing Lou's account is accurate, as it is his recounting here that we are discussing. I'm not doubting him here, but I also realize that there are a few different sides to every story, and always allow for that.

Kinda makes you wonder what is going on out there in Vegas, though, all these offers to "go outside" from the BB crew lately