2014 us open unpaid prize money

Offer for Barry

Newsflash - I have been in communication with Barry the last few days expressing my displeasure about the unpaid players, and he has been less than cordial with me, saying that I don't have his back. Well enough about that, it goes with the territory.

He sent me an e-mail this morning saying he plans to retire and sell both his poolroom and the U.S. Open. Whether that happens or not we will just have to wait and see. I suspect the fallout from this last Open has caused him to rethink the future.



Jay - please relay the following offer to Barry if he would like to sell.....

I would be very interested in offering Barry the full $3,000,000 for his business....as long as he's letting me send it via Western Union next week!
 
according to Barry, either your "pro", or Roberta, or you - are LYING....
:cool:


(mark @ 30:00mins)

MIKE HOWERTON: "we're 4 mos past last year's Open, & the players are just now getting paid?"

BARRY: ".....we found out after almost 2 months, because they were overseas, & i am not going to throw Roberta or anybody under the bus, she IS my bookkeeper and i SHOULD have been reminded of this sooner, but....

i have been working my ass off to rebuild my business. and i've done a real good job: i've hired a consultant; i've hired a company that comes in & weighs all of your liquids once a week; i've hired a POS expert that disects my micros system & then she also checks on comps (?) voice & discounts. cause let's face it, you know, when given the opportunity there are many that will just take advantage of you or me. i have been working smarter.....and now business is booming, like unreal....and i can afford now to....a typical THU/FRI/SAT credit card batches used to be $8-$9K...and last weekend they were $17500; the weekend before that was $15500....
and that's just credit card sales from my little 72 tbl room....

it's insanely good. INSANELY GOOD!"
 
That was my question... Sounds strange.

To quote The Swede, "Something about this man does not add up."

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I'm sort of surprised some person hasn't sued him or forced him into bankruptcy at this point.
 
Barry may hold some kind of record for telling the most obvious lies continuously while owing the most amount of people money time after time, without ever needing crutches.
 
He does 33k over 2 weekends and can't dispense 6k to settle debts???

Seriously. Someone is being Beeg Liar here. What do you tink? With that kind of coinage, he should be able to easily save up for the 40th.
 
Seriously. Someone is being Beeg Liar here. What do you tink? With that kind of coinage, he should be able to easily save up for the 40th.

Let's even presume that after expenses he is only clearing 3k profit each weekend.

It would still be done by now!

I know he's drawing a salary, too!

Ugh!

HE CAN WRITE IT OFF SINCE HE IS PAYING ON BEHALF OF HIS CORPORATION WTFFFFFFFFFF

Ugh.

-deep breath-
 
according to Barry, either your "pro", or Roberta, or you - are LYING....
:cool:

I think Barry's been watching too much of that "Save My Bar" or whatever it
s called. Yeah, Barry is going to pay people, give control of his business, and listen to them. Oh, wait a minute...forget the pay people part...I wasn't thinking. Johnnyt
 
it was mentioned last night on ABR, that the WPA paid $1500-ish of back payments owed on behalf of Barry, a couple of years ago.

it was also mentioned that barry had to pay the WPA $3500 @ 90 days advance, to obtain sanctioning for this past OCT.

when will the WPA step in now????
 
it was mentioned last night on ABR, that the WPA paid $1500-ish of back payments owed on behalf of Barry, a couple of years ago.

it was also mentioned that barry had to pay the WPA $3500 @ 90 days advance, to obtain sanctioning for this past OCT.

when will the WPA step in now????

They had to pay $1500 and they still do business with him? So there it is. It stinks right from the top. Johnnyt
 
I dont think they will step in. So far, they sent me two emails only and didn't answer my question about any penalty for Barry or mention about any action to be taken.

FYI, below is what Barry answered me a few mins ago. I interpreted what he said as this coming Monday.
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a few years ago because of these same problems it was decided that the next us open prize fund had to be escrowed. and it was with just a small glitch or two, if I recall correctly.

knowing there is this ongoing track record with payouts, why did the escrow requirement end?

was it because the players didn't demand it?

with regard to Roberta, based on how I have seen her interact here on az, I firmly believe she is a wonderful person and def a big fan of pool.

for Barry to have said that she should have made him aware earlier that certain overseas players had not been paid was not only mean, inconsiderate and unfair.

It was laughable.

I suppose Roberta failed to let him know some players weren't paid on time last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and so on...

On top of being a mean, inconsiderate, pathological liar; he is also a disloyal friend.

The *only* thing that is keeping this 3 ring circus The US Open) going is the players desire to have this once prestigious title on their resume. That is it!

imo, of course.

best,
brian kc
 
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a few years ago because of these same problems it was decided that the next us open prize fund had to be escrowed. and it was with just a small glitch or two, if I recall correctly.

knowing there is this ongoing track record with payouts, why did the escrow requirement end?

was it because the players didn't demand it?

with regard to Roberta, based on how I have seen her interact here on az, I firmly believe she is a wonderful person and def a big fan of pool.

for Barry to have said that she should have made him aware earlier that certain overseas players had not been paid was not only mean, inconsiderate and unfair.

It was laughable.

I suppose Roberta failed to let him know some players weren't paid on time last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and so on...

On top of being a mean, inconsiderate, pathological liar; he is also a disloyal friend.

The *only* thing that is keeping this 3 ring circus The US Open) going is the players desire to have this once prestigious title on their resume. That is it!

imo, of course.

best,
brian kc
Throwing Roberta under the bus was sick. For him to even SUGGEST he didn't know checks bounced and/or people weren't paid is a joke and it shows his cards on his pathological lies.

To EVEN HINT that he doesn't know the finances in/out at all times of his own event is pukifyingly insulting and disgusting.
 
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Throwing Roberta under the bus was sick. For him to even SUGGEST he didn't know checks bounced and/or people weren't paid is a joke and it shows his cards on his pathological lies.

To EVEN HINT that he doesn't know the finances in/out at all times of his own even is pukifyingly insulting and disgusting.

I agree....
Barry assumes people are stupid...which is not a sign of intelligence.

BB should be ready to go into politics....where he can run things on a deficit....
....and receive acclaim.
 
according to Barry, either your "pro", or Roberta, or you - are LYING....
:cool:

I dont think they will step in. So far, they sent me two emails only and didn't answer my question about any penalty for Barry or mention about any action to be taken.

FYI, below is what Barry answered me a few mins ago. I interpreted what he said as this coming Monday.


i am still waiting on your answer to my question, because i know the answer. i spoke with Roberta the day you started this thread....
do you want to answer this? or shall i? ;)
 
i am still waiting on your answer to my question, because i know the answer. i spoke with Roberta the day you started this thread....
do you want to answer this? or shall i? ;)

c'mon, even the greatest cooks spill the beans every now and then
 
I dont think they will step in. So far, they sent me two emails only and didn't answer my question about any penalty for Barry or mention about any action to be taken.

WPA have to paying the unpaid player from 2012 $1500 may be the last straw and slap to their face, WPA got tough with CW Women's 10Ball last year after letting it go the past number of years.For all we know, WPA may be secretly shopping for others to do a similar event.


a few years ago because of these same problems it was decided that the next us open prize fund had to be escrowed. and it was with just a small glitch or two, if I recall correctly.

knowing there is this ongoing track record with payouts, why did the escrow requirement end?

was it because the players didn't demand it?

with regard to Roberta, based on how I have seen her interact here on az, I firmly believe she is a wonderful person and def a big fan of pool.

for Barry to have said that she should have made him aware earlier that certain overseas players had not been paid was not only mean, inconsiderate and unfair.

It was laughable.

I suppose Roberta failed to let him know some players weren't paid on time last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and so on...

On top of being a mean, inconsiderate, pathological liar; he is also a disloyal friend.

The *only* thing that is keeping this 3 ring circus The US Open) going is the players desire to have this once prestigious title on their resume. That is it!

imo, of course.

best,
brian kc

It is same theme in what he says. He says he is not blaming anyone but insinuates someone is to blame.
It is time he Mans up :D
 
i am still waiting on your answer to my question, because i know the answer. i spoke with Roberta the day you started this thread....

do you want to answer this? or shall i? ;)


Pinklady, Barry is the liar.


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