JB Cases $10,000 One Pocket Challenge Match

[JB Cases]

or better titled....

200 Things Not To Do When Playing One Pocket.

$10,000 Match Race to 9 - John Barton vs. Lou Figueroa

April 2014. Sandcastle Billiards - Accustats Arena

Production by Pat Fleming and Ed Liddawi, Paid for by JB Cases.

Table Gold Crown 3 - 4.5" pockets - Paid for By JB Cases.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSKV5CK_fziXgJfmuqZiy_N-C5JFHNg8w

Enjoy or use as a sleep aid..... ;-)

 

[JB Cases]

Throughout the thread I will post snippets of particular shots that were noteworthy or cringeworthy.

 

[The Renfro]

Throughout the thread I will post snippets of particular shots that were noteworthy or cringeworthy.

John you should page AtLarge so he can keep an honest track of the former vs the latter =D

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and wishing Karen a safe trip home!!!!

 

[JB Cases]

John you should page AtLarge so he can keep an honest track of the former vs the latter =D

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and wishing Karen a safe trip home!!!!

I don't think that is AtLarge's forte. He is more into keeping track of factual results rather than events which can be interpreted in different ways.

If I said that I ran 5 balls four times in the match then I am sure he will be quick to remind me that I didn't run over three more than once.

 

[lfigueroa]

Spoiler alert


Lou wins 9-6

Ka-ching!
Lou: $10,000
John: Squadoush


Lou Figueroa
and they lived
happily ever after

 

[JB Cases]

Lou wins 9-6

Ka-ching!
Lou: $10,000
John: Squadoush


Lou Figueroa
and they lived
happily ever after

Lou's backer corporation - $10,000.

JB Cases - $10,000 spent as marketing expense for a six month viral campaign. Money well spent with a chance to have the entire campaign paid for.

John Barton: Let's do it again in OKC for $20,000 in 2016.

 

[rivercitysledge]

Lou's backer corporation - $10,000.

JB Cases - $10,000 spent as marketing expense for a six month viral campaign. Money well spent with a chance to have the entire campaign paid for.

John Barton: Let's do it again in OKC for $20,000 in 2016.

I believe it was a marketing campaign with all the side bets that you backed out of
Lou for president in 16

 

[MahnaMahna]

Lou's backer corporation - $10,000.

JB Cases - $10,000 spent as marketing expense for a six month viral campaign. Money well spent with a chance to have the entire campaign paid for.

John Barton: Let's do it again in OKC for $20,000 in 2016.

Pathetic, but entirely expected.

 

[JB Cases]

I believe it was a marketing campaign with all the side bets that you backed out of
Lou for president in 16

Could be. It's in the history books now. Guess I didn't want to risk spending more on the marketing......

The whole $20,000 can be frozen up for 2016's rematch. Or 2017, 0r 2018..... I will ask every year until I don't feel like playing anymore.

 

[Celtic]

Pathetic, but entirely expected.

In Johns defense though, either...

A) He is lying, he lost $10,000 and it stung and was a financial hit (as it would be to a lot of people). John got crushed, Lou walked away happy with some of John's money in his pockets and got to gloat incessantly on AZB about it for years since.

or

B) He is telling the truth, he paid off $10,000 and it really did not hurt him all that much. Lou got paid off nicely and John made some from it and they both walked away happy.

But either way, John is actually putting the challenge out there for $20,000 to do it again, against a guy who already beat him for the cash once.

I do not see too many people in woofing matches on AZB who have "actually" stepped up with 5 digit bet offers against guys most people would consider them an underdog against and ACTUALLY showed up with the cash and played.

Who else has done that? Ever? Most people in here want the stone cold nuts to bet $100, John is offering $20,000 in action in a match most people think he will lose. Like him or not, John has gamble and has proven he "will" put his money where his mouth is... and lose it.

 

[JB Cases]

It stung. I could have certainly used the 10k for better things. But as I explained to my wife before I accepted the challenge, a full page ad in any magazine was about $3000 a month. I told her that I would have people talking about it around the world for six months and that's exactly what happened.

Everywhere we went I had people talking to me about the match. I had people giving me advice, handing me training videos, offering to train with me. And all the while they were also talking cases, steering me to dealers and customers. It was great.

I wouldn't have done it if there wasn't a way for me to promote my business alongside the challenge.

But it still stung, I certainly don't cheerfully lose $10,000. I would have preferred to have won. But then I should have focused more on actually training and less on the "show".

 

[billiardthought]

But then I should have focused more on actually training and less on the "show".

I wish the "show" would end already

 

[RiverCity]

I wish the "show" would end already

Sorry John, but I agree.

 

[onehole365]

I would literally swim a river of shit to play you for 20k.

 

[BmoreMoney]

I wish the "show" would end already

While I agree it tends to get out of hand at times its not all bad. I mean how much can we talk about tips, shafts, and chalk?

 

[JB Cases]

I wish the "show" would end already

Sorry John, but I agree.

Got to get what I paid for

As long as other people think that they can bring it up then it will be alive.

I would literally swim a river of shit to play you for 20k.

Most people would given how bad I play.

Tell me who you are and we can probably arrange for you to swim an actual river of shit to play me. I think that will be a great fear factor moment.

 

[Baron]

I would swim a river of shit to see someone swim a river of shit on video

 

[The Renfro]

I would literally swim a river of shit to play you for 20k.

Ok Mr Anon.. I have a friend in the biz so you are in luck. They run the trucks 2x a week.. We will make a river of "Lou" as soon as you post a photo ID....... 300 yards fair enough? Creamy or Chunky is up to you.........

 

[PhilosopherKing]

Lou's backer corporation - $10,000.

JB Cases - $10,000 spent as marketing expense for a six month viral campaign. Money well spent with a chance to have the entire campaign paid for.

John Barton: Let's do it again in OKC for $20,000 in 2016.

I wonder if Martha Stewart classifies her incarceration as a "viral" marketing campaign? :embarrassed2:

 

[rivercitysledge]

I would literally swim a river of shit to play you for 20k.

I live close to lou have no chance of beating him but I feel the same way... Sometimes you just gotta play... I understand lous side of it also the headache isn't worth the money but it would buy an awful big bottle of aspirin. As far as I'm concerned