Pros who drink and play

Baxter

Baxter

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Who are the professional players known to throw a drink or two back while they play? I know Bergman always has a pint, Keith always has a bottle of Bud, and Hatch used to drink and play before he got sober. I see a lot of pints while watching older snooker matches. I'm just curious who amongst the current pros usually plays on the sauce.
 
jasonlaus said:
Does Jason Kirkwood count? If so, he should be sponsored by whatever beer he drinks
Jason
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I watched kirkwood drink budlights ,i forget if they both had to drink one per game,or maybe every 5-10 minutes,against bobby pickle playing even on the bartable. I don,t know if pickle had EVER been beaten at that game,but kirkwood drank and played STRoNG lol(bud lights if i remember correctly,executive west at the derby around 2006-2007) the bet was high TOO lol,i just don,t remember how much,but kirkwood really ,really,played lights out on the barbox and actually got better after about 12 beers. I saw them each drink AT LEAST 24(case) each before i moved on to other action. I remember seeing jason a few hours later and I PROMISE you,he was gonna be hurting the next day. But,YES, he might be the strongest drinker/player out there.(Please don,t forget the late,great ,scotty townsend when it came to this either.
 
Not throwing name out there but I remember about 10 years ago, a specific player doing very well in the pit at the Expo and sucking down Vodka and Redbulls...

Was very impressive...
 
Scotty Townsend

Scotty was a living legend for his ability to play high level pool even after being up a few days on a bing..Now deceased his legend will never die..Miss him..spent a lot of time with him here & on some road trips..lots of memories & crazy stories like many others that ran with him back in the day !
 
I watched Bobby Pickle beat Efren(hill-hill) on the t.v. table at DCC in '07. BP was knocking back Bud longnecks as fast as they could deliver 'em. Very entertaining match
 
Gary Abood

Gary could play at a high level being pretty hammered...WE made a lot of spur of the moment money with games people thought they had the best of it because he was shit faced lol
 
I think today's crop of young and very good players it depends on the setting. I've gotten to play with a lot of young good players, Danny Smith, Rob Saez, J Roberts, and even Alex and Dennis, when it's worth winning, there isn't much sipping going on. I have been in smaller events with some of these guys and we all had several together... Scotty was amazing on the sauce, but, I think that old school talent of playing with a pool god on your shoulder while hammered is fading out fast. SO many good players put a crap load of work into it now with coaching etc... It's definitely better for the future of the game.
 
houmatroy said:
Gary could play at a high level being pretty hammered...WE made a lot of spur of the moment money with games people thought they had the best of it because he was shit faced lol
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I'd imagine anybody running with you had to be able to drink and play!



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Can't remember the exact year but around 2007-2008 at BCA Vegas at Riveria..
Bobby Pickle had just gotten out of jail spending 12 months and BCA decided he could play in the OPEN mixed singles 8 ball...BCA felt he would be out of stroke.....

I was walking around watching matches and my friend calls me over...He asks me if I know this player, (Bobby Pickle), because he says the guy is so drunk and throwing down beers and falling asleep in his chair...He says I have to wake him up to shoot and he gets up and runs out....I told my friend who he was and that he has been making a killing at the gambling table outside....Drunk and all...Bobby went undefeated and took home the $7,000 1st place money in the OPEN division...Amazing.....
 
The main problem besides coordination declining when drunk is that you have to urinate so often especially if one is drinking beer- it becomes a big distraction!
 
westcoast said:
The main problem besides coordination declining when drunk is that you have to urinate so often especially if one is drinking beer- it becomes a big distraction!
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So I guess you would rather play them sober ? I think not ! Lol....
 
NINEBALLART said:
Can't remember the exact year but around 2007-2008 at BCA Vegas at Riveria..
Bobby Pickle had just gotten out of jail spending 12 months and BCA decided he could play in the OPEN mixed singles 8 ball...BCA felt he would be out of stroke.....

I was walking around watching matches and my friend calls me over...He asks me if I know this player, (Bobby Pickle), because he says the guy is so drunk and throwing down beers and falling asleep in his chair...He says I have to wake him up to shoot and he gets up and runs out....I told my friend who he was and that he has been making a killing at the gambling table outside....Drunk and all...Bobby went undefeated and took home the $7,000 1st place money in the OPEN division...Amazing.....
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Im pretty sure the year was 2002, that Pickle won the BCA Amateur Open division.

Back in those years, you had a bunch of "pro" level guys that snuck in i.e. Chris Melling, Jason Kirkwood, Justin Bergman, et al.


Eric
 
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