I keep thinking nothing he could do would look right or in character. Knowing is believing...
Who was all in on the infamous dumping at Challenge of Champions 1991?
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Off thread topic - I wonder if a lot of us just returned here recently? Seems like I have seen a few posts referencing this very notion. Anyway, back to your regularly scheduled topic.
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p.s. anyone heard from Tramp Steamer, Blue Hog ridr, or johnnyt? (not intentionally omitting anyone here). Hope they and everyone are doing well.
johnnyt unfortunately died a few years ago. His wife came on here and had a nice thank you to the forum from him.
Thank you for the update, sir. Been away for about 4 yrs I think so missed the update. Sorry again to interrupt the thread. RIP Mr. johnnyt.
Pool paid better back then as compared to now almost without adjusting for inflation
Odds on the same event in 1994 from the casino sports book
No more 20-1 Odds lol
No more 20-1 Odds lol
Wow, those are big odds. Any one of those guys could have won that! I would have had to bet on Martinez with those odds for sure!
Fantastic stuff. Quite the trip down memory lane to see these stars of pool in the early 90s listed here. Thanks for sharing.
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C J said when he played the players got all their expenses paid.
Winner take all format seems like a bad idea to me.
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I was thinking that. May be a hot shot type could jump on it and send the white off the table. But Buddy Hall? He missed the combo real lame too. Didn't take any chances it would go.
I believe Blue Hog Rider is ok, I have seen him posting on other former AZBers facebooks posts...he posted there early last month, at least.
Very short sighted of the Mirage imo. Almost everyone who would have made any money at all on the tournament, even if it was fixed , would have taken their winnings and given it right back to the casino on the tables. I have watched numerous big name pool players who were dice degenerates. Win money in the tourney and go down and blow it all in an hour. If they had a method of betting on horses at the same place , they could have gotten it all back the same day.
This is the evidence that shoots down all the nonsense about the 91 Challenge of Champions having a negative effect on pool. This entire event was exaggerated, when I found out how much was really bet and won it wasn't worth mentioning. All the players in the Challenge of Champions were making a lot of money at that time, I made over $400k the year I played so the 50k first prize was nice, but not a life changing number.
Thanks for the memories terryhanna ...... this was back when pool was still riding the wave of 'The Color of Money'
The fact that The Mirage continued to stage and book the Challenge of Champions until their contract ran out several years later isn't evidence at all.
The money involved was insubstantial in the context of the handle of a large sports book. The cost of pursuing any legal action could never have been justified given how small the losses were. That said, the lack of motivation to both market and grow the event at The Mirage was quite evident, and it was made crystal clear when they chose not to renew their contract when it expired. The Mirage had no appetite to further their association with pool at the time.
The Mirage softened it's stance eighteen years later by hosting the 2013 Mosconi Cup. The Mosconi is an event that has always been bettable at the UK bookmaking concerns, but, to nobody's surprise, The Mirage took no action on the event. They'd had enough when it came to booking action on pool, and for very obvious reasons.