So instead of the money circulating among pool players, it went to big Corporations and never returned. I think a guy named Popcorn was it was the only real success story in Poker from the Philly pool scene-at least in the beginning. I heard from a member of the poker community that 95% of all poker players go broke at least once or twice a year and have to get staked to get going again.
I dont remember one at the Riviera or the Rio but i see the Rio has one over $36 currently.
Better than being a pool player and being broke all year
I don't think there is much difference-I know a guy who had a little real estate empire and one by one lost them all in about 4 years at the Poker tables. He may have kept the one he lives in but i bet he has a reverse mortgage on it.
I'm probably the wrong person to be blathering on this (among other things) but I don't get the allure.
My first series of Vegas trips happened in the mid 90's for me during BCA worlds, and there was still the cheap buffets, $1 beer at WestwardHo, and comp'd everything you could imagine if you were betting consistently enough.
Well, yes, it could. It could be like Asbury Park (a ways north) in the 1970s. The area near the tournament was mostly vacant lots with just the foundations of former houses sticking out. And then there was Hurricane Belle. On the other hand it was memorable.
Last time you could sign up on the Matchroompool website. I think a deposit ($250?) was required. It was also possible to qualify in about 50 qualifiers. The basenote says that they will announce details in a few weeks.
Pretty much all the strip hotels are now charging high resort fees and equally high parking fees that amount to over $50/day in hidden charges. It's a litte softer downtown but no freebies there either. My answer - Motels! I vote with my wallet.
Par for the course Mark.
Promoters/organizers really do need to have some sort of 'sit down' to smooth out these scheduling snags. Some sort of heads up would be nice.
They have no choice. They have to charge the exuberant fees. They are passing the cost of high taxes, levies, and utilities onto the consumer. They are just trying to support their families and survive.
His name is Cornflakes. He was a top Philly pool player, who specialized in Back Pocket 9 ball. A bit under the actual pros like Jimmy Fusco of the time. In poker, for some reason I think his nickname changed to Johnny World or something like that. I remember someone in the pool room that knew him well came in one day in the early 2000's and said "Flakes just won 400k at a poker tournament." I think he even had a newspaper article about it, but I might be imagining that part (maybe it was a printout of an online article). He came out of pool retirement about 5 or 6 years ago and played Orcullo a couple sets of back-pocket. It was streamed, I think it was at the DCC but I can't remember for sure. Flakes got a spot, I think a front to a back, and the 9 ball was frozen to the middle diamond of the end rail. Flakes ended up winning.
John Hennigan
What was the deal on the Tornado Open. I know there was some scandal but forgot what it was all about and who or what was involved.
The Horseshoe has you "hostage" since there are no restaurants for 15 to 20 miles away. The food was way overpriced and not very good.
Huh? Were these events even listed on your own website? https://www.playcsipool.com/events.html
At pool the standard method for avoiding conflicts between major tournaments is by each event getting a sanction from the governing body. That reserves your dates on the calendar. The WPA is the international sanctioning organization for pool. If an event wants calendar protection at the international level, it has to talk to the WPA. There are some problems with the method, but it does work. This year especially has problems as organizers are scrambling to move forward as Covid recedes.
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