Diamond Las Vegas Open

[telinoz]

Barry Mavros. I thought him and Joey Gray were fantastic in the booth.

He is still doing commentary and is still playing.

If you look up APPA, Australian Pool Players Association.
Or CueWorld
You will find videos with him doing the commentary.

He loves it.

 

[Black-Balled]

Sure do! He ran around with the notorious hustler Calhoun. A couple of real pool outlaws. They crisscrossed the Midwest and all across the Southern states for years. Calhoun could play and Chicken was a decent shortstop as well. Calhoun lasted up until a few years ago and was still hustling pool in his 70's. I think he's gone now. Not sure whatever became of Chicken. Haven't heard anything about him since the Dayton tournaments in the early 80's. He (and Calhoun) were around for them.

Calhoun spent end years in DC suburbs...in our lovely den of inequity.

Where do you put his speed at, in his prime? He wanted no part of a McCready, I know that.

I played him a good bit, seattle sam trivett too. I guess maybe they thought they were hustling me, but I usually got whatever the locals put up for them and everybody there knew the pool me.

Sam eventually wised up and made me play even 1p only for cheap. He knew some shit on (and off )the table.

 

[jay helfert]

Calhoun spent end years in DC suburbs...in our lovely den of inequity.

Where do you put his speed at, in his prime? He wanted no part of a McCready, I know that.

I played him a good bit, seattle sam trivett too. I guess maybe they thought they were hustling me, but I usually got whatever the locals put up for them and everybody there knew the pool me.

Sam eventually wised up and made me play even 1p only for cheap. He knew some shit on (and off )the table.

Calhoun was as hardcore as they got, a down and dirty hustler who would use any tactics to get your money. Lie, cheat and steal were his attributes.

He could definitely play pool. That was his best game, but not his only one. Probably one speed below the top players. He ducked the best guys and played the rest. He preferred to sneak in on the unsuspecting, laying down the lemon and getting spotted by weaker players.

I caught his act several times and you would believe he was only an average player. He laid it down good. Got out with the money many times.

 

[Black-Balled]

Calhoun was as hardcore as they got, a down and dirty hustler who would use any tactics to get your money. Lie, cheat and steal were his attributes.

He could definitely play pool. That was his best game, but not his only one. Probably one speed below the top players. He ducked the best guys and played the rest. He preferred to sneak in on the unsuspecting, laying down the lemon and getting spotted by weaker players.

I caught his act several times and you would believe he was only an average player. He laid it down good. Got out with money many times.

Appreciate the combination of letters and thought there.

Sounds like the best me would not have liked the best of the 'houn dog. I surely didn't get to see it.

Or, as I'd tell those old guys...if I played as well as you do after 30 years at it, I'd quit.

And here I am today. Wouldnt bet I could run out a 6 ball rack with ball in paw!

 

[ribdoner]

Appreciate the combination of letters and thought there.

Sounds like the best me would not have liked the best of the 'houn dog. I surely didn't get to see it.

Or, as I'd tell those old guys...if I played as well as you do after 30 years at it, I'd quit.

And here I am today. Wouldnt bet I could run out a 6 ball rack with ball in paw!

was "Calhoun" your handle when on the road

 

[Black-Balled]

was "Calhoun" your handle when on the road

I was never called that, it is a deceased player who'd definitely be 80+ today to whom pool world "Calhoun" is assigned. Aka houn-dog.

I did get called a dog more than once, so I can claim that part.

And I was never on the road as a player. Made specific trips but never intended to just float out there. The mid Atlantic was a fine $pot me in those years.