Recent content by middleofnowhere

Often musicians and gig players discover this. They are used to getting paid in cash at the end of the night only to find out that the guy who paid them reports this. After a few years here comes the IRS. I think one of the most famous cases of this is Chuck Berry. He plays a gig and thought...

In the case of these guys your probably right. Back in the day in the US tournament, pick the names it doesn't matter, the regular crew would basically cut up all the top end money. The problem with the MR tournaments for the players are, they are legit. They have to pay taxes and it is all...

Hypothetically, would you want to play one set for $24,000? I remember a tournament I was at where the final both players, you know them, had made a deal in the final. Parica who could care less about a trophy didn't even make it look good. He lost like 11 to 2. I remember BH and another player...

This is probably a bit off subject but you might have an insight. Does MR have anything in place that prevents players from cutting the money up? That's a lot of money in the case of this most recent tournament difference between first and second was $24,000.

You covered more subjects then the players playing essentially "Break and first shot" by the breaking player. Honestly, while there is more money then in the past only the winner gets the big check. If a player plays a bunch of tournaments and isn't first, he is lucky to make at the end of the...

I am sure it has been discussed but the one going in the side on almost every break is ridiculous.

I'm assuming it's on YouTube where can it be found?

Are there any matches being streamed?

Since that represents maybe 90 percent of pool played, it would be the end of all pool so to speak. Bar pool and leagues saved the game from total extinction.

Pool rooms that are run by people who act like they don't like their customers and don't know anything about the game.

I'm like 99% Abe Rich made it. If you measure the joint and find that it has no taper that could be a giveaway. Abe didn't own a metal lathe and most of his joints stainless and brass were just made from tubes. I knew Abe since I was a teenager and used to go to a shop often even when he was in...

That one has a bit of truth to it. I often beat none players with a broom handle. Poncho (Vince) played real good with a broom. He also played good with the bumper end of the cue. Also one handed. I know what the original poster means though. As a pool room owner I always heard the paid my way...

Essentially any tourney back then was just an excuse to get players in the same place at the same time to gamble.

The tournament's back then were worth so little. Look up the prize money at Johnston City you think those guys were there for the prize money? In fact the US Open straight pool tournament in the seventies had first prize of like $4,000. Meantime in Miami guys like Mike Corella are playing $300...

I knew so many of those players back then that gambled and travel hustling pool on the road and many had real talent but could care less. They reached the level that suited their needs and they weren't putting in 8 hours a day on the table to try and be the world's best or break any records.